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              • An elderly African woman beams with joy as she reads a document, wearing new eyeglasses and a bright green headscarf. Her laughter conveys empowerment and dignity, symbolizing how access to vision care restores not just sight, but independence and confidence.

                A clinically validated app empowering non-specialist users for eye care services

                Peek is a clinically validated software and data platform for eye health. It enables trained non-specialists to screen people, manage secure referrals and follow-up, and gives programme managers actionable analytics. Used in low-resource settings, it screened 16 million people and linked 1.6 million to care.
                Peek Vision Foundation, Peek-powered Eye Health Programmes, Pakistan

              • Fingers of a child are touching a Braitico keyboard.

                A tool to teach blind children how to read and write by using Braille

                Braitico teaches children the use of Braille in a fun and simple way. Therefore it uses an accessible app along with a combination of learning tools, such as stories and games. The programme uses a step-by-step approach right from infancy up to 12 years. Between 2017 and 2019, 106 children have used Braitico.
                ONCE Foundation, Braitico (Braille learning tool), Spain

              • Two people on wheelchairs in front of an elevator that has a picture of person with a wheelchair stuck on the doors saying

                Trip Advisor-style accessibility mapping of venues, transport and festivals

                Mobility Mojo lists the accessibility of points of interest, events, and transportation for persons with mobility, visual, and hearing impairments in Ireland. Site and app include a mixture of self-uploaded information from establishments and from user reviews. By 2017 over 600 business and over 1000 services were listed.
                Mobility Mojo LLC, Ireland

              • A young girl appearing to have a physical disability seated in a specialized couch laughing with two African women.

                Digital-based support group for parents of children with disabilities

                The Parent Network is a community-based support group for parents of children with disabilities, accessible through a dedicated app but also in person through designated volunteers. Launched in 2020 by Shonaquip Social Enterprise from South Africa, it already had some 1,000 participants in 2022.
                Shonaquip Social Enterprise, Parent Network, South Africa

              • An animated bear with a countdown timer played on an iPad next to the faucet while a preschooler girl wearing a striped pullover is standing in front of the basin and a mirror brushing her teeth.

                Teaching skills to children with autism using animated video

                In 2013, Signes De Sens from France together with the Centre Ressources Autismes Hauts-de-France created ‘Ben the Koala’, a cartoon character that teaches children with autism everyday tasks such as brushing teeth and getting dressed. Dissemination takes place via videos, mobile apps, and printed materials.
                Signes de sens, Ben le Koala, France

              • A man with a visual impairment uses a tactile device at a desk, assisted by another person. His engaged expression and the setup highlight the accessibility of technology for visually impaired individuals, promoting a message of equality and self-sufficiency in professional environments.

                Making audio-translations from all types of contents available and affordable in 60 languages

                Trestle Labs in India created Kibo, an AI tool converting text to audio in 60 languages. By 2024, it reached 193,000 users and operated in 650 institutions, promoting accessibility globally.
                Trestle Labs Private Limited, Kibo (Knowledge In a Box), India

              • Two women are in a shopping mall. They are sharing headphones and one of them is holding a mobile phone. The person to the left holds a white cane.

                An indoor navigation system for the blind and visually impaired

                In 2014, PoiLabs launched an indoor navigation system to make complex indoor spaces accessible for blind users. The system uses beacon devices and voice-guided navigation on a mobile phone. To provide it, PoiLabs partners with Turkcell, the largest telecommunication company in Turkey.
                PoiLabs, Visually Impaired Navigation System for Indoor Venues, Turkey

              • Freely and globally available software supporting users who are colour blind

                Ryobi Systems´s Visolve, Japan: Visolve helps colour-blind users with iOS simulators, MS Office add-ins and Windows toolbars. The freely available software was downloaded 72,000 times worldwide between 2005 and 2023.
                Ryobi Systems Co., Ltd., Visolve, Japan

              • An icon of a mobile phone with an index finger pressing on the phone with the disability logo in the background and the letters MRGPA. Logo of MTGPA written on upper left while Tencent Games CROS on the lower left with two other logos.

                Haptic technology to improve mobile app accessibility

                 

                Tencent Holdings is a technology and entertainment company from China that has developed ‘MTGPA Haptics’, a technology that transmits vibro-tactile signals to its users and can be used for notifications or as an orientation aid. By 2022, MTGPA Haptics had been installed in over 240 million smart phones.
                TENCENT Technology Co,. Ltd., MTGPA Haptics, China

              • A man in wheelchair who appears to have cerebral palsy is using a tablet computer connected to a device that manages the screen.

                System to use any Android device without touching the screen

                In 2017, Mouse4all developed a device for people who can neither operate a touchscreen nor use voice or eye commands. Instead, users control an input device using horizontal and vertical cursors, as well as icons and pictograms. By 2022, Mouse4all had users in 41 countries.
                Mouse4all, Mouse4All, Spain