Italy: New Job Inclusion Plan to Focus on Accessibility in the Labor Market
May 12, 2021
The regional government of Piedmont in Italy has announced funding to focus on access, permanence and employment qualification for persons with disabilities. Read More
Source: The Mayor
LineChaser App by IBM Helps Ensure Social Distancing
May 10, 2021
A team of IBM researchers have created an AI-driven smartphone application called LineChaser to enable persons with vision loss maintain safe distance in lines. Read More
Source: Slash Gear
Business Disability Forum Releases New Report on Global Employee Disability Data
April 20, 2021
A report released by the Business Disability Forum has revealed some of the difficulties organizations face in compiling accurate data about the number of employees with a disability they might have. Read More
Source: Forbes
Kenya: New Platform to Promote Digital Inclusion
April 15, 2021
EnableMe Kenya is a new online platform that aims to provide community-oriented technological support for the digital inclusion of persons with disabilities in Kenya. Read More
Source: Business Daily Africa
Australia: New App Developed to Support Persons with Young Onset Parkinson's
April 12, 2021
The release of a new digital app and resource hub in conjunction with World Parkinson's Day on 11 April aims to benefit more than 20,000 young Australians with Young Onset Parkinson's Disease (YOPD). Read More
Source: Aged Care Guide
WHO Launches Progress Indicators to Measure Access to Assistive Technology
April 08, 2021
The World Health Organization (WHO) has developed Progress Indicators for access to assistive technology to collect high-level information from Member States to track and measure progress. Read More
Source: Mirage News
COVID-19 Vaccine Dashboard Expands to Include Accessibility Rankings of Websites
April 06, 2021
Johns Hopkins University has launched a tool to measure and rank the accessibility of state vaccine information websites to ensure greater accessibility of vaccine information for all. Read More
Source: John Hopkins University Hub
Media and Entertainment Company Sky Q to Introduce Voice Guidance
April 06, 2021
Sky Q users can use the voice remote to enable voice guidance to make navigation of the platform’s TV guide, menus, Show Centres and collections more accessible for persons with visual impairments. Read More
Source: Thiis
TikTok Adds Automatic Captions to Videos
April 06, 2021
The video-sharing social networking service, TikTok, will soon enable creators to add automatically generated captions to their videos. Read More
Source: The Verge
UK: Amazon Introduces New Alexa Helpline Feature in Partnership with RNIB
April 02, 2021
Amazon has introduced a new Alexa feature that connects persons with vision impairment in Britain with services and useful information from the Royal National Institute of Blind People (RNIB). Read More
Source: Voice Bot
For news before June 2022