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Backflip Raises 30M for Textto3D Print Software

Microsoft invests 25M in CREATE a new center for accessible tech at the University of Washington

Promovas new feature helps people with dyslexia learn a new language

What Apples education announcements mean for accessibility

Tech helped Cyrus Habib get to Washingtons secondhighest office and new innovations hold even more promise for the blind

Evinceds 55M C round will help bring its accessibility dev tools and AI to Europe

Haptics touchbased navigation helps blind and sighted alike get around without looking

Facebook YouTube Netflix and more get eyetracking apps from Tobii

These startups are making smarter canes for people with visual impairments

Microsofts Saqib Shaikh lead on Seeing AI is returning to Sight Tech Global Dec 12

Adaptation Ventures is a new angel investor group focused on disability and accessibility tech

Hailing a selfdriving taxi when blind Learn how Waymo answers that challenge at Sight Tech Global

As thousands set out to hack for Microsoft book chronicles two defining projects for accessibility

Accessibilitys nextgen breakthroughs will be literally in your head

Quadriplegic man keeps on riding using tech to enable 475mile trip across state

OrCam Technologies cofounder Amnon Shashua to speak at Sight Tech Global

JAWS architect Glen Gordon is joining Sight Tech Global a virtual event Dec 23

SprintRay Welcomes Usain Bolt Launches 3D Printing Dental Resin PostCuring Unit

Disability tech startups kill the cynic in me

SLAIT pivots from translating sign language to AIpowered interactive lessons

Travel wheelchair Revolve Air launches on Kickstarter

MrBeasts blindness video puts systemic ableism on display

Evinced pushes companies to accelerate accessibility with its dev tools scoring 38M investment

Ava sets the example for universal live captioning and raises 10M to keep building

Imagine being blind and trying to attend a virtual event Try that next time you stage one

AirPods to get Live Listen feature in iOS 12

From AI to inclusive hiring Satya Nadella seeks further inspiration at Microsofts Ability Summit

Microsoft and Apple collaborate to help visually impaired people use braille displays across operating systems

GeekWire Calendar Picks: Science fiction literature biases in AI and helping businesses go global

Apple reveals new accessibility features like custom texttospeech voices

GSA looks into facial recognition bias and improving accessibility in federal web services

You can now use Alexa to move around inside apps like Netflix and Hulu on Fire TV Cube

Sight Tech Global 2022 agenda announced

Cognixions brainmonitoring headset enables fluid communication for people with severe disabilities

The BNPL crackdown hasnt crushed Walnut and its latest 110M Series A

Fable adds cognitive and hearing impairments to its accessibility tools with 25M round

Helping children overcome their mobility challenges Trexo Robotics gets a Y Combinator boost

Neurodiversity in technology: Are businesses missing out on key talent

Apples Jeff Bigham disability rights lawyer Haben Girma author Sara Hendren and more to join Sight Tech Global

Why product equity has become a business imperative for the future of digital products

Sight Tech Global is Live Join top AI technologists and accessibility innovators discuss the future of assistive tech

Cognixion raises 12M to build its brainmonitoring headset for people with disabilities

Assistive technologies will be a 26 billion dollar market and investors are only now addressing it

Airbnb buys Airbnb for disabled people startup Accomable in accessibility upgrade

Logitech accessory kit makes the Xbox Adaptive Controller even more accessible

Apples global accessibility head on the companys new features for iOS 13 and macOS Catalina

Glasses give sight to the legally blind opening eyes to the broader potential of making tech accessible

The Monarch could be the next big thing in Braille

Mixtape podcast: Artificial intelligence and disability

For Apple this years Global Accessibility Awareness Day is all about education