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Disability tech startups kill the cynic in me

Sight Tech Global 2022 agenda announced

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

WHILL brings its autonomous wheelchairs to North American airports

7 accessibilityfocused startups snag grants from Microsoft

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

Leveling the playing field

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

Ava expands its AI captioning to desktop and web apps and raises 45M to scale

Augmental lets you control a computer and sex toys with your tongue

Sight Tech Global agenda announced

The robots occupying our sidewalks

Cognixions brainmonitoring headset enables fluid communication for people with severe disabilities

Stark wants to make it easier to design accessible websites and software

NexStride gadget that helps people with Parkinsons fight freezing attracts 28M

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

May Mobility reveals prototype of a wheelchairaccessible autonomous vehicle

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

What will tomorrows tech look like Ask someone who cant see

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

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

Amazons Echo Show can now identify household pantry items held in front of its camera

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

Apple Watch Series 5s banner feature needs to be turned up to 11

With 25 years at Microsoft Mike Tholfsen is old school and a champion of education accessibility

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

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

FTC orders AI accessibility startup accessiBe to pay 1M for misleading advertising

Fable funds quest for accessibilityinclusive development with 10M A round

SLAIT pivots from translating sign language to AIpowered interactive lessons

Soliddd is building smart glasses for people with macular degeneration

Samsung Unpacked 2025: Google is bringing improved hearing aid features

Facebook YouTube Netflix and more get eyetracking apps from Tobii

3 steps tech innovators can take to create a more equal society

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

17 Top 3D Printing Themes of 2017

3D Printing News Briefs November 4 2023: Insourcing Prosthetics More

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

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

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

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

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

Sight Tech Global 2022 announced

Explore accessibility via Amazon Alexa at Sight Tech Global 2022

How Airbnb handles discrimination claims

Airbnb makes service more accessible to people with disabilities

Apple and Amazon MLAI leads to speak on accessibility at Sight Tech Global 2021

Origami Labs shows off its voicepowered smart ring

Wheel the World grabs 6M to offer guaranteed accessibility price match for hotel rooms

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