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

Travel wheelchair Revolve Air launches on Kickstarter

Announcing Sight Tech Global 2021

Leveling the playing field

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

4 Signs Your Startups Website Isnt Accessible and the Trouble That Could Cause for Your Business

Soliddd is building smart glasses for people with macular degeneration

Amazons Josh Miele and Anne Toth talk Alexa and the future of accessibility at Sight Tech Global

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

Stark a hub for accessible software design launches a Mac app in beta

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

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

Mobility startups can be equitable accessible and profitable

How Airbnb handles discrimination claims

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

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

Sight Tech Global 2022 agenda announced

These startups are making smarter canes for people with visual impairments

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

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

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

SLAIT pivots from translating sign language to AIpowered interactive lessons

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

The robots occupying our sidewalks

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

Explore accessibility via Amazon Alexa at Sight Tech Global 2022

Evinced raises 17M to speed up accessibility testing for the web

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

Make accessibility part of your startups products and culture from day one

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

Wheel the World raises 2M to provide unlimited experiences for travelers with limited accessibility

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

Mixtape podcast: Artificial intelligence and disability

Android is adding Auracast support which allows hearing aids to connect to public audio broadcasts

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

What will tomorrows tech look like Ask someone who cant see

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

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

Logitech accessory kit makes the Xbox Adaptive Controller even more accessible

DOJ warns that misuse of algorithmic hiring tools could violate accessibility laws

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

Microsoft commits 25M to its AI for Accessibility program

Sight Tech Global 2022 announced

AirPods to get Live Listen feature in iOS 12

Sight Tech Global agenda announced

Mike Shebanek and Matt King share W3C accessibility project at Sight Tech Global 2021

Apple reveals new accessibility features like custom texttospeech voices

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

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

Airbnb buys Airbnb for disabled people startup Accomable in accessibility upgrade