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The web and other technologies should be accessible to all people. The ability to use technology regardless of disability or status is a fundamental precursor to that technology serving civic goals.

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The impact of facial recognition on people with disabilities

The impact of facial recognition on people with disabilities

An In-Depth Audit of Biases in Facial Recognition Technology Impacting Individuals with Disabilities

https://eticas.ai/invisible-no-more-the-impact-of-facial-recognition-on-people-with-disabilities-2/
Review of Text to Speech solutions

Review of Text to Speech solutions

Includes both cloud APIs and special purpose tools to make your text articles more accessible

https://thefix.media/2022/7/8/how-to-easily-turn-all-your-articles-into-audio-articles
Lookout - Assisted vision

Lookout - Assisted vision

Mountain View, CA, USA

Lookout uses computer vision to assist people with low vision or blindness get things done faster and more easily.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.apps.accessibility.reveal&hl=en_GB
Fingerspelling

Fingerspelling

Fingerspelling.xyz is a browser-based app that uses a webcam and machine learning to analyze your hand shapes so you can learn to sign the ASL alphabet correctly.

https://fingerspelling.xyz/
Seeing AI

Seeing AI

Redmond, WA

A free app that narrates the world around you. Designed for the low vision community, this research project harnesses the power of AI to describe people, text and objects

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/seeing-ai