Using the power of digital assistive technology
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We support efforts to harness digital innovation – especially through mobile technologies – to expand reach, reduce costs and personalize assistive technology solutions.
Goal: Digital advances like smartphones and software are fully integrated into assistive technology ecosystems.
Interventions
Study on the impact of smartphones on persons with visual and hearing impairments
A research study, launched in 2023, is assessing the feasibility and impact of providing mobile phones to individuals with hearing and vision impairments.
Development of text-to-speech (TTS) for four under-represented languages (Turkmen, Nepali, South Vietnamese and Setswana)
ATscale identified the need for text-to-speech (TTS) voices for under-represented languages as one of the areas where it could make a catalytic investment to improve access.
