AI for Accessibility
A Microsoft grant programme that harnesses the power of AI to amplify human capability for the more than one billion people around the world with a disability.
Technology
Get access to our cloud and AI platform to create and test new AI applications for people with disabilities.
Knowledge
Consult with our engineers to accelerate the development of your ideas and extend the impact of your solution.
Partnership
We will ensure that organisations maximise the accessibility of their offerings and create empowering experiences for people with disabilities.
Employment
According to the US Office of Disability Employment Policy, the unemployment rate is twice as high for people with disabilities. AI can help people to develop professional skills and influence workplace culture and inclusive hiring.
Daily life
AI is capable of hearing, seeing and reasoning with increasing accuracy. By making software and devices smarter, and keeping them affordable, people gain the independence to perform daily tasks and personalise tools for their unique needs.
Communication and connection
Equal access to information and opportunity requires communication. Technology can create possibilities for all people, regardless of how they listen, speak or write.
Experience AI in action
Check out some of the ways AI is being used to empower people with disabilities.
Seeing AI
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.
Helpicto
Equadex partnered with Microsoft to develop a pictogram app for children who are nonverbal. Helpicto uses speech-to-text to generate sentences and leverages language understanding to categorise keywords.
Microsoft Translator
Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) is using custom speech models and Microsoft Translator to improve the accuracy of real-time captions for students who are deaf or hard-of-hearing.
