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Biden administration announces $37B in funding to benefit seniors, disabled Americans
The Biden administration announced Tuesday that $37 billion in funding has been committed to benefit seniors and Americans with disabilities since the start of the administration. More than $25 billion of the funding has gone to help retain, expand, and train care workforces and to increase the pay and improve benefits for care workers.
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Inclusive India: Digital First Event by Newz Hook and BarrierBreak: A Resounding Success
The recent Inclusive India Digital First event was a huge success, bringing together business leaders, policy makers and experts from various sectors to discuss ways to build an inclusive and digitally empowered India. In a landmark event on the digital landscape in India, the conference brought together 275 people from diverse backgrounds to explore and champion digital access.
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The Future of Game Accessibility Is Surprisingly Simple
For all the challenges of communicating accessibility information to players, how designers improve it won't take much. The degree of inaccessibility will, naturally, vary from player to player. But it’s becoming more common for publishers to release accessibility information ahead of release.
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Microsoft is first brand to use AI visual support for blind and low-vision customers
Be My Eyes helps blind and low-vision people with visual tasks by connecting them with 7 million sighted human volunteers. Earlier this year, the organization introduced a new feature called Virtual Volunteer, which uses GPT-4 to provide instant assistance. Renamed Be My AI, the concept is now also available in a version that allows contact centers to supercharge customer support.
The Rule-Breaking Audio Descriptions Of Netflix's 'All The Light We Cannot See' Point To A Greater Accessibility Triumph
Netflix accessibility consultant Joe Strechay talks inclusivity on set. As a teenager, Strechay worked in a video rental store. His experience losing his sight, combined with his youthful gravitation toward movies, saw him pulled to depictions of blindness and people with disabilities on the big screen.
Achieve Digital Accessibility at Scale: Audit – Maintain – Comply
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