Assistive Technology that Benefits Everyone

Curb cuts – those slopes down at the corner that let you roll your suitcase on and off the street cleanly – weren’t invented for your suitcase. They were invented for people in wheelchairs.

They’re an example of technology that was built for people with disabilities, but benefit everyone.

Here are some more:

• AI tools by Microsoft to enhance writing for people with Dyslexia
• Who Uses Closed Captions? Not Just the Deaf or Hard of Hearing by Samantha Sauld on 3Play Media
• Cortana reads your email to you for people with visual disabilities
• Telephone
• Typewriter
• Visual and auditory announcements on a train system -- required for people with visual disabilities or auditory disabilities but useful for almost everyone.
• Video and audio transcripts - required for people who are Deafblind but useful for everyone