Talking Birds Theatre Company

Talking Birds bring accessibility to the theatre

Talking Birds is a small, independent, site-specific theatre company, making work that explores, and seeks to illuminate, the profound and complex relationships between people and place. Established in 1992, they … Read more

Tech4Good Impact: SpecialEffect

The Tech4Good Awards shine a light on the amazing people who use technology to make the world a better, more inclusive place and there is no better example of this … Read more

Smarter TVs for the Visually Impaired

As the world’s leading TV manufacturer by volume, Samsung supplies the UK’s highly competitive consumer electronics sector. Samsung’s leading market position provides it with a powerful platform to demonstrate how … Read more

Therapy Box

Building award-winning accessible apps

Therapy Box is an award winning app development company that specialises in communication and therapy apps for people of all ages and abilities. Founded in 2010 by Rebecca Bright (speech … Read more

Shortlists announced for 2014 – and more about the People’s Award

In case you haven’t spotted it the shortlists for this year’s Tech4Good Awards have been announced. We have 23 finalists in seven categories so take a look at who’s made … Read more

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SpecialEffect: Helping disabled people play computer games

SpecialEffect’s mission is to enable anyone, whatever their physical disability, to enjoy video games and leisure technology. It’s not all for the sake of fun, though as SpecialEffect believes in … Read more

Neil Cottrell, Lexable with the Winner of Winners

Spotlight: Accessibility Award

The Tech4Good Awards nominations have now officially been open for a week. Over the course of the next nine weeks we’ll be highlighting each of our seven awards categories, remind … Read more

2012 Accessibility Award winner continues to grow

Since winning the Accessibility Award at the Tech4Good Awards 2012, Lexable has gone from strength to strength. Founded by Neil Cottrell in 2009, Lexable is the company behind Neil’s creation, … Read more

a visiually impaired person using a cashpoint

Making cash machines more accessible for blind and partially sighted people

Imagine how difficult it is for a blind or partially sighted person to use a cashpoint unaided. It’s an everyday task that many of us take for granted that can … Read more

LexAble, Accessibility Award 2012

Global Autocorrect, LexAble

Global AutoCorrect is the brainchild of Neil Cottrell, a 26-year-old graduate, who is severely dyslexic. He initially developed the software as a solution to overcome his own difficulties. After graduating … Read more

AbilityNet: Adapting technology. Changing Lives.

Lloyds Banking Group wins AbilityNet Excellence in Accessibility Award

Lloyds Banking Group was awarded the AbilityNet Excellence in Accessibility Award in recognition of its huge commitment to meeting the needs of its workforce. The video below was shown at … Read more

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