Where AI Meets Inclusion
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Transreport receives prestigious King’s Award for Enterprise for making rail travel more accessible
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Accessibility technology firm Transreport has been honoured with a coveted King’s Award for Enterprise, in the category of Innovation. Transreport is one of 197 organisations nationally to be recognised with a King’s Award for Enterprise. Transreport is a global accessibility technology company with the mission of democratising public transport. Its Passenger Assistance platform is…
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Unleashing Musical Potential: How Google’s Music AI Sandbox Can Harmonize with Accessibility
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Music is a universal language, a powerful form of expression that resonates deeply with individuals from all walks of life. Today, the toolkit available to musicians is expanding dramatically, with Artificial Intelligence emerging as a transformative force. Google’s Music AI Sandbox, a suite of experimental tools developed in collaboration with musicians and powered by…
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Adaptations specialist awarded for working with local authorities to tackle the lack of accessible homes
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PROCare, an accessible bathroom and adaptations specialist, has been awarded for Best Resident Safety Initiative at the 2025 Northern Housing Awards. The company was also shortlisted for Professional Services Partnership of the Year, a category that celebrates meaningful collaboration across the sector. This recognition reflects PROCare’s commitment to working in partnership with housing providers,…
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Awards celebrate innovations and projects that help to remove barriers for disabled people
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Organisations and individuals that are working to remove barriers and make the world more inclusive for disabled people were celebrated at Business Disability Forum’s Disability Smart Awards 2025 in London on 29 April 2025. Now in its 11th year, the Disability Smart Awards is an annual event open to organisations of any size across…
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MPs warn that the Casey Commission reforms are “doomed to fail” unless government measures true cost of inaction on social care
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Chair of the Health and Social Care Committee, Layla Moran MP The Health and Social Care Committee has published a new report that explores the problems of England’s social care sector and warns that too much emphasis is put on the cost of change and not enough consideration is given to the human and…
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Pension Age Disability Payment opens for people with long-term health conditions across Scotland
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Pension Age Disability Payment for disabled people and those with a long-term health condition to help them look after themselves, or supervision to stay safe, is now open for applications across Scotland. The Pension Age Disability Payment is available to people of State Pension age and is also available to pensioners who are terminally…
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REACTION: Experts weigh in on formal start of the government’s independent commission into adult social care
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Baroness Louise Casey On 2 May 2025, the UK Government formally began its independent commission into adult social care, chaired by Baroness Louise Casey, with the publication of its terms of reference. The commission aims to reform adult social care through a two-phase approach. Phase 1 (medium term), reporting in 2026, will outline a…
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Monday Tech Tip: Talking Keyboard for Children
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During the 2025 ATIA Conference, Sam Hyman from Talking Keyboards, showed us the Talking Keyboard for Children, which is a speech-generating learning tool to develop literacy skills. Check it out here: Click here to learn more about Talking Keyboards.
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NarrAD: Automatic Generation of Audio Descriptions for Movies with Rich Narrative Context
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Audio Description (AD) is a narration designed to enhance accessibility for visually impaired individuals by conveying the key visual elements of a video. Thus, automating AD generation for long-form videos, such as movies and dramas, provides high social value but is a challenging task. First, AD must reflect the narrative context of the entire…
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Design of an Automatic Adaptive Video Caption Generation Technology for Users in Need of Linguistic Accommodation
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This study aims to design and validate an automatic adaptive caption generation system that addresses the diverse linguistic needs of users who are excluded from conventional video caption services, which typically provide only direct speech-to-text conversion. These users include sign language users with hearing impairments, foreigners learning Korean, and individuals with language development disorders—groups…