Date of publication
February 2025

These assistive technologies can help people living with deafblindness to experience the world in a more accessible way.

Nonvisual Desktop Access (NVDA)

NVDA is a free screen reader available in over 50 different languages and supports many refreshable braille displays.

INCPart Services

INCPart Services empower people with visual and hearing impairments by making assistive products and services easily available at affordable prices.

RoboBraille

RoboBraille is a service for both web and phone which allows users to easily convert documents into a variety of alternate formats intended for blind or visually impaired individuals

Immersive Reader

Immersive Reader is a free, built-in tool for many Microsoft applications, such as Word, Teams, Outlook and even Minecraft. The tool is meant to aid people with reading or language difficulty, helping them process on-screen text.

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