EBU Member's Newsletter

All the latest news from our ongoing campaigns, including the disability intergroup, the EU disability strategy post 2020, the EU Disability Card, and miscellaneous updates.

This month the news section includes, First Braille tablet shown at CES 2020, Hap2Phone Allows Users to Feel Objects in Photos on Their Touchscreens, OrCam Announces New AI Hearing Device and Handheld AI Reader at CES 2020, W3C Launches an Introduction to Web Accessibility Free Online Course in Cooperation with UNESCO IITE, How to make museums more accessible for disabled people? Ask them

This time we also prepared really cool news for visually impaired musicians:

Building Raspberry Pi Smart Guitar for Blind, Deaf and Mute Musicians

The Government of Montenegro reviewed and adopted the Information on the Accession of Montenegro to the Marrakesh Treaty to facilitate access to published works for persons who are visually impaired or otherwise print disabled at the Government session held on January 16, 2020.

On 7 January, 2020 Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki appointed Paweł Wdówik, as a Government Plenipotentiary for Disabled People.

EDF and Oracle have launched the fourth edition of their scholarship for students with disabilities studying in the field of Computer Science, Computer Engineering, User Experience, or related fields enrolled at a EU university for the academic year 2019-2020.

A large number of participants from around the world attended the 2019 IAUD Awards. From all of them, a jury consisting in internationally recognized professionals selected 3 Grand Awards, 10 Gold Awards, 8 Silver Awards and 14 Bronze Awards.