Global Accessibility Awareness Day: 4 apps that make tech more inclusive

According to World Health Organization data, the number of visually impaired people globally is estimated to be around 285 million, while more than 450 million are affected by disabling hearing loss. On Global Accessibility Awareness Day, which falls on the third Thursday of May, we look at four apps that seek to empower such users. Signily This American Sign Language keyboard app comes with both left- and right-handed gestures, a QWERTY layout and numbers from 1-30. An interesting alternative to Signily, the ASL app helps you learn conversational sign language on the go, including some 2,000 common phrases and signs: This includes the English alphabet, numbers and universal hand gestures. Available across Android, iOS and Windows Google Lens An almost omnipresent feature on Android smartphones, Google Lens can do everything from scanning and translating text to identifying objects around a user.