February Digital Accessibility Roundup

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Welcome to Disability: IN’s monthly round up of digital accessibility news for February.

At Disability:IN we know that digital accessibility impacts all aspects of disability inclusion. If you have questions about our digital accessibility program, please contact Jeff Wissel, our Chief Accessibility Officer.

Spotlight on Disability:IN Partners using technology to enhance the accessibility of products we use every day.

Walmart introduces NaviLens Pilot Program

Walmart believes everyone should feel welcomed and comfortable while they shop, which is why we’re always testing new ways to make our shopping experience more accessible. We’re now piloting NaviLens at 10 stores in the Dallas-Fort Worth and Northwest Arkansas areas. NaviLens uses high-contrast, scannable signage that helps blind and low-vision users independently navigate spaces with confidence. The app can also read details on participating products in up to 40 languages, helping users identify potential allergens and other important information. Simply download the free NaviLens app from Google Play or the App Store to get started!

This initiative is the latest accessibility feature for Walmart’s customers, joining sensory friendly shopping hours, Caroline’s Carts, Aira, and other services that help customers shop with freedom and dignity. We’re always listening to feedback and innovating to make our shopping experience better for everyone. Have suggestions for how we can make our shopping experience even better? Let us know!

Infosys and Tennis Australia Bring AI-First Experiences and Accessibility to Australian Open 2026

Building on an eight-year partnership with Tennis Australia, these advancements aim to redefine fan engagement, empower players and coaches, and push the boundaries of digital accessibility in tennis. Together, Infosys and Tennis Australia seek to broaden access to the sport, elevate both on-ground and digital experiences, and showcase responsible AI innovation at scale.

Microsoft Accessibility Fundamentals

Technology can empower people to achieve more, help strengthen education opportunities, and make the workplace more inviting and inclusive for people with disabilities. And with more than 1 billion people with disabilities in the world, Microsoft believes accessibility and inclusion are essential to delivering on our mission to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more. Don’t forget to share your awards on social media after completing each module!

Free Course From, Founderz in Collaboration with Microsoft: Learning AI, Accessibly

Build your AI expertise with a free course created for the disability community. Learn how to use and implement AI tools to boost productivity, streamline tasks, and create impact.

NBC Universal Enhances Accessibility For Its Coverage of the Milan Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics

NBC Universal to Offer Closed Captioning, Audio Description, and Web Content Accessibility

2026 Milan Cortina Winter Olympics to Feature More Audio Description than Ever Before, Including All Coverage on NBC and the Gold Zone Whip-Around Show on Peacock

How to Make Emerging Tech Work for Communities with Disabilities

Conversations about new technology tend to veer between extremes:Either it’s going to save the world or destroy it. But the experiences of people with disabilities highlight that reality is somewhere in the middle.When the right tools—such as telehealth appointments, AI-assisted communication, and online communities—are carefully designed and inclusively implemented, they expand independence and agency.

Making the Web Accessible for Everyone: How AI Supports Developers in Inclusive Design

For developers, designers, and organizations, creating inclusive experiences is both a moral responsibility and a practical necessity. Yet many teams lack the knowledge, tools, or workflow guidance to make accessibility a reality. Fortunately, artificial intelligence (AI) is emerging as a powerful tool to support inclusive design, helping developers create digital products that can be used by everyone, including people with disabilities. 

Amazon Fire TV’s New Accessibility Campaign: “Built for How to Watch”

Accessibility features are only helpful if people actually know they exist, and can find them when they need them. Amazon just put that idea front and center with a new Fire TV campaign that spotlights built-inaccessibility in a way that’s easy to watch, share, and understand.

Coming Soon: Aira + Meta Smart Glasses Integration

We are excited to be partnering with Meta to build a direct integration for Meta smart glasses using their new Wearables Device Access Toolkit. This upcoming integration is designed to support a more seamless Explorer experience, with features like GPS continuity, photo capture, and more comprehensive in-call support.  This integration will be available for both IOS and Android, and we are working hard to ensure it functions as expected before rolling it out to the full Explorer community. Internal testing is underway, with a closed beta test to follow.

AIMAC Founders Joe Devon, Eamon McErlean Talk First Round Of Results In New Interview

The tool, built in collaboration with ServiceNow at which McErlean serves as vice president and global head of digital accessibility and globalization, is “an open-source, extensible evaluation framework” that assesses the accessibility attributes of models based on artificial intelligence such as OpenAI’s Chat GPT, Google’s Gemini, and others.

What’s New in Google Accessibility | Episode 11

Thanks for tuning into another episode of What’s New in Google Accessibility, a series where we share the latest news about our accessibility products and features. In this episode, we’ll talk about accessibility features on Android, YouTube, Pixel, Chome OS and Google Research.

Digital Accessibility Conferences and Events

UX360 Research Summit - Online

Date: February 4-5, 2026

Developer Week - Online and San Jose, CA

Date: February 18-20, 2026

Accelerating digital accessibility - Virtual

Date: February 24-25, 2026

41st CSUN Assistive Technology Conference - Anaheim, CA

Date: March 9, 2026 – March 13, 2026

2026 Jacobus Tenbroek Disability Law Symposium - Baltimore,MD

Date: March 26–27, 2026

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