The Disability Accommodations team at Google is a devoted team that is working to make sure that all employees have what they need to do their work. The team supports employees with resources like personal care assistance, visual support assistance, sign language interpreters, and CART (Communication Access Realtime Translation) captioning. The Candidate Accommodations team provides similar support for candidates, to help ensure a barrier-free interview experience.

As a CODA, or “child of deaf adults,” Googler Tony Lee (he/him) has always straddled two worlds. But with the help of assistive technologies like Live Caption and Google Meet, Tony and his family are able to share the moments that matter most, no matter the distance or their hearing ability.

For the 130 million wheelchair users worldwide and the more than 30 million Americans who have difficulty using stairs, it is essential to know accessibility information about your route and your destination before you leave, but this information is not always available, or easy to find.

With Accessible Places turned on, you can see accessibility information displayed prominently when you search for a place on Google Maps. And with "wheelchair accessible” routes, you can find accessible ways to get there.

Schools include all different types of learners, so it’s critical for educators to have the tools to keep students included, engaged, and informed throughout the learning process. Google for Education products like Chromebooks, Classroom, and Assignments, are created with accessibility in mind, to help everyone do their best work with support for their individual learning styles and needs.

After years of research through Project Euphonia, Google teams have worked closely with the disability community to develop Project Relate, a new app, currently in beta testing, that can be trained to create customized speech recognition models for individual voices. Using this tool, a person could create live captions for their voice, generate a clear, computerized voice to repeat what they’ve said out loud, or speak directly to Google Assistant.

Jillian Mercado (she/her) and Brent Lewis (he/him) built public databases to elevate opportunities for artists and innovators often left out of the creative world. Mercado’s Black Disabled Creatives and Lewis’ Diversify Photo databases were first built using Google Workspace tools, and through the power of word of mouth, they have grown to help amplify creative voices that are too often missing.