The Spanish Ministry of Interior launched Alertcops, an app that makes communicating with the police easier to all citizens, in particular, to those with hearing and/or speech disabilities. This service allows citizens to send geographically targeted text-based emergency alerts to the police using mobile phones. The app is also targeted to tourists and foreigners residing in Spain that speak little or no Spanish.

The Orange Hi 4G is an affordable smartphone designed to provide access to 4G data network at a reasonable price. However, it includes limited accessibility features. In fact, this handset is suitable for Deaf people as well as to users with low vision, limited dexterity and poor comprehension skills.

San Francisco’s International Airport unveiled a prototype version of a smartphone app designed to help passengers with vision disabilities navigate through an airport terminal. The app has been developed by the San Francisco Mayor’s Office Entrepreneur-in-Residence Program and Indoo.rs, company leader in indoor navigation.

A group of agencies belonging to the United States government have made available a toolkit containing a series of guides to encourage US federal agencies and companies to improve access to social media and/or Blog content for people with disabilities. The Toolkit, named Improving Accessibility of Social Media in Government, is mainly targeted to developers, social media experts and citizens in general.