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Making technologies accessible to all

While ICTs can offer better chances for people with disabilities, as demonstrated by the solutions mentioned above, technologies, in their pervasiveness, can also represent a barrier. The UN’s Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, upholds accessibility as a right for all, including access to digital technologies. A cluster of projects seeks to make this right a reality. Access services enable those with physical, mental or age-related impairments to access the storyline of a television programme. Digital television is currently being rolled out across Europe – bringing about opportunities to improve those services.