What changes in everyday life?
More people could participate in tasks that were difficult to access before.
THE YOTTABIT ERA / EDUCATION AND WORKFORCE
What if technology helped more people do the jobs they want to do?
Tools adapt a workplace so someone with a disability can perform tasks that were previously difficult to access.
IMAGINE WHAT THIS COULD CHANGE
Workplaces could become more inclusive when tools are designed around individual needs.
HERE IS HOW IT COULD WORK
Tools adapt a workplace so someone with a disability can perform tasks that were previously difficult to access. Assistive artificial intelligence, speech tools and adaptable interfaces may reduce barriers for some workers with disabilities. More people could participate in tasks that were difficult to access before. Employers should co-design with employees rather than assume one tool works for everyone. Many barriers at work come from the design of tools rather than a lack of ability. Better speech recognition, adaptable interfaces and assistive machines could help more people take part in tasks that previously excluded them. The important question is whether technology increases real independence and choice. Accessible design works best when people with disabilities help shape it from the beginning.
THE QUESTION THAT MATTERS MOST
What could this mean
for my world?
Where's the new opportunity?
Employers should co-design with employees rather than assume one tool works for everyone.
A QUESTION TO TAKE INTO TOMORROW
Ask which frustrating task could be redesigned around the worker instead of the other way around.
About Jim Carroll and the idea behind YottaBit ↗BEHIND THE POSSIBILITY
Is this real already?
This is an opportunity we're exploring, not a promise that the complete result is already available. The research below explains the difference.
What still has to happen READ THE RESEARCH CONTEXT +
This idea comes from the Yottabit research foundation's Opportunity Atlas. It is a proposed application rather than a quantified forecast or evidence of a broadly deployed product.
What would demonstrate real progress? A useful result that works reliably outside a demonstration, withstands appropriate testing and improves an outcome people care about.