Featured Innovators
eKitabu
The creation of more than 250 books in Tumbuka and Malawian Sign Language for free use on the Global Digital Library.Competition
Begin With Books
Winner Status
1st place,Winner
Rochester Institute of Technology – National Technical Institute for the Deaf
The creation of 1,200 accessible books in the sign languages of Indonesia, the Philippines, Papua New Guinea, Somalia, the Fiji Islands and Samoa.Competition
Begin With Books
Winner Status
Winner
SIL LEAD
The creation of 420 quality, accessible books in the Soninke and Sénoufo languages of Mali, as well as Malian Sign Language, using SIL's Bloom book creation software.Competition
Begin With Books
Winner Status
Winner
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Manos Unidas
An interactive corpus of sign language words, a smartphone app, and a literacy outreach program for deaf children and their familiesCompetition
Sign On For Literacy Prize
Amount Awarded
Up to $250,000
Winner Status
Finalist
Enuma
The Sign On For Literacy prize sought technology-based innovations that increase literacy outcomes for deaf children in low resource settings by providing greater access to sign languages, early gradeCompetition
Sign On For Literacy Prize
Amount Awarded
$25,000
Winner Status
Semi-Finalist
Gallaudet University Motion Light Lab, Visual Language and Visual Learning
SignShare, an open-source digital platform that enables users to create and share signed stories and resources.Competition
Sign On For Literacy Prize
Amount Awarded
$25,000
Winner Status
Semi-Finalist
Asafeer Education Technologies
100 inspiring STEM storybook templates and illustrations for Arabic speaking children and for global translation and use.Competition
No Lost Generation Summit Tech Prize
Amount Awarded
$100,000
Winner Status
Winner
SIL LEAD, Inc.
Enhancing Bloom software with accessibility features to allow users to create “born accessible” reading materials in underserved languages.Competition
Book Boost: Access for All Challenge
Amount Awarded
$162,000
Winner Status
Winner
eKitabu
Catalyzing the born accessible book chain to create a library of open source, accessible digital titles and providing an open standards based toolkit for local content developers.Competition
Book Boost: Access for All Challenge
Amount Awarded
$162,000
Winner Status
Winner

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