Access Insights · Case Studies
Our work
Access Insights is a research and design agency built by the people who helped write the rules of accessibility, including the chief architect of the ADA. We find the human needs that matter most, prove what works in real communities, and design solutions that reach everyone. These case studies are that arc in practice: begin with lived experience, involve the people affected as codesigners, turn insight into working prototypes, and validate them with the community they are for.
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Case studies
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ACATKeep Hawking Talking
Pete Denman led the interface design of ACAT, the software Intel built so Stephen Hawking could keep speaking. Released as free open source, then redesigned for everyone else who needs a voice.
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Immersive audioGoalball
The best sport you have never heard of. A binaural data set recorded with real players, a browser game you play by ear, and a study of how people localize sound.
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Lived experience, proven in practiceThe Connected Wheelchair
In 2014 Pete Denman led the Intel project that asked what a power wheelchair should know about the person living in it. The answer became a public proof of concept endorsed by Stephen Hawking.
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In review
Our origin storyVirtual Lex
When Lex Frieden asked for help being present in rooms he could not travel to, the team that answered became Access Insights: a lip synced avatar, a robot head with binaural hearing, and Lex as codesigner.