Although $1M doesn't go as far as it used to, this is very good news. Congratulations and good luck in acquiring more funding as things progress!
As long as I'm writing, I'd like to mention a possible a11y-related project. As many folks on this list may be aware, Microsoft Soundscape (https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/product/soundscape/) is being open sourced: > This open source project is a subset of 'Microsoft Soundscape' product as > released on the Apple App Store. To make this contribution to open source, it > was necessary to remove 3rd party sources and some other proprietary code. > Further Microsoft branding, reference to specific Microsoft services, and > deployment mechanisms have been removed. -- https://github.com/microsoft/soundscape FYI, here is the announcement page: Microsoft Soundscape – New Horizons with a Community-Driven Approach https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/blog/microsoft-soundscape-new-horizons-with-a-community-driven-approach/ Aside from making Soundscape open source, they are removing the support infrastructure (e.g., servers, staffing). A blind friend tells me that Soundscape has become an extremely valuable Orientation and Mobility tool for her, so she is _quite_ upset that it may be going away. So, I've been wondering whether it might be possible for someone to adopt and support this project. For example, it might be a good fit for the Overture Maps Foundation (https://overturemaps.org). Just saying... -r
