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You asked, we delivered! Explorers have been requesting a rewards program for some time. Aira Points, our first loyalty and reward program will begin on June 7, 2022. Sign up for the Aira Points program, use Aira at specific Aira Access locations in the United States and you will earn Aira Points. Once your Aira […]

Do you know someone who would make a great Aira Agent? If so, send them our way and you just may earn yourself some Aira minutes!  We are actively looking for qualified individuals to join the Aira Agent team and we’d welcome your help! Beginning today, you can refer potential Agents to Aira and if […]

Anyone striving to be an astronaut is said to have “the right stuff”. It’s a combination of personal skill and knowing how to use what’s out there to get things done. The same can be said for achieving accessibility. Two powerful additions to your accessibility tool kit are products from Vispero and professional visual interpreting […]

Global Accessibility Awareness Day (GAAD) carries the important message that everyone should be aware of accessibility and how by doing so, we can change the world. The spirit of this is widely embraced, but what does this really mean in-the-wild, when applied to various aspects of our work lives?    Aira has a strong focus […]

On Saturday, April 16th (Sunday, April 17th in Australia and New Zealand), the global online blind community is joining together for We’re With U, a benefit concert to help blind people who have been affected by the atrocities in Ukraine. In the name of the event, the letter U rather than the word “Y O […]

Bravo.  On Friday, March 18th, the United States Department of Justice issued web accessibility guidance, again making it abundantly clear that the accessibility provisions of the ADA apply to websites, apps and other digital content. For years people have argued that these are not physical spaces and therefore, the ADA does not apply. Not true.   […]

On January 3, 2022, National Federation of the Blind’s President Riccobono wrote a letter to President Biden regarding the NFB’s concerns about the accessibility of at-home COVID-19 tests. He reminded the President that the blind have already faced many barriers during the pandemic, including inaccessible websites and drive-through-only testing sites, and these experiences reinforce the […]

Aira Agents are ready to assist with inaccessible pandemic-related tasks. Nearing the two-year mark and still, a great deal of information related to the pandemic remains inaccessible. Aira can assist; we have modified our Covid-19 Promotion by updating eligible tasks. At-home testing and reporting, along with submitting vaccination credentials and researching protocols, now qualify.     […]

Today Aira Tech Corp launched Priority Connect, a service delivery model to address the specific needs of Aira Explorers and Aira Access Partners at times when call volume is above historical or predicted volumes.   Aira’s mission is to remove barriers and make the world more accessible by providing universal, world-class visual interpreting to the […]