This is the time of year for review and reminiscing. Enjoy this photo album of BridgingApps memories from 2025. January: Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas Amy Barry, Digital Marketing Lead, poses outside the Las Vegas Convention Center where…
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Community-Driven Digital Futures: A Note on Digital Inclusion Week 2025
Every October, the National Digital Inclusion Alliance (NDIA) sponsors Digital Inclusion Week (DIW) to promote digital equity and to showcase projects that bridge the digital divide. This year, Easter Seals Greater Houston (ESGH) joins ten other organizations and individuals sharing…
Net Inclusion 2025
The National Digital Inclusion Alliance (NDIA) held their annual Net Inclusion conference May 20–22, at the Gila River reservation in Phoenix, Arizona. BridgingApps delegates were Amy Fuchs, Program Manager; Alejandra “Ale” Gonzalez, Digital Navigator; and Tara Rocha, Digital Learning Specialist.…
BYOC (Bring Your Own Captioning) for Conference Speakers
Like many forms of assistive technology, screen captions have gone mainstream. Many people with typically functional hearing are turning on the captions for a variety of reasons: private viewing in public environments, poor sound quality on individual devices, or just…
Report from Net Inclusion 2024
(Note: For purposes of this article and in line with NDIA practice, “inclusion” comprises all human-diversity categories, not just those related to disability and accessibility.) Billed as “The Nation’s Premiere Digital Inclusion Conference and Community,” the annual Net Inclusion event…
National Digital Inclusion Week 2023
By the time you read this, the National Digital Inclusion Alliance will be wrapping up its annual Digital Inclusion Week, observed during the first work week in October. The 2023 theme was “Building Connected Communities”: expanding digital literacy and accessibility…






