Mada aims to provide a mechanism to bring relevant innovative assistive technologies and accessibility products and services to the local market in Qatar and the Arab Region.
All the following solutions have been developed through the Mada Innovation Program by providing them support through a combination of entrepreneurship grant program which includes offering subject-matter expertise, user testing feedback, and funding.
2023
AI Mourafek
AI Mourafek
ALMOURAFEK stands as a groundbreaking solution designed to address the challenges faced by over 253 million visually impaired individuals worldwide. While the majority still rely on white canes, they remain susceptible to collisions, stair accidents, and disorientation. Meanwhile, a minority…
Smart Hat
Smart Hat
SmartHat is an innovative assistive technology designed to address the challenges faced by visually impaired individuals, especially in indoor environments. Unlike traditional single-purpose devices, SmartHat stands out by integrating a range of features into a lightweight and easily wearable smart…
Tutobraille
Tutobraille
TutoBraille emerges as a pioneering online educational initiative, conceptualized under the Mada Innovation Program Direct Grant, to enhance Braille literacy in the Arabic-speaking community. This platform is specifically designed to teach Unified Arabic Braille, addressing a significant gap in accessible…
SafeDrive4Deaf
SafeDrive4Deaf
Safety Drive For Deaf” is a groundbreaking innovation designed to alert deaf drivers to emergency sounds in their environment, such as train barriers and ambulance sirens. This device aims to enhance information accessibility for deaf drivers by translating these crucial…
Rawi Al Kotob
Rawi Al Kotob
Our solution is dedicated to breaking down barriers to education and entertainment by prioritizing accessibility for all, with a particular emphasis on individuals facing auditory and visual impairments. We are committed to ensuring that Rawi Al Kotob’s rich content becomes…
Tameem Wa Reem
Tameem Wa Reem
The platform consists of a website and a mobile application, focusing on delivering distinctive training courses and interactive educational content. It adopts a comprehensive scientific approach through a Learning Management System (LMS) to convey knowledge to deaf children. The mobile…
Autismo Lab
Autismo Lab
Autismo Lab’s platform uses a variety of XR technologies, including virtual reality (VR), augmented reality (AR), and mixed reality (MR). These technologies allow users to experience a variety of scenarios in a safe and controlled environment. This can be helpful…
Learn Autism
Learn Autism
Learn Autism is an evidence-based resource that provides a wealth of valuable information related to Autism. The app offers on-demand, bite-sized videos that are specifically designed to provide educators, families, and professionals with the knowledge and confidence they need to…
2022
Field of Vision
Field of Vision
FOV has developed handheld haptic devices that are designed specifically for visually impaired sports fans. These devices use four computer vision cameras that are set up to capture all the key information from a sports game, such as shots, passes,…
Kalimati
Kalimati
The Kalimati program makes use of the innovative solutions that tablet technology lends towards using interactive storytelling to support gesture-based language acquisition. Tablet technology allows for the inclusion of video and animation to support object/action recognition in the form of…
Predictable Arabic
Predictable Arabic
Predictable leverages smart word prediction that runs locally on the device, offline – yet it learns the individual’s pattern of use. It provides people with limited motor control accessibility options that enable them to use whichever body part or movement…
2021
Sokoon Sign Langauge App
Sokoon Sign Langauge App
Sokoon Sign Langauge App Project: The idea of creating this startup came for the Qatari community members to learn Qatari Sign Language and for all the individuals from the Arab region and around the world to learn their country’s sign…
Qatari 3D avatar for Qatari sign language interpretation
Qatari 3D avatar for Qatari sign language interpretation
As well as all spoken languages, Sign Languages SL have a structured grammar and syntax. Despite that it was visual, multi-dimensional and mainly based on gestures, SL follows specifics grammatical rules. Consequently, the automatic generation of sign language should follow…
Braille Application
Braille Application
It is a way of reading and sensitive texts by compensating the sense of consideration with the sense of touch,which is an urgent need for the blind to enable them to read, following my interests in the developments known in…
Thinkerbell Annie
Thinkerbell Annie
Through the companion app, parents and QTVIs can monitor the real-time progress of the student, schedule tests and homework. Local authorities can evaluate, analyze, compare and remedy a group of students through Annie’s cloud platform. Packed with gamified and interactive…
Qatari Money Reader App – V2
Qatari Money Reader App – V2
Such challenges make it hard to exercise basic daily activities, like needing to seek assistance to determine the value and authenticity of such bills. There is a necessity for developing solutions that can evaluate the authenticity and value of local…
2020
Educational Encyclopedia
Educational Encyclopedia
The app allows the users to develop their academic performance related to reading, writing and spelling through improving the skills that come before reading like colors, similarities, differences, visual attention and auditory attention. Then comes the level of learning the…
Accessible Virtual Visit – MATHAF
Accessible Virtual Visit – MATHAF
A state-of-the-art virtual tour was created with a new concept to communicate with visitors during the times of COVID19. A virtual 360-degree tour, this feature can be best described as a marriage between a video call and the virtual tour…
Wonder Tree Accessible Gaming
Wonder Tree Accessible Gaming
Using a webcam on a PC or a screen, the wonder tree portal can be used to inject joy into physical and cognitive therapy for kids through fun, interactive, augmented reality games which are very affordable, easily accessible and scalable…
Joi Educational Blocks
Joi Educational Blocks
Joi combines the past and the future in one game because we took the concept from one of the traditional and famous games (Lego) and filled it with modern technology. This product has been designed to help parents to know…
Mada FabLab
Mada FabLab
The vision of Mada FabLab is to be referenced internationally as the first Fab Lab, managing, developing, and promoting social innovation processes through digital manufacturing and open knowledge for persons with disabilities. Such a space will support, promote, and accelerate…
Accessible E-Government kiosk
Accessible E-Government kiosk
Dot Incorporation had developed such a kiosk which can work multifunctional and localize for Qatar. From metro stations to government offices, the use of kiosk machines is famous as a convenience for users and an alternative to human service. As…
KOGI
2019
2018
TextHelp Arabic Read&Write
TextHelp Arabic Read&Write
As part of the Mada Innovation Program, Mada offered subject-matter-expertise to localize the Read&Write in Arabic to meet the needs of students with learning difficulties in Qatar and the Arab world. TextHelp Arabic Read&Write is an adaptable toolbar which makes…
Clicker 7 Arabic
Clicker 7 Arabic
As part of the Mada Innovation Program, Mada offered funding and subject-matter-expertise to localize the Clicker 7 in Arabic to meet the needs of students with learning difficulties in Qatar and the Arab world. Clicker 7 Arabic is a reading…
Tawasol AAC App
Tawasol AAC App
Tawasol AAC App gives people with communication difficulties and children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) the ability to express themselves and build sentences in Arabic through a wide range of symbols. The app allows users to add symbols and vocabulary…
2017
Arabic Big Keys
Arabic Big Keys
BigKeys keyboards are simplified computer keyboards. BigKeys LX has 60 extra-large keys and retains all the functions of a standard keyboard. All keys are easy to see: 1-inch square! Familiar QWERTY alpha key layout. ABC layout is also available. Note that…
Sound Alert – Pebbell Smart Watch
Sound Alert – Pebbell Smart Watch
A sound recognition platform that functions through recognizing and analyzing sounds from the environment and converting these into visual and sensory notifications and alerts. A technology capable of detecting a wide range of sounds which can be displayed on a…
Sign Language Avatar
Sign Language Avatar
Over 80% of the Deaf community cannot read or write beyond a very basic level. It is very difficult for the deaf and hard of hearing to read the written text in websites including: – Governmental website – Social media…
Handi Access
Handi Access
Developer: Mohamed Kallel The application present a modern way to facilitate the lives of persons with disabilities by identifying public administrations that have their own accessibility paths. A wheelchair user can browse public information about public administrations with a wheelchair entry ramp.…
Smart Face
Smart Face
Developer: Karim Khouyi Smart Face is an application that allows you to control the Android device through facial movements or head. The application uses the front camera of the device in order to capture your movements and then translate them…
2010 - 2016
Mada Reader Writer
Mada Reader Writer
This product contains two applications Reader and Writer which provide reading and writing support in Arabic. Reader is a handy little program for reading text aloud. You can select text from any program, whether a news item in your web…
Clicker 5 Arabic
Clicker 5 Arabic
Clicker 5 is a software designed to help struggling readers, writers and English language learners to access support tools they need at school, work or home. The program can help individuals with Dyslexia, Learning Difficulties, Speech or Language Impairments, Physical…
The GRID 2
The GRID 2
The Grid 2 is a software designed for people with limited or unclear speech that allows them to use a computer as voice output communication aid by using symbols or text to build sentences. The software allows user to access…
Claro Read
Claro Read
ClaroRead for Windows PC supports reading and writing. ClaroRead is a simple, easy-to-use and flexible software program that helps you to read, write, study, and increases your confidence. You can read any on-screen text out loud and improve your writing…
Dolphin Easy Converter
Dolphin Easy Converter
Ensuring your communications are accessible to all of your clients makes legal and financial sense. Offering your customers and employees a choice of alternative formats not only ensures you’re compliant with equality legislation but also improves customer service, differentiating your…
KwickLoupe
KwickLoupe
A simple screen magnifier. Magnification ranges from 2x to 64x with a quick locate option to position the viewing window. The tool magnifies the area around the mouse pointer. Website: www.fx-software.co.uk/assistive.htm
Mouseketeer
Mouseketeer
Mouse clicking replacement software. It can carry out left click, right click, double click, highlight and drag-drop actions Website: http://www.fx-software.co.uk/assistive.htm
