AccessCat Network

The Accessibility Innovation Network of Catalonia is a knowledge transfer network. We want to offer solutions to a diverse society where everyone should have access to information and communication

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AccessCat Catalogue

The GRIHO Research Group (UdL), winner of the II Call for Disruptive Solutions (2025)

The project is Remote Usability Lab: Usability and Accessibility Evaluation of Web Systems (Web U+A Evaluation), led by researchers Afra Pascual and Marc Gonzalez (GRIHO). They will now be able to receive up to €20,000 to fund studies for its valorisation.

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Researchers Toni Granollers, Afra Pascual, and Marc Gonzalez with the II Call for Disruptive Solutions winning diploma.

These are the 16 research groups in the AccessCat Network

Who are they? What do they do? What technologies, services, and educational resources do they offer? Learn more about AFIN, Neolcyt, TransMedia Catalonia, CLiC, DIDPATRI, GTI, TALN, TraDiLex, LSC Lab, QURBIS, ReLaTe, NODES, TRACTE, MiA, GIAP, and GRIHO.

Research Groups Index
Representatives from various groups of the AccessCat Network in 2023, the year the Network was established.

Discover the accessibility technologies developed by the AccessCat research groups

Are you interested in exploring new accessibility technologies for your organisation, institution, or business? The AccessCat Demos are now available—online demonstrations of the accessibility technologies developed by the CLiC, MiA, QURBIS, and ReLaTe research groups.

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PlanAccess: A new methodology for the educational and cultural sectors

What is PlanAccess, winner of the First Call for Disruptive Solutions (2024)? Learn more about this new methodology based on research for the educational and cultural sectors, which has just received funding from the Government of Catalonia to continue the study funded by the AccessCat Network.

PlanAccess Video
Researcher Irene Hermosa, in a classroom at the Poblenou campus of Pompeu Fabra University in Barcelona.

SCRIBAL: A digital transcriber for teaching

What is SCRIBAL, winner of the First Call for Disruptive Solutions (2024)? Discover more about this digital transcriber for teaching, which has just received funding from the Government of Catalonia to continue the study funded by the AccessCat Network.

SCRIBAL Video
Mireia Farrús on the terrace of the CLiC laboratory, with views of the historic building of the University of Barcelona.

Free online training capsules available from the AccessCat Network

The 15x15: Accessibility November and 6x15: Accessibility June series, organised by AccessCat and led by researchers from the network’s research groups, aim to raise awareness, delve deeper into, and teach basic concepts of accessibility across various fields such as culture, heritage, technology, and communication. In total, they consist of 21 episodes, each lasting 15 minutes.

AccessCat Training Sessions