#accessibility hackathon ideas

20 ideas across 8 categories · 9 beginner · 6 intermediate · 5 advanced. Sorted by judging fit (editorial estimate).

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Climate
Heatwave Cooling Centre Finder
Find the nearest cool public place and get heatwave alerts
Beginner8h1–2
LeafletWeather APINext.js
17/20
Health
Crisis Resource Finder
Find the right helpline or service quickly with a calm, simple flow
Beginner10h1–2
Next.jsJSON data
17/20
Health
Hospital Indoor Wayfinding
Step-by-step directions inside large hospitals
Intermediate16h2–3
Next.jsGraph searchQR codes
17/20
Health
Prescription Label Reader for Low Vision
Point the phone at a medicine label and hear it read aloud
Beginner10h1
Tesseract.jsSpeech APINext.js
17/20
EdTech
Dyslexia-Friendly Reader Mode
Make any web page easier to read with fonts, spacing and read-aloud
Beginner10h1
Chrome extensionSpeech APILLM
17/20
Social Good
Wheelchair Route Finder
Find routes that avoid stairs, steep slopes and broken pavements
Intermediate18h2–3
LeafletOpenStreetMapNode.js
17/20
Social Good
Public Toilet Finder
Find the nearest clean, accessible public toilet with ratings
Beginner8h1–2
LeafletNext.jsPostgres
17/20
Social Good
Inclusive Job Matching
Match jobs by required abilities and available accommodations
Intermediate16h2–3
Next.jsPostgresEmbeddings
17/20
Social Good
Audio Description for Videos
Add spoken descriptions of on-screen action to videos
Advanced24h2–3
Vision LLMFFmpegTTS
17/20
Social Good
Image to Tactile Graphic Converter
Convert diagrams into simplified tactile graphics ready for embossing
Advanced24h2–3
PythonOpenCVVision LLM
17/20
Social Good
Easy-Read Rewriter
Rewrite complex documents into easy-read format with pictures
Beginner10h1
LLMNext.jsReact-PDF
17/20
Social Good
Crowdsourced Venue Accessibility Ratings
Rate cafés, shops and offices for ramps, toilets and noise levels
Beginner10h1–2
Next.jsLeafletPostgres
17/20
Social Good
Sound Alert Detector for Deaf Users
Phone vibrates and flashes for doorbells, alarms and crying babies
Intermediate14h1–2
Transformers.jsWeb AudioReact Native
17/20
Gaming
One-Button Accessible Games
Fun games playable with a single switch or button
Beginner10h1–2
PhaserJavaScript
17/20
AI
Live Talk Captions and Translation
Show live captions of a talk and let each viewer pick their language
Advanced30h2–4
whisper.cppSocket.IOLLM
16/20
AI Agents
Accessibility Fix PR Agent
An agent finds accessibility issues and opens a PR that fixes them
Advanced26h1–3
axe-corePlaywrightLLM
16/20
Productivity
Web Accessibility Checker
Finds accessibility issues before users do
Intermediate24h1–3
Next.jsAxe-corePuppeteer
16/20
Health
Voice Medication Reminder
Reminds by voice and confirms each dose was taken
Intermediate24h1–3
ReactSpeech APISMS API
16/20
Social Good
Sign Language Trainer
Teaches basic signs with live webcam feedback
Advanced48h2–4
ReactMediaPipeTensorFlow.js
16/20
Social Good
Alt-Text Generator for Websites
Writes missing alt text so blind users can understand images
Beginner12h1–2
Next.jsVision LLM
16/20

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