05/11/2026
It's used a lot, but there's no other way to say that we're DELIGHTED to have won the Inclusive Solutions award at Voice At The Table Inclusion Leader Awards 2026.
Across six work-experience sessions, young disabled adults from The Orpheus Centre worked alongside our team, sharing their experiences, exploring our technology and developing ideas that inspired our Focus Audio feature.
Now part of our Assistive Toolbar, the feature uses sound to support concentration and has been launched more than 103,000 times since its release in May.
Along the way, the students gained practical experience in design, teamwork and product development, and saw their ideas become a feature people can use.
As student Daniel put it: “I felt quite proud of us as a group.”
Thank you to the students and staff at The Orpheus Centre, Katie Jackson, Jessica Witson, and our product, development and accessibility teams for making this new feature possible.
This is what putting lived experience at the heart of product development can achieve.
Thank you to Voice at the Table for championing this work.
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Image 1: John Abbot and Katie Jackson smile for a photo, with Katie holding a circular glass trophy. Above them, text reads: “Inclusive Solutions Award Win!” alongside the Voice at the Table and Recite Me logos.
Image 2: Four students from The Orpheus Centre pose together in a classroom, one giving a thumbs-up. Text beneath reads: “Inclusive Solutions. For the Focus Audio feature inspired by students from:” followed by the Orpheus logo.
