Analysis

September 2, 2019

Disability tech startups are booming — but so are prices

European startups making tech products to help disabled people are entering a booming market (worth $26bn by 2024), but they will have to tread carefully over price.


Alex Lee

8 min read

US-based startup Aira connects visually impaired users via video link to a trained professional, providing them with sighted assistance for everyday tasks such as navigating and reading documents or emails. It's a valuable service, but also a pricey one. The company charges $124 a month for the standard plan of 120 minutes of assistance time.

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