by benscotttailo | Mar 24, 2026 | 5 Minute Read, Disabled Students' Allowance, News
This spring, Tailo is launching three new updates to its assistive technology for disabled students: enhanced OCR for academic PDFs, a new Google Chrome Extension, and improved text-to-speech voices. Each addresses a specific, well-documented barrier in the academic...
by benscotttailo | Sep 11, 2025 | 2 Minute Read, Neurodiversity
Higher education holds enormous potential. But for many disabled students, it also presents persistent, invisible barriers. Long reading lists, dense academic language, inaccessible documents, and overwhelming workloads often contribute to a system that feels rigid...
by benscotttailo | Aug 4, 2025 | 5 Minute Read, Disabled Students' Allowance
If you’re a UK student with a disability, long-term health condition, mental health condition or learning difference like dyslexia, you could be entitled to extra support through the Disabled Students’ Allowance (DSA). But we know the process can feel overwhelming at...
by benscotttailo | May 22, 2025 | 2 Minute Read, News
We’re thrilled to share that Tailo has won the Accessible Product Award at the Scope Awards 2025! This award celebrates products that centre accessibility in their design, improving the lives of disabled people and pushing the boundaries of inclusive technology. For...
by benscotttailo | Apr 30, 2025 | 5 Minute Read, Disabled Students' Allowance
So you’ve applied for the Disabled Students’ Allowance (DSA). Congrats! You’re one step closer to getting up to £27,000 worth of support at university, which can make a huge difference to your ability to study and your quality of life, especially if...
by benscotttailo | Apr 30, 2025 | 5 Minute Read, Artificial Intelligence
At Tailo, accessibility isn’t just a box-ticking exercise for us – it’s at the heart of everything we do. We’re always listening to feedback from our disabled and neurodivergent users to keep improving the way our assistive tech works. Our goal? To make our software...
