Summary: A speech impediment is a condition in which a person has challenges creating or forming the speech sounds needed to communicate.
Speech impediments
Learn more about Speech impediments on the Alphabet Accessibility Academy
Take the Speech impediments course
A speech impediment is a condition in which a person has challenges creating or forming the speech sounds needed to communicate. Speech impediments can be temporary or prolonged.
Speech stats
An estimated 17.9 million U.S. adults report having a temporary or prolonged speech impediment each year
Source: National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders
More speech resources
Understanding communication accessibility needs
Project Euphonia's primer about people with accessibility needs related to communication
Speech Accessibility Literature Review
Literature review from the Central Accessibility team with research highlights, pain points, and opportunities to improve voice technology.
Project Euphonia
Euphonia is a cross-PA collaboration between several teams that aims to allow people with speech impairments to communicate more easily.
Live Transcribe
Live Transcribe is an Android accessibility feature that allows people to capture speech and sound and see them as text on your screen.