Universal (or broadened) accessibility, or universal design means greater usability, particularly for people with disabilities. But universally accessible technology yields great rewards to the typical user as well; good accessible design is universal design. One example is the “curb cuts” (or dropped curbs) in the sidewalk at street crossings. While these curb cuts enable pedestrians with mobility impairments to cross the street, these also aid parents with carriages and strollers, shoppers with carts, and travelers and workers with pull-type bags. As an example, the modern telephone is inaccessible to people who are deaf or hard of hearing. Combined with a text telephone (also known as a TDD Telecommunications device for the deaf and in the USA generally called a TTY [Teletypewriter]), which converts typed characters into tones that may be sent over the telephone line, a deaf person is able to communicate immediately at a distance. Together with “relay” services, in which an operator reads what the deaf person types and types what a hearing person says, the deaf person is then given access to everyone’s telephone, not just those of people who possess text telephones. Many telephones now have volume controls, which are primarily intended for the benefit of people who are hard of hearing, but can be useful for users at all times and places where there is significant background noise. Some have larger well-spaced keys to facilitate accurate dialing. Also, a person with a mobility impairment can have difficulty using calculators. Speech recognition software could recognize short commands and make use of calculators easier. People suffering from learning disabilities like dyslexia or dysgraphia are using text-to-speech (TTS) software for reading and spelling programs for assistance in writing texts. Thus, computers with their peripheral devices, editing, spell checking and speech synthesis software are becoming the core of the stones assertive technologies coming for relief to the people with learning disabilities and to the people with visual impairments. The spelling programs and assisting voice facilities are bringing better and more convenient text reading and writing experience to the general public, when helping with foreign language texts. Toys, which have been adapted to be used by children with disabilities, may have advantages for “typical” children as well. The Lekotek movement assists parents by lending toys and assertive technology expertise to families.