Dear participants,Welcome and thank you for joining us today.The session is recorded and will be available on the event page of the WSIS website soon after the end of the session - https://www.itu.int/net4/wsis/forum/2021/Should you have a question or a comment, you are kindly invited to post it in the Q&A/Chat or to request the floor by using the raise hand function.

Hi all, it sounds like there’s an open mic and someone is typing.

Thank you, Dale, I think this is background noise from Brian

apologies, Zoom quit unexpectedly

Dear participants, please feel free to share your questions or raise your hand

There is a hand raised by Leticia

Dear Leticia, you will be the first to take the floor and pose your question, thank you for your patience

WIPO Technology Trends report: https://www.wipo.int/tech_trends/en/assistive_technology/index.html

please unmute yourself and pose your question

Sorry, I did not intend to make a question

no worries!

One of the problems of technology is cost, and patient access to these developments.What is Japan doing to achieve patient accessibility? do they have financial support for people with disabilities to acquire technology?How does Switzerland handle it?