Accelerate Tech named a finalist for the 2026 Microsoft Inclusion Changemaker Partner of the Year Award

Accelerate Tech has been named a finalist for the 2026 Microsoft Inclusion Changemaker Partner of the Year Award. Microsoft announced this year’s winners and finalists on the Microsoft Partner blog.

The award recognises Microsoft partners whose work helps customers address accessibility, diverse representation including neurodiversity, economic access and digital inclusion. This year’s winners and finalists were selected from more than 4,500 nominations worldwide.

“We’re proud to be named a finalist. Inclusion is part of how we design for government, and this recognition belongs to our team and the customers we build with,” said James Diekman, CEO of Accelerate Tech.

Language+

Our nomination was led by Language+, an app built for Multicultural NSW and the NSW Police Force that helps officers communicate with people who speak little or no English. Running on Microsoft Azure and deployed to around 12,000 NSW Police devices, Language+ offers more than 200 interpreter-recorded phrases in 31 languages, plus access to a 24/7 interpreter service in more than 100 languages. The project won the 2025 NSW Premier’s Award for Excellence in Service Delivery.

Most of what we build is for government and organisations that serve the public, where a service has to work for everyone who relies on it. Thank you to our team, and to the customers who trusted us with this work.

The full list of categories, winners and finalists is on the 2026 Microsoft Partner of the Year Awards page.

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