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August 19, 2008
Last 9 days to register - Techshare India 2008 Road Show at Bangalore
Filed under: Techshare India, General, Assistive Technologies — vasu @ 5:58 pmHi all,
Hurry up! Last 9 days to register for Techshare India 2008 Road Show
Techshare India 2008 Road Show will be held on 29th August, 2008 at Mobility India.
Techshare India 2008 Road Show brings you an opportunity to meet eminent speakers those have expertise in the area of accessibility, assistive technology and disability. Some of the Key Speakers are listed below:
- Philip O’keefe - The World Bank - Key note address
- Das Suryavamshi, State Commissioner, People with Disabilities, Karnataka - Panalist
- Shanti Raghavan, Enable India - Panalist
- Shilpi Kapoor - Basics of Web Accessibility
- Omprakash Subbarao - Building accessibility into large scale applications: The experience of Yahoo! Mail
- Vikas Sharma - Access beyond Ramps
- Dr. Poonam R Gupta - Open Source Based Assistive Technologies
- Vivek Gaikwad - Flash & Accessibility
- Ganesh Prasad S - DAISY Revolution
- My Stories - Stories of different people with disabilities from the Assistive Technology prospective
- B Ashok - Restructuring the work environment for people with Mental Retardation …. many more!
Free entry to Experience Zone - Come and experience Assistive Technologies
Here is an opportunity to experience how people with disabilities lead an independent life! There will be different assistive devices and technologies that will be demonstrated by people with disabilities at the Experience Zone of Techshare India 2008 Road Show.
Few of the products that will be displayed at Techshare India 2008 are:
- Ergonomic Keyboard & Ergonomic Mice by Keyovation LLC
- Power wheel chair by Ostrich Mobility and Callidai Motor Works
- Screen Readers and many more
- Tools for Learning Disabilities
Come and learn easy Sign Language - Hello, Thank You, Welcome, Tea, etc at the experience zone!
Visit Techshare India Website for complete details, agenda and registration
No CommentsJuly 17, 2008
Registrations are now open! Techshare India 2008 Road Shows - Breaking the Barriers
Filed under: Elderly, Techshare India, Learning, Mobility, Visual, Hearing, Assistive Technologies — vasu @ 12:46 pmHi all,
It’s been some time I blogged about Techshare India 2008 Road Show that would be organized at Bangalore and Mumbai.
I am excited to let you all know that registrations are now open for Techshare India 2008 Road Show that will be held at Bangalore on 29th August, 2008 and during October, 2008 at Mumbai.
We are having speakers who has rich experience in the area of people with disabilities, accessibility and assistive technologies. Some of our key speakers would be Shilpi Kapoor of BarrierBreak Technologies, Dr. Poonam Gupta of CDAC Noida, Vikas Sharma of AccessAbility, Omprakash Subbarao of Yahoo! India and many more…
Besides presentations, there will be state-of-the-art Experience Zone demonstrating different assistive technologies and devices for people with disabilities.
Visit Techshare India Website for updates and registration process!
No CommentsJuly 11, 2008
My first experience at Bangalore International Airport
Filed under: General, Elderly, Visual — vasu @ 2:46 pmHi everyone!
It was 8:00 AM yesterday I landed at Bangalore International Airport. Right from the aircraft, I got the air-bridge till 1st Floor of the airport and then I used escalator to reach ground floor. One thing I liked is the sign boards indicating way to different areas are provided with a larger font which made me easy to find out the Information Centre and gate number on my return.
Lifts have Braille labels and audio alerts were provided. However, it was a bit difficult to find the locations of buttons as they were in same color of the wall. But interesting thing is buttons were given horizantally and at low height. It would help people who use wheel chair to access independently.
Partitions are made up of glass and it was difficult to identify as the floor was also in the same color though there were few chairs attached to partition.
Further, Step edges of stair case are not marked with different color and hence it was difficult to identify steps.
Overall, color contrast need to be taken care in a better way and it would have been good if the floor has little rough surface.
No CommentsJune 9, 2008
Techshare India will be coming to Bangalore & Mumbai
Filed under: Techshare India, Assistive Technologies — vasu @ 5:56 pmHello everyone!
Techshare India 2008 - India’s 1st Accessibility and Assistive Technology conference that was held on 4th & 5th February, 2008 received an immense response with around 450 delegates and speakers from across the world.
In response to the continued demand for organizing Techshare all over India, BarrierBreak Technologies is now bringing the conference as road shows. Techshare India 2008 Road Shows will be organized in different cities so that more people can benefit and also to create awareness about how technology can empower people with disabilities.
In the first phase, we are announcing the Techshare India 2008 Road shows at Bangalore and Mumbai during August and October respectively. The one day event shall be a platform to share insights and learning’s.
For further details on Techshare India 2008 Road Shows, please visit http://www.barrierbreak.com/events-conference/about-roadshows.php
No CommentsMay 14, 2008
India’s First Accessible Website for People with Disabilities
Filed under: General — Pooja Nahata @ 6:15 pmMumbai, May 14th 2008 – Ali Yavar Jung National Institute for the Hearing Handicapped (AYJNIHH), an autonomous organization under the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment launches India’s first accessible website - http://ayjnihh.nic.in/. With the UN Convention on Rights of People with Disabilities (PWD) coming in force from 3rd May 2008, it is imperative that India takes on the initiative of protecting the rights of the disabled.
With emerging technologies, innovation has no bounds. The Web can help bridge the barriers and provide opportunities to people with disabilities. In a country where it is considered that almost 10% of the world’s disabled population lives in India, it is imperative for the ecosystem to realize the power of technology that can break barriers for people with disabilities and include them in the main stream.
The launch of http://ayjnihh.nic.in/ is a stepping stone for the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment in achieving its vision to empower people with disabilities and bring them into the main stream of society by giving them access to information using the Web.
The website has been designed and developed by Net Systems Informatics (India) Private Limited to comply with international web accessibility standards – Web Content Accessibility Guidelines by the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C).
Ms. Shilpi Kapoor, Director of Net Systems Informatics says “Today, we are talking of empowering people with disabilities. The Web as a medium can help us bridge the gap. It can be used to provide education, employment and equal opportunity to the people with disabilities. AYJNIHH initiative as an organization under the Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment shows the commitment to the cause.”
Shri. R. Rangasayee, Director, AYJNIHH says “AYJNIHH is committed to remove barriers and provide seamless accessibility to PWDs especially in access to information and this accessible website is a step in this direction.”
About Net Systems Informatics (India) Pvt. Ltd.
Net Systems Informatics (India) Pvt. Ltd. is an Accessibility Consulting and Knowledge Management firm. Our accessibility consulting unit is managed by BarrierBreak Technologies that provides innovative solutions in the field of Accessibility for People with Disabilities.
We work with corporates, institutions and individuals to provide accessibility training, accessibility testing and accessibility consulting services that would empower people with disabilities to avoid discrimination and enjoy equal rights and opportunities.
For more information about Net Systems Informatics visit: http://www.n-syst.com/
About Ali Yavar Jung National Institute for the Hearing Impaired (AYJNIHH)
AYJNIHH is an autonomous organization under the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, Government of India, New Delhi.
For more information about AYJNIHH visit: http://ayjnihh.nic.in/
No CommentsApril 29, 2008
Techshare India 2008 Presentations are now available online!!
Filed under: Techshare India — Priti Rohra @ 11:25 amTechshare India 2008, the first accessibility conference and exhibition held in New Delhi included a range of presentations by speakers across the world. The presentations were on different topics including Web Accessibility, PDF accessibility, Flash Accessibility, Accessible Rich Internet Applications (ARIA), Section 508 etc.
Some of the speakers who presented at Techshare India include Brian Hardy and Kenny Johar of Vision Australia, Mandy Thompson and Steve Morgan of The Royal National Institute of Blind People (RNIB) UK, Steve Bennett of Dolphin Computer Access, David Baquis of Section 508, Lisa Friendly of Bookshare, Sameer Bhatt of Adobe Systems, omprakash subbarao of Yahoo etc.
The presentations are in different format, such as Microsoft Word, Microsoft Power Point (PPT), and Acrobat Portable Document Format (PDF) etc. These presentations are now available online at: http://www.barrierbreak.com/events-conference/techshare_presentations2008.php.
No CommentsApril 9, 2008
United Nation (UN) convention on the rights of people with disabilities will be coming to force on 3rd May 2008…
Filed under: General — Priti Rohra @ 6:59 pmOn 3rd April 2008, Ecuador became the 20th country to ratify the UN convention on the rights of people with disabilities. This has resulted in the treaty coming in to force on 3rd May 2008. Following is the list of 20 countries, who have ratified the convention:
- Bangladesh - 30 November 2007
- Croatia - 15 August 2007
- Cuba - 6 September 2007
- Ecuador - 3 April 2008
- El Salvador - 14 December 2007
- Gabon - 1 October 2007
- Guinea - 8 February 2008
- Hungary - 20 July 2007
- India - 1 October 2007
- Jamaica - 30 March 2007
- Jordan - 31 March 2008
- Mexico - 17 December 2007
- Namibia - 4 December 2007
- Nicaragua - 7 December 2007
- Panama - 7 August 2007
- Peru - 30 January 2008
- San Marino - 22 February 2008
- South Africa - 30 November 2007
- Spain - 3 December 2007
- Tunisia - 2 April 2008
Source: United Nations website (http://www.un.org/disabilities/default.asp?id=257)
Let’s hope this landmark convention on rights of people with disabilities will help to build an Inclusive society across the globe.
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