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18 May, 2017 Ramya Venkitesh

Launching ‘Learning @BarrierBreak’ – Accessibility and Assistive Technology Training in India and Globally

BarrierBreak is glad to announce the launch of “Learning @BarrierBreak” – Online learning platform offering training courses on accessibility and assistive technology in India and globally marking the 6th Global Accessibility Awareness Day (#GAAD). BarrierBreak has been offering in person training courses for long and with the recent level of increased interest in the area of accessibility and inclusion,…

#accessibility training  #Online accessibility learning  #online training 
Accessibility Consulting
18 May, 2017 Shilpi Kapoor

Announcing the BarrierBreak CSS Accessibility Extension

Happy Global Accessibility Awareness Day! We see it fitting to announce a nifty little project we’ve been working on. It’s a browser extension called the BarrierBreak CSS Accessibility Extension and you can install it in Chrome right now. The extension came about as a result of internal conversations we had regarding finding accessibility issues in…

#accessibility  #CSS  #CSS Accessibility Extension 
Accessibility Procurement
4 May, 2017 Shilpi Kapoor

Business Case for Publishers on how Accessibility can give you an edge in selling your product.

Accessibility has often been the last thing on organizations minds when they develop their products and services! But this is surely changing! We have seen the impact that Section 508 has impacted procurement in the US. Today, we are seeing it providing an edge not only at the Federal or Central level but at the states…

#accessible publishing  #Proclamation 2017  #Procurement  #Publishers  #TEA 
Accessibility Guidelines and Standards
2 May, 2017 Shilpi Kapoor

What do we mean by accessible smart cities?

In a previous blog post, Ramya talked about India’s smart cities mission. In this blog post, I’d like to talk about smart cities in general, what it means accessibility-wise, and then relate to it from an Indian perspective. Smart cities have been hard to define, and often have had a very nebulous definition. However, looking…

#accessibility  #smart cities  #Smart City 
Assistive Technology
28 April, 2017 Shilpi Kapoor

Braille Visiting Card – Simple start to inclusion!

A question that I have always asked myself in working on inclusion of people with disabilities has been, “Am I walking the talk?”. One small area to focus on is that first introduction to someone wherein we share a visiting card. You must be wondering that what is in a braille card, how can it…

#braille  #Braille printing 
Assistive Technology
26 April, 2017 Ramya Venkitesh

Setting up an Assistive Technology Resource Center

Every person has the right to live independently and people with disabilities are no different. Today they come across various barriers that hinder their education, employment and even in their day to day activities. A resource center with reasonable accommodations and availability of right assistive technology products can assist in removing the barriers for people…

#Assistive technology products  #disability products  #low vision aid  #products for disabled  #resource center 
Assistive Technology
19 April, 2017 Ramya Venkitesh

Glassouse – Mouse Alternative that can be controlled with your head and mouth

Can a person with no hands or with no hand movement work on a computer? How can a person with spinal cord injuries, stroke patients, or people having bad motor skills, operate a computer mouse or use their finger(s) for tablets or phones? BarrierBreak introduces “GlassOuse” to its Assistive Technologies product line specially designed for people with…

#assistive technology  #GlassOuse  #Mobility impairment  #mouse alternative  #spinal cord injury 
Smart Cities
17 April, 2017 Ramya Venkitesh

What is a Smart City?

A smart city is an urban development vision to integrate Information and Communication Technology (ICT) and Internet of things (IoT) technology in a secure fashion to manage a city’s assets. Wikipedia. Smart Cities Awas Yojna Mission by the Government of India has been initiated with a mission to develop 100 cities (the target has been…

#accessibility  #Digital Inclusion  #People with disability  #Smart City 

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