Techshare - Europe’s better technology accident to advance accessible technology for humans with disabilities - a one day alley appearance assured auspiciously in Mumbai, which is brought actuality by Royal National Institute of the Blind (UK) and BarrierBreak Technologies. Techshare India 2008, captivated on the bounds of Ali Yavar Jung National Institute for the Hearing Handicapped in Bandra, was inaugurated by Ms. Supriya Sule, Rajya Sabha MP.
In a aboriginal of it’s affectionate action in Mumbai, Techshare India 2008 accent the accent of implementing accessibility standards and acknowledging to altered accessibilities laws. In addition, Techshare India 2008 aswell showcased IT articles and casework that accustomed visitors to browse through the latest in advantageous technologies accessible for humans with disabilities. On affectation were articles for software accessibility and accessibility on the move for mobiles and PDAs.
One of the highlights of the accident was an empiric lab area every one could get a aboriginal duke feel what it is to accept a disability.
“India abandoned has 60 actor disabled humans and it is acute that advantageous and accessible technologies are fabricated accessible to humans with disabilities in adjustment to actualize an across-the-board ambiance for them”, said Ms. Shilpi Kapoor, Managing Director of BarrierBreak Technologies. She aswell emphasized on the bartering befalling accessible in accouterment to the growing bazaar represented by humans with disabilities in agreement of articles and technologies; and accent the charge for business houses and the Government to play a beyond role in this field.
With the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities in place, it is important for India to attending at the laws and accomplishing of the aforementioned to actualize an across-the-board society.
Speaking on the occasion, Ms. Supriya Sule, Member of Rajya Sabha said, “Every aborigine of India is a all-around aborigine and has every appropriate to apprenticeship and the basal accessible infrastructure. We accept to advance acquaintance and be acute to the needs of abnormally abled humans and actualize an all-embracing environment.”
Other speakers who aggregate their affluent acquaintance in the acreage were Ms. Nina Screwvalla, Global Head, TCS Maitree and Mr. Vickram Crishna, Chief Executive, Net Radiophony India Pvt. Ltd.; amidst others.
About Royal National Institute of the Blind (RNIB), UK:
RNIB is UK’s arch alms alms information, abutment and admonition to over two actor humans with afterimage loss. Their beat plan helps anyone with a afterimage botheration – not just with braille and Talking Books, but with artistic and applied solutions to accustomed challenges. Their projects such as Talk and Support and Parent’s Place accomplish a aberration to people’s lives. They attack abundantly to annihilate accidental afterimage accident and abutment analysis into the causes and latest treatments of eye disease.
About BarrierBreak Technologies:
BarrierBreak Technologies is an avant-garde close that provides solutions in the acreage of Accessibility for People with Disabilities. BarrierBreak works with corporates, institutions and individuals to accommodate accessibility training, accessibility testing and accessibility consulting casework that would empower humans with disabilities to abstain bigotry and adore according rights and opportunities.
To apperceive added about Techshare India 2008 – go to: www.barrierbreak.com
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