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Accessibility round-up Week 1, May 2016
After some gap, we are back with Accessibility round-up. Here is stuff for this week Accessibility by design – IBM [Video] Command line Accessibility Tools Accessibility Testing with NVDA Screen reader by Deque [Video] Events Across the world to mark Global Accessibility Awareness Day on May 19, 2016 7 things every designer needs to know…
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May 19, 2016 will be Global Accessibility Awareness Day – ideas to celebrate
It’s amazing to see the idea evolved from a11y pros Jennison and Joe is raising a great momentum and this year, Global Accessibility Awareness Day will be marked on 19th May, 2016. to mark calendars for every year, note that Global Accessibility Awareness Day has been set to mark on every 3rd Thursday of May…
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WordPress goes WCAG – a big achievement
Yes, this is big achievement for a content management software to be WCAG complaint! We love Word Press for several years now and one of the main reasons for that is its ease of use. Now we love it more because now WordPress goes WCAG; thanks to the dedicated efforts by wonderful Accessibility team at…
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TapTapSee: An app to assist visually impaired to read
It has been a challenge for blind and visually impaired to identify medicines, spices in the kitchen, currency etc., while it’s easy to deal with money and spices, it’s certainly not easy when one has to deal with a number of medicines. If doctor has prescribed a specific medicine to use at a particular time,…
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2016 Road ahead…
In India, 2015 has ended with the launch of Accessible India Campaign by the Ministry of Social Justice and empowerment. This leads to a great beginning of 2016. Accessible India Campaign has 3 core sections to address: Physical Infrastructure Transportation System Information and Communication Technologies Accessible India has a solid plan and targets and documented…
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International Day of Persons with Disabilities – what's happening in India?
We recently posted about Theme for this year’s International Day of Persons with Disabilities. As we are gearing up to mark the occasion tomorrow, here is a quick list of a few events that are happening in India. Mr. Narendra Modi, The Prime Minister of India will be officially launching Accessible India Campaign and giving…
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Inclusion matters: access and empowerment for people of all abilities – theme of International Day of Persons with Disabilities 2015
The United Nations has announced this years theme as Inclusion matters: access and empowerment for people of all abilities. This is certainly an area that we all care about and work for. Background on International Day of persons with disabilities he International Day of Persons with Disabilities (IDPD) has been commemorated since 1992 to promote…
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Accessible India Campaign, ATAG 2.0 and more… 2nd October, 2015 – Accessibility Round-up
Mukesh Jain, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment talks about Accessible India Campaign (video) Near by Explore app by American Printing House for the Blind is now available to all users around the world android:importantForAccessibility Accessibility towards more inclusive web with Microsoft Edge and Windows 10 How your word press theme can be…
