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Techshare India 2008 - Assistive Technology for People with Disabilities
Techshare India, 2008 – Breaking the Barriers, a pan disability event in India, according to their organizers, received an extremely positive response both from the visitors as well as the participants.
It was the first accessibility conference and exhibition in India that highlighted the needs of people with disabilities. 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 were 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 and Omprakash Subbarao of Yahoo.
You can have a look at some of the papers presented at TechShare India 2008.
- Track 1: The Road Ahead - Envision the Accessibility Road Map
- Track 2: Making a Difference
- Track 3: Bridging the Digital Divide
- Track 4: Joint Papers from Making a Difference & Bridging the Digital Divide
- Track 5: Accessibility in Action - Workshops
More at website - Techshare India
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