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WhatsApp dark mode: what do we think?
Keeping eye comfort in mind, many apps today offering feature to view content in dark mode. This is also known as high contrast mode for many years. In the recent…
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2019 Road ahead…
Wishing you all a very happy and prosperous 2019. As always, I do hope new year brings in a lot of hope, good luck and success. In 2019, I’m looking…
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Smart House for People with Disabilities
This is a guest post by Melisa Merzitt Smart house for people with disabilities Many new Internet of things applications are comfort and safety oriented. They make it to where…
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“.new” feature from Google
Most of us uses Google applications such as Google docs, Google sheets, Google slides and they are far more easier to work and collaborate with others using the cloud. So…
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October 15: White Cane Awareness Day – Event at NAB Karnataka
International White Cane Awareness Day was observed at The National Association for the Blind, Karnataka Branch. The event was started with an invocation song by inmates of orgaanization. It was…
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Greetings on the eve of Birth anniversary of Louis Braille and best wishes for 2018
Text version is available below the video. Good morning, Firstly, Wishing you all a very happy 2018. I would also extend warm wishes on the birth anniversary of Louis Braille;…
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Re-building website on wordpress? Checklist to consider!
As you may have noticed, for a few weeks, there have been frequent changes in the design and features on our website. Yes, we have been working on to give…
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Campaign: Make currency of India and digital payment apps accessible
Authors note: This is a re-published post due to an unavoidable technical issue. Money is important to everyone; It’s essential that everyone needs to be able to identify their own…
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2016 Year in Review
Though it was a year with mixed feelings for me personally, from accessibility prospective, it was a fabulous year. A quick recap of 2016: In January, I have presented to…
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Some challenges faced by people with low vision
I happened to be a person with low vision and see some situations challenging if not impossible. Feel free to comment if you have observed any other challenges or have…
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Tribute to Louis Braille on his birthday
January 4th is birth anniversary of Louis Braille. Louis was born in the year 1809. Blinded in both eyes as a result of a childhood accident. But he has accepted…
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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…
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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…
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Keen to build a career in the area of Accessibility… where to start and how to grow?
I think it’s people who encourage me to write a few posts and this time a former colleague from HCL Technologies. He is a visual designer and his question to…
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International White Cane Day – 15th October
A white cane is used by many people who are blind. It helps as a mobility tool and comes in different varieties such as a long cane, foldable cane. 75%…
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Raising awareness is rather important to build accessible world – Global Accessibility Awareness Day
Developers are awesome, designers are awesome too! Always willing and keen to put in an innovative effort and bring a wow experience to consumers; then why is that they don’t…
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DesignDay meet-up at Bangalore – slides and resources
It was nice to be at July meet-up of DesignDay. Here is a recap of the event, my slides and as promised some resources! What’s DesignDay? DesignDay is a platform…
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Accessibility Testing – how to motivate coworkers?
To mark Global Accessibility Awareness Day, throughout the day we will be posting a few articles that hopefully would inspire you to take yet another step towards including accessibility into…
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Global Accessibility Awareness Day – May 15th – some ideas to host!
Last year and year before, Global Accessibility Awareness Day was marked across the world and it was a huge success. Let’s get ready to mark this important day this year…