A Regional Workshop on Web-Based Networking was organized by APCD /JICA in collaboration with UNESCAP and NECTEC in July, 2003 at Bangkok where participants from various Asian and Pacific countries participated and presented their country profiles on ICT in their country focusing on its utilization by Persons with Disabilities.
The developments that took place in the Nineties in the area of ICT have certainly enabled a section of persons with disabilities, to lead a more enriched life than ever before. Today, people with disabilities are carrying out electronic banking, online shopping, e-mailing etc. In the office setting via electronic document processing, visually impaired and blind employees have access to vital information equal in some cases to their sighted colleagues. Similarly, telecommunication services have enabled hearing impaired persons to communicate in their preferred linguistic mode. The speech recognition systems have afforded greater freedom of communication to those with severe arms restrictions.
A special project has been initiated from June, 2003 to develop an open source Screen Reader for Blind Persons named SAFA (Screen Access for All).
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