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Redefining Disability By Shilpi Kapoor Evangelist and Director BarrierBreak Technologies Tech Enable Breaking the Barriers of Disabilities
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Redefining Disability
By Shilpi Kapoor
Evangelist and Director
BarrierBreak Technologies
Tech Enable
Breaking the Barriers of
Disabilities
Redefining Disability
About BarrierBreak
When no one else believed in the idea of technology as an enabler for persons with disabilities, BarrierBreak believed!
• Pioneers in Accessibility in India
• 75% of our staff is people with disabilities
• Work beyond solutions on Policy Building also
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Disability Statistics
More than 1 billion people in the World and
Estimated 70 million in India
• 1 in 4 have a visual difficulty or impairment
• 1 in 4 have a dexterity difficulty or impairment
• 1 in 5 have a hearing difficulty or impairment
• 1 in 7 have a cognitive difficulty or impairment
and many more….
Research Study Commissioned by Microsoft & Conducted by Forester “The Wide Range of Abilities and Its Impact on
Computer Technology”
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Question?
• Can you ignore technology today?
• Is Technology in most aspect of your life?
• Can persons with disabilities use the same
technology as you and me?
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Technology is Everywhere…
Image by TheWayfarer
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Lets Think Beyond Ramps!
• Website
• Software
• Mobiles
• Kiosk
• Electronics
• Games
• And many more…..
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How can we Tech Enable?
Assistive Technology
Support Services Inclusive Technology
Empowering People with Disabilities to be
independent
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The Big Picture
Deaf people find it difficult to:
• Participate in society
• Get education
• Gain employment
• Be contributing members of society!
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The Solution - SignNTalk
Bridging the Communication barriers by
connecting the urban deaf who are looking for
employment and/or
independent living to the hearing world
by providing Sign Language Interpreters
Online!
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The Solution - SignNTalk
• Connects the deaf to the
hearing world
• Provides Indian Sign
Language
• Only requirement is a
webcam & a computer
with internet connection
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How does SignNTalk Work?
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Factors Moving Ahead • Success Factors
– Deaf people adapting to using sign language online
– Cheaper and Faster Internet Access
– Laws on Discrimination & Equal Opportunity
• Risks – Lack of Sign Language
Interpreters – Working with Association for Sign Language Interpreters
– Law does not enforce need of sign language support – Lobbying for the New Law being drafted
– Mobile Technology – Adapting to include mobile access
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Let Technology be Inclusive!
Redefining Disability
Where to Contact Me?
email: [email protected]
mobile: +91-98199 85266
office: +91-22-2686 0485/6
Connect with me at:
Shilpi_Kapoor
