Are there any corporate sectors who are working towards using technology to create accessibility for people with disabilities?

IBM India has recently launched an initiative called ‘Human Ability and Accessibility Centre’ that aims to make technology and information easily accessible to people with visual, cognitive, hearing and motor disabilities in India.Located at India Research Lab in New Delhi, IBM India Human Ability and Accessibility Centre caters to the diverse requirement of accessibility stakeholders in India including government bodies, corporates, academic institutions, researchers and NGOs.Through the use of some innovative solutions developed by IBM researchers like Easy Web Browsing (for the visually impaired), WebAdopt2Me (for people with cognitive impairments or low vision), IBM aDesigner (disability simulator), Hindi Speech recognition, English assessment tool called Sensei and so on, this advanced virtual Centre enables human capability so that everyone can maximise their potential, regardless of ability or disability (“The Business Edition”)134. More information about the initiative can be sourced from the IBM Website (http://www-03.ibm.com/able/).

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