August 2008

multimedia

Today the web is beyond text. We find content in the form of audio, video and animation.

This section will cover articles related to making multimedia accessible to all.

Working with Captions

Video plays an important role in the education, as it is increasingly utilized in Web-based learning applications. But, how many of these are accessible to people who are deaf or hard of hearing and senior citizens? Would people using mobile devices be able to access the audio content in a noisy environment? Is there a way to make prerecorded videos accessible to these people? Read more on Working with Captions..

Assistive Technology Corner

Did you know?

  • As per World Health Organization (WHO), there are 600 million people with disabilities in the world. Almost 10 per cent of the world's population is disabled.
  • India has signed the UN Convention on Rights of People with Disabilities.

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