Accessible technology and the developing world / [edited by] Michael Ashley Stein and Jonathan Lazar.

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Stein, Michael Ashley (Editor)
Lazar, Jonathan (Editor)
Language:English
Published: Oxford, United Kingdom : Oxford University Press, 2021.
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Assistive computer technology.
Technology and people with disabilities.
Information technology > Social aspects.
Technologie informatique adaptée.
Technologie de l'information > Aspect social.
Physical Description:viii, 371 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Development for all: how human rights break down barriers to technology / Marianne Schulze
  • Addressing the drivers of digital technology for disability-inclusive development / Charlotte McClain-Nhlapo and Deepti Samant Raja
  • Global trends for accessible technologies in the developing world: an analysis of the results of the digital accessibility rights evaluation index / H.E. Luis Gallegos, Martin Gould, and Alex Lebois
  • Digital accessibility innovation in Latin America and the Caribbean / Francesca Cesa Bianchi
  • Digital accessibility in the Asia-Pacific region / Nirmita Narasimhan
  • The role of technical standards in improving digital accessibility in under-resourced regions and communities / Judy Brewer and Shadi Abou-Zahra
  • Digital inclusion in the Global South: work globally, act locally / Betsy Beaumon
  • Digital accessibility and intersectional discrimination / G. Anthony Giannoumis and Rannveig A. Skjerve
  • The relevance of the CRPD and the Marakesh Treaty to the Global South's book famine / Paul Harpur and Michael Ashley Stein
  • The patent system, assistive technologies, and the developing world / Amy L. Landers
  • Accessible ICT as a ray of hope for disability rights in Pakistan / Marva Khan, Muhammad Atif Sheikh, and Abia Akram
  • Design approaches for creating person-centered, context sensitive, and sustainable assistive technology with the Global South / Mario Andrés Chavarria and Klaus Schönenberger, Anthony Mugeere and Samia Hurst and Minerva Rivas Velarde
  • Ludic design for accessibility in the Global South / Manohar Swaminathan and Joyojeet Pal
  • A multi-country comparison of ICT and educational accessibility for blind students / Sachin Pavithran and Maria Hernandez Legorreta
  • Ride-hailing as accessible transit: a case study of blind users in India / Vaishnav Kameswaran and Joyojeet Pal
  • The role of Ugandan public universities in promoting accessible information and communications technology / Patrick Ojok
  • Accessible mobile banking in India / Raja Kushalnagar.