Using technology to enable Access for All</tile> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"> <meta http-equiv="description" content="Using technology to enable Access for All"> <meta http-equiv="keywords" content="Using,technology,to,enable,Access,for,All"> </head> <body> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="10" height="39"> </td> <td width="99%" height="39"> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="16%"><a href="http://inttranews.inttra.net"><img src="http://inttranews.inttra.net/images/inttranews_grey_2.jpg" width="192" height="37" border="0"></a></td> <td width="50%" valign="middle"> <p><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"><b><font color="#CCCCCC" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="1">KNOW.<br> HOW.</font></b></font> </p> </td> <td width="34%" align="right" valign="top"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="1" color="#666666">14-12-2007</font></td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="10"> </td> <td width="99%" > </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="10"> </td> <td width="99%" > <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="100%"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> <b>Using technology to enable Access for All</b></font> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="100%"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="100%"> <font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Mumbai, India (Business Standard): Technology players like IBM, Microsoft and Texas Instruments are working out innovative ways to use technology to cater to the special needs of differently-abled people. IBM, for instance, recently added a Human Ability and Accessibility Centre to make technology and information easily accessible to people with visual, cognitive, hearing, and motor disabilities in India. US-based Texas Instruments, in collaboration with Ambient Technologies, has developed a prototype for a “thought-controlled” motorised wheelchair for people who have little or no ability to speak. Microsoft, the global software giant, is also developing products to cater to this special user base. It recently tied up with the Digital Accessible Information System (DAISY) Consortium in India for a development project that will make it possible for computer users who are blind or print disabled to make better use of assistive technology in their daily lives. <br> <br>For more information, please visit: <br><a href="http://www.business-standard.com/iceworld/storypage.php?leftnm=lmnu9&subLeft=2&autono=307481&tab=r" target="blank">www.business-standard.com/iceworld/storypage.php?leftnm=lmnu9&subLeft=2&autono=307481&tab=r</a> <br></font></td> </tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <script type="text/javascript"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="<http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show