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

Published: Oxford, United Kingdom : Oxford University Press, 2021.
Edition: First edition.
Physical Description: viii, 371 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Additional Creators: Stein, Michael Ashley and Lazar, Jonathan

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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.

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9780198846413
019884641X

Bibliography Note

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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