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UMass Medical School researches text simplification to make websites more accessible for persons with cognitive disabilities

September 19, 2016 · by ITU Digital Inclusion Division · in Accessibility, Persons with disabilities

Researchers from the UMass Medical School’s Eunice Kennedy Shriver Center are seeking to determine whether simplifying text for persons with cognitive disabilities improves their understanding of online contents. The project consists in leveraging the computing and natural-language processing capabilities of…

International Telecommunication Union and East Africa Community organize E-accessibility workshop

September 19, 2016 · by ITU Digital Inclusion Division · in Accessibility, Persons with disabilities

The International Telecommunication Union (ITU) and the East Africa Community Secretariat (EAC) will host an E-accessibility Policy workshop for East Africa from 6 to 7 October 2016 in Nairobi, Kenya. The main objective of this event is to provide a…

Haryana sets IT labs to offer basic and advanced computer training

September 19, 2016 · by ITU Digital Inclusion Division · in Digital Literacy

Haryana state in Northern India will set up IT labs to provide basic computer training as well as application software orientation to citizens and medium level entrepreneurs. In an effort to support the “Digital India” initiative, these labs will cover…

Kenya trained 70,000 teachers to build ICT skills in public schools

September 19, 2016 · by ITU Digital Inclusion Division · in ICTs for education

Kenya’s Education Cabinet Secretary, Fred Matiang’i, announced during the 2016 Global ICT Capacity Building Symposium (in partnership with the International Telecommunication Union) that 70,000 teachers have been trained by the government in Information and Communication Technology. Given the comprehensive digital…

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