IBM Equips Students to Build Software for the Disabled
27 Aug, 2006, 12:00 pm IST |
Sharon Khare
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| IBM has announced a program to equip computer science majors at colleges and universities with the technical skills to develop or adapt computer programs for people with disabilities, the maturing population, and non-native language speakers, so that they can more easily access, navigate and use the Web and electronic office documents. IBM is posting a Web-based, lecture available for viewing anytime (ibm.com/university/skills/accessibility) that teaches programming techniques to make electronic documents and the Web more accessible to all users. The lecture also discusses and illustrates the importance of developing software and Web applications that are accessible to all. Professors who lead computer science courses can easily incorporate the material into their curriculum. As part of the program, IBM is also launching a contest that challenges students to propose and design open source software for people with disabilities. To qualify, their entries must be based on a new international standard, called the OpenDocument Format (ODF). More information on the contest can be here. Read more here. |
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