A User-Friendly Mobile Tech From IBM!
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A mobile technology that makes the Internet accessible to all, including the illiterate, deaf, or elderly.
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Wednesday, March 10, 2010:
IBM moves one step ahead in innovating accessibility technology by developing an open source mobile software that makes the Internet accessible to all people, including the illiterate, the visually challenged, deaf, or elderly. IBM's joint venture with the National Institute of Design (NID) and the Research Centre for Advanced Science and Technology, at the University of Tokyo (RCAST), has announced a new collaborative research initiative to explore a common user interface platform for mobile devices.
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The new research partnership is part of IBM's Open Collaborative Research (OCR) programme, an initiative to foster innovation through university-industry research collaboration. NID is the second institution in India to participate in the Open Collaborative Research programme, while RCAST is the first university-affiliated research institute in Japan.
“This collaborative research programme will result in critical insights into the accessibility requirements of the elderly and people with little or no education in developing nations,” said Dr Manish Gupta, director, IBM Research – India, and chief technologist, IBM India/SA. “With mobile phones becoming ubiquitous, these technologies will make key information sources accessible and relevant to a vast population.”
Sherin Noordheen, EFYTIMES News Network
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