hello iam sudhakar from hyderabad iam working on my desertation for mphil on assistive technologies so in this regard I want the sources for the following questions please reply me of line or letme know from where I can get related info, questions are as follows: How many softwares are there for the visually challenged. What are the types of softwares. The origin and history of each of these softwares, how they have developed. Who have produced. What was their interest. Where it was developed, all these. What was the medium of the softwares, why the softwares were developed. Who are the persons or the company involved in the development of the software. Were there any visually challenged persons would in the development of softwares. Why did normal people wanted to develop softwares for reading. Are these softwares are available or paid softwares. If the free versions are there what are its limitations. If the paid versions are there, what opportunities it provide. Look at the development of each software, important changes. Software development is a long process so what changes it under gone over a period from the stage of beginning till what is present nowand reasons for such changeswhat are the important changes occurred in its trajectory or in its development process and what are the reasons for such changes. How many softwares have gone out of circulation or extinct. They have developed but over a period they became extinct.What are the reasons for there extinction. Why some softwares have become successful.
In the second part: What softwares are available in indiafor the visually challenged are these softwares available visually challenged or others also. How companies are moving towards audio versions like ammezonalexasiri in ios devices. So they are developing this, are they looking at visually challenged persons in mind or others. So when you are looking this works raise some sociological questions like what class category, they can afford, cost, then digital haves and haves nots what about them. Who can access and who cannot. Who own mobile phone and who do not own, who own softwares, is it possible for the softwares to shared between the people. How if they cannot shared and how they do. Now we will do crack versions so we crack and use pirated versions. So how it is taking place. Then what medium it is available. Language is a barrier is language becoming a barrier. How google translater or other translaters versions are helping. Then rural urban differences, then accessibility interms of class. Ease of working, Comfortable. People are moving towards verbal softwares rather than texting and all. So why this is going so. Then I asked to look at blogs, popular articals and articals in disability studies collection. You have to do on disabilities, assistive technologies, theoretical perspectives and assistive technologies for visually challenged. Then indian context what are the studies which are being done. Then status of visually challenged among the PWDS in the country. What is their employment situation. What is education background. Who are they men and women coming from different background, economic background etc.. -- -- thanks -- thanks "The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams." with best regards sudhakar Skype id: kannaiah.sudhakar -- Disclaimer: 1. Contents of the mails, factual, or otherwise, reflect the thinking of the person sending the mail and AI in no way relates itself to its veracity; 2. AI cannot be held liable for any commission/omission based on the mails sent through this mailing list.. Search for old postings at: http://www.mail-archive.com/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/ Celebrating Louis Braille birthday Jan 4 --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "AccessIndia" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to accessindia+unsubscr...@accessindia.org.in. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/a/accessindia.org.in/d/msgid/accessindia/CA%2BTK3-PnRuZeLM8g4rtGG0c3Y47Nh6xxnBrYWndBFZvRYHc41g%40mail.gmail.com.
