Accessibility to digital technology: Virtual barriers, real opportunities

• Published in: Assistive technology Vol. 33; no. sup1; pp. 27 - 34
• Main Author: Botelho, Fernando H. F.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Taylor & Francis 01.12.2021
• Subjects: computer access; Computers; Disabled Persons; electronic aids to daily living; Equipment Design; Hearing Aids; Humans; information technology and telecommunications; Software; standards; computer access; electronic aids to daily living; information technology and telecommunications

The potential of digital technology to assist persons with disabilities has always been known. The capabilities of digital devices have been improving so impressively for so long, that the assumption that in parallel the same is happening with accessibility is common. Unfortunately, accessibility fo...