Internet and connected mobile apps have transformed the way we
learn, work, and interact with each other. At the same time, this
information revolution is yet to touch a significant section of
the global population with physical disabilities like blindness.
According to the World Health Organization, there are 285 million
people in the world who are visually impaired, of whom 39 million
are blind. How can we make our information systems so inclusive
that the benefits reach such people also? The answer lies in
Accessibility.
An accessibility report analyzing the top million homepages on the
web estimates that just 1 percent meet the most widely used
accessibility standards.
Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) at World Wide Web Consortium
(W3C) has defined guidelines to help make the Web accessible to
people with auditory, cognitive, neurological, physical, speech,
and visual disabilities. Application developers can make use of
such guidelines to the author and validate contents that are
accessible to all sections of people.
Travancore Analytics has immense experience in developing
applications for users with partial or complete visual impairment.
We have provided development and testing support for our clients
to create products for the blind community. These products help
blind users in their day to day lives for activities like
wayfinding, pedestrian navigation, exploring places of interest,
and also navigation within the building that guides people
precisely using indoor navigation.
We offer the following services,