Webinar | Empowering Every User: Exploring Digital Accessibility with SaralX | 30 May 2024

Welcome to the recording of our enlightening webinar on digital accessibility, featuring SaralX, an innovative Indian startup dedicated to breaking down barriers and promoting inclusive design. Hosted by Julia Charlton, chair of the Commonwealth Chamber, this session delves into the importance of making digital assets accessible to individuals with disabilities—a global population of around 600 million people, as highlighted by UN statistics.

In this webinar, we explore the transformative potential of inclusive design and its capacity to create seamless user experiences for people with diverse abilities. Our esteemed speaker, Akashdeep Bansal, the visionary founder of SaralX, shares his personal journey and the mission of his company. Diagnosed with retinitis pigmentosa, Akashdeep has dedicated his life to enhancing accessibility through technology.

Key Highlights:
• Understanding Accessibility: Learn what accessibility means and why it's crucial for digital platforms.
• Types of Disabilities: Discover the four main categories of disabilities—vision, hearing, locomotor, and neural.
• Assistive Technologies: Explore the tools and techniques used by individuals with disabilities to interact with digital content.
• Challenges and Solutions: Understand the common barriers to accessibility and how to overcome them.
• WCAG Guidelines: Get familiar with the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines and their importance in creating accessible digital content.

Akashdeep also provides practical insights into the socio-economic impact of excluding people with disabilities and how inclusive design can benefit organizations and society as a whole. He emphasizes the importance of creating digital platforms that are perceivable, operable, understandable, and robust, ensuring they are accessible to everyone.

Watch this recording to gain a deeper understanding of digital accessibility and learn how to make your digital assets more inclusive. Let’s work together to empower every user and create a more accessible digital world.

#DigitalAccessibility #InclusiveDesign #EmpowerEveryUser

Timecodes:
00:00 - SaralX empowers digital accessibility for disabled users
02:01 - Inclusive design and digital accessibility Saral X trailblazers
03:22 - Akash inspiring digital accessibility work
04:33 - Accessibility making systems usable for people with disabilities
05:50 - Global disability and socioeconomic statistics
09:51 - Digital accessibility scenarios and examples
14:08 - Digital accessibility basics assistive technology, understandable content, robust talks
15:15 - Akashs personal journey with retinitis pigmentosa
17:43 - Challenges in reading led to decision to rely on software
18:41 - No big issues in school life, challenges in developing countries
19:36 - Dog barking, hitting, biting, escaping
20:06 - Nighttime travel, retinitis pigment, internet exclusion
21:26 - Career choice based on screen exposure
22:19 - Computer Science Phd Digital Infrastructure Challenges
23:22 - OCR Accessing study material, avoiding imagebased errors
24:29 - Document accessibility tool for users with disabilities
28:25 - Dyslexia Listening to audio rather than reading
29:04 - Dark mode for text accessibility
29:50 - Design improvements for audiobook accessibility
31:44 - Invisible disabilities in digital world
34:22 - Ai technology will take a long time to reach disabilityfriendly level
35:04 - Building accessibility in products and search engine efficiency
36:18 - Awareness of accessibility in India in early stages
38:33 - Edit box rules and instructions
39:22 - WCA guidelines need international standards
40:57 - Adaptation of coding to different technology levels
41:21 - International consortium for assistive technology standards
45:11 - Automated box recognition for developers
45:34 - Google Analytics Different Analytics for Different Countries
45:59 - Innovation in digital accessibility for disabled users
47:28 - Big message investment for all
48:02 - Digital accessibility helps everyone
48:16 - Electric toothbrush for disabled users
48:39 - Commonwealths commitment to inclusive design
50:01 - Worlds remarkable advancements in assistive technology

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