1. Including Accessibility and Human Factors in the Universalization of the Internet - How to reach persons with disabilities, the 10% of the next billion Hyderabad, India, 3-6 December 2008 Low and No-Cost Assistive Technologies: Making Large Scale Deployments Feasible Fernando H. F. Botelho Mais Diferenças, São Paulo - Brazil Literacy Bridge, Seattle - USA

2. IGF - Hyderabad, India, 3-6 December 2008 2 Low And No-Cost Assistive Technologies  The need for large scale deployments  Examples of low and no-cost assistive technologies (LNCATs)  Suggested strategies for large scale deployments of LNCATs

3. IGF - Hyderabad, India, 3-6 December 2008 3 Large Scale Deployments: Why?  UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities  600 million individuals with disabilities  Just one sub-group: 90% of blind kids have no access to education * For sources and additional information e-mail: igf2008@F123.orgigf2008@F123.org

4. IGF - Hyderabad, India, 3-6 December 2008 4 Path Dependency: Creating tomorrow's obstacles  An unacceptably small minority has access to assistive technology and education;  This small minority learns the wrong type of technology; and  Expensive assistive technology generates dependency and adds to the vast set of obstacles to employment.

5. IGF - Hyderabad, India, 3-6 December 2008 5 LNCAT Examples: Blind Users  Non-Visual Desktop Access (NVDA) –Open Office, Firefox, Thunderbird, Miranda, and more.  Orca –Open Office, Firefox, Evolution, Pidgin, OCRopus, and more. * For sources and additional information e-mail: igf2008@F123.orgigf2008@F123.org

6. IGF - Hyderabad, India, 3-6 December 2008 6 LNCAT Examples: Users with Physical and Other Disabilities o GOK Dasher pVoice * For sources and additional information e-mail: igf2008@F123.orgigf2008@F123.org

7. IGF - Hyderabad, India, 3-6 December 2008 7 Scaling-up: Suggested strategies  Increase awareness  Free-up documentation and training  Build on local resources  Build and cultivate - Formal and Informal Channels  Innovate, do not transplant  Path dependency, the gift that keeps on costing  Be good if you cannot be perfect * For sources and additional information e-mail: igf2008@F123.orgigf2008@F123.org

8. IGF - Hyderabad, India, 3-6 December 2008 8 Thank you! Fernando H. F. Botelho http://www.F123.org/ Fernando.Botelho@F123.org