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The national accessibility portal: an accessible information sharing portal for the South African disability sector

Content Provider	ACM Digital Library
Author	Coetzee, L. Viviers, I. Govender, N.
Abstract	The National Accessibility Portal initiative is a large initiative aimed at improving the quality of life of people living with disabilities in South Africa. The initiative has several functional components, including the National Accessibility Portal, National Accessibility Portal Centers, research into developing localised client side assistive technologies and devices, advocacy as well as the development of a methodology allowing for replication in other developing countries with similar needs. The focus of this paper is on the research and development of the portal in the bigger National Accessibility Portal initiative. The portal's differentiating elements measured against other content portals is the ability to provide a configurable platform (based on the user's profile) for information sharing and communication in an accessible and usable fashion within the constraints of today's technologies, in the user's language of choice and in the most cost effective and sustainable fashion. In this paper we describe the process involved in developing version 1.0 of the National Accessibility Portal; from gathering user requirements, addressing the issue of multilingualism, accessibility and usability challenges. We present initial user feedback comments and highlight ongoing challenges. In addition we present the technology stack and implemented functionality.
Starting Page	44
Ending Page	53
Page Count	10
File Format	PDF
ISBN	1595935908
DOI	10.1145/1243441.1243456
Language	English
Publisher	Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
Publisher Date	2007-05-07
Publisher Place	New York
Access Restriction	Subscribed
Subject Keyword	Localisation Accessibility Configuration Content Information sharing Adaptability Internationalisation
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article

Sl.	Authority	Responsibilities	Communication Details
1	Ministry of Education (GoI), Department of Higher Education	Sanctioning Authority	https://www.education.gov.in/ict-initiatives
2	Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur	Host Institute of the Project: The host institute of the project is responsible for providing infrastructure support and hosting the project	https://www.iitkgp.ac.in
3	National Digital Library of India Office, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur	The administrative and infrastructural headquarters of the project	Dr. B. Sutradhar bsutra@ndl.gov.in
4	Project PI / Joint PI	Principal Investigator and Joint Principal Investigators of the project	Dr. B. Sutradhar bsutra@ndl.gov.in Prof. Saswat Chakrabarti will be added soon
5	Website/Portal (Helpdesk)	Queries regarding NDLI and its services	support@ndl.gov.in
6	Contents and Copyright Issues	Queries related to content curation and copyright issues	content@ndl.gov.in
7	National Digital Library of India Club (NDLI Club)	Queries related to NDLI Club formation, support, user awareness program, seminar/symposium, collaboration, social media, promotion, and outreach	clubsupport@ndl.gov.in
8	Digital Preservation Centre (DPC)	Assistance with digitizing and archiving copyright-free printed books	dpc@ndl.gov.in
9	IDR Setup or Support	Queries related to establishment and support of Institutional Digital Repository (IDR) and IDR workshops	idr@ndl.gov.in

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