Bridging the Disability Divide through Digital Technologies

World development report BACKGROUND PAPER. Digital Dividends Bridging the Disability Divide through Digital Technologies Deepti Samant Raja World Bank Group Bridging the Disability Divide through Digital Technologies Background Paper for the 2016 World Development Report: Digital Dividends1. Deepti Samant Raja 1. The 2016 World Development Report (WDR) will explore the impact internet and Digital Technologies have on development. As the World Bank's flagship annual publication, the WDR is an influential guide to the economic, social, and environmental state of the world today.

access for persons with disabilities. Features such as text-to-speech and voice recognition, ability to change contrast and color schemes, touch and gesture input, and screen magnification which in the past required specialized standalone software and hardware are embedded within off-the-shelf ICT devices.

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