Digital accessibility: Specialist conference shows ways to inclusion in the Rems-Murr district

Digital accessibility: Specialist conference shows ways to inclusion in the Rems-Murr district

In the district media center Waiblingen, an informative conference on the topic "Digital and barrier-free through the Rems-Murr district" took place. Experts and representatives of disabled institutions discussed the elimination of digital barriers and presented innovative solutions that are intended to help people with visual impairments seamlessly use the digital world. The highlights included impressive digital applications such as "Notes on Blindness", which offer the participants an immersive insight into the virtual living environment, as well as training for dealing with technology, organized in cooperation with the Stuttgart Media University

The conference also offered practical insights into assistive systems and digital health solutions in the converted digital health truck of the Ministry of Health. In view of the upcoming entry into force of the barrier -free power law (BFSG) next year, the company obliged to create accessible products and services, the experts emphasized the urgency to raise awareness of all those involved to digital inclusion. The expectations of digitization are high, but it remains crucial that these technologies remain accessible to all people so that barriers can be finally eliminated, reports www.stuttgarter-zeitung.de .