Voices Project: Technological Innovations in Social Inclusion of People with Visual Impairment
This article aims to analyze how technological innovations are contributing to inclusion of people with disabilities in society and at work, from the study of social innovations, assistive technology and digital inclusion presented in a case study on the Voices Project. The project, developed in par...
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| description | This article aims to analyze how technological innovations are contributing to inclusion of people with disabilities in society and at work, from the study of social innovations, assistive technology and digital inclusion presented in a case study on the Voices Project. The project, developed in partnership with the Association of Parents and Friends of the Blind and the Federal Technological University of Paraná, in the years 2008/2009, made a computer course for people with visual impairments. The theoretical survey and project data confirmed that social innovations really are essential tools for digital inclusion of people with disabilities contributing thus to their inclusion in the workplace. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-2807af265b574541be357d9d45ca01a32023-04-11T20:01:21ZengUniversidad Alberto HurtadoJournal of Technology Management & Innovation0718-27242013-04-01810.4067/S0718-27242013000300013813Voices Project: Technological Innovations in Social Inclusion of People with Visual ImpairmentJanaina Cazini0Antonio Carlos Frasson1Universidade Tecnológica e Federal Do Paraná - Campus Ponta Grossa.Universidade Tecnológica e Federal Do Paraná - Campus Ponta GrossaThis article aims to analyze how technological innovations are contributing to inclusion of people with disabilities in society and at work, from the study of social innovations, assistive technology and digital inclusion presented in a case study on the Voices Project. The project, developed in partnership with the Association of Parents and Friends of the Blind and the Federal Technological University of Paraná, in the years 2008/2009, made a computer course for people with visual impairments. The theoretical survey and project data confirmed that social innovations really are essential tools for digital inclusion of people with disabilities contributing thus to their inclusion in the workplace.https://www.jotmi.org/index.php/GT/article/view/1235Social TechnologiesAssistive TechnologiesDisabilityInclusion. |
| spellingShingle | Janaina Cazini Antonio Carlos Frasson Voices Project: Technological Innovations in Social Inclusion of People with Visual Impairment Journal of Technology Management & Innovation Social Technologies Assistive Technologies Disability Inclusion. |
| title | Voices Project: Technological Innovations in Social Inclusion of People with Visual Impairment |
| title_full | Voices Project: Technological Innovations in Social Inclusion of People with Visual Impairment |
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| title_full_unstemmed | Voices Project: Technological Innovations in Social Inclusion of People with Visual Impairment |
| title_short | Voices Project: Technological Innovations in Social Inclusion of People with Visual Impairment |
| title_sort | voices project technological innovations in social inclusion of people with visual impairment |
| topic | Social Technologies Assistive Technologies Disability Inclusion. |
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