“We start thinking of access to information and information technology almost like a human right,” King said. “I mean, it’s the gateway to employment, it’s the gateway to opportunity of all different kinds — participating in your government and everything. So when we can flatten that on-ramp, I see that as the ultimate goal in accessibility and I think that Facebook is really uniquely positioned to help do that. So that gets me, just really excited. It’s a way of giving dignity to every person with a disability in the world by helping them get connected to everybody else.” Read more: http://techcrunch.com/2015/10/13/facebooks-working-on-a-tool-to-help-the-blind-see-images/#.rjt3lr:g1gx -- Avinash Shahi Doctoral student at Centre for Law and Governance JNU
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