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Techshare India 2012

Call for Papers

Overview of Call for Papers

Accessibility conference and exhibition "Techshare India 2012 - Bridging the Barriers" invites submissions of papers for this conference to be held on February 6th & 7th, 2012 at the India Habitat Centre in New Delhi, India. The list is suggestive of the types of papers for consideration, but by no means restrictive to these specific areas. The Organizing Committee will be reviewing the papers and will try to ensure that all disabilities are covered in the different area. The 2 types of sessions that we are looking for are:

General Session - 45 minutes in length
Workshops - 2 hours in length

Program Committee

All papers are reviewed and selection is made by the Organizing Committee that is composed of individuals working with different disabilities.

Topics of Interest

The following lists of topics, while of direct interest to the conference, should not be considered as limiting the submission of interesting papers on related topics. Papers covering all areas of disability and all areas of technology are encouraged.

  • Policy & Laws with regards to Accessibility & Assistive Technology
  • Assistive Technology and Independent living aids/appliances in the Open Source and Proprietary formats for all disabilities
  • Development and Research in Assistive Technology and Independent living aids/appliances in the Open Source and Proprietary formats for all disabilities Accessibility Standards and Guidelines:
    • Web Content Accessibility Guideline
    • Accessible Rich Internet Application
    • DAISY
    • Mobile Accessibility
  • Accessible Gaming
  • Accessible Media
    • Captioning
    • Audio Description
  • Accessible Documentation
    • PDFs
    • DAISY
    • Office Documents
  • Mobile Technology & Accessibility

Submission Guidelines

Download the Abstract Submission Form (WORD - 2.33 MB) Word File.
Please send the call for paper submission form to callforpapers@barrierbreak.com. Last date for submission is 1st August, 2011.

More information

If you have any questions about submitting your presentation or the appropriateness of your presentation topic, please contact the Techshare Team by emailing techshare@barrierbreak.com or call our office at
+91-22-2686 0485/6

Photographs of Techshare India 2010

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  • Shilpi Kapoor, Managing Director of BarrierBreak Technologies explaining about assistive technology products to Shri Mukul Wasnik, Union Minister for Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment.
  • Shri Mukul Wasnik, Union Minister for Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment giving speech at Techshare India 2010. Also, seated at the podium are Javed Abidi, Shilpi Kapoor and Stephen King. Arun Rao is facilitating with sign language interpretation.
  • Shri Mukul Wasnik, Union Minister for Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment talking with one of the exhibitors at the event.
  • GoTalk AAC devices displayed at the Experience Zone of Techshare India stall which includes GoTalk pocket, GoTalk 4+, GoTalk 9+, and GoTalk 20+.
  • A volunteer explaining to a group of participants at one of the stalls at the event.
  • A volunteer demonstrating to a participant at the Yahoo India stall
  • Shri. Javed Abidi, director of National Centre for Promotion of Employment for Disabled People (NCPEDP) inaugurating the event with the presence of Shilpi Kapoor, Shri Mukul Wasnik, Arun Rao and Calvin Harris.
  • Mr. Steve Bennett of Dolphin Computer Access chatting with Miss. Priti Rohra of BarrierBreak Technologies.
  • Group of visually impaired persons discussing at the event.