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• Digital (Un)Accessibility: How to Make Websites and Social Media Convenient for All

  According to the WHO, there are 430 million hearing impaired and over 2.2 billion visually impaired individuals on the planet. They rely on various tools to navigate the world, including online space. How can digital resources be made more convenient for people with disabilities, who develops such tools, and where can you learn to become such an expert? Learn from Alyona Dzhumagulova, an engineer and lecturer at ITMO’s Center for Usability and Mixed Reality, in this ITMO.NEWS article.

  27.09.2024

• ITMO’s Monday Science Roundup #45

  Twice a month, ITMO.NEWS looks back on the key science news from recent weeks. Today, we’ll be reviewing a slate of updates from the Infochemistry Scientific Center and hearing the stories of an educator, a researcher, and a student whose successes promise to make the world better, each in its own way.

  11.12.2023

• ITMO’s Monday Science Roundup #24

  Join us in reviewing the best science news from the first half of February! And there’s quite a lot to see: from incredible student projects and medical advances to a retrospective of Russia’s greatest scientists.

  13.02.2023

• Participants of Russian-Japanese Youth Exchange Discuss Accessibility in St. Petersburg

  Over the course of six days, St. Petersburg welcomed a group of students and volunteers from the Japanese Society for Rehabilitation of Persons with Disabilities (JSRPD). In that time, they’ve explored the city, learned what kind of assistance people with disabilities receive in Russia, and familiarized themselves with accessibility-related projects developed by ITMO students. A correspondent for ITMO.NEWS met with some of the program’s participants to find out why St. Petersburg is behind Japan in terms of accessibility, why persons with disabilities find it easier to socialize in Russia, and what makes ITMO reminiscent of Singaporean universities.

  16.09.2019

• Summer School in Finland: Accessible Design and Technologies

  The 29th annual summer school has wrapped at the University of Jyväskylä, Finland, featuring courses in natural sciences, maths and informatics. One of the school’s most important focuses was Accessible Design, a field developing the methods and techniques that pave the way for inclusive technologies not only in regard to accessible urban spaces but also usable mobile app design and a wide range of other aspects. The course “Inclusive and Accessible Design of ICT: Foundational Introduction to Creating Technology for Humans with Diverse Sensory, Cognitive and Physical Abilities” was, inter alia, attended by the representatives of ITMO University, who related their Finnish experience to ITMO.NEWS.

  20.08.2019

• International ITMO Accessibility Days at ITMO University

  While the topic of environmental accessibility has long been discussed in Europe and the US, in Russia, it’s just gaining momentum. To promote accessibility and create a platform for sharing experiences between experts in the field, the staff of ITMO’s Center for Usability and Mixed Reality organized the International ITMO Accessibility Days Сonference. Hosted on August 14, the event was attended, among others, by experts from the United States: Helen T. Sullivan, Professor of Psychology at Rider University, and Markku Tapio Hakkinen, Director in Digital Accessibility, Accessibility Standards and Inclusive Technology Group at the US Educational Testing Service.

  20.08.2019

• Roger Roger: How to Make Websites Understand Their Users

  How and why should we communicate with websites using our voice? What are screen-readers and how do they make websites more accessible? Are there any specifications and APIs for voice synthesis and recognition? These questions were answered by Alexey Okhrimenko, MALEVICH design pattern author, Angular Moscow tech meetups organizer, and content creator at the 5 Minutes of Angular podcast. His presentation took place as part of the Web Standard Days conference which was hosted by ITMO University last week. Previously held in Moscow and St. Petersburg, this event has gone global and now also takes place in Minsk, Riga, and Kiev. 

  23.08.2018