QITCOM 2011 Presentation: New Technologies & People with Vision Loss Presenter: Mr. Auda Hazeem - CEO, Nattiq Technnologies

1. New Technologies & People With Vision Loss Auda Hazeem Founder & CEO, Nattiq Technologies, Sharjah - UAE

3. How Is It to Be Blind?

4. Gulf Countries

5. Technology Divide : In The West for Decades

10. Still Inaccessible

11. Standard PCs Equal Access to access to information everywhere

12. Smart Phones With the Declining Symbian based phones, blind Arab users continue to hope for localized iPhone and Blackberry smart phones

13. Urgent Requirements Development of a reliable Optical Character Recognition, OCR. 98% Script and map files which enable screen readers to access non-standard software applications Access to computers anywhere The creation of DAISY book initiative

14. Transformation Localized Solutions Combined Collaborations Effective Processes Training Couching Motivation Mentoring Practicing Follow up

15. Noah Alhadidi

16. The Transformation of Noah Alhadidi

17. The Role of Corporate Social Responsibility