http://www.apc.org/en/home/%252F11 APC site front page en http://www.apc.org/en/news/accessibility/world/ict-literacy-training-across-southern-africa-devel <div class="abstract"><span class="locality">MONTEVIDEO, URUGUAY</span> (APCNews) - <p>“People won’t benefit from improved access to digital networks, if the necessary capabilities to select, apply and interpret the available information are not better developed”, says Arnold Pietersen of <span class="caps">CECS</span>. With oversight from <span class="caps"><a class="glossary-term" href="/en/glossary/term/259"><acronym title="information and communication technology: Technology and tools that people use to share, distribute, gather information and to communicate with one another, one on one, or in groups. ICTs can be grouped into three categories. Information technology uses computers, which have become indispensable in modern societies to process data and save time and effort. Telecommunications technologies include telephones (with fax) and the broadcasting of radio and television, often through satellites. Networking technologies, of which the best known is the internet, also extend to mobile phone technology, voice over IP telephony (VoIP), satellite communications, and other forms of communication that are still in their infancy. Style information: APC uses all small case for this term. We NEVER write &quot;Information and Communication Technologies&quot;. Note that there is the option of using this term in the singular (information and communication technology, abbreviated as ICT) or plural (information and communication technologies, abbreviated as ICTs). Source: APC">ICT</acronym></a></span> NGOs from Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Swaziland and Zambia, <span class="caps">CECS</span> designed an ‘<span class="caps"><a class="glossary-term" href="/en/glossary/term/259"><acronym title="information and communication technology: Technology and tools that people use to share, distribute, gather information and to communicate with one another, one on one, or in groups. ICTs can be grouped into three categories. Information technology uses computers, which have become indispensable in modern societies to process data and save time and effort. Telecommunications technologies include telephones (with fax) and the broadcasting of radio and television, often through satellites. Networking technologies, of which the best known is the internet, also extend to mobile phone technology, voice over IP telephony (VoIP), satellite communications, and other forms of communication that are still in their infancy. Style information: APC uses all small case for this term. We NEVER write &quot;Information and Communication Technologies&quot;. Note that there is the option of using this term in the singular (information and communication technology, abbreviated as ICT) or plural (information and communication technologies, abbreviated as ICTs). Source: APC">ICT</acronym></a></span> Literacy’ programme.</p> </div> Accessibility Global Thu, 25 Nov 2004 03:00:00 -0200 webmaster 1527 at http://www.apc.org http://www.apc.org/en/news/accessibility/lac/launch-brazils-first-observatory-public-policies-i <div class="abstract"><span class="locality">RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL</span> (RITS) - <p>APC&#8217;s member in Brazil, <span class="caps">RITS</span>, set up the <span class="caps">OPPI</span> site as a web-based tool for monitoring, analyzing and undertaking projects and policies which contribute to infoinclusion, as well as covering other issues related to democratization of <a class="glossary-term" href="/en/glossary/term/259"><acronym title="information and communication technology: Technology and tools that people use to share, distribute, gather information and to communicate with one another, one on one, or in groups. ICTs can be grouped into three categories. Information technology uses computers, which have become indispensable in modern societies to process data and save time and effort. Telecommunications technologies include telephones (with fax) and the broadcasting of radio and television, often through satellites. Networking technologies, of which the best known is the internet, also extend to mobile phone technology, voice over IP telephony (VoIP), satellite communications, and other forms of communication that are still in their infancy. Style information: APC uses all small case for this term. We NEVER write &quot;Information and Communication Technologies&quot;. Note that there is the option of using this term in the singular (information and communication technology, abbreviated as ICT) or plural (information and communication technologies, abbreviated as ICTs). Source: APC">ICTs</acronym></a> in Brazil.</p> </div> Accessibility Latin America & the Caribbean Thu, 04 Dec 2003 00:00:00 -0200 webmaster 1674 at http://www.apc.org http://www.apc.org/en/news/accessibility/namerica/canadian-institute-blind-gets-accessible-news <div class="abstract"><span class="locality">TORONTO, CANADA</span> (Web Networks) - <p>The Canadian National Institute for the Blind (<a href="http://www.cnib.ca" title="www.cnib.ca">www.cnib.ca</a>) today launched an innovative service for its members, allowing them to access articles from daily newspapers on the day of publication. The <span class="caps">CNIB</span> chose <span class="caps">APC</span> member in Toronto, Web Networks, to produce and host their site to ensure newsfeeds were automatically fed to a private website page, and that visually-impaired users could easily convert the text to voice using standard software. Find out more about Web Networks.</p> </div> Accessibility ac North America Tue, 11 Nov 2003 03:00:00 -0200 webmaster 1682 at http://www.apc.org