Kerala High Court To Conduct 4-Day Digital Accessibility Training Programme For Visually Challenged Court Staff

In a bid to make the digital infrastructure of the Indian judicial system accessible to persons with disabilities, as envisaged by the e-Committee of the Supreme Court, and in furtherance of CJI D.Y. Chandrachud's vision of providing digital accessibility training to differently abled judges and court staff, the Kerala High Court is set to provide a 4-day 'Digital Accessibility Training' to visually challenged court staff. 

This measure has been undertaken by the High Court following Chief Justice Chandrachud's statement exhorting all High Courts to make their digital infrastructure accessible to persons with disabilities in conformity with the constitutional and statutory entitlements of people with disabilities. 

The 4 day training programme shall be held from January 15th - 18th, 2024, in the I.T. Training hall, at the old High Court building, in two batches. 

The event shall be inaugurated by Kerala High Court Chief Justice Ashish Jitendra Desai on 15th January at 9:30 A.M. at the High Court. 

Chairman of the computerisation committee, Justice A. Muhamed Mustaque shall also attend the event. 

It is noted that the Supreme Court E-committee's efforts towards digital accessibility has has made all High Court websites, the websites of the E-committee and e-Courts, and the judgement search portal accessible to persons with disabilities.

The 4 day training programme is expected to further enhance the same by providing hands-on training covering various assistive technologies such as the accessible reading of court documents with a screen reader and instant reading device; accessible documentation and note-making in a digital work environment; techniques and tools for scan and creating Digital Accessible format; using Internet and judgement searching with screen readers; smartphone-based assistive technologies, the orientation of keyboard and input in regional languages, Artificial intelligence tools and techniques for visually impaired; digital office handling and usages, and so on. 

The programme, which is being conducted under the aegis of the Supreme Court e-Committee, is being coordinated by Ms R Arulmozhiselvi, Member (HR), the I.T. Directorate of High court of Kerala and Kerala Judicial Academy. 

GM Sreedhar and Anushiya.A, Computer Faculty, NIEPVD -RC, Chennai shall provide the Hands-on training for the participants.