According to the centre, most of the webpages are not designed as per standards and the screen reader is unable to read them, thus making it difficult for the visually impaired to comprehend data. Keeping this in mind, the centre will design the websites and implement national and international accessibility standards in various software applications like Google, MS Office, Oracle and even social networking sites like Facebook and Linkedin.

Dhananjay Bhole, the centre coordinator, said that the purpose of setting up the lab was to make technology accessible for all disabled students, to improvise on and review various national and international standards of accessibility, and conduct research work in the related areas.