Accessibility

NVDA & eSpeak Team Members — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Jan 22, 2015 01:13 AM

Listed below are profiles of the team members working on the NVDA and eSpeak project.

Training of Malayalam eSpeak with NVDA — by Nirmita Narasimhan — last modified Jul 20, 2015 03:19 PM

NVDA team conducted a two days training on January 24 and 25, 2015 in Tiruvananthapuram. The programme was inaugurated by Dr. Veeramanikandan, Pro Vice Chancellor of the Kerala University and the eSpeak new version was launched by Suresh S, PSC member, who is an advocate for the blind in getting jobs in Kerala government.

January 2015 Bulletin — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Feb 26, 2015 05:02 PM

Our newsletter for the month of January can be accessed below.

Joint Report on Training of the Use of eSpeak in Hindi with NVDA — by Nirmita Narasimhan — last modified Mar 19, 2015 01:24 AM

The training programmes were conducted at the National Association for the Blind, New Delhi on February 5 and 6, 2015 and Blind Relief Association, Delhi on February 13 and 14, 2015. Fifteen participants attended the first training programme at National Association for the Blind. Seventeen participants attended the second training programme held at Blind Relief Association.

Report on the Progress in Assamese Language Testing — by Nirmita Narasimhan — last modified Apr 05, 2015 04:16 PM

The Centre for Internet and Society (CIS) is doing a project on developing a text-to-speech software in 15 Indian languages. This blog post captures the key updates of the work done by CIS team for Assamese language.

Report on the Progress in Bengali Language Testing — by Nirmita Narasimhan — last modified Apr 05, 2015 04:23 PM

The Centre for Internet and Society (CIS) is doing a project on developing a text-to-speech software in 15 Indian languages. This blog post captures the key updates of the work done by CIS team for Bengali language.

Disabled kid? sorry, no admission! — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Nov 30, 2016 03:28 PM

Mita Sarkar, a mother of a six-year-old girl who has cerebral palsy (CP) had to approach around ten private schools for her daughter's admission. She heard the same response from every school she approached: “Education is for all and we accept all children, but we are not equipped to school your child”.

Popular apps are inaccessible to millions of disabled: Study — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Nov 30, 2016 03:52 PM

According to a study conducted by Centre for Internet and Society last month, many of the most-commonly used mobile apps for food delivery, online payments, grocery shopping and transportation were not accessible to the visually challenged.

No country for the disabled — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Dec 01, 2016 02:29 PM

A 26-year-old electrical engineer is forced to hide his disability, for fear of losing his job. His current employer is unaware that he uses an artificial limb.

A world apart — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Dec 01, 2016 03:24 PM

On the eve of the International Day of Persons with Disabilities, we look at their legal rights relating to financial matters.

June 2013 Bulletin — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Jul 27, 2013 09:48 AM

Our newsletter for the month of June 2013 can be accessed below.

Most popular apps inaccessible to millions of disabled, says study — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Nov 21, 2016 02:47 AM

Booking cabs, buying food and making payments online seem like they're just a swipe and a tap away, but for millions of disabled Indians, these apps are not designed for them to use.

The Quest for Education – Persons with Disabilities, Severely Challenged — by Nirmita Narasimhan — last modified Nov 30, 2016 03:38 PM

Education is the fundamental building block of development; it leads to an improved quality of life, employment, social acceptance and inclusion, national development and intellectual growth.

English gottila,job illa — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Dec 10, 2016 04:47 AM

Quoted as the ‘golden boy of Karnataka’, after winning two gold medals for India in Special Olympics in 2003 in Dublin, once Aslam Pasha quit his last job as a night watchman a week back.

Most popular smartphone apps inaccessible to disabled: Study — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Dec 10, 2016 05:12 AM

Booking cabs, buying food and making payments online seem like they're just a swipe and a tap away, but for millions of disabled Indians, these apps are not designed for them to use.

Best Practices in Digital Accessibility — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Dec 16, 2016 10:35 PM

Nirmita Narasimhan will be part of a discussion on the best practices in digital accessibility to be organized by the Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore (IIMB) on 19 December 2016 in Bengaluru.

Nirmita Narasimhan appointed to the Communication Policy Research (CPRsouth) Board — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Dec 26, 2016 12:27 AM

Dr. Nirmita Narasimhan has been appointed to the CPR South Board for a term of 3 years.

December 2016 Newsletter — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Jan 28, 2017 12:02 PM

Welcome to the December 2016 newsletter of the Centre for Internet and Society (CIS).

Digital accessibility in the Rights of Persons With Disabilities Act 2016 — by Nirmita Narasimhan — last modified Jan 23, 2017 07:44 AM

This post summarizes the provisions for digital accessibility in the new Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act 2016

September 2012 Bulletin — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Oct 09, 2012 06:48 AM

Welcome to the newsletter of September 2012 from the Centre for Internet & Society (CIS). The present issue features a second analysis by Snehashish Ghosh on the latest list of sites blocked by the Indian government from August 18, 2012 to August 21, 2012, a research on the issues of internet governance by Smarika Kumar, publication of a report on Accessibility of Government websites in India by Nirmita Narasimhan, Mukesh Sharma and Dinesh Kaushal, the Access to Knowledge programme plan and updates from the Wikipedia community in India on Indic languages, updates from the Habits of Living workshop organised in Bengaluru, the events connected to the visits of international DNA experts, Helen Wallace and Jeremy Gruber in India, and introduce you to our Access to Knowledge team members.

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