Accessibility

An Interview of Nirmita Narasimhan on ITU Portal — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Nov 28, 2011 06:36 AM

ITU Girls in ICT is now online! ITU interviewed Nirmita and published her profile on their website.

Konkani voice to guide the blind — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Oct 04, 2015 06:53 AM

Those visually-impaired and well-versed only with the language of Konkani, now need not worry. Neither their blindness nor the language barrier will come between them and the use of mobile phones, computers and other technology.

Training in eSpeak Marathi — by Nirmita Narasimhan — last modified Oct 04, 2015 07:33 AM

NVDA team conducted a training programme in Marathi language on August 22 and 23, 2015 at Atmadepam Society in Nagpur. Twenty-two participants attended. Harshad Jadhav was the trainer.

Report on the Training in the Use of eSpeak Hindi with NVDA — by Nirmita Narasimhan — last modified Oct 04, 2015 10:52 AM

This workshop was organized by the newly established NGO called “Lakshay for the Differently Abled’”. The main objective of the organization is to spread the knowledge of Assistive Technology amongst the Visually Impaired population of the State of Jarkhand.

National Resource Kit: The Chhattisgarh Chapter (Revised) — by Anandhi Viswanathan — last modified Feb 12, 2014 06:48 AM

The National Resource Kit team is pleased to bring you its research on the state of laws, policies and programmes for persons with disabilities in the state of Chhattisgarh.

National Resource Kit: The Himachal Pradesh Chapter — by Anandhi Viswanathan — last modified Feb 20, 2014 09:24 AM

The National Resource Kit team is pleased to bring you its research on the state of laws, policies and programmes for persons with disabilities in the state of Himachal Pradesh.

December 2013 Bulletin — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Feb 25, 2014 01:51 PM

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

September 2017 Newsletter — by Admin — last modified Nov 21, 2017 03:19 PM

National Resource Kit: The Daman & Diu Chapter (Call for Comments) — by Anandhi Viswanathan — last modified Nov 07, 2013 09:09 AM

The National Resource Kit team is pleased to bring you its research on the state of laws, policies and programmes for persons with disabilities in the union territory of Daman and Diu.

Bengali eSpeak Aids in Disaster Management — by Anirudh Sridhar — last modified Nov 07, 2013 09:21 AM

Software developed on the eSpeak was deployed in Bangladesh and helped its citizens for disaster management.

eAccessibility Workshop 2013 — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Dec 26, 2013 10:47 AM

Directorate of Information Technology (DIT), in association with Mahaonline Limited (MoL) and NIXI has organized a workshop on eAccessibility on November 19-20, 2013 at Mumbai and Pune. The Centre for Internet and Society is one of the trainer organisations for the event.

National Resource Kit: The Tripura Chapter (Call for Comments) — by CLPR — last modified Nov 13, 2013 09:58 AM

The National Resource Kit team is pleased to bring you its research on the state of laws, policies and programmes for persons with disabilities in the state of Tripura.

April 2016 Newsletter — by Sunil Abraham — last modified May 10, 2016 06:26 AM

Welcome to the CIS newsletter for April 2016. The key issues we worked on this month included the Aadhaar Act 2016, Standard Essential Patents, cyber security of smart grids, and involvement of international agencies in the smart cities project in India.

Accessible ICT Procurement — by Pranesh Prakash — last modified May 09, 2016 02:48 PM

Today in India there is an excellent opportunity to address the needs of persons with disabilities through accessible ICT procurement. There is a growing body of evidence globally to demonstrate that governments are successfully using accessible procurement as a means of ensuring the human rights of persons with disabilities,. They are amongst the largest purchasers of IT in any country and by requiring accessible products and services, ensure that all citizens with disabilities and government employees who are disabled are able to access and use public infrastructure and communication. CIS along with 20 other organisations petition the Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment, Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Information Technology to bring in accessibility considerations within the draft Procurement Bill.

December 2011 Bulletin — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Jul 23, 2012 08:35 AM

Welcome to the newsletter issue of December 2011. This issue carries a special section on Freedom of Expression as there was much discussion regarding the Union Minister for Communications and Information Technology, Mr. Kapil Sibal’s proposal for pro-active censorship of social media.

November 2011 Bulletin — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Jul 24, 2012 02:37 AM

Welcome to the Centre for Internet and Society newsletter! In this issue we bring you the updates of our research, events, media coverage and videos of some past events organized by us during the month of November 2011.

September 2011 Bulletin — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Jul 30, 2012 06:34 AM

Greetings from the Centre for Internet and Society! In this issue we are pleased to present you the latest updates about our research, upcoming events, and news and media coverage that happened in the month of September 2011.

August 2011 Bulletin — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Aug 13, 2012 05:13 AM

Greetings from the Centre for Internet and Society! In this issue we are pleased to present you the latest updates about our research, upcoming events, and news and media coverage:

U.S. support sought for treaty to allow blind people access to copyrighted works — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Aug 01, 2012 09:44 AM

Advocates of visual disability groups from across the world urged the United States to get off the fence at the global copyright negotiations in Geneva this week and actively back a strong treaty that allows blind people access to copyrighted published works.

September 2010 Bulletin — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Aug 10, 2012 07:22 AM

Greetings from the Centre for Internet and Society! In this bulletin we bring you updates of our research, news and media coverage and announcement of events organised in the month of September 2010.

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