Accessibility

Puducherry (Govt.) Schemes — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Nov 13, 2013 09:06 AM

Details of the Scheme in respect of differently-abled division of Social Welfare Department, Puducherry can be viewed below.

National Policy on Universal Electronic Accessibility – An Analysis — by Anandhi Viswanathan — last modified Dec 27, 2013 07:49 AM

Electronics and Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) are widely used in all areas of life such as education, health care, employment, entertainment, banking and finance management and other aspects of daily living.

Disability groups in India welcome progress on treaty for blind persons — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Dec 31, 2012 01:40 AM

Four years of struggle for a global treaty for the benefit of blind persons is finally bearing fruit. Member states of the World Intellectual Property Organisation have agreed to conclude a treaty for visually-impaired and print disabled persons by June 2013.

National Resource Kit : The Kerala Chapter (Call for Comments) — by Anandhi Viswanathan — last modified Nov 07, 2013 06:20 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 Kerala.

Overview of Schemes and Notifications issued in Karnataka for the benefit of Persons with Disabilities — by Shruti Ramakrishnan — last modified Jan 05, 2013 04:17 PM

The State of Karnataka has issued numerous notifications and schemes for the benefits of persons with disabilities. This is a brief overview of all these schemes, which are described thematically under the headings of education, employment, rehabilitation, social security and others.

WIPO General Assemblies Approve Road Map on Treaty for the Visually Impaired — by Rahul Cherian — last modified Oct 11, 2012 10:34 AM

In a significant development the 50th session of Assemblies of WIPO member states reached a breakthrough decision on how to complete negotiations on a pact to improve access to copyrighted works for the many visually impaired or print disabled people around the world.

Report on the Progress in Manipuri Language Testing — by Nirmita Narasimhan — last modified May 10, 2015 09:38 AM

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 Manipuri language.

Report on 15 days Training in Basic Computing with use of NVDA and eSpeak in Oriya — by Nirmita Narasimhan — last modified May 10, 2015 01:41 PM

This programme was the first of its kind in the state of Orissa. The participants were mostly completely new to using computers and were also completely from the vernacular background. This training demonstrates that many more such regional level trainings should be organized in order to reach the untouched population of persons with blindness, and expose them to the advantages of today’s technology.

April 2015 Bulletin — by Prasad Krishna — last modified May 31, 2015 04:29 AM

Newsletter for the month of April below.

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Zero Project Conference on Accessibility: Innovative Policies and Practices for Persons with Disabilities — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Mar 06, 2014 08:44 AM

Essl Foundation, the World Future Council and the European Foundation Centre convened an international conference at the United Nations Office in Vienna, Austria on February 27 and 28, 2014. Pranesh Prakash participated in the conference as a speaker. On February 27 he spoke on e-speak and on the following day (February 28) he spoke in a session on Copyright & the Marrakesh Treaty: Opportunities and Challenges.

Are Elections Fair to People With Special Needs? — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Apr 09, 2014 06:37 AM

City-based think tanks have submitted a report to the Election Commission saying elections in India are unfriendly to people with disabilities.

April 2014 Bulletin — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Jul 04, 2014 03:38 AM

The newsletter for the month of April can be accessed below:

Summary of Judgements on Disability Rights — by CLPR — last modified May 23, 2014 09:23 AM

The following are some of the landmark judgments given by the Supreme Court and some of the high courts in India on disability rights.

The Right of Persons with Disabilities Bill 2013 and the Lack of Access to Accessibility Rights — by Amba Salelkar — last modified Feb 03, 2014 02:21 AM

The Rights of Persons with Disabilities Bill, 2013 (The RPD Bill) went through three avatars since its commissioning in 2009 under the Sudha Kaul Committee. This blog post brings you a summary of the three stages since it was initially commissioned.

October 2012 Bulletin — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Nov 08, 2012 11:42 AM

Welcome to the newsletter of October 2012 from the Centre for Internet & Society (CIS). The present issue features an analysis by Ujwala Uppaluri of the Delhi High Court’s judgment in Super Cassettes v. MySpace, announcement of public call for comments for reports on “Banking and Accessibility in India” and “Making TV Accessible in India”, and updates on Indic languages.

Copyright Amendments – Empowering the Print Disabled — by Rahul Cherian — last modified Sep 07, 2012 11:11 AM

The much anticipated Copyright Amendment Bill, 2012 was passed with a few changes in the Rajya Sabha on 17th May 2012 after a very spirited debate and passed by the Lok Sabha on the 22nd May 2012 with unanimous consensus.

March 2012 Bulletin — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Jul 09, 2012 07:33 AM

In this month we announced the new clusters from Researchers at Work: Locating the Mobile, Interface Intimacies and Habits of Living.

April 2012 Bulletin — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Jul 07, 2012 06:26 AM

In this issue of our newsletter, we bring you updates of our latest research, event reports, videos, news and media coverage during the month of April 2012:

May 2012 Bulletin — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Jul 07, 2012 06:59 AM

Welcome to the newsletter issue of May 2012! In the current issue, we bring to you updates of our latest research, event reports, videos, and media coverage:

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