Accessibility

National Resource Kit : The Meghalaya Chapter: Call for Comments — by Manojna Yeluri — last modified Nov 07, 2013 06:17 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 Meghalaya.

Lakshadweep Notifications (OCR) — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Mar 27, 2013 03:28 AM

Find below the unedited scanned versions of the notifications received from the Government of Lakshadweep.

Text to Speech Synthesizer — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Apr 01, 2014 03:31 AM

National Resource Kit: The Assam Chapter (Call for Comments) — by CLPR — last modified Sep 30, 2013 04:06 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 Assam.

SpicyIP Tidbit: India ratifies the Marrakesh Treaty for the Visually Impaired — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Jul 02, 2014 05:31 AM

In an encouraging step towards promoting accessibility among the differently abled, India became the first country to ratify the Marrakesh Treaty to Facilitate Access to Published Works for Persons Who Are Blind, Visually Impaired or Otherwise Print Disabled, 2013.

National Resource Kit: The Andhra Chapter (Revised) — by Anandhi Viswanathan — last modified Feb 12, 2014 05:21 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 Andhra Pradesh.

National Resource Kit: The Dadra & Nagar Haveli Chapter (Call for Comments) — by CLPR — last modified Feb 20, 2014 06:37 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 Dadra & Nagar Haveli.

January 2014 Bulletin — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Apr 07, 2014 07:09 AM

The Centre for Internet and Society (CIS) welcomes you to the first issue of its newsletter (January) for the year 2014:

National Resource Kit : The Bihar Chapter (Call for Comments) — by Manojna Yeluri — last modified Mar 05, 2013 05:09 AM

The Centre for Internet & Society and the Hans Foundation are pleased to bring you its research on the state of laws, policies and programmes for persons with disabilities in the state of Bihar.

Indian Users’ Perspective On WIPO Negotiations On Treaty For Visually Impaired — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Feb 18, 2013 09:07 AM

South-East Asia is host to one-third of the world’s 39 million blind people. Over 20 million live in India alone. This week’s special session of the World Intellectual Property Organization aims to clean up the text of an international treaty to facilitate access to books for the blind and visually impaired community. It is thus of prime importance for India, and some there worry that issues such as commercial availability could undermine the treaty’s effectiveness.

In Memoriam of Rahul Cherian Feb 28, 2013 from 09:00 AM to 11:00 AM — TERI, Southern Regional Centre, Bangalore, 4th Main, Domlur II Stage, Bangalore 5600071, — by Prasad Krishna

The Centre for Internet & Society is organising a memorial function for Rahul Cherian who passed away recently while on a family visit to Goa. He had succumbed to an infection. The function will be held on February 28, 2013, from 5 p.m. To 7.00 p.m. at TERI, Bangalore. Dinner will be served right after the event. Lawrence Liang, Reuben Jacob and Gautam John will be speaking at the event.

e-Accessibility Policy Handbook for Persons with Disabilities (Russian Version) — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Apr 26, 2012 10:04 AM

The e-Accessibility Policy Handbook for Persons with Disabilities is based upon the online ITU-G3ict e-Accessibility Policy Toolkit for Persons with Disabilities (www.e-accessibilitytoolkit.org) which was released in February 2010. This is the Russian translation of the same.

WCAG Guidelines for Accessibility, HTML — by Sanchia de Souza — last modified Aug 23, 2011 10:51 PM

Workshop for Web Developers on Web Accessibility — by Velankanni Royson — last modified Aug 23, 2011 10:52 PM

Making Mobile Phones and Services Accessible for Persons with Disabilities — by Nirmita Narasimhan — last modified Apr 26, 2013 05:00 AM

This report is published by the International Telecommunication Union in cooperation with G3ict – The Global Initiative for Inclusive Information and Communication Technologies. Nirmita Narasimhan and Axel Leblois are the lead authors. The contributors include Deepti Bharthur, Lakshmi Haridas, Pranav Lal, Peter Looms, Roopakshi Pathania, Deva Prasad, Susan Schorr, and Mukesh Sharma.

August 2012 Bulletin — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Sep 11, 2012 02:53 PM

Welcome to the newsletter issue of August 2012 from the Centre for Internet & Society (CIS). The present issue features an analysis of the latest list of sites blocked by the Indian government from August 18, 2012 to August 21, 2012, the India Report for Consumers International IP Watchlist 2012, and press coverage related to the recent North East exodus.

November 2013 Bulletin — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Jan 04, 2014 04:38 AM

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

National Resource Kit: The Gujarat Chapter (Call for Comments) — by Anandhi Viswanathan — last modified Jan 08, 2014 07:01 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 Gujarat.

‘Right to Read’ campaign launched - Fighting against copyright regulations — by Radha Rao — last modified Apr 02, 2011 02:54 PM

To highlight the issues faced by persons with print disability – those deprived of Indian books due to unfriendly copyright regulations – a group of organisations launched the Right To Read (R2R) campaign on September 26 - an article by L Subramani, Sep 28th, Bangalore, Deccan Herald.

Tara Textreader, a boon for the visually-challenged — by Radha Rao — last modified Apr 02, 2011 02:52 PM

An article by M Ramya – Times of India, 26th September, 2009

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