Accessibility

Report on Training in Basic Computing with use of eSpeak and NVDA in Oriya — by Nirmita Narasimhan — last modified Jun 03, 2015 01:24 AM

This training was held at Orissa Association for the Blind at Bhubaneswar from February 8 to 10, 2015. Thirty six delegates attended the programme.

Report on Training in Basic Computing with use of NVDA at NAB, Delhi — by Nirmita Narasimhan — last modified Jun 04, 2015 01:19 AM

The objective of the workshop was to help the staff members understand NVDA and its functioning with the Indian languages so that they efficiently attend to the queries of the visitors and the callers at help desk.

Report on Training in Basic Computing with use of NVDA and eSpeak in Tamil — by Nirmita Narasimhan — last modified Jul 20, 2015 03:23 PM

The training programme was conducted on January 27 and 28, 2015 at Karna Vidya Technology Centre, [KVTC] Guindy, Chennai. A total of 15 delegates attended the show.

Report on Training in Basic Computing with use of NVDA and eSpeak in Hindi — by Nirmita Narasimhan — last modified Jun 04, 2015 01:58 AM

The training programme was held on February 5 and 6, 2015 at National Association for the Blind in R.K. Puram, New Delhi. Fifteen delegates attended.

Report on eSpeak Tamil Computing with NVDA Training Workshop — by Nirmita Narasimhan — last modified Jun 04, 2015 01:44 PM

The training programme was held from May 25 to 29, 2015 at Differently Abled Children Section, District Central Library, Coimbatore. Twenty-one delegates attended.

Report on Training in Basic Computing for using eSpeak Hindi with NVDA — by Nirmita Narasimhan — last modified Jun 08, 2015 02:28 AM

The training was held at the Conference Hall and Computer Lab, Dr. Shakuntala Mishra National Rehabilitation University, Lucknow from January 20 to 22, 2015.

Report on eSpeak Tamil Computing with NVDA Training Workshop in Tirunelveli — by Nirmita Narasimhan — last modified Jul 12, 2015 07:50 AM

The training workshop by the NVDA team was held at Anne Jane Askwith Higher Secondary School for the Visually Impaired, Palayamkottai, Tirunelveli from June 3 - 7, 2015. Sixteen delegates attended the workshop.

June 2015 Bulletin — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Sep 13, 2015 04:10 PM

Newsletter for the month of June.

Report on training workshop at NAB Delhi R K Puram — by Nirmita Narasimhan — last modified Jul 20, 2015 02:53 PM

The workshop was held at the National Association for the Blind, Sector 5 R. K. Puram, New Delhi on December 17, 2014. The objective of the workshop was to help the staff members understand NVDA and its functioning with the Indian languages so that they efficiently attend to the queries of the visitors and the callers at helpdesk.

Report on Training in the Use of eSpeak Gujarati with NVDA — by Nirmita Narasimhan — last modified Jul 20, 2015 02:30 PM

The training was imparted at Blind Peoples Association, Vastrapur, Ahmedabad on November 17 and 18, 2014. Thirteen delegates underwent the training. R.P.Soni was the local coordinator.

Report on 15 days Training in Basic Computing at RNKS — by Nirmita Narasimhan — last modified Jul 21, 2015 03:16 PM

The NVDA team organized a 15 days training in basic computing at Rajasthan Natrahin Kalyan Sansthan (RNKS) in Jaipur. The training programme held from June 1 - 15, 2015 was attended by 12 delegates. Mrityunjay Kumar was the trainer. The basic training for computers was targeted for school going children of RNKS.

Report on Kannada eSpeak Training with NVDA — by Nirmita Narasimhan — last modified Jul 22, 2015 02:14 AM

NVDA team conducted a two day training programme at Mitra Jyothi in Bangalore (June 8 and 9, 2015). Forty-three delegates attended the training programme.

Global Accessibility Awareness Day 2017 May 18, 2017 from 02:00 PM to 07:30 PM — NIMHANS Convention Centre, — by Prasad Krishna

The Centre for Internet & Society along with Prakat Solutions and Mitra Jyothi is co-hosting the Global Accessibility Awareness Day in Bengaluru on May 18, 2017.

Comments on the draft Policy on IT Accessibility for People with Disabilities — by Nirmita Narasimhan — last modified May 19, 2017 03:33 PM

The Centre for Internet & Society gave inputs on a document on implementing digital accessibility to Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology on May 2, 2017.

Universal Service for Persons with Disabilities: A Global Survey of Policy Interventions and Good Practices — by Nirmita Narasimhan — last modified Oct 08, 2012 05:43 AM

The Global Initiative for Inclusive Information and Communication Technologies and the Centre for Internet and Societies in cooperation with the Hans Foundation have published the Universal Service for Persons with Disabilities: A Global Survey of Policy Interventions and Good Practices. The book consists of a Foreword by Axel Leblois, an Introduction and four chapters. Deepti Bharthur, Axel Leblois and Nirmita Narasimhan have contributed to the chapters.

Global Accessibility Awareness Day (GAAD 2013) May 09, 2013 from 08:00 AM to 11:00 AM — TERI, Southern Regional Centre, Bangalore, 4th Main, Domlur II Stage, Bangalore 5600071, — by Prasad Krishna

The Centre for Internet and Society is pleased to invite you to participate in the Global Accessibility Awareness Day (GAAD) at The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) in Bangalore on May 9, 2013. The event begins at 4.00 p.m. and will end by 7.00 p.m.

May 2013 Bulletin — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Aug 13, 2013 11:51 AM

The Centre for Internet & Society (CIS) welcomes you to the fifth issue of its newsletter for 2013. We bring you an overview of our research, report of events held by us and announcement of upcoming ones, events we participated in, and recent media coverage.

Availability and Accessibility of Government Information in Public Domain — by Sunil Abraham — last modified Dec 30, 2014 01:25 AM

The information provided on most Government websites such as Acts, notifications, rules, orders, minutes of meetings and consultations, etc. is usually in the form of electronic documents. However, these lack authenticity and accessibility and cannot be (text) searched., This policy brief identifies the problem areas with the current work flow being used to publish documents and proposes suitable modifications to make them easy to locate, authentic and accessible.

When technology is able but the mindset is not — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Dec 14, 2014 06:01 AM

There are enough digital products and services to help people with disabilities. Widespread ignorance stands between them and digital inclusion.

e-Accessibility Policy Handbook (Daisy) — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Aug 22, 2011 12:46 PM

Daisy format of e-accessibility policy handbook

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