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An Overview of Accessibility Work (2008 - 2016)
by Nirmita Narasimhan — published Sep 24, 2016 — last modified Sep 24, 2016 04:09 PM — filed under:
India has an estimated 70 million disabled persons who are unable to read printed materials due to some form of physical, sensory, cognitive or other disability. The disabled need accessible content, devices and interfaces facilitated via copyright law and accessibility policies. CIS campaigns for change in this area.
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Blog Entry Mobile Apps Are Excluding Millions Of Indians Who Want To Use Them
by Nirmita Narasimhan — published Sep 24, 2016 — filed under:
If someone were to ask you how many apps you use in a day, you might need to stop and count. You use apps to book cabs, to order groceries, make payments online, buy diapers, connect with friends... the list goes on. In fact apps, are becoming so intrinsic to daily life that without one handy you may have to think twice about how to complete a transaction.
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Blog Entry Where Are There So Few Books For The Print-Impaired?
by Nirmita Narasimhan — published Nov 04, 2016 — filed under:
India publishes approximately 90,000 books each year in 24 different languages. We have over 16,000 publishers, and are one of the top nations for English book publishing in the world. Clearly we are a nation which values and fosters a culture of reading and passing on knowledge in different domains ranging from literature, to yoga, language, education, science, fiction and many others.
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Blog Entry Mobile Accessibility Practices
by Nirmita Narasimhan — published Apr 12, 2017 — filed under:
Over the past few months the Centre for Internet & Society along with some like minded organizations had been working on framing a feasible accessibility guidelines for mobile apps which they could recommend to the Government of India, since there is no single standard in existence at the moment.
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Blog Entry The ICT Opportunity for a Disability-Inclusive Development Framework
by Nirmita Narasimhan — published Sep 30, 2013 — last modified Sep 30, 2013 07:25 AM — filed under:
This report has been prepared by the Broadband Commission for Digital Development, G3ict, International Disability Alliance, International Telecommunication Union, Microsoft, Telecentre.org Foundation, and UNESCO.
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Blog Entry Comments on Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities 'Vision Document 2030'
by Nirmita Narasimhan — published Feb 28, 2017 — last modified Feb 28, 2017 03:58 PM — filed under:
The Centre for Internet & Society (CIS) submitted comments for the consideration of the Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities (DEPD) on the Vision Document 2030 brought out earlier this month.
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Blog Entry Comments on the draft Rights of Persons with Disabilities Rules
by Nirmita Narasimhan — published Mar 29, 2017 — filed under:
The Centre for Internet & Society (CIS) submitted comments on the draft Rights of Persons with Disabilities Rules for the consideration of the Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities, Government of India.
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Blog Entry Inclusive Financial Services - Global Trends in Accessibility Requirements
by Nirmita Narasimhan — published May 03, 2015 — filed under: , ,
Inclusive Financial Services is a G3ict White Paper researched in cooperation with the Centre for Internet and Society. The research paper comprises a Foreword and Introduction, four chapters — Barriers to Access for Persons with Disabilities and Diverse Abilities, International Framework, Integrating Accessibility into the System, and State of Practice - Impact of the Convention on Inclusive Finance and Accessibility Efforts around the Globe.
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Blog Entry Comments to the GIGW
by Nirmita Narasimhan — published Apr 30, 2015 — last modified May 09, 2015 04:00 PM — filed under: ,
The Centre for Internet and Society submitted its comments to the National Informatics Centre on April 30, 2015.
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Blog Entry Report on 15 days Training in Basic Computing with use of NVDA and eSpeak in Gujarati
by Nirmita Narasimhan — published Apr 16, 2015 — last modified May 10, 2015 11:23 AM — filed under:
This programme was aimed at high school students who were completely new to computers. The aim of the workshop was to empower the students to at least read and write using eSpeak Gujarati with NVDA within the 15 day duration.
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The Centre for Internet and Society (CIS) is a non-profit organisation that undertakes interdisciplinary research on internet and digital technologies from policy and academic perspectives. The areas of focus include digital accessibility for persons with disabilities, access to knowledge, intellectual property rights, openness (including open data, free and open source software, open standards, open access, open educational resources, and open video), internet governance, telecommunication reform, digital privacy, and cyber-security. The research at CIS seeks to understand the reconfiguration of social processes and structures through the internet and digital media technologies, and vice versa.

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