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Report on 15 days Training in Basic Computing at RNKS: by Nirmita Narasimhan — published Jun 15, 2015 — last modified Jul 21, 2015 03:16 PM — filed under: Accessibility
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.
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Report on Kannada eSpeak Training with NVDA: by Nirmita Narasimhan — published Jun 09, 2015 — last modified Jul 22, 2015 02:14 AM — filed under: Accessibility
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.
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Global Accessibility Awareness Day 2017: by Prasad Krishna — published May 03, 2017 — last modified May 16, 2017 05:51 AM — filed under: Featured, Homepage, Accessibility, Event
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.
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Comments on the draft Policy on IT Accessibility for People with Disabilities: by Nirmita Narasimhan — published May 19, 2017 — filed under: Accessibility
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.
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Universal Service for Persons with Disabilities: A Global Survey of Policy Interventions and Good Practices: by Nirmita Narasimhan — published Dec 27, 2011 — last modified Oct 08, 2012 05:43 AM — filed under: Featured, Accessibility, Publications
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): by Prasad Krishna — published Apr 22, 2013 — last modified May 09, 2013 04:27 AM — filed under: Accessibility, Event
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.
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May 2013 Bulletin: by Prasad Krishna — published May 31, 2013 — last modified Aug 13, 2013 11:51 AM — filed under: Access to Knowledge, Digital Natives, Telecom, Accessibility, Internet Governance, Openness, Researchers at Work
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.
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Availability and Accessibility of Government Information in Public Domain: by Sunil Abraham — published Dec 09, 2014 — last modified Dec 30, 2014 01:25 AM — filed under: Government Information, Accessibility, Featured, Digitisation, Homepage
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.
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When technology is able but the mindset is not: by Prasad Krishna — published Dec 14, 2014 — filed under: Accessibility
There are enough digital products and services to help people with disabilities. Widespread ignorance stands between them and digital inclusion.
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e-Accessibility Policy Handbook (Daisy): by Prasad Krishna — last modified Aug 22, 2011 12:46 PM — filed under: Accessibility, Publications
Daisy format of e-accessibility policy handbook
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