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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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May 2017 Newsletter: by Prasad Krishna — published May 31, 2017 — last modified Jun 17, 2017 02:46 AM — filed under: Access to Knowledge, Telecom, Accessibility, Internet Governance, Researchers at Work
Welcome to the Centre for Internet & Society (CIS) newsletter for May 2017.
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Meeting on National Policy for e-Access for All: by Nirmita Narasimhan — published Oct 31, 2008 — last modified Aug 26, 2011 05:13 AM — filed under: Conference, Meeting, Accessibility
The world over, there is a move towards making the internet more accessible for persons with visual and print disabilities and for elderly persons. Many countries like the USA and UK have adopted legislation to make adherence to web accessibility standards mandatory. In India we are still relatively unaware of the importance of web accessibility. On Nov 7, 2008 at 11:00 am, the Centre for Internet and Society will host a meeting at the CIS office to discuss strategies and a plan of action to launch a campaign for making web content accessibility standards mandatory in India.
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Meeting on National Policy on Universal Electronic Accessibility: by Prasad Krishna — published Jun 26, 2014 — last modified Jul 28, 2014 06:46 AM — filed under: Accessibility
A meeting on National Policy on Universal Electronic Accessibility is scheduled to be held on 1.7.2014 at 11.30 AM in DeitY. Sunil Abraham will take part in the meeting.
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Mobile Accessibility Practices: by Nirmita Narasimhan — published Apr 12, 2017 — filed under: Accessibility
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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Mobile Apps Are Excluding Millions Of Indians Who Want To Use Them: by Nirmita Narasimhan — published Sep 24, 2016 — filed under: Accessibility
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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Mobile technologies and enlightened service packages help persons with disabilities connect to new opportunities: by Nirmita Narasimhan — published Jan 10, 2012 — last modified Sep 13, 2012 01:38 PM — filed under: Accessibility
Innovative approaches from mobile hardware and applications developers as well as operators are helping connect the estimated 15% of the global population that lives with some form of disability to the power of information and communication technology.
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Most popular apps inaccessible to millions of disabled, says study: by Prasad Krishna — published Nov 21, 2016 — last modified Nov 21, 2016 02:47 AM — filed under: Accessibility
Booking cabs, buying food and making payments online seem like they're just a swipe and a tap away, but for millions of disabled Indians, these apps are not designed for them to use.
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Most popular smartphone apps inaccessible to disabled: Study: by Prasad Krishna — published Dec 10, 2016 — filed under: Accessibility
Booking cabs, buying food and making payments online seem like they're just a swipe and a tap away, but for millions of disabled Indians, these apps are not designed for them to use.
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N.C.P.E.D.P. and BarrierBreak Technologies put forward National Policy on Electronic Accessibility: by Sanchia de Souza — published Jul 22, 2009 — last modified Apr 02, 2011 03:43 PM — filed under: Accessibility
Article in Disability News and Information Service, 15 July 2009
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