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R2R-Kolkata 1: by Radha Rao — last modified Nov 23, 2009 05:39 AM — filed under: Accessibility
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Rahul Cherian passes away: by Prasad Krishna — published Feb 10, 2013 — filed under: Accessibility, Access to Knowledge
Rahul Cherian, an expert and policy activist in disability law, intellectual property (IP) law and technology law passed away on Thursday. He was 39.
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Rahul Cherian, founder of NGO Inclusive Planet, passes away: by Prasad Krishna — published Feb 08, 2013 — last modified Mar 09, 2013 06:57 AM — filed under: Accessibility
Rahul Cherian, who worked extensively on disability law and rights in India, and other issues like intellectual property (IP) law and technology law passed away on Thursday while on on a family holiday in Goa according to this report in the Hindu.
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Reading For All: by Radha Rao — published Nov 18, 2009 — last modified Apr 02, 2011 02:26 PM — filed under: Accessibility
Right To Read campaign has begun in India to voice the needs of the disabled to gain access to books - an article by Lubna Salim in Kolkata Mirror - Saturday, November 14, 2009
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Reply comments of CIS in the matter of the WIPO draft proposal: by Prasad Krishna — published Dec 23, 2009 — last modified Aug 22, 2011 01:18 PM — filed under: Accessibility, Publications
Reply comments of CIS, Daisy Forum of India and Inclusive Planet to the comments filed by Steven J Metaliz in the matter of the WIPO draft proposal.
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Report on 5 day TOT for Training in Use of Espeak Kannada with NVDA: by Nirmita Narasimhan — published Sep 30, 2015 — last modified Oct 04, 2015 10:34 AM — filed under: Accessibility, E-Speak
A unique programme was organized in partnership with Mitra Jyothi – Bangalore, Enable India – Bangalore and NFB Karnataka. The aim of the programme was to empower the Computer Teacherrs for the blind in the use of Espeak Kannada and apprise them with Modern Teaching Techniques for the Blind.
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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 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: Accessibility
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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Report on 15 days Training in Basic Computing with use of NVDA and eSpeak in Hindi: by Nirmita Narasimhan — published Mar 29, 2015 — last modified Apr 10, 2015 02:33 AM — filed under: Accessibility
The highlight of the session was that the students on completion of the 15 days training, were able to write passages in Hindi. All the participants were able to do basic computing, such as opening files, saving them in different locations, surfing the Internet, etc.
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Report on 15 days Training in Basic Computing with use of NVDA and eSpeak in Oriya: by Nirmita Narasimhan — published Apr 30, 2015 — last modified May 10, 2015 01:41 PM — filed under: Accessibility
This programme was the first of its kind in the state of Orissa. The participants were mostly completely new to using computers and were also completely from the vernacular background. This training demonstrates that many more such regional level trainings should be organized in order to reach the untouched population of persons with blindness, and expose them to the advantages of today’s technology.
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