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Submission: by Radha Rao — last modified Aug 22, 2011 01:13 PM — filed under: Accessibility, Publications
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Summary of Judgements on Disability Rights: by CLPR — published May 15, 2014 — last modified May 23, 2014 09:23 AM — filed under: Accessibility
The following are some of the landmark judgments given by the Supreme Court and some of the high courts in India on disability rights.
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Summary of the IPA Position: by Prasad Krishna — last modified Mar 30, 2012 07:30 AM — filed under: Accessibility, Access to Knowledge
The document proposed by the International Publishers Association.
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Survey on Banking Accessibility: by Vrinda Maheshwari — published May 30, 2013 — last modified Jun 06, 2013 06:12 AM — filed under: Accessibility
The Global Initiative for Inclusive ICTs (G3ict) is launching a survey on the accessibility of financial services in banks for persons with disabilities around the world. The survey is looking at the kind of accommodations being made by different banks and assessing best practices for accessibility to financial services for persons with disabilities.
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Tara Textreader, a boon for the visually-challenged: by Radha Rao — published Sep 29, 2009 — last modified Apr 02, 2011 02:52 PM — filed under: Accessibility
An article by M Ramya – Times of India, 26th September, 2009
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Tech for the blind: How app developers can help end the ‘disturbing touchscreen trend’: by Prasad Krishna — published Oct 10, 2016 — filed under: Accessibility
At their introduction, touchscreens was so refreshing and how we had rushed to get those touch devices. Meanwhile, there was a separate world that came crashing down with the advent of touch enabled phones. Just like me, I’m sure not many may have thought how touchscreens almost ended the messaging ability of visually impaired. Now, with services moving from phone calls to online (services and apps), it’s getting more difficult.
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Technology for Accessibility in Higher Education: by Nirmita Narasimhan — published Jan 29, 2012 — last modified Jan 31, 2012 06:29 AM — filed under: Accessibility
Education for students with disabilities has long been a serious cause of concern in India, as also in other countries around the world. A person with a disability studying in mainstream educational institutions in India experiences many difficulties in navigating through the obstacle course of the Indian educational system, writes Nirmita Narasimhan in this IIMB Journal brought out on the occasion of the conference 'never-the-less - Enabling Access for Persons with Disabilities to Higher Education and Workplace - Role of ICT and Assistive Technologies.
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Telugu eSpeak Training with NVDA: by Nirmita Narasimhan — published Dec 02, 2014 — last modified Jul 20, 2015 02:59 PM — filed under: Accessibility, NVDA
NVDA team conducted a two-day workshop at the Hyderabad Central University (HCU) for lecturers and students for reading and writing in Telugu using eSpeak with NVDA on December 1 and 2, 2014.
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Text to Speech Synthesizer: by Prasad Krishna — published Aug 27, 2013 — last modified Apr 01, 2014 03:31 AM — filed under: Accessibility
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The Business Case for Web Accessibility: by Nirmita Narasimhan — published Dec 07, 2011 — last modified Dec 07, 2011 09:56 AM — filed under: Accessibility
NASSCOM Foundation has published a handbook on web accessibility titled "Understanding WebAccessibility — A Guide to create Accessible Work Environments". Nirmita Narasimhan authored a chapter "The Business Case for Web Accessibility".
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