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Blog Entry National Resource Kit: The Sikkim Chapter (Call for Comments)
by Manojna Yeluri — published May 29, 2013 — last modified Nov 07, 2013 06:14 AM — filed under:
The National Resource Kit team is pleased to bring you its research on the state of laws, policies and programmes for persons with disabilities in the state of Sikkim.
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Blog Entry Making Voices Heard: Privacy, Inclusivity, and Accessibility of Voice Interfaces in India
by Shweta Mohandas — published Dec 05, 2019 — last modified Dec 18, 2019 12:10 PM — filed under: , , , , , , , ,
We believe that voice interfaces have the potential to democratise the use of internet by addressing barriers such as accessibility concerns, lack of abilities of reading and writing on digital text interfaces, and lack of options for people to interact with digital devices in their own languages. Through the Making Voice Heard Project supported by Mozilla Corporation, we will examine the current landscape of voice interfaces in India.
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Girls in ICT Day
by Prasad Krishna — published Apr 22, 2013 — filed under: ,
The Centre for Internet and Society and Mitra Jyothi is glad to invite you to celebrate Girls in ICT day on April 25, 2013 at the Mitra Jyothi auditorium in Bangalore. Dr. U.B. Pavanaja will give a talk on Social Media and Kannada Language for Women with Disabilities. The event will begin at 2 p.m. and end at 5 p.m.
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Jammu & Kashmir (Govt) Notifications
by Prasad Krishna — published Jul 23, 2013 — filed under:
List of notifications published by the government of Jammu and Kashmir can be downloaded below:
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July 2013 Bulletin
by Prasad Krishna — published Jul 31, 2013 — last modified Aug 21, 2013 09:30 AM — filed under: , , , , ,
Our newsletter for the month of July 2013 can be accessed below.
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Blog Entry Making Voices Heard
by Shweta Mohandas — published Jun 27, 2022 — filed under: , , , , , ,
We are happy to announce the launch of our final report on the study ‘Making Voices Heard: Privacy, Inclusivity, and Accessibility of Voice Interfaces in India. The study was undertaken with support from the Mozilla Corporation.
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File Inclusive Financial Services
by Prasad Krishna — published May 03, 2015 — filed under:
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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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