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Dot Bharat domain to roll out on August 21: by Prasad Krishna — published Aug 19, 2014 — last modified Sep 08, 2014 07:08 AM — filed under: Internet Governance, Accessibility, Access to Knowledge
Web addresses are set to get multilingual in India. Soon you will be able to type in addresses in a web browser in the Devnagri script – with “dot bharat” standing in for the currently common “dot in” domain to begin with. The roll-out of the same begins on August 21.
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APrIGF Delhi 2014 (Towards an Accessible Internet for People with Disabilities): by Prasad Krishna — published Aug 04, 2014 — last modified Sep 10, 2014 04:47 AM — filed under: Accessibility
Sunil Abraham was a speaker at this event organized by International Centre for Free and Open Source Software and ISOC, Australia on August 4, 2014.
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July 2014 Bulletin: by Prasad Krishna — published Jul 31, 2014 — last modified Aug 11, 2014 05:46 AM — filed under: Access to Knowledge, Telecom, Accessibility, Internet Governance, Researchers at Work
Seventh issue of the newsletter (July 2014) below:
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NISH Website to Help the Disabled: by Prasad Krishna — published Jul 03, 2014 — filed under: Accessibility
The National Institute of Speech and Hearing (NISH) has launched a website on matters related to disabilities. The website www.accesshub.org was launched by Social Welfare Minister M K Muneer here on Wednesday.
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SpicyIP Tidbit: India ratifies the Marrakesh Treaty for the Visually Impaired: by Prasad Krishna — published Jul 02, 2014 — filed under: Accessibility, Access to Knowledge
In an encouraging step towards promoting accessibility among the differently abled, India became the first country to ratify the Marrakesh Treaty to Facilitate Access to Published Works for Persons Who Are Blind, Visually Impaired or Otherwise Print Disabled, 2013.
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India's Ratification of the Marrakesh Treaty Celebrated; Accessible Books Consortium Launched: by Nehaa Chaudhari — published Jul 01, 2014 — last modified Jul 01, 2014 11:09 AM — filed under: Featured, Homepage, Accessibility, Access to Knowledge
On Day 1 of the 28th Session of the World Intellectual Property Organization (“WIPO”) Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights (“SCCR”), the WIPO organized an event to mark India’s ratification of the Marrakesh Treaty to Facilitate Access to Published Works for Persons Who Are Blind, Visually Impaired or Otherwise Print Disabled, 2013 (“Marrakesh Treaty”), and to launch the Accessible Books Consortium (“ABC”).
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June 2014 Bulletin: by Prasad Krishna — published Jun 30, 2014 — last modified Jul 14, 2014 10:05 AM — filed under: Access to Knowledge, Telecom, Accessibility, Internet Governance, Digital Humanities
Our newsletter for month of June is below:
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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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For a Truly Inclusive Consultative Process: by Amba Salelkar — published Jun 25, 2014 — last modified Jul 02, 2014 04:44 AM — filed under: Accessibility
At Inclusive Planet we attempt to engage as many people with disabilities as possible with the consultative process which precedes the enactment of legislation and policy, and we are very happy with the NDA Government’s positive steps in putting out all proposed amendments to the public at large for feedback.
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NVDA & eSpeak Team Members: by Prasad Krishna — published Jun 24, 2014 — last modified Jan 22, 2015 01:13 AM — filed under: Accessibility, NVDA
Listed below are profiles of the team members working on the NVDA and eSpeak project.
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