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Nirmita Narasimhan
93 items.
10 Jun 2015
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Report on eSpeak Tamil Computing with NVDA Training WorkshopThe NVDA team held a five days training (June 3 - 7, 2015) at Anne Jane Askwith Higher Secondary School for the Visually Impaired, Palayamkottai, Tirunelveli.
9 Jun 2015
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Report on Kannada eSpeak Training with NVDANVDA team conducted a two day training programme at Mitra Jyothi in Bangalore (June 8 and 9, 2015). Forty-three delegates attended the training programme.
31 May 2015
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Report on 30 Days Summer Course on Basic Computer Competencies and Language ProficiencyThe month long summer course was held at Karna Vidya Technology Centre, Thiru-Vi-Ka, Industrial Estate, Chennai and was attended by 20 delegates.
30 May 2015
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Report on Training in Basic Computing with use of NVDA and eSpeak in AssameseThis training was held at Monfort School in Guwahati on May 9 and 10, 2015. Laishram Lingappa was the trainer. Eleven participants attended the programme.
30 May 2015
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Report on eSpeak Tamil Computing with NVDA Training WorkshopThe training programme was held from May 25 to 29, 2015 at Differently Abled Children Section, District Central Library, Coimbatore. Twenty-one delegates attended.
28 May 2015
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Report on Training on the Use of eSpeak Hindi on Windows and Android PlatformsIndian Association for the Blind conducted a one day workshop on the use of eSpeak for Windows and Android platforms on May 28, 2015. Twenty-seven delegates attended the training programme held at Indian Association for the Blind, Delhi. …
21 May 2015
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Report on the Training in the Use of eSpeak for Indian Languages during TOT Conducted by Enable IndiaEnable India, Bangalore conducted a TOT for training computer teachers for the blind, which was held from May 11 to 20, 2015 at Blind Empowerment Association, Kolkata and was attended by 26 delegates.
20 May 2015
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Report on Training in Basic Computing with use of NVDA and eSpeak in Marathi & KonkaniThe training programme was organized at International Youth Hostel and Estrila du Mar, sponsored by Rotary Club of Goa and Estrila Du Mar from April 20 to 22, 2015. Seventy-seven delegates attended the training programme.
18 May 2015
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Report on Training in Basic Computing with use of eSpeak and NVDA in OriyaThis training was held at Orissa Association for the Blind at Bhubaneswar from February 8 to 10, 2015. Thirty six delegates attended the programme.
10 May 2015
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Report on the Progress in Manipuri Language TestingThe Centre for Internet and Society (CIS) is doing a project on developing a text-to-speech software in 15 Indian languages. This blog post captures the key updates of the work done by CIS team for Manipuri language.
6 May 2015
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Report on eSpeak Tamil Computing with NVDA Training Workshop at TiruchirappalliThe training workshop was held from May 4 to 8, 2015 at Centre for Differently-abled Persons, Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirappalli. Seventeen delegates attended the workshop.
3 May 2015
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Inclusive Financial Services - Global Trends in Accessibility RequirementsInclusive 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 …
30 Apr 2015
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Report on 15 days Training in Basic Computing with use of NVDA and eSpeak in OriyaThis 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 …
30 Apr 2015
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Comments to the GIGWThe Centre for Internet and Society submitted its comments to the National Informatics Centre on April 30, 2015.
25 Apr 2015
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Report on Seven Day Training in the Use of eSpeak Malayalam with NVDAThe NVDA team held a training for 25 delegates at the Chakshumati Assistive Technology Centre, Trivandrum in Kerala. Akhil was the trainer. The event was held from April 18 to 24, 2015.
21 Apr 2015
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Report on One day Workshop on Use of eSpeak Hindi with NVDAThis workshop was organized on April 11, 2015 at All India Confederation of the Blind (AICB) and was attended by 19 participants
16 Apr 2015
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Report on 15 days Training in Basic Computing with use of NVDA and eSpeak in GujaratiThis 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.
29 Mar 2015
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Report on 15 days Training in Basic Computing with use of NVDA and eSpeak in HindiThe 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, …
24 Mar 2015
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Report on the Progress in Bengali Language TestingThe Centre for Internet and Society (CIS) is doing a project on developing a text-to-speech software in 15 Indian languages. This blog post captures the key updates of the work done by CIS team for Bengali language.
23 Mar 2015
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Report on the Progress in Assamese Language TestingThe Centre for Internet and Society (CIS) is doing a project on developing a text-to-speech software in 15 Indian languages. This blog post captures the key updates of the work done by CIS team for Assamese language.
22 Feb 2015
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Report on Training of the use of eSpeak Punjabi with NVDANVDA team organized a workshop for training participants on using eSpeak Punjabi with NVDA software. The workshop was held at Asha Kiran Training Institute on February 20 and 21, 2015. Twenty-three delegates attended the workshop. NAB, …
16 Feb 2015
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Joint Report on Training of the Use of eSpeak in Hindi with NVDAThe training programmes were conducted at the National Association for the Blind, New Delhi on February 5 and 6, 2015 and Blind Relief Association, Delhi on February 13 and 14, 2015. Fifteen participants attended the first training …
12 Feb 2015
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Report on Training in the use of eSpeak Oriya with NVDANVDA team from the Centre for Internet and Society conducted this workshop at Orrisa Association for the Blind, Bhubaneswar from February 8 to 10, 2015. Thirty six individuals attended the training.
7 Feb 2015
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Report on Training in Basic Computing with use of NVDA and eSpeak in HindiThe training programme was held on February 5 and 6, 2015 at National Association for the Blind in R.K. Puram, New Delhi. Fifteen delegates attended.
31 Jan 2015
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Report on Training in Basic Computing with use of NVDA and eSpeak in TamilThe training programme was conducted on January 27 and 28, 2015 at Karna Vidya Technology Centre, [KVTC] Guindy, Chennai. A total of 15 delegates attended the show.
26 Jan 2015
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Training of Malayalam eSpeak with NVDANVDA team conducted a two days training on January 24 and 25, 2015 in Tiruvananthapuram. The programme was inaugurated by Dr. Veeramanikandan, Pro Vice Chancellor of the Kerala University and the eSpeak new version was launched by Suresh S, …
26 Jan 2015
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Report on Training in Basic Computing for using eSpeak Hindi with NVDAThe training was held at the Conference Hall and Computer Lab, Dr. Shakuntala Mishra National Rehabilitation University, Lucknow from January 20 to 22, 2015.
28 Dec 2014
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Bangla eSpeak training with NVDAThe NVDA team conducted an eSpeak training in Bangla on December 19 and 20, 2014 at Blind Empowerment Foundation (BEA) in Kolkata.
19 Dec 2014
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Report on training workshop at NAB Delhi R K PuramThe workshop was held at the National Association for the Blind, Sector 5 R. K. Puram, New Delhi on December 17, 2014. The objective of the workshop was to help the staff members understand NVDA and its functioning with the Indian languages …
2 Dec 2014
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Telugu eSpeak Training with NVDANVDA 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.