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Digital access for persons with disabilities. 355 items.
23 Nov 2009
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Copyright Access for the Disabled and Collaborative IP PolicyA blog post on SPICY IP by Shamnad Basheer, November 18, 2009
18 Nov 2009
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Reading For AllRight 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
13 Nov 2009
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WIPO Director General Pledges Support for India’s Visually Impaired CommunityAn article in the WIPO website on the “Right to Read of persons with print disabilities and copyright challenges” organized by the VIP community in cooperation with the Government of India in New Delhi on November 11, 2009.
13 Nov 2009
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UN Official pledges support to tackle Copyright Challenges for the Visually ImpairedArticle on the UN News Centre - New York, Nov 11 2009 6:10PM
10 Nov 2009
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Copyright obstacle for Braille, audio booksAn article by Arpit Basu, The Times of India (Kolkata) Nov 7th, 2009
13 Oct 2009
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Youth light up lives, one book at a timeChennaiites join a campaign to aid the visually challenged in accessing popular works of English literature THERE ARE MILLIONS OF BOOKS THAT THE VISUALLY CHALLENGED CAN'T ACCESS - an article in the Deccan Chronicle - Chennai, dated 10th Oct …
6 Oct 2009
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The Option To ReadA blog in ‘thinkopotamus’ by Mr. Shreekumar Varma, Chief Guest, Right to Read Campaign’s first road show in Loyola College, Chennai
2 Oct 2009
29 Sep 2009
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Tara Textreader, a boon for the visually-challengedAn article by M Ramya – Times of India, 26th September, 2009
29 Sep 2009
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Right to Read campaign - Chennai (NDTV, Hindu)The first event was covered by NDTV Hindu and an interview with Rahul Cherian and Nirmita Narasimhan was telecast on 26th September.
29 Sep 2009
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Deccan Chronicle – 27th September, 2009Nirmita Narasimhan, Programme Manager, CIS, speaks at the launch of ‘Right to Read’ campaign. Loyola College in the city on Saturday launched the campaign to amend the Indian Copyright Act, 1957, and give visually challenged and dyslexic …
29 Sep 2009
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‘Right to read’ campaign launched (The Hindu)An article in The Hindu, 29th September, on the 'Right to Read' campaign, launched on 26th Sept, in Loyola College, Chennai
29 Sep 2009
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‘Right to Read’ campaign launched - Fighting against copyright regulationsTo highlight the issues faced by persons with print disability – those deprived of Indian books due to unfriendly copyright regulations – a group of organisations launched the Right To Read (R2R) campaign on September 26 - an article by L …
24 Sep 2009
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A fight for the Right to ReadThe copyright Law remains blind to the rights of the Visually Impaired - An article by N T Balanarayan, DNA Bangalore - 24th September, 2009
15 Sep 2009
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Now, online books for disabled personsAn article by L Subramani – Deccan Herald (6th Sept, 2009)
21 Aug 2009
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Asia-Pacific Regional Forum on Mainstreaming ICT Accessibility for Persons with DisabilitiesThe International Telecommunication Union (ITU) jointly with the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP) and in partnerships with the Global Initiative for Inclusive ICTs (G3ict), the National …
22 Jul 2009
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N.C.P.E.D.P. and BarrierBreak Technologies put forward National Policy on Electronic AccessibilityArticle in Disability News and Information Service, 15 July 2009
11 Mar 2009
11 Feb 2009
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Accessible websites could become a realityArticle by L. Subramani in the Deccan Herald, 11 February 2009
8 Dec 2008
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Government websites: Access denied to special usersArticle by L. Subramani in the Deccan Herald, 8 December 2008
3 Nov 2008
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Visually impaired seek access to print materialsAn article in the Deccan Herald (November 3, 2008, page 4) by L. Subramani on the CIS signature campaign.