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Accessibility
Digital access for persons with disabilities. 355 items.
22 Dec 2009
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Statement of CIS on the Matter of the Treaty for the BlindPresented by Nirmita Narasimhan at the 19th WIPO Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights in Geneva on 18th December 2009.
21 Dec 2009
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Web Accessibility Policy Making: An International Perspective – A G3ict White PaperG3ict Publishes International Survey of Web Accessibility Policies White Paper by the Centre for Internet & Society, Bangalore, India
7 Dec 2009
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Books shut by law blinkersAn article in The Telegraph (Kolkata) by Chandrima S Bhattacharya - 6th December, 2009
4 Dec 2009
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Right to Knowledge for Persons with Print Impairment: A Proposal to Amend the Indian Copyright RegimeThis research paper argues the need for amending Indian Copyright provisions for enabling the print impaired to gain access to published works. The paper was submitted to the Ministry of Human Resource and Development in November to …
4 Dec 2009
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A Report on National Conference on ICTs for Differently Abled / Under privileged Communities in Education, Employment & Entreprenuership 2009This is a report about the National Conference on ICTs for the differently abled / under privileged communities in education, employment and entreprenuership which was held at Loyola College in Chennai from 1 to 3 December 2009.
3 Dec 2009
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The disabled also grapple with copyright issuesAn article in The Hindu by Deepa Kurup - 03rd December, 2009
3 Dec 2009
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Lawyers get socially involved: The Right to ReadThursday, 03 December 2009 by Tanuj Kalia (www.legallyindia.com)
27 Nov 2009
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DFI and Cambridge University Press join hands for getting print access to the "print impaired"Cambridge University Press has given permission for books published in India by them to be converted into other accessible formats such as in DAISY, says Dr. Sam Taraporevala, Director, Xavier’s Resource Centre for the Visually Challenged …
23 Nov 2009
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Right to Read Campaign - KolkataA report on the nationwide Right to Read campaign which had its second road show at the West Bengal National University of Juridical Sciences, Kolkata on 7th November, 2009 from 11.00 a.m. to 2.00 p.m.
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
13 Nov 2009
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Right to read for the print impaired and copyright challengesThe National Institute for the Visually Handicapped (NIVH), Daisy Forum of India (DFI) and Centre for Internet and Society (CIS) together organised an event titled “Right to read for the print impaired and copyright challenges” on behalf of …
13 Nov 2009
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National workshop on Web Accessibility - Thiruvananthapuram (Report)The third National Workshop on Web Accessibility for Web developers was organised by CIS at Thiruvananthapuram in collaboration with SPACE.
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
6 Oct 2009
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G3ict and CIS in collborationThe G3ict and Centre for Internet and Society, India (www.cis-india.org) are collaborating on a white paper comparing internet accessibility policies and legislative frameworks in 15 countries across the world.
2 Oct 2009
30 Sep 2009
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National Policy on Universal Electronic AccessibilityMinutes of the meeting on draft National Policy on Universal Electronic Accessibility held on August 17, 2009 in E-Governance Hall, 1st Floor, Electronics Niketan, CGO Complex, New Delhi.
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, ChennaiA report on the first road show of the nationwide Right to Read Campaign which was launched at Loyola college, Chennai, on 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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The Right to Read CampaignThe nationwide Right to Read campaign will begin with road shows in four metros and will then be taken up in different cities. There will be half day events with publicity. Events shall comprise presentations, debates and demonstrations, …
24 Sep 2009
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Reading options for persons with print disabilitiesAn article by Mr.Dipendra Manocha (Regional co-ordinator for developing countries of the Daisy Consortium and president DFI) on the reading options which are available for the blind.
24 Sep 2009
News
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