Topic
Accessibility
326 items.
30 Mar 2010
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Copyright Law as a tool for InclusionCan Copyright Law be used as a tool for Inclusion? Rahul Cherian examines this in his blog on copyright.
26 Feb 2010
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Web Accessibility as a Government Mandate?Is Web accessibility just a Government Mandate? Should private sites be ignored? Wesolowski examines this in light of the steps taken by ictQATAR to make its website accessible to W3C standards, and hopes that Qatar and eventually all other …
22 Feb 2010
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Your Signature Could Help 70 Million ReadA humble signature campaign in the city intends to take on a law that prevents the print-impaired from reading. You too can join in and support the cause.
22 Feb 2010
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Free Copyright Control to Help Blind Students: Xavier's Resource CentreThis article throws light on the fact that even though technology has made it possible for visually challenged to access print material, there is little awareness among authors and publishers to make it accessible, and hence, only an …
10 Feb 2010
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Right to Read, Now in MumbaiThe third phase of the 'Right to Read' campaign in India held in Mumbai was coordinated by the Xavier’s Resource Centre for the Visually Challenged (XRCVC). The Mumbai Phase of the Right to Read Campaign was launched on 1st January 2010 and …
8 Feb 2010
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The print-impaired millions and their right to readBooks, books everywhere, but not a word to read. This is the scenario for the approximately 70 million print-impaired in India, a sizeable population that includes the visually-impaired young people as well the elderly — whose vision …
8 Feb 2010
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Can’t read, so use new tech to let books speakAn article in the Times of India about the Right to Read campaign organised by the Centre for Internet & Society at Pragati Maidan in New Delhi as the world book fair kicked off.
22 Jan 2010
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The Right to Read Campaign, now in DelhiThe Right to Read campaign, this time in Delhi, the national capital of the country has been announced. This is the third in the series. The previous two held in Calcutta and Chennai were highly successful and Delhi too promises quite a …
30 Dec 2009
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Bridging the DivideVideo clipping of the National Conference on ICT's for the differently abled held in Loyola College, Chennai from 1 December to 3 December, 2009.
23 Dec 2009
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CIS comments on WIPO TreatyNirmita Narasimhan of CIS has given her reply comments to the US Copyright Office's call for comments on the proposed WIPO draft proposal to facilitate access to copyrighted works for persons who are blind or have other reading …
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 …
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.