Topic
Accessibility
326 items.
23 Sep 2015
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Open Letter to PM Modi on Intellectual Property Rights issues on His Visit to the United States of America in September, 2015This is an open letter by CIS to the Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi in light of his impending visit to the USA. This letter asks the Prime Minister to urge the USA to ratify the Marrakesh Treaty; and asks that India not be a party to …
10 Sep 2015
News
India’s missing disabled populationThe highest rates of disability are amongst those who are vision-impaired, and those who have problems to do with movement.
28 Aug 2015
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Training in eSpeak HindiNVDA team conducted a workshop at Jeevan Jyoti School for the Blind, Varanasi from August 26 to 28, 2015. Eighty five students and 13 teachers took part in the training programme.
9 Aug 2015
News
Konkani voice to guide the blindThose visually-impaired and well-versed only with the language of Konkani, now need not worry. Neither their blindness nor the language barrier will come between them and the use of mobile phones, computers and other technology.
30 Jun 2015
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Report on Training in eSpeak MarathiThe NVDA team conducted a training at SIES College, Sion, Mumbai on June 28, 2015. Thirty-four delegates attended the training programme. Harshad Jadhav was the trainer.
30 Jun 2015
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Report on eSpeak Tamil Computing with NVDA Training Workshop in TirunelveliThe training workshop by the NVDA team was held at Anne Jane Askwith Higher Secondary School for the Visually Impaired, Palayamkottai, Tirunelveli from June 3 - 7, 2015. Sixteen delegates attended the workshop.
24 Jun 2015
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Report on eSpeak Marathi Training at MJ College, JalgaonThe Centre for Internet & Society conducted a workshop for reading and writing using eSpeak with NVDA at Dreamy Eyes Resource Centre in Jalgaon on June 23 and 24, 2015.
17 Jun 2015
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Report on the Use of eSpeak in Urdu and KashmiriNVDA team conducted a training programme at Kashmir University from June 15 to 17, 2015. Forty-four delegates attended the training programme. Kaifee Asami was the trainer.
15 Jun 2015
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Report on 15 days Training in Basic Computing at RNKSThe NVDA team organized a 15 days training in basic computing at Rajasthan Natrahin Kalyan Sansthan (RNKS) in Jaipur. The training programme held from June 1 - 15, 2015 was attended by 12 delegates. Mrityunjay Kumar was the trainer. The …
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.
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.
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.