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Digitize any Book in the Public Domain
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by
Subhashish Panigrahi
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published
Mar 27, 2014
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last modified
Apr 03, 2014 08:41 AM
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Openness,
Wikipedia,
Access to Knowledge,
Wikimedia
The article is about a mass scale digitization project for Kannada WikiSource by two Wikipedians.
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Odia Wikipedia to digitize 14 books
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Mar 27, 2014
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last modified
Apr 04, 2014 10:40 AM
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filed under:
Openness,
Wikipedia,
Access to Knowledge,
Wikimedia
On the occasion of the 79th Odisha Day, the Odia Wikipedia has decided to take up a new project for the digitization of 11 books of the eminent Odia author Dr Jagannath Mohanty.
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News & Media
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Accessibility of Political Parties Websites in India
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by
Nirmita Narasimhan
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published
Mar 24, 2014
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filed under:
Accessibility
Given the impending elections in India across April and May 2014, a test was conducted to determine the accessibility of websites of the Election Commission of India, the Parliament and some key political parties in India. This report summarises the results of the test.
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ICANN and Global Internet Governance: The Road to São Paulo, and Beyond
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Mar 22, 2014
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last modified
Apr 03, 2014 09:54 AM
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filed under:
Freedom of Speech and Expression,
Internet Governance
A conference to be held on Friday 21 March 2014 at the ICANN 49 meeting venue, the Raffles City Convention Centre, Singapore, in the Olivia Room, from 10:00 to 18:00. Organized by the NonCommercial Users Constituency (NCUC) of the Generic Names Supporting Organization, with the generous support of ICANN. Geetha Hariharan participated in this event.
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Vachana Sanchaya: 11th century Kannada literature to enrich Wikisource
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by
Subhashish Panigrahi
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published
Mar 20, 2014
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filed under:
Openness,
Wikipedia,
Access to Knowledge,
Wikimedia
Kannada Wikipedian Omshivaprakash, Pavithra and I co-authored this article on digitizing Vachana Sahitya, a 11th century Kannada literature on WikiSource.
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Broadcast Treaty: An Overview
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by
Nehaa Chaudhari
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published
Mar 20, 2014
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filed under:
Intellectual Property Rights,
Access to Knowledge,
WIPO
In this blog post, CIS intern Varun Baliga, a third year law student at NALSAR University of Law, Hyderabad, presents an overview of the Treaty for the Protection of Broadcasting Organizations, currently being deliberated by nations at the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights (SCCR).
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WIPO Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights (SCCR) 26th Session- Consolidated Notes (Part 2 of 3)
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by
Nehaa Chaudhari
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published
Mar 20, 2014
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filed under:
Copyright,
Access to Knowledge,
WIPO
From December 16 to 20, 2013, the Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights (SCCR) of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) met for the 26th session. This blog post (Part 2 of 3) summarizes Days 3 and 4 of the proceedings of the 26th SCCR, based on my notes of the session and WIPO's transcripts.
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Open Source Project Brings 11th Century Kannada Verses Online
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by
Subhashish Panigrahi
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published
Mar 19, 2014
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last modified
Apr 06, 2014 06:00 AM
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filed under:
Openness,
Wikipedia,
Access to Knowledge,
Wikimedia
The post was co-authored by Pavithra Hanchagaiah, Omshivaprakash H L and Subhashish Panigrahi and published in the March issue of Foss Force.
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NVDA e-Speak Text-to-Speech Project Update (March 2014)
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by
Suman Dogra
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published
Mar 18, 2014
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last modified
Apr 09, 2014 06:27 AM
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filed under:
E-Speak,
Accessibility,
Text-to-Speech,
NVDA
CIS in partnership with the Daisy Forum of India is engaged in a project supported by The Hans Foundation to develop enhancements to the open source screen reader for Windows NVDA (Non Visual desktop Access) and e-Speak text-to-speech synthesiser in 15 Indian languages.
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WIPO Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights (SCCR) 26th Session- Consolidated Notes (Part 1 of 3)
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by
Nehaa Chaudhari
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published
Mar 18, 2014
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last modified
Mar 20, 2014 04:49 AM
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filed under:
Access to Knowledge,
WIPO
From December 16 to 20, 2013, the Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights (SCCR) of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) met for the 26th Session. This blog post (Part 1 of 3) summarizes Days 1 and 2 of the proceedings of the 26th SCCR, based on my notes of the session and WIPO's transcripts.
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Blogs