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The Right to Read Campaign - Chennai
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by
Radha Rao
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published
Oct 22, 2009
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last modified
Aug 31, 2011 10:45 AM
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Event Type,
Accessibility
A nationwide Right to Read campaign began with road shows in the four metro cities of India and was then carried on in other cities. The events comprised of presentations, debates and demonstrations, book reading sessions and setting up of stalls where various accessibility tools were demonstrated. The first road show was held in Loyola College, Chennai on 26th September, 2009.
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The Right to Read Campaign, now in Delhi
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Jan 22, 2010
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last modified
Aug 17, 2011 08:45 AM
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Featured,
Accessibility
The 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 lot.
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The Road to Financial Inclusion
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by
Amba Salelkar
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published
May 12, 2014
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last modified
Jun 03, 2014 06:46 AM
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Accessibility
It is increasingly frustrating to hear about wonderful steps being taken for financial inclusion within the private sector which completely ignores the question of inclusion of persons with disabilities.
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The Working Draft of the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2010: Does it exceed its Mandate in Including Provisions Relating to Other Disability Legislations?
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Feb 24, 2011
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last modified
Dec 14, 2012 10:32 AM
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Accessibility
The Centre for Internet and Society, Inclusive Planet and the Centre for Law and Policy Research in this legal note analyse how far the January draft of the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act touches upon the provisions of the other disability legislations, namely the Mental Health Act and The National Trusts Act and thereby exceeds the mandate given by the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment to amend only the Persons with Disabilities Act.
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The World Blind Union document
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by
Prasad Krishna
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last modified
Mar 30, 2012 07:25 AM
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Accessibility,
Access to Knowledge
WBU Version of the Working Document
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Accessibility
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They fight for the visually challenged
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by
Radha Rao
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published
Apr 19, 2010
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last modified
Apr 02, 2011 12:48 PM
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Accessibility
Times News Network - A report on the press conference held at the Press Club, Bangalore on 15th April, 2010.
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News & Media
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Towards a Multi-Stakeholder Consultation on ‘Internet Rights, Accessibility, Regulation & Ethics’
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
May 31, 2012
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last modified
May 31, 2012 07:14 AM
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filed under:
Internet Governance,
Accessibility,
Access to Knowledge
This event was organised by Digital Empowerment Foundation, National Internet Exchange of India and Association for Progressive Communications at Mirza Ghalib Hall, SCOPE Complex, New Delhi from 9.00 a.m. to 2.30 p.m. on May 3, 2012. Pranesh Prakash participated as a speaker in the session on Access to Internet: Right to Information.
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Training in eSpeak Hindi
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by
Nirmita Narasimhan
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published
Aug 28, 2015
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last modified
Sep 03, 2015 02:41 PM
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Accessibility,
NVDA
NVDA 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.
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Training in eSpeak Marathi
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by
Nirmita Narasimhan
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published
Sep 30, 2015
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last modified
Oct 04, 2015 07:33 AM
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Accessibility,
NVDA
NVDA team conducted a training programme in Marathi language on August 22 and 23, 2015 at Atmadepam Society in Nagpur. Twenty-two participants attended. Harshad Jadhav was the trainer.
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Training in Use of eSpeak with Malayalam
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Nov 23, 2014
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last modified
Nov 30, 2014 11:50 AM
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Training,
eSpeak,
Accessibility,
NVDA,
Event
The Centre for Internet & Society (CIS) in partnership with DAISY Forum of India (DFI) and Chakshumathi Assistive Technology Centre, Trivandrum cordially invites all computer teachers for persons with visual impairment for a two day training in the use of eSpeak Malayalam with NVDA for reading and writing in Malayalam.
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