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International Day of People with Disability
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Nov 30, 2015
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last modified
Dec 16, 2015 03:54 PM
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Accessibility
Nirmita Narasimhan was a panelist at this event organized by Capgemini in Bangalore on November 30, 2015.
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News & Media
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Comments on the Draft Outcome Document of the UN General Assembly’s Overall Review of the Implementation of WSIS Outcomes (WSIS+10)
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by
Geetha Hariharan
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published
Nov 18, 2015
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last modified
Nov 18, 2015 06:33 AM
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filed under:
ICT4D,
Call for Comments,
WSIS+10,
Access to Knowledge,
Accessibility,
Human Rights Online,
Internet Governance,
ICANN,
IANA Transition,
Open Source,
Open Access
Following the comment-period on the Zero Draft, the Draft Outcome Document of the UN General Assembly's Overall Review of implementation of WSIS Outcomes was released on 4 November 2015. Comments were sought on the Draft Outcome Document from diverse stakeholders. The Centre for Internet & Society's response to the call for comments is below.
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Internet Governance
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Blog
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Report on use of eSpeak Bengali with NVDA
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by
Nirmita Narasimhan
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published
Nov 09, 2015
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NVDA,
Accessibility,
E-Speak
NVDA team conducted a training programme at Turnstone Matruchaya, Siligudi, West Bengal from September 7 to 9, 2015. Fourteen delegates attended. Nirmal Verma was the language trainer.
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Blog
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Report on the Training in the Use of eSpeak Hindi with NVDA
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by
Nirmita Narasimhan
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published
Sep 30, 2015
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last modified
Oct 04, 2015 10:52 AM
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Accessibility,
E-Speak
This workshop was organized by the newly established NGO called “Lakshay for the Differently Abled’”. The main objective of the organization is to spread the knowledge of Assistive Technology amongst the Visually Impaired population of the State of Jarkhand.
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Blog
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Report on 5 day TOT for Training in Use of Espeak Kannada with NVDA
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by
Nirmita Narasimhan
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published
Sep 30, 2015
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last modified
Oct 04, 2015 10:34 AM
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Accessibility,
E-Speak
A unique programme was organized in partnership with Mitra Jyothi – Bangalore, Enable India – Bangalore and NFB Karnataka. The aim of the programme was to empower the Computer Teacherrs for the blind in the use of Espeak Kannada and apprise them with Modern Teaching Techniques for the Blind.
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Blog
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eSpeak Training in Hindi Language
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by
Nirmita Narasimhan
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published
Sep 30, 2015
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last modified
Oct 04, 2015 08:43 AM
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NVDA,
Accessibility,
E-Speak
National Association for the Blind, Kullu hosted a 2 day training in the use of eSpeak in Hindi language with NVDA for its special educators, in-service blind, and blind students. The programme was attended by 20 participants who came from all parts of Himachal Pradesh.
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Blog
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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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Blog
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September 2015 Bulletin
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Sep 29, 2015
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last modified
Nov 25, 2015 01:55 AM
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filed under:
Access to Knowledge,
Telecom,
Accessibility,
Internet Governance,
Researchers at Work
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About Us
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Newsletters
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Google's Optical Character Recognition Software Now Works with All South Asian Languages
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by
Subhashish Panigrahi
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published
Sep 26, 2015
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filed under:
Wikipedia,
Accessibility,
Access to Knowledge
The Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software by Google now works for more than 248 world languages, including all the major South Asian languages, and it's easy to use and works with over 90 percent accuracy for most languages.
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Access to Knowledge
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Blogs
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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, 2015
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by
Pranesh Prakash and Nehaa Chaudhari
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published
Sep 23, 2015
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last modified
Sep 25, 2015 06:43 AM
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Access to Knowledge,
Intellectual Property Rights,
Accessibility,
Featured,
Homepage
This 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 TPP negotiations, in light of recent reports on a study encouraging India to join the TPP.
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