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Access to Knowledge: Barriers and Solutions for Persons with Disabilities in India
— by Prasad Krishna — last modified Mar 13, 2012 10:43 AMConsumers International, Kuala Lumpur and Consumers Association of India in association with Madras Library Association organised a seminar on Access to Knowledge on 31st July, 2010 at the Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Auditorium in Guindy, Chennai. The Principal Secretary to the Government of Tamil Nadu Department of Information Technology was the chief guest. Former Central Vigilance Commissioner N. Vittal gave the keynote address. Prof Subbiah Arunachalam, Nirmita Narasimhan and Pranesh Prakash participated in the seminar. Nirmita and Pranesh made presentations on access to knowledge.
NMEICT Funds Book Conversion Project for the Print Disabled
— by Prasad Krishna — last modified Aug 23, 2011 04:52 AMIIT, Kharagpur, Daisy Forum of India, Inclusive Planet and the Centre for Internet and Society have joined hands to undertake a project for the print disabled. The National Mission on Education through Information and Communication Technology (NMEICT) is funding this project.
Right to Read: Campaign Updates
— by Prasad Krishna — last modified Aug 20, 2011 02:06 PMA nationwide campaign on Right to Read was co-organised by CIS along with the Daisy Forum of India and Inclusive planet to highlight the lack of content in accessible formats and accelerate change in the provisions of the Indian Copyright Act, 1957, which presently does not permit the conversion of books in accessible formats for the benefits the blind, visually impaired and other reading disabled persons. The campaign is affiliated with the global R2R campaign started by the World Blind Union in April 2008.
Right to Read in the European Parliament: A Report
— by Prasad Krishna — last modified Oct 20, 2011 01:44 PMThe European Blind Union and the Transatlantic Consumer Dialogue supported an event sponsored by seven MEPs in the European Parliament to discuss the way forward for EU to support the Treaty for the Blind, Visually Impaired and Other Reading Disabled which has been proposed at the World Intellectual Property Organisation by Brazil, Mexico, Ecuador and Paraguay.
e-Accessibility: A Wiki Project
— by Rebecca Schild — last modified Aug 23, 2011 04:51 AMEnvisaged and funded by the National Internet Exchange of India, and executed by the Centre for Internet and Society, a Wiki site pertaining to issues of disability and e-accessibility has recently been launched.
Copyright Law as a tool for Inclusion
— by Rahul Cherian — last modified Feb 20, 2013 11:04 AMCan Copyright Law be used as a tool for Inclusion? Rahul Cherian examines this in his blog on copyright.
Web Accessibility as a Government Mandate?
— by Prasad Krishna — last modified Aug 17, 2011 08:46 AMIs 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 Arab nations will follow suit and make Web accessibility much more of a mandate.
Right to Read, Now in Mumbai
— by Prasad Krishna — last modified Aug 17, 2011 08:46 AMThe 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 ran till the 27th of January 2010.
The Right to Read Campaign, now in Delhi
— by Prasad Krishna — last modified Aug 17, 2011 08:45 AMThe 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.
CIS comments on WIPO Treaty
— by Nirmita Narasimhan — last modified Jan 28, 2013 11:16 AMNirmita 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 disabilities, in response to the Federal Register Notice of October 13, 2009.
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