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Report on the Progress in Assamese Language Testing
— by Nirmita Narasimhan — last modified Apr 05, 2015 04:16 PMThe 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.
Report on Training of the use of eSpeak Punjabi with NVDA
— by Nirmita Narasimhan — last modified Mar 10, 2015 02:12 AMNVDA team organized a workshop for training participants on using eSpeak Punjabi with NVDA software. The workshop was held at Asha Kiran Training Institute on February 20 and 21, 2015. Twenty-three delegates attended the workshop. NAB, Chandigarh was the training partner.
Joint Report on Training of the Use of eSpeak in Hindi with NVDA
— by Nirmita Narasimhan — last modified Mar 19, 2015 01:24 AMThe 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 programme at National Association for the Blind. Seventeen participants attended the second training programme held at Blind Relief Association.
Report on Training in the use of eSpeak Oriya with NVDA
— by Nirmita Narasimhan — last modified Mar 18, 2015 05:05 PMNVDA 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.
Report on Training in Basic Computing with use of NVDA and eSpeak in Hindi
— by Nirmita Narasimhan — last modified Jun 04, 2015 01:58 AMThe 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.
Report on Training in Basic Computing with use of NVDA and eSpeak in Tamil
— by Nirmita Narasimhan — last modified Jul 20, 2015 03:23 PMThe training programme was conducted on January 27 and 28, 2015 at Karna Vidya Technology Centre, [KVTC] Guindy, Chennai. A total of 15 delegates attended the show.
Response to RTI Applications from Different States on Accessibility
— by Anandhi Viswanathan — last modified Feb 08, 2015 08:30 AMThe Centre for Internet and Society (CIS) had sent right to information (RTI) applications from various states seeking information on the allocation and expenditure in the budget for implementing various schemes for persons with disabilities. CIS received the first set of documents.
Report on Training in Basic Computing for using eSpeak Hindi with NVDA
— by Nirmita Narasimhan — last modified Jun 08, 2015 02:28 AMThe training was held at the Conference Hall and Computer Lab, Dr. Shakuntala Mishra National Rehabilitation University, Lucknow from January 20 to 22, 2015.
Training of Malayalam eSpeak with NVDA
— by Nirmita Narasimhan — last modified Jul 20, 2015 03:19 PMNVDA team conducted a two days training on January 24 and 25, 2015 in Tiruvananthapuram. The programme was inaugurated by Dr. Veeramanikandan, Pro Vice Chancellor of the Kerala University and the eSpeak new version was launched by Suresh S, PSC member, who is an advocate for the blind in getting jobs in Kerala government.
Disability Exceptions in Copyright Legislations
— by Rishika — last modified Jan 12, 2015 02:14 AMIn the year 2006, the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) conducted a study on different national approaches to copyright exception for persons with disabilities. Over 60 countries have an exception in their Copyright laws permitting conversion of works into accessible formats for the benefit of persons who cannot read print. The scope of the exception varies, in terms of the beneficiaries covered, formats permitted, restrictions on who can convert, etc.
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