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Bangla eSpeak training with NVDA
— by Nirmita Narasimhan — last modified Jul 20, 2015 03:02 PMThe NVDA team conducted an eSpeak training in Bangla on December 19 and 20, 2014 at Blind Empowerment Foundation (BEA) in Kolkata.
Report on training workshop at NAB Delhi R K Puram
— by Nirmita Narasimhan — last modified Jul 20, 2015 02:53 PMThe workshop was held at the National Association for the Blind, Sector 5 R. K. Puram, New Delhi on December 17, 2014. The objective of the workshop was to help the staff members understand NVDA and its functioning with the Indian languages so that they efficiently attend to the queries of the visitors and the callers at helpdesk.
Availability and Accessibility of Government Information in Public Domain
— by Sunil Abraham — last modified Dec 30, 2014 01:25 AMThe information provided on most Government websites such as Acts, notifications, rules, orders, minutes of meetings and consultations, etc. is usually in the form of electronic documents. However, these lack authenticity and accessibility and cannot be (text) searched., This policy brief identifies the problem areas with the current work flow being used to publish documents and proposes suitable modifications to make them easy to locate, authentic and accessible.
Telugu eSpeak Training with NVDA
— by Nirmita Narasimhan — last modified Jul 20, 2015 02:59 PMNVDA team conducted a two-day workshop at the Hyderabad Central University (HCU) for lecturers and students for reading and writing in Telugu using eSpeak with NVDA on December 1 and 2, 2014.
Report on Training in Basic Computing with use of NVDA at NAB, Delhi
— by Nirmita Narasimhan — last modified Jun 04, 2015 01:19 AMThe objective of the workshop was to help the staff members understand NVDA and its functioning with the Indian languages so that they efficiently attend to the queries of the visitors and the callers at help desk.
Report on Training in the Use of eSpeak Gujarati with NVDA
— by Nirmita Narasimhan — last modified Jul 20, 2015 02:30 PMThe training was imparted at Blind Peoples Association, Vastrapur, Ahmedabad on November 17 and 18, 2014. Thirteen delegates underwent the training. R.P.Soni was the local coordinator.
Central Guidelines and Schemes
— by Anandhi Viswanathan — last modified Nov 06, 2014 02:59 PMThe Department of Disability Affairs under the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment is responsible for the welfare of persons with disabilities in India. The office of the Chief Commissioner for Persons with Disabilities has been set up under the Ministry to safeguard the rights of persons with disabilities.
Comments to the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Bill, 2014
— by Nirmita Narasimhan and Anandhi Viswanathan — last modified Oct 30, 2014 04:13 PMOn behalf of the Centre for Internet and Society (“CIS”), the following are the comments and recommendations on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Bill, 2014 (“RPD Bill”). It was submitted to the Parliamentary Standing Committee in October 2014.
The Legal Framework for Enforcement of Rights of Persons with Disabilities
— by CLPR — last modified Nov 06, 2014 03:56 PMIn order to get a complete understanding of the legal framework governing the rights of persons with disabilities, we need to understand the several legislations that cover the field. The Constitution of India is the founding legal document guaranteeing fundamental rights to all persons which includes persons with disabilities. The main legislation on disability rights is the Persons with Disabilities (Equal Opportunities, Protection of Rights and Full Participation) Act, 1995 ("PWD Act") which this chapter will be providing a detailed overview of.
Study on Budget Allocation and Expenditure by States on Schemes for Persons with Disabilities
— by Anandhi Viswanathan — last modified Oct 06, 2014 04:38 AMIn a follow up to the ongoing project of compiling a National Compendium of Laws, Policies and Programmes for Persons with Disabilities, we are conducting a research to study the allocation in the budget for schemes for persons with disabilities, expenditures incurred for each scheme and total numbers of beneficiaries for all states and union territories.
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