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Disability groups in India welcome progress on treaty for blind persons
by Prasad Krishna — published Dec 21, 2012 — last modified Dec 31, 2012 01:40 AM — filed under: ,
Four years of struggle for a global treaty for the benefit of blind persons is finally bearing fruit. Member states of the World Intellectual Property Organisation have agreed to conclude a treaty for visually-impaired and print disabled persons by June 2013.
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File Accessible Broadcasting in India
by Srividya Vaidyanathan — published Dec 11, 2012 — last modified Jan 28, 2013 03:37 AM — filed under: ,
A report based on ITU's "Making Television Accessible Report" prepared by the Centre for Internet and Society
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November 2012 Bulletin
by Prasad Krishna — published Nov 30, 2012 — last modified Jan 06, 2013 01:59 PM — filed under: , , , , ,
Welcome to the newsletter of November 2012 from the Centre for Internet & Society (CIS). The present issue features an analysis of Section 66A of the IT Act by Pranesh Prakash, comments on the draft Science, Technology and Innovation Policy, an introduction to 12 mobile devices that we are researching as part of the Pervasive Technologies project, submissions of civil society in relation to the revision of International Telecommunication Regulations that are to take place at the ITU's World Conference on International Telecommunications in Dubai, updates from the Wikipedia community on Indic languages, and news and media coverage.
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Blog Entry Human Machine Interfaces: The History of an Uncertain Future
by Sharath Chandra Ram — published Nov 30, 2012 — last modified Jan 04, 2013 11:30 AM — filed under:
"Multimodal interfaces maybe re-engineered much more easily now and can transform the ways in which the physically,cognitively and sensorially disabled can access information and interact with the digital world", says Sharath Chandra Ram.
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ITU – NTA Workshop on Making ICT and mobile phones accessible for persons with disabilities in Nepal
by Prasad Krishna — published Nov 07, 2012 — filed under:
The International Telecommunication Union is organizing this event on November 9, 2012 in Nepal. Nirmita Narasimhan is participating as a speaker in the session "Introduction: ICT and telecom accessibility, good practices in policy and industry initiatives".
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October 2012 Bulletin
by Prasad Krishna — published Oct 31, 2012 — last modified Nov 08, 2012 11:42 AM — filed under: , , , , ,
Welcome to the newsletter of October 2012 from the Centre for Internet & Society (CIS). The present issue features an analysis by Ujwala Uppaluri of the Delhi High Court’s judgment in Super Cassettes v. MySpace, announcement of public call for comments for reports on “Banking and Accessibility in India” and “Making TV Accessible in India”, and updates on Indic languages.
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Blog Entry Banking and Accessibility in India: A Study on Banking Accessibility in India — Call for Comments
by Vrinda Maheshwari — published Oct 30, 2012 — filed under: ,
The adoption of accessible features and technologies by banks in India is low despite there being legislative and executive push for it. It is important for the banks to understand not just their obligations but also the benefits that will accrue to them if they follow the suggested guidelines.
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File Banking Accessibility Report
by Vrinda Maheshwari — published Oct 30, 2012 — filed under:
A study on banking and accessibility in India by Vrinda Maheshwari.
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Blog Entry The Hathitrust Judgment and its impact on TVI negotiations at WIPO
by Rahul Cherian — published Oct 30, 2012 — filed under: , ,
Those of you who have been following my earlier posts on the WIPO negotiations on the Treaty for the Visually Impaired will remember that one of the biggest concerns of the World Blind Union on the draft wording of the Treaty was with the definition of an “authorized entity” that can undertake conversion and distribution of accessible format copies.
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Blog Entry WIPO General Assemblies Approve Road Map on Treaty for the Visually Impaired
by Rahul Cherian — published Oct 11, 2012 — filed under: ,
In a significant development the 50th session of Assemblies of WIPO member states reached a breakthrough decision on how to complete negotiations on a pact to improve access to copyrighted works for the many visually impaired or print disabled people around the world.
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