Thanks a lot Dipendra Sir for information and the whole Team working on Sugamya Pusthakalaya.
As a member of Bookshare, we would be having our computers in the section access to Pusthakalaya.for our member friends. Thanks. With best regards, Shankar Braille Section Team Anna Centenary Library Chennai "Spend your quality time with volunteers on Sundays from 2pm to 5pm at Anna Centenary Library, Chennai" On Thu, Aug 18, 2016 at 11:59 PM, [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote: > Dipendra: > > Sincere gratitude to you, DFI and everyone who have put in tremendous > effort to make accessible digital library a reality. > > Is there a possibility of a live webcast or video recording fir this > historic milestone event? > > Many thanks, > Vasu > > Regards, > Srinivasu Chakravarthula | @csrinivasu > Sent from my iPhone > > > On 18-Aug-2016, at 22:56, Dipendra Manocha <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > Dear all > > > > The Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities > > [DEPwD] has conceptualized the "Accessible India Campaign (Sugamya Bharat > > Abhiyan)" as a nationwide flagship campaign for achieving universal > > accessibility for persons with disabilities. The campaign was launched by > > the Hon'ble Prime Minister on December 3, 2015, on the occasion of the > > International Day of Persons with Disabilities. > > 2. Persons with blindness or low vision have been suffering > > from book famine. Latest developments and the digital technology > revolution > > have a potential of providing a solution to his problem. Persons who > cannot > > read normal Print, need books in Braille, accessible e-text or audio > format. > > To produce books in any of these formats, we need the master digital > book. > > The digital books are also for mainstream printing and for projects such > as > > e-basta or e-patshala. To work towards achieving an "Accessible Digital > > India", a digitally accessible library is being launched by the DEPwD in > > collaboration with the DAISY Forum of India which would enable content > to be > > made available to persons with print disabilities. This library is > created > > to have accessible digital files of books and access to this library > will be > > provided only to persons with print disabilities. The Sugamya > Pustakalaya is > > also going to act as a central repository of digital books for all > Braille > > presses. Universities, Education Boards, and various other stakeholders > will > > be able to provide books and content to students in accessible formats > > through this portal. > > 3. It gives me great pleasure to invite you to the official > > launch of "Sugamya Pustakalaya" on 24th August 2016 at Hall No. 6, Vigyan > > Bhawan, Maulana Azad Road, New Delhi which will be inaugurated by Shri > Ravi > > Shankar Prasad, Hon'ble Minister for Electronics & Information > Technology, > > Shri Thaawarchand Gehlot, Hon'ble Minister of Social Justice & > Empowerment > > and Shri Prakash Javadekar, Hon'ble Minister for Human Resource > Development. > > Also present at the event as special guests will be Dr. Mahesh Sharma, > > Hon'ble Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Culture & Tourism and > > Shri Krishan Pal Gurjar, Hon'ble Minister of State, Social Justice & > > Empowerment. Before the inaugural function, there will be a panel > discussion > > on the subject of "Accessible Digital India". I request you to spare your > > valuable time and join us in this endeavor to make India inclusive and > > accessible. The event will begin from 11:30 with Registration, panel > > discussion from 12 to 1 and launch of the Sugamya Pustakalaya by the > > Honorable ministers at 1 PM followed by lunch. > > 4. If you are in Delhi and are interested to attend the event, then > > kindly confirm your participation at an early date by telephone/email at > > Tel. 011- 24369069 or email: [email protected] > > > > Thanks > > Dipendra > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Register at the dedicated AccessIndia list for discussing accessibility > of mobile phones / Tabs on: > > http://mail.accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/mobile. > accessindia_accessindia.org.in > > > > > > Search for old postings at: > > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > > > > To unsubscribe send a message to > > [email protected] > > with the subject unsubscribe. > > > > To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, > please visit the list home page at > > http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_ > accessindia.org.in > > > > > > Disclaimer: > > 1. 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