Dear Friends,
As many of you are aware, The Centre for Internet and Society (CIS) is
extremely dedicated to the cause of securing access to knowledge for the
print disabled in India. While we took our first baby steps in this area
only a year ago, we have nevertheless, with your support, managed to make a
significant difference in terms of raising awareness, conducting capacity
building trainings and working towards policy and practical change for
securing the right of persons with disabilities to access electronic
information.
Our vision is that persons with print impairments should have access to
reading materials in accessible formats at the same time and no extra cost
as their sighted counterparts. To achieve this, we have set up a library of
books with multiple formats which can be accessed by persons using screen
readers. However, this is just a small beginning and I count on each one of
you to treat this as your own personal library and undertake the task of
filling it with all the books and e content at hand, and help us make this
become one of the world's richest and most actively used libraries. To
enable you to easily upload books, we have set up a dedicated file server to
support the library which will allow us to upload and download books in a
simple and seamless fashion.
Our library can be accessed through Bookbole, a website which has been
designed specifically for use with screen readers.
Bookbole provides an enhanced functionality of allowing users to find,
share, and manage personal libraries and is at the same time very easy to
navigate. This website has been developed by Inclusive Planet, a social
venture involved in creating web based products and services for the
differently-abled.
So please start uploading books and building our Library collection today!
Three simple steps to upload books onto the library-
Step 1: Login
Log on to www.bookbole.com , by using your email id and creating a password
Step 2: Install the Bookbole Bookloader
The Bookbole Bookloader can be downloaded and installed from the Navigation
section of the website.
Step 3: Upload & Publish
You can upload your entire collection of books by using the The Bookbole
Bookloader which allows you to upload multiple files and folders.
Once the books get uploaded, go to the personal library section, which is
under the Navigation section of the site. The uploaded books will reflect in
the private books section of your personal library. To share it with the
entire community, you will need to click on publish so that your books will
now be available for searches on the site!
If you are having any trouble with navigation or using any of the features
provided on the site, or if you have ideas to further improve Bookbole,
please write to [email protected]
However, while this is also just the beginning for all of us, we want to
ensure that there are at least a few books of interest for everyone who uses
this site. So please do upload books in your collection which you value very
much, and have the satisfaction of knowing that you gave this to others to
read, to experience and to cherish as you yourself do. Let that special book
be special to someone else too- someone to whom you reached out through your
contribution to the library.
Let us join hands and connect the world by sharing knowledge!
Warm regards,
Nirmita
Nirmita Narasimhan
(Programme Manager)
Centre for Internet and Society
No. D2, 3rd Floor, Sheriff Chambers
14, Cunningham Road, Bangalore - 560 052
P: +91 80 4092 6283 F: 080 41148130
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