CIS-A2K/Events/Wikisource Audio books workshop for Marathi Community

Background edit

CIS-A2K is working in collaboration with institutional partner Jnana Prabodhini for the last three years. The women empowerment division of this organisation has mobilised group of 40+ women in knowledge creation activities.

Online session edit

The women from this group have started working on language related content generation. One group is working on Lingua Libre project. The members who had experience of recording, came together and expressed their interest in audio books. This first online session was conducted for 22 members. The audio book projects completed by Gujarati and Bengali community were demonstrated. The process of recording was discussed. Total 8 members have selected various re-licensed books from Wikimedia Commons from Marathi books category. The group has decided to upload at least 3 books in Women's History Month, March 2021.

Event details edit

  • Date: 5 February 2021
  • Time: 6.30 pm to 8.30 pm (IST)
  • Medium: Google meet