The news is indeed great. A further leap would be when a day comes when the dream of reading in our own mother tongues becomes a reality. Optimistically hope this will happen in our own life time. Dr. B.Niranjan Raj Urs
On 8/23/07, Sudhir R (NeSTIT) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Dear friends, > > As Malayalis the world over are gearing up to celebrate Onam over the next > few days, Kochi, the commercial capital of Kerala is taking a step towards > becoming a more inclusive society. > > EMS Library, which boasts of a large collection of books and over 5000 > members, is installing assistive technologies like screen readers, OCR > software with scanners etc in its Computer Centre to make its resources > accessible to the visually challenged. The Library also plans to make audio > recordings and Braille editions of books available in the coming months. > This first-of-its-kind project in Kerala is getting inaugurated on August > 30, 2007. > > This project is the successful fruition of one of the many ideas that > germinated during the Eye T 2007 (a Seminar on assistive technologies & > empowerment of the visually challenged) conducted in Kochi during May. Mr > Sohan, a former Mayor and sitting Corporation Councillor, took inspiration > from the interactions with the resource persons (all Access India members > including Kanchan, Asif, Prashant, Shashikala, Shanti, Sundari, Balaram, Roy > Markose and Reshmi) and persuaded the progressive Management Board of the > Library to set up this noble venture in such a short time. > > The Society for the Rehabilitation of the Visually Challenged, > <http://www.visuallychallenged.com>), the architects of the Seminar, is > pleased to see one of its pet dreams coming true and thanks all for their > sincere help and co-operation. Hopefully, a second major project - a > full-fledged training center to impart mobility, computer and other > employability-enhancing skills -, will also take off in the next few > months. > > Here's wishing a very happy and inclusive Onam to all of you... Why not join > us in God's Own Country when Mother Nature is at her best this season ? > Love and Regards > > R Sudhir > M: 098 472 76 126 > > 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 > 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
