Dear members A few areas of concern
1. Most likely The mobiles will not be based on latest operating system. 2. Smart Cane training has not been imparted to earlier receipients. The manual of the cane says that the user must be knowing the proper cane techniques. Its not suitable for Village like environment. Maximum population of visually challenged resides in rural area. I have seen students removing the upper part in lucknow and using it. They keep the cane in switched off mode. Users in the group are requested to correct me if I am wrong. 3. Plextalk vachak says that it is for low vision as well. I dont know who is that person in india reading 11 point font on that small display. The most important question is after the new apps and increased accessibility in android phones, do we need a separate device for books. Daisy2go was a revolution and what ot started should be taken forward by new android devices. Nirmal Verma On 08-Nov-2015 2:27 pm, "avinash shahi" <[email protected]> wrote: > Varanasi, Nov. 7 -- Prime Minister Narendra Modi will equip 112 > visually-impaired students, including 67 girls and 45 boys, with smart > phones, tablets, smart canes, and DAISY Players during his visit here, > most likely in the second week of January, 2016. > > These beneficiary students belong to Hanuman Prasad Poddar > Andhvidyalaya, Durga Kund and Jeevan Jyoti Blind School for Girls, > Sarnath. > > According to sources in department of handicap welfare, the Prime > Minister will distribute 23 DAISY Players, 44 tablets, 23 smart phones > with magnifiers, three smart phones with reader, 105 smart canes type > 1. > > Besides these gadgets, he will also give 321 Braille slate type-A and > 70 Braille Kit Child. > > The move is aimed at connecting differently-abled, 10-... > > > To read the full article or to get the complete feed from this > publication, please Contact Us. > > http://www.htsyndication.com/htsportal/article/Modi-to-distribute-gadgets-to-visually-impaired-in-Varanasi/9886809 > > > -- > Avinash Shahi > Doctoral student at Centre for Law and Governance JNU > > > > 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. Contents of the mails, factual, or otherwise, reflect the thinking of > the person sending the mail and AI in no way relates itself to its veracity; > > 2. AI cannot be held liable for any commission/omission based on the mails > sent through this mailing list.. > 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. Contents of the mails, factual, or otherwise, reflect the thinking of the person sending the mail and AI in no way relates itself to its veracity; 2. AI cannot be held liable for any commission/omission based on the mails sent through this mailing list..
