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On 10/5/16, avinash shahi <shahi88avin...@gmail.com> wrote: > The students of C Achutha Menon College, Thrissur, are upbeat that > some of their innovative ideas can probably be a path-breaker in the > world of the visually impaired. Through its National Award winning NSS > wing, the college will now help build communities that help the > visually challenged read books, travel with ease and write exams, > better! Here's how! > . > http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kochi/Students-show-the-way-to-light-up-lives-of-the-visually-challenged/articleshow/54677589.cms > . > "We have set up a voice bank, companion bank and scribe bank, which > has service-minded students as members. While some of them are from > our college, there are students from outside colleges too," says Sijo > Varghese, a faculty. And how do they help? > > The voice bank consists of students who read and record books and > newspapers, so that the visually challenged can listen to them. Sisira > Sivan, a student, says, "Such voice books are available in English but > there are not many in Malayalam. So, we read them and through phones, > record the books, save them in CDs and send them to the Kerala > Federation of the Blind. They upload it on their website, which are > accessed by many from the State." Interestingly, they have already > recorded five books. "The stories of M Mukundan, Perumbadavam > Sreedharan, Zachariya, ONV and a few poems of Kadammanitta are the > ones we have recorded so far," she says. > > . > > . > The students have also formed a whatsapp group named Dyuthi to help > the visually challenged. "It's a group in which only voice messages > are allowed, as the visually challenged are also part of it, alongside > us. We often send them recorded news and other important reads on this > forum. There are also those who introduce new English words, tidbits > of general knowledge, et al," says Dilna K R, a student. > Interestingly, many students from other colleges have also become part > of the group, as of now. > . > > > . > Times are such that the visually challenged can write most of the > exams, with scribes. "However, it's not easy to find scribes that suit > all the qualifications as per the rules and also have time to spend. > Scribe bank is an initiative to help the visually challenged, write > exams easily," says Shabana Yasmin, a student. The college has already > intimated other colleges in the area on the initiative, and collected > info on those students who want to help. "If things go well, we will > start it in other districts too," says Sijo. While most scribes charge > to write exam, members of the scribe bank won't collect any money. > > . > > > . > Companion bank, which is an initiative to find companions for the > visually challenged for trips, is in its initial stages. "As of now, > we have gathered details of people who are willing to serve. It will > start functioning as soon as the requests start coming in," says Sijo. > The students see this as the pre-runner to a bigger cause. "Our dream > is to expand these banks to create an impact, beyond the walls of our > college. Considering the reception we've been experiencing, it's no > distant dream," they say in unison. > . > > > -- > 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/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/ > > To unsubscribe send a message to > accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in > 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. 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