This is fabulous, Dipendra! Just downloaded. Simple and intuitive interface... Cheers, Vasu
Regards, Srinivasu Chakravarthula - Twitter: http://twitter.com/CSrinivasu/ Website: http://www.srinivasu.org | http://serveominclusion.com Let's create an inclusive web! Lead Accessibility Consultant, Informatica On Fri, May 4, 2018 at 1:44 PM, Dipendra Manocha <dipendra.li...@gmail.com> wrote: > Dear Friends > > Simply Reading app launched on May 2. See below for more details: > > https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=aeldata.simply.reading > > SIMPLY READING WITHOUT SEEING > In preparation to impact million persons with print disabilities in India > > Dependence on others for reading and writing is one of the biggest hurdles > in way of education, employment and leading an independent life, especially > in case of people living with visual disabilities and low vision. To > empower the persons with visual disabilities, , the DAISY Consortium (a > network of not for profit organisations from 55 countries) has developed > the "Simply Reading” app as part of Standard Chartered Bank’s global Seeing > is Believing initiative to tackle avoidable (preventable or treatable) > blindness. The App is based on the cost-effective and flexible android > platform which aims to unlock digital reading for people who struggle with > existing, more complex touch screen solutions. It is the only Android > application in India for reading books which connects to online accessible > libraries, and allows books to be read on connected Braille display and in > all major Indian languages. > The app was launched during the Simply Reading Without Seeing Seminar held > on 2 May at the India Habitat Centre, New Delhi by Shri Jagmohan, former > governor of Jammu and Kashmir and former LG of Delhi. On the occasion of > the launch, Mr. Jagmohan released an accessible copy of his book "My frozen > Turbulence in Kashmir" on Sugamya Pustakalaya and readable on the Simply > Reading app. Sugamya Pustakalaya is the common online library of accessible > books for people with print disabilities which is powered by TCS Access > Infinity. Sugamya Pustakalaya is an integral part of Accessible India > Campaign of government of India. Software platform for this has been > contributed by TCS and accessible content and outreach is contributed by > government and non-government not for profit organizations and publishers. > > Mr Richard Orme, CEO of the DAISY Consortium said, “The Simply Reading app > is simple to use by persons with blindness or low vision on a touch screen > device and books can be directly downloaded and read in this app from many > online libraries such as Sugamya Pustakalaya and Bookshare.” > > Ms Karuna Bhatia, Head of Sustainability for India, Standard Chartered > Bank said, “This year is special as it marks the 15 year anniversary of > Seeing is Believing, our global community investment programme to tackle > visual impairment and avoidable blindness. In India, from 2003 to 2017, we > have provided over 13 million eye care interventions through our network of > 125 vision centres across 22 states catering to people in the urban, rural > and remote parts of the country. We are excited to be part of this project > and congratulate the Daisy Consortium for their hard work in creating a > long-term and sustainable value for the local community through the > development of Simply Reading app which aims to unlock the digital reading > potential of the visually impaired. The launch of this app is a true > demonstration of how we are getting closer to being digital with a human > touch and empowering our communities.” > > Another key highlight of the seminar was presentation and dissemination of > the accessible digital and tactile format version of training materials on > often neglected topic of Menstrual Hygiene which were jointly developed by > the Water Supply and Sanitation Collaborative Council - a UN agency, > Saksham and the Assistech Lab of IIT Delhi. Ms Kamini Prakash, Technical > Officer of Equality and Non-Discrimination at WSSCC said, "This > publication helps to break the silence around menstruation and replace > shame and silence with information, pride and confidence so that women and > girls with visual impairment adopt safe and hygienic practices during their > period and walk tall every day of their lives.” > > Saksham along with its partner organizations has been involved in several > projects to provide a holistic affordable reading and writing solution for > in Indian languages. Outcomes of these projects such as the Indo-NVDA > screen reading software, DAISY players in all Indian languages, affordable > Braille displays, and the dictation software were also demonstrated. > > Saksham also released about 300 accessible format books for the students > of central universities in under Amway India’s CSR programme. Mr Sunil > Sachdev, President of Federation of Publishers's and Book Sellers's in > India committed his whole-hearted support and cooperation to make these > books available in accessible format for persons with print disabilities on > Sugamya Pustakalaya. Prof. Balakrishnan who leads the centre of excellence > on tactile graphics at IIT Delhi introduced accessible materials for > teaching subjects such as Science and Mathematics to people with blindness. > Mr Dipendra Manocha, President of the DAISY Forum of India and founder of > Saksham said that, "With development of affordable reading devices in > Indian languages and braille presses connected to common online library > having a collection of about 3.5 lakh accessible format books paves the way > to scale up our operations and reach out to 5.3 million people with > blindness or low vision of our country.” > > Thanks > Dipendra > > > > > > > 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. 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