mahendra,nafisa and harish will join me in saying that probably blind graduates forum of india is the pioneering organisation in initiating computer trainig for the blindin india.way back in 1987 the BGFI weekend training sessions in Smt Kamala mehta school for blind girls at dadar mumbai .nafisa and harish were associated with those training programme.dorabji tata trust donated a speech synthesizer which was from england named hal . thereafter harish joined main streamed computer training institution .later in year 1990 with the initiative of ratnakar raje the indian guild for handicapped in colabaration with national society for equal opportunity to the handicapped started dos based computer training programme in mumbai where harish was one of the faculty members.me and nafisa were the students of first batch . the intresting thing about this training programme was the students were given a decent stypend to cover the conyenance charges. Amities Suhas v karnik.> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [email protected]> Date: Mon, 17 Dec 2007 12:31:42 +0530> Subject: Re: [AI] history of computer education for blind in india> > Hello,> > I think, Computer was used by the vlind people in the early nineties in> India. As far as I heard, K. Ramkrishna was one of the early users. Harish> kotian also used the DOS-based tiny talk in the nineties. As regards> Kolkata, NAB started here a small venture in 1992 or 1993. But it did not> continue for long and I never found anybody using a pc until 2000 in> Kolkata. In fact, computer was too costly in the nineties for personal use.> > NAB again started computer education here in the year 2000 and I was a> student of that year. Mohammed Asif Iqbal, a fellow member on our list, was> our teacher at NAB. I hope, Harish and Ramkrishna will be able to tell more> about the beginning of computer education in India.> > Best regards,> > Amiyo.> > Cell: +91-9433464329> > ----- Original Message -----> From: "sriram kalyanaraman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> To: <[email protected]>> Sent: Monday, December 17, 2007 11:37 AM> Subject: Re: [AI] history of computer education for blind in india> > > > Samarthanam , Matruchaya and NAB started computer education in Bangalore.> You could write to them for more details. In Chennai, NIVH and Ability> foundation have computer traning centers. You should not only discuss about> English computer education but also regional language education. IITM and> some other institituions developed this software. Vidya Vriksha taught this> to interested students (as far as IITM software.)> > Central Univesrity Hyderabad has a center along with CEFOL.> >> > Best wishes,> > K. Sriram> >> > Subramani L <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:> > It's a pitty that no one got write a book on the subject. Besides> > academic interest, this would serve as an authentic record for the work> > done in India.> >> > Subramani> >> > -----Original Message-----> > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]> > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Vetrivel> > Adhimoolam> > Sent: Saturday, December 15, 2007 8:20 PM> > To: [email protected]> > Subject: Re: [AI] history of computer education for blind in india> >> > I think that's correct. Also I have to say that NAB Delhi played a> > crucial> > role in identifying and prioritizing appropriate screen reading> > softwares> > for visually challenged in India. Say for example the hole transition> > from> > MS das to Windows based screen readers like JAWS. So computer education> > for> > visually challenged should also be analyzed in the context of the> > evolution> > of the screen readers themselves.> >> > ----- Original Message -----> > From: Dinesh Kaushal> > To: 'K Ramkrishna' ; [email protected]> > Sent: Saturday, December 15, 2007 7:45 AM> > Subject: Re: [AI] history of computer education for blind in india> >> >> > Well I took training in NAB delhi in May 1996, and I think NAB delhi> > started> > it in 1995 or 1994, I am sure it started in or before 1995> >> >> > Regards> > Dinesh Kaushal> >> > blog at> > dineshkaushal.blogspot.com> >> > -----Original Message-----> > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]> > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of K> > Ramkrishna> > Sent: Saturday, December 15, 2007 10:14 AM> > To: [email protected]> > Subject: Re: [AI] history of computer education for blind in india> >> > Dear Vimal,> >> > I may not be able to tell you the entire story of computer education for> > the> > blind in India. But, I would like to mention that the Indian Association> > for> > the Visually Handicap (IAVH) in Mumbai, started the first such venture> > in> > our country in November 1997. The project was funded by IDBI and HDFC> > bank> > and the center was established at the university clubhouse in Churchgate> > Mumbai. Mr. Ram Agarwal of Karishma Enterprises, Mr. Prakash Didwania,> > Mr.> > Arwind Bhartia and myself were the founder trusties of IAVH and our> > mission> > was to avail the access and other technology products and services to> > the> > blind and these shouldn't be denied to them, just because they couldn't> > afford such expensive things. Subsequently, Victoria Memorial school for> > the> > blind with the support of IBM and Voice Vision of Mumbai started> > computer> > education for the blind. NAB New Delhi also has such facilities. IAVH> > also> > started this in Huydrabad, but this couldn't be run for long. 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