Dear Afzal, I tried to send mail to the e-mail id mentioned in access India but it did not go. It was nice reading the article. I am Bharath, a Visually impaired person living in Bangalore. I have done my B. A Degree from I G N O U. I am interested to learn C,C+ programming course. Kindly let me know from where can I learn them. Waiting to hear from you at the earliest.
Regards Bharath Mob-8748912832,9739507313 On 5/23/19, MohammadAfzal <[email protected]> wrote: > You may reach me at [email protected]. > > Thanks > > On 22/05/2019 01:20 pm, Navneet Dubey wrote: >> hello friends , >> can any body provide the pranavlal , moham afazal and other persons >> writen in the artical. thanks >> >> navneet >> >> On 5/13/19, Shireen Irani <[email protected]> wrote: >>> May 12, 2019, 16:05 IST >>> >>> Assistive technology is enabling the visually-impaired get a fair shot >>> at programming jobs >>> It's interesting to observe Alok Kaushik at work. You can see him >>> typing on a keyboard but there’s no screen. There's no mouse either. >>> Kaushik, a senior application developer with an e-commerce platform in >>> the UK who works with complex software, is blind. So he has no use for >>> a screen or a mouse. And he can code just as fast -- and well -- as >>> the next guy who can see. Coming to his aid is an assistive software >>> called 'screen reader' that converts written text into speech. That, >>> essentially, has changed his world. >>> Alok Kaushik, an IIT graduate, is now working as a senior app >>> developer in the UK thanks to an assistive software that converts >>> written text into speech >>> Thousands of miles away in Delhi, Pranav Lal, a cyber security expert >>> with Vodafone, can code fluently in computer languages like Python, >>> Java, C and C++. He, too, like Kaushik, is blind. >>> “I started by writing simple programs to help me with my school work," >>> Lal, 38, said. Today, he can write complex code and has developed a >>> computer app – a speech recognition software -- for the >>> visually-impaired. >>> Lal is an avid photographer and has adapted vOICe -- an AI tool that >>> offers the blind the experience of live camera views through >>> image-to-sound renderings -- for the Linux operating system. Images >>> here are converted into sound by scanning them from left to right. It >>> associates elevation to pitch and brightness to loudness. “I 'saw' the >>> black hole using this tool,” Lal smiled. >>> “Who would have thought that the visually-impaired could do coding,” >>> said Arman Ali, executive director of National Centre for Promotion of >>> Employment for Disabled People, an advocacy organisation. "But with >>> technology, especially screen readers and artificial intelligence >>> (AI), the visually impaired are being integrated into the mainstream >>> workforce and are not limited to desk and accounting jobs anymore." >>> JAWS (Job Access with Speech) and NVDA (NonVisual Desktop Access) are >>> two popular screen readers while AI tools such as Microsoft’s Seeing >>> AI enables people with low or no eyesight to "experience" people, >>> texts and objects. >>> "Technology is still limited to a small fraction of India’s blind >>> population," Ali said. “We have to make it accessible to many more and >>> for that we need the government to look at disability as a development >>> issue and not a welfare issue.” He added, "For starters, the >>> government should make it mandatory for all websites to be accessible >>> with screen reader." >>> Mohammad Afzal, 36, who lost his eyesight in a car accident when he >>> was just 14, said programming for the blind these days "is no rocket >>> science". Employed as a counsellor with Saksham, an NGO that works >>> with the visually impaired in Delhi, he is busy teaching himself to >>> code. "I want to get a degree in cyber security," he said. "I am >>> learning Python, a programming language that’s similar to English and, >>> therefore, easy to pick up.” Afzal added that he uses apps such as >>> Ola, Swiggy, Google Maps, Twitter with ease on his smartphone using >>> screen reader. >>> To an untrained ear, the screen reader text sounds like a robot >>> reading out the hurried disclaimer at the end of insurance TV >>> commercial -- "Insurance is subject matter of solicitation…" -- but >>> the speed can be adjusted and so can the characters that you want the >>> reader to pick up. English is normally spoken at a speed of 120-150 >>> words per minute. Screen reader can read up to 450 words per minute. >>> “"Technology is still limited to a small fraction of India’s blind >>> population. We have to make it accessible to many more and for that we >>> need the government to look at disability as a development issue and >>> not a welfare issue” >>> -Arman Ali, Executive director, National Centre for Promotion of >>> Employment for Disabled People >>> Dinesh Kaushal, a 43-year-old NVDA development manager with Publicis >>> Sapient, an MNC in Gurgaon, didn't have access to such technology >>> while completing his school education, but he made the best use of >>> what was available at the time. >>> As a student in a special school he was told that he couldn’t study >>> maths after Class 9 because of his impairment. He was born blind. >>> Dinesh Kaushal works with Publicis Sapient as NVDA development >>> manager. Born blind, Kaushal pursued maths despite challenges in order >>> to make a career in software development >>> Kaushal believes that students with visual impairment should be >>> encouraged to study maths and english so that they too can get a >>> chance to make a career in fields such as engineering and finance. >>> “I missed out most of the curriculum from classes 6-8 due to the lack >>> of braille text books,” said Kaushal, who went back to studying >>> mid-school math using audio books provided by the National Association >>> of Blind while preparing for an MCA (masters of computer applications) >>> exam. Today, he's a successful programmer with impressive credentials, >>> like developing the first open source screen reader, Screen Access For >>> all. >>> While technology has made great strides in opening up the world for >>> the blind, some blips still exist. For example, the coders we spoke to >>> complained that many websites, including popular applications, are >>> screen reader-incompatible. >>> “Most developers do not have a good understanding of web content >>> accessibility guidelines. The end result is a software that cannot be >>> used fully by screen reader. This could be significantly limiting, and >>> we are forced to either move to alternative solutions or rely on >>> sighted assistance,” said Kaushik, an IIT graduate who lost his >>> eyesight in his 30s due to a rare genetic disease. Kaushal adds that >>> including persons with disability in creating design and technology >>> solutions for them can help in overcoming this challenge. >>> >>> Source: >>> >>> https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/...code/.../692... >>> >>> >>> 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. 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