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Today's Topics:
1. Re: FW: Commenting about NGO's (Adhimoolam Vetrivel Murugan)
2. Fw: Accessible Devices From The Big R Olympus Information
(m.chandrashekar)
3. Fw: [Talks] Skype out of Beta for Symbian phones.
(Vetrivel Adhimoolam)
4. Re: a note about announcements (Pranav Lal)
5. Re: Information about the reading machine needed. (Pranav Lal)
6. Re: Fw: [Talks] Skype out of Beta for Symbian phones.
(Asudani, Rajesh)
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Message: 1
Date: Tue, 16 Feb 2010 13:17:16 -0500
From: Adhimoolam Vetrivel Murugan <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [AI] FW: Commenting about NGO's
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My position on NGOs is that as long as they do not use oppressed
groups as mere spectators, some considerations should be given. One
does not need to agree or disagree with everything of any given
organization. But as long as I am allowed to share a slice of the
cake, I don?t care who bakes it. By the term ?I?, I mean collectively
as a group. Finally I am not sure how the NFB in India is, but it is
at least a bit solid here and has been involved with some crucial
battles. But of course I disagree with them in several ways. For
example, they make worst canes and I do not understand the reason
behind that. So in a nut shell, No NGO is absolutely perfect and they
are not innocent either.
Vetri.
On 16/02/2010, Ravi Paul <[email protected]> wrote:
Why should someone be restrained from calling a spade a spade? the
rules, of which how much ever I disagree, are as they are. We should
probably find another place in which one could express their opinion
freely, as we have many times heard things such as, leave the list if
you do not like the rules. I find this list quite helpful of course,
but not a great example of free speech. I know I will be blasted for
this as well...
Regards, Ravi Paul
On 2/16/10, Asudani, Rajesh <[email protected]> wrote:
Dear Moderator
Why should anybody be restrained from calling a spade a spade?
I reiterate that national federation of the blind is plagued by
in-fighting
and it is reflecting very poorly not only on the public image of
the blind
but is also sacrificing the resources meant for bringing about
some good.
I suggest that if NFB members and officials have got so much of
aggression
in themselves, why not use it constructively for organizing some
really
powerful demonstrations to jolt governments into action?
Anyway, NGOs are not holy cows to be venerated merely because they
are
NGOs.
Rather they are public bodies utilizing donations from the public
and
government grants in certain cases, and must be made accountable
for what
they do or do not do.
Regards
"Perhaps our role on this planet is not to worship God-- but to
create
Him."
--Arthur C. Clarke
(Rajesh Asudani)
Assistant General Manager,
Reserve Bank of India
Nagpur
09420397185
O: 0712 2806676
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-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected]
[mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of
Kotian, H P
Sent: Tuesday, February 16, 2010 10:26 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: [AI] Commenting about NGO's
Hello All
We had decided in an earlier instance that we shall not comment on
the
working of any NGO's. In this context, we shall restrain from
commenting
about NFB which is getting focused in some postings.
Members please take note.
Harish Kotian
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Message: 2
Date: Wed, 17 Feb 2010 01:51:24 +0530
From: "m.chandrashekar" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Cc: [email protected]
Subject: [AI] Fw: Accessible Devices From The Big R Olympus
Information
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Sent: Monday, February 15, 2010 4:17 AM
Subject: Accessible Devices From The Big R Olympus Information
: This is all the information we currently have;
:
: Hi from the big R,
: I am going to post something I saw on the Sam mobile network.
: This is a post I just saw from our good friend,
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: Thanks Brian for the heads up on this one. I, the big R, has seen
something
: of this
: device but not the this full piece you will read about.
: This forward then, is from Brian.
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: Thought this is very interesting. Looks like we may have another
accessible
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: Large 2.2-Inch Color LCD with Easy-to-Use Interface
: As the first Olympus recorders to employ large color LCD screens,
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: deliver an easy-to-use interface that enables users to accurately
arrange
: digital files with unparalleled organization for meetings, dates and
: reminders. Both
: have folders for recording music, podcasts, audiobooks, pictures and
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: Voice Recognition with DAISY
: The DM-4 features Voice Recognition so that users can command the
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: items to their lists and calendars. The DM-4 also is a DAISY Player
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: the user
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: through the device's menus, folders and set-up options.
: Text to Speech
: The Text to Speech function in the DM-4 enables users to hear file
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Message: 3
Date: Tue, 16 Feb 2010 17:22:50 -0500
From: "Vetrivel Adhimoolam" <[email protected]>
To: "Access India mailing list" <[email protected]>
Subject: [AI] Fw: [Talks] Skype out of Beta for Symbian phones.
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Stephen Giggar" <[email protected]>
To: "Talks Mailing list" <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, February 16, 2010 4:55 PM
Subject: [Talks] Skype out of Beta for Symbian phones.
This was posted on The Accessable blind phones list and I didn't
see it
come across this list.
So you can go to the following link on your phone to get the new
Skype. I
have installed it on my N95 dash 3 and it works very nicely. You
will need
to remove the old beta one before you install this new version.
This is
not a beta. They also suggest that you install it to pone memory.
This
link should work on your phone as well as your PC. This is for all
3rd
Edition phones like the N82, N95*, E66, E51, E71, N85, N86 etc...
Please
do not ask will it work on phones that aren't listed here! Just
download
it and give it a try. I didn't list all the phone! I just gave some
examples of phones. As long as you have a 3rd Edition phone, you
should
have good luch. This will not work on old 2nd Edition phones like
the N70,
N90 or any other 2nd Edition phone. Yes the 668* are 2nd Edition
phones as
well.
http://download.skype.com/Symbian/Skype_S60_3_X_v_1_0_2.sis
Signed: Stephen Giggar
Skype: dr-phone.
Hardware eventually fails, software eventually works.
No amount of bandwidth can fix poor design.
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Message: 4
Date: Wed, 17 Feb 2010 05:59:14 +0530
From: "Pranav Lal" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: [AI] a note about announcements
Message-ID: <[email protected]>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"
Hi,
Are you telling me that the Shatabhdi has a system where stations are
announced via bluetooth or sms? They do have a PA system.
My comment was relating to the mounting of a bluetooth based system.
Pranav
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Message: 5
Date: Wed, 17 Feb 2010 05:59:14 +0530
From: "Pranav Lal" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: [AI] Information about the reading machine needed.
Message-ID: <[email protected]>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"
Hi,
What kind of information? I saw one from Plustek yesterday at Tech
Share.
Most of these machines have a scanner and in-built OCR.
Pranav
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Message: 6
Date: Wed, 17 Feb 2010 10:09:04 +0530
From: "Asudani, Rajesh" <[email protected]>
To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: [AI] Fw: [Talks] Skype out of Beta for Symbian phones.
Message-ID:
<9b925a6d2aa0e443b071cfdabb3748e1157c18c...@rbiexch01.rbi1.rbi.org.in
>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"
My query is:
Whether using Skype on a phone and conversing would be cheaper than
simply calling her/him?
At present, for example, BSNL prepaid GPRS costs around RS. 5 per MB.
Does Skype work effectively on GPRS connectivity?
Regards
"Perhaps our role on this planet is not to worship God-- but to
create Him."
--Arthur C. Clarke
(Rajesh Asudani)
Assistant General Manager,
Reserve Bank of India
Nagpur
09420397185
O: 0712 2806676
Res: 0712 2591349
-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected] [mailto:accessindia-
[email protected]] On Behalf Of Vetrivel Adhimoolam
Sent: Wednesday, February 17, 2010 3:53 AM
To: Access India mailing list
Subject: [AI] Fw: [Talks] Skype out of Beta for Symbian phones.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Stephen Giggar" <[email protected]>
To: "Talks Mailing list" <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, February 16, 2010 4:55 PM
Subject: [Talks] Skype out of Beta for Symbian phones.
This was posted on The Accessable blind phones list and I didn't
see it
come across this list.
So you can go to the following link on your phone to get the new
Skype. I
have installed it on my N95 dash 3 and it works very nicely. You
will need
to remove the old beta one before you install this new version.
This is
not a beta. They also suggest that you install it to pone memory.
This
link should work on your phone as well as your PC. This is for all
3rd
Edition phones like the N82, N95*, E66, E51, E71, N85, N86 etc...
Please
do not ask will it work on phones that aren't listed here! Just
download
it and give it a try. I didn't list all the phone! I just gave some
examples of phones. As long as you have a 3rd Edition phone, you
should
have good luch. This will not work on old 2nd Edition phones like
the N70,
N90 or any other 2nd Edition phone. Yes the 668* are 2nd Edition
phones as
well.
http://download.skype.com/Symbian/Skype_S60_3_X_v_1_0_2.sis
Signed: Stephen Giggar
Skype: dr-phone.
Hardware eventually fails, software eventually works.
No amount of bandwidth can fix poor design.
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