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Today's Topics:
1. Re: Jaws Video Intercept Problem (BHAWANI SHANKAR VERMA)
2. u p s e exam a rewamp (raghuraman)
3. Dragon Dictation (review): A free app for the iPhone that
converts speech to text (Vishnu Ramchandani)
4. Re: Article: Accessibility for all could be a future business
model for some (Asudani, Rajesh)
5. An answer to wayfinder access?? (himalaya singh Rawat)
6. Re: SBI Clerical Result (Himanshu Sahu)
7. Re: notebook, or netbook? (Namita Agarwal)
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Message: 1
Date: Tue, 30 Mar 2010 07:54:39 +0530
From: "BHAWANI SHANKAR VERMA" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: [AI] Jaws Video Intercept Problem
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open the property of my computer. press ctrl tab until you reach hardware
tab. press tab to go to device manager. activate the button with space
bar.
maximise the window and press tab once. press d until you reach display
adapter. if it is closed press right arrow to open it. press down once
and
here you will get the exact name of your display adapter. if it is
installed
correctly with the installation CD, the chipset would also be same. to
confirm this press n until you reach network adapters. if it is closed
press
right to open. press down, one of your network adapter component would be
almost same what you found in display adapter items.
hope this will help.
bhawani
----- Original Message -----
From: "P L Varma" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, March 30, 2010 3:34 AM
Subject: Re: [AI] Jaws Video Intercept Problem
How does one ascertain the display driver and chipset details?
P L Varma
----- Original Message -----
From: "BHAWANI SHANKAR VERMA" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, March 29, 2010 5:33 PM
Subject: Re: [AI] Jaws Video Intercept Problem
let me know your display driver and chipset name, please.
----- Original Message -----
From: "silpa " <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Cc: <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, March 29, 2010 11:50 AM
Subject: [AI] Jaws Video Intercept Problem
I would like to how to resolve the Video Intercept Problem with Jaws.
Can you sugggest all the possible ways.
Thanks and regards,
Silpa.
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Message: 2
Date: Tue, 30 Mar 2010 08:31:40 +0530
From: "raghuraman" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Subject: [AI] u p s e exam a rewamp
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Civil services test in for a revamp
Civil Services Aptitude Test is being mooted at the preliminary level from
2011 and the UPSC is expected to push for changes in the Main examination
too
Time for change:The proposed pattern will comprise questions which would
test the problem solving, analytical, logical reasoning and
decision-making skills
of the aspirants.
Those aspiring to be civil servants must have not only the required skills
and knowledge, but also the right values which would include integrity,
commitment
to public service and above all, commitment to the ideals and philosophy
embodied in the Constitution.
So a number of committees and commissions were setup to make
recommendations on various aspects of recruitment. The first committee was
the Macaulay committee
of 1854. This committee established the principle of 'transferability of
academic talent to administration.' The Macaulay system continued till
three decades
after Independence.
In 1976, the Kothari committee recommended a sequential system of
examination based on the dictum that "the average quality would get richer
as the stream
proceeds from one 'stage to the next'. Accordingly the examination was
designed as a sequential three stage process - an objective type
Preliminary examination
comprising one Optional and General Studies, a Main examination which
would comprise 9 written papers and finally a Personality Test.
In 1989, Satish Chandra Committee was appointed to suggest reforms and it
recommended minor changes to Kothari model. Accordingly, an 'Essay' paper
was
introduced and the marks for the Interview were enhanced. Presently, the
Civil Services Examination is conducted on an annual basis on this
pattern.
The new millennium demanded excellence at every level of governance which
required almost total re-shaping, re-structuring of the economic as well
as the
administrative apparatus of the government. Responding to this need, the
Y.K. Alagh Committee, in 2001, recommended significant changes.
At the Preliminary level, it suggested that the 'optional' subject should
be continued but the General Studies paper should be recast to that of a
Civil
Services Aptitude Test comprising questions on basic awareness', 'problem
solving and analytical abilities' ( situation from the civil services
arena to
be taken to test reasoning and understanding of problems ) and 'data
analysis ability'.
In order to establish a level playing field it recommended that the
optionals at the Main examination be replaced by four compulsory papers -
Sustainable
Development and Social justice, Science and Technology in Society,
Democratic governance, Public Systems and Human Rights. The Second
Administrative Reforms
(Veerappa Moily) Commission in its report in 2008 upheld the
recommendations of the Alagh Committee and made a few more significant
suggestions.
The first step in this direction is its proposal to introduce a Civil
Services Aptitude Test at the Preliminary level from the year 2011.
The Preliminary examination is expected to be re-modelled in either of the
following formats:
Format-I : In this format, following the Alagh committee recommendations
the Preliminary examination may comprise the following two objective type
papers
- the Optional Subject (300 marks) and Civil Services Aptitude Test (200
marks).
Format-II : In this format, following the recommendations of 'P.S.
Bhatnagar' the Preliminary examination may comprise the following two
objective type
papers - Civil Services Aptitude Test (300 marks) and General Studies (300
marks).
The Union Public Service Commission may choose any of the above formats
and a notification may be expected by May-June this year. Whatever the
format, the
Civil Services Aptitude Test appears to be on the anvil.
Likely pattern of a Civil Services Aptitude Test
It would comprise questions which would test the 'problem solving',
'analytical', 'logical reasoning' and 'decision-making skills' of the
aspirant. To ensure
that these questions are relevant they would necessarily be from the arena
of civil services with an underlying essence of Public Administration in
practice.
The UPSC is expected to push for changes at the level of the Main
examination too. It is seriously examining the proposal of including
compulsory papers
exclusively from the domain of humanities based on the French Model of
examination. The compulsory papers that are expected to be introduced are
: ? Sustainable
Development and Social Justice; ?Democratic Governance, Public Systems and
Human Rights; ? Indian Constitution with an emphasis on Indian Legal
System
including Administrative Law; ? Economic Theory and Indian Economic
System; ?Administrative Theories and Organisational Behaviour and ? Indian
Administrative
System. However, these changes are not expected in the near future.
Changes
The news of any change is an unnerving moment for any long term serious
aspirant. However, if one is mentally prepared, the transition becomes
easier. Given
below are a few broad guidelines to help the prospective aspirant to
prepare for the examination :
1. First and foremost, there is only a proposal for a change in
'principle'. The change is to be debated and accepted. The UPSC has to
formally declare
the new pattern. Till then, all aspirants should continue with the old
pattern.
2. As the questions would be from the arena of the civil services, all
aspirants irrespective of their background should try to understand the
philosophy
behind the Constitution, its ideals, its principles and its focus on
development. Having understood the constitutional framework they should
comprehend
the position of the civil services in the relevant context.
3. Having acquired basic knowledge within the given parameters, the next
step would be to understand the logic behind every provision. Till now,
what was
tested was the 'what', now what would be tested will be the 'why'.
4. The mode of preparation should change from the 'descriptive' mode to
the 'explanatory' mode.
Having established a base for developing reasoning and problem solving
skills, the prospective aspirant can 'hone' them at the appropriate
juncture.
Gopala Krishna. V.
Director, Brain Tree
cheers raghu
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Message: 3
Date: Tue, 30 Mar 2010 10:25:19 +0530
From: "Vishnu Ramchandani" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Subject: [AI] Dragon Dictation (review): A free app for the iPhone
that converts speech to text
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Reviewed by Prasad Naik.
Converts spoken words into text Very poor voice detection, no option to
directly send text to other applications without copying to clipboard
first.
Dragon Dictation is a free speech to text converter for the iPhone. It
has been developed by Nuance, the same people who are responsible for
making the PC software - Dragon Naturally Speaking.
The purpose of the iPhone app is simple; Instead of typing, you open the
application and then press the record button. You then speak clearly
what you want to be converted into text. The application then uploads
your voice file on to their servers using either GPRS/EDGE, 3G or Wi-Fi
connection. The servers then convert the voice into text, which is then
sent to your device. You then copy the text to your clipboard using the
copy-paste function that was debuted in iPhone OS 3.0 and use it
elsewhere, such as in your Twitter or Facebook application. You can even
send it as an SMS from the application itself.
What sounds great on paper however turned out to be really bad when it
came to practical usage. The application is probably tuned for American
accents (or maybe robots, I'm not sure), but when it cam to recognizing
voices of us Indian humans the applications failed spectacularly. Unless
you speak painfully slow and enunciate each and every word as clearly as
possible using simple, uncomplicated words, the application would just
give back random text.
I also let others use the application to see if it was just my voice
that the application had problem recognizing. But the app failed to work
well with others as well. Also, note that none of the people who used it
had a pronounced accent, which means, if you have one don't even bother
using this app. The accuracy of the application goes down even further
in noisy environments.
The application has a built-in keyboard, so if there are a couple of
mistakes in the converted text you can correct them with it.
Unfortunately, the text that we got was usually so wrong that it was
better to just go to the respective application where we were going to
paste the text and type there instead.
A feature in application uploads all your contacts on to Nuance's
servers. So when you say a name that is in your phonebook, it is easier
for the application to convert it into text. The voice files that you
upload also remain with Nuance, which they use to further refine the
applications conversion process. All your contacts and voice messages
are secure with them though and according to Nuance, "all data is stored
in secure data centers according to stringent privacy and security
standards".
Even if your text does come out accurately, there is the hassle of
copying the text to your clipboard on the iPhone and then pasting it in
the application you want. There should have been a way to directly
upload the text to these services through the Dictation app itself.
Overall, unless the applications improves by leaps and bounds and
manages to convert at least 99% of what is spoken to text, and has the
ability to send out messages to different social networking sites from
within its interface, I don't think I would ever use this applications.
In its current state the applications is just plain bad. The one star
rating that I've given here is actually for the laughs that the
application generated in the office by displaying utterly hilarious text
messages that bore no resemblance to what we had said.
Also, even if the app manages to do all that I've stated above, I don't
think I would use it anyway because I am not comfortable speaking out
messages to my phone in front others (or even when I'm alone). Typing is
still the best option for me.
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Message: 4
Date: Tue, 30 Mar 2010 10:18:35 +0530
From: "Asudani, Rajesh" <[email protected]>
To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: [AI] Article: Accessibility for all could be a future
business model for some
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It is never going to happen.
Caption from the article:
"Technology matters: George Abraham with his computer and mobile phone,
specially made for the blind.Pradeep Gaur/M"
Now, when a author of such an article also thinks that computer and
mobile phone are specially made for blind, then mindset that accessibility
is primarily meant to cater to varying degrees of ability including total
absence of some abilities, is remotely thought of by common persons.
And, let us accept that world operates on a surfacical level, and humans
prefer the shortest way of accomplishing anything. Visual sense is a
dynamic and very brief.
So, accessibility would be properly introduced, if and only if, it makes
financial sense to business operators and not otherwise.
If we can make it happen, fine, or else term it merely a social service
and those socially minded would indulge in it.
My statements are bitter, but an impartial thought is required and not
emotional rebuttal, which I would not take.
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
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Pathania
Sent: Monday, March 29, 2010 11:48 PM
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Subject: [AI] Article: Accessibility for all could be a future business
model for some
New Delhi: George Abraham is an angry man. ?Why is it,? he asks
rhetorically, ?that I can?t issue a cheque without having it countersigned
by another person? Or buy a railway ticket without wasting hours at a
station??
Its a 3 page article.
http://www.livemint.com/2010/03/22203132/Accessibility-for-all-could-be.html
Regards
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Message: 5
Date: Tue, 30 Mar 2010 10:51:26 +0530
From: himalaya singh Rawat <[email protected]>
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Subject: [AI] An answer to wayfinder access??
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Motorola Milestone comes with lifetime free access to voice-guided
street-level maps of 401 cities in India
<https://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/%7Ea/MzxS0j7WnNcD6we-Bs2Ixzg_OZk/lx-YfpAUTJOOUyh2pJ4yd_yYfjQ/1/pa>
The Moto Droid was launched in USA last year with Google Turn-by-Turn
navigation<http://www.fonearena.com/blog/2009/10/28/google-adds-turn-by-turn-navigation-releases-maps-navigation-for-android-2-0.html>,
it?s not available in India as of now. But Motorola has joined hands
with
local maps company MapMyIndia to offer lifetime free access to fully
voice-guided street-level navigable maps of 401 cities in India
This offers voice-guided navigation and routing in the cities and across
major national and state highways. With this the Indian consumer can drive
to 400,000 towns and villages and explore over one million points of
interest like budget/premium hotels, petrol pumps, eating joints, ATMs,
hospitals as well as tourist and religious spots. All the consumer needs
to
do is to launch ?India? maps from the MOTONAV application to enjoy an
unparalleled navigation experience. The GPS navigation service is free
with
no activation or data charges, independent of mobile networks and can be
used even without inserting the SIM card, as the maps are fully loaded on
the MILESTONE
It sounds really cool and would have been cool if Moto bundled the phone
with a Car holder.
Himalaya
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Message: 6
Date: Tue, 30 Mar 2010 10:53:35 +0530
From: Himanshu Sahu <[email protected]>
To: Lissy Verghese <[email protected]>,
[email protected]
Subject: Re: [AI] SBI Clerical Result
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Congratulations Amulya,
What about your other friends, Chetan and all?
Contact me offlist , I have some materials for such preparations.
On 3/29/10, Lissy Verghese <[email protected]> wrote:
Congratulations!
----- Original Message -----
From: "Amulya Jaiswal" <[email protected]>
To: "accessindia" <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, March 29, 2010 6:52 PM
Subject: [AI] SBI Clerical Result
Hi Friends!
I am very glad to tell you that I have shortlisted in the written
examination of SBI clerical examination 2009. I need your kind support
for my interview. So that I can prepare myself for my interview. I
request you all that Please help me to give my best.
--
"Try not to become a man of success but rather to become a man of
value." Albert Einstein
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Message: 7
Date: Tue, 30 Mar 2010 11:47:44 +0530
From: Namita Agarwal <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [AI] notebook, or netbook?
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thanks prateek you made it easier for those who are not good at
technological terms like me.
namita.
On 3/30/10, aisha sahani <[email protected]> wrote:
oh, what an explaination!
it unreveled a long awaited doubt of mine.
thanks, prateek.
aisha sahani.
On 3/30/10, prateek aggarwal <[email protected]> wrote:
hello everyone,
During days, when I had been busy with exams, some of you folks have
sent me messages and asked their computer related doubts.
Folks, I?m grateful that you guys find me eligible to answer your
queries, trust me, I love to solve your problems/doubts if I can. Just
keep directing your queries to me like this if you find me eligible
enough, I?ll try to impart my suggestions based on a little of my
knowledge and experience.
Anyways,
One of the questions which has come pretty repetitively was ?what?s
the difference between a netbook and a notebook??.
Actually, the words, languages, way and style of asking was different,
but a lot of people here, or elsewhere have asked me the same.
So, what?s the deal about it?
Well, while answering the same question to a mate just now, I thought
to write this, since I?m a little free today, and waiting for days to
arrive for some major project undertakings.
So, the terms, ?laptop?, ?notebook? and ?netbook? does often confuse
generally particularly if you?re not much in the technology shoes.
What is what, and which one to buy are some of the major doubts people
find themselves tucked in.
Considering, here?s my take on them, which may (may not be though)
help you out in understanding them better and perhaps in the future
course help you determining which is the best for you to buy.
First off, as a matter of fact, they all are smaller in size from your
colossal looking desktop.
and, the ?netbook? breed out of them is the smallest from everything
else mentioned.
Ok, so without much ado, let?s have a quick look on laptop, notebook,
and netbook in terms of differences, advantages and disadvantages.
Laptop computers:
Originally, the laptop computer were not the laptop computers at all.
Though the idea behind them was to make a device that can fit on lap
and is portable to carry around, but they were way too bulky to be
used on anyone's lap.
Those who are long been connected through technoworld will give you
lot of such examples like Commodore SX-64 and IBM "Green Machine? etc.
So, they were not exactly the laptops, and in fact, their prize to was
pretty much (I still need some months of my salary with overtime to
buy that).
Notebook:
The makers of technology don?t make it for inconvenience, and they
often want people to use and appreciate it.
Since it wasn?t much happening in the case of laptops considering it?s
yet big size and costly appearance, companies have started scratching
their heads to make it even more smaller.
Laptop computers eventually progressed to the point where they could
actually be held on your lap. By that time, they started calling them
"notebook computers", presumably because they opened like notebooks if
you turned them sideways. Some people still call them laptop computers
and they're not wrong in doing so.
Netbook:
And, then came the netbooks, from a perspective of confusing people
even more. (not actually though).
The netbooks are even smaller then notebook and can even fit in your
small Tiffin bag.
They're basically the same thing as notebook computers, scaled down
and focusing on Internet-based applications over locally-based client
applications.
Ok, so as the time passed, the size has dwindled, but is the size only
factor?
Not really.
First, have a look of a tipicle notebook and it?s configuration:
? Screen size : 12 Inch and up
? Processor : Intel Pentium Dual-Core,Core 2 Duo or AMD Turion X2
? Graphics : Integrated or External Graphic Card, from Intel GMA x3100
to AMD Mobility HD 3870X2
? Weight : 1.9kg and up.
And, now a quick compare with netbook:
? Screen size : 12 Inch max
? Processor : VIA C7 1.2GHz, Intel Atom N270 1.6GHz or AMD Geode 800MHz
? Graphics : Integrated Graphic Card, mostly Intel GMA 900 or 950
? Weight : 1.1kg and below.
So, there are four important points as you can see:
Screen size: I think this we?ve already kind of discussed.
Processor:
This part is most important.
The notebook uses Intel Pentium Dual-Core,Core 2 Duo or AMD Turion X2
as processor, while the netbook uses VIA C7 1.2GHz, Intel Atom N270
1.6GHz or AMD Geode 800MHz.
The processor of a netbook is much lesser then the processor of
notebook, and would not be able to perform high speed computing,
graphic/video editing on multiple channels, or working simultaneously
on various applications.
Graphics and weight:
Notebook supports better graphic cards then netbook, therefore it is
capable in doing high definition graphic editing, viewing of high
definition multi channel videos and so on. Which isn?t possible in
netbooks.
As per weight, here, the netbook wins the bettle.
As you can see, netbooks in comparison are pretty light in weight then
the notebooks.
So, which is better?
>From the outset it looks like netbooks don?t have much features/power,
so they aren?t good to buy, but wait.
The concept of netbook wasn?t really to provide users facilities of
high definition graphic editing, multiple channel video viewing and so
on.
It was all designed for basic users, who more prefer to do their work
on internet rather locally.
Oh, and as there is a saying in we IT people, ?web brouzer is the new
laptop?.
Ah, not to worry, it can very well run all your other basic
applications like MS word, excel, media players and others.
Netbooks are more then half in prize of notebooks, and then having
better portability.
If you are a basic user and not required to handle very heavy
softwares and applications, you should go for a netbook, as it seems
to be the best option for you.
Of course, if you?re uses are higher and you need to work on hulking
softwares/applications, then netbook isn?t made for you.
Buying a notebook or netbook therefore depends on the amount of works
you?d be doing with it, but one requires to give a fair thought and
consideration before coming to any conclusion on what to buy, whether
a netbook, or notebook.
regards,
Prateek agarwal.
Skype:
Prateek_agarwal32
Wanna see inside me? My blog is the telescope:
http://www.myfriendprateek.blogspot.com
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http://www.prateekagarwal.webs.com
the best way to accomplish your softwares/websites development needs.
You tell, I?ll build.
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