Good thing but let us see how it works. Community radio is the thing which visually impaired and other disabled friends can start. I think that the radio programmers should focus more on 'by the blind' than 'for the blind'.
On 12/22/10, B. P. Mohith <[email protected]> wrote: > Nice thing, > Ifthe radio is awailable in online, it will be much good. > > > On 12/22/10, prateek aggarwal <[email protected]> wrote: >> i think we need more such innitiatives across the nation. >> great move, hope it will be carried out with complete honesty and >> responsibility. >> >> --- >> A radio service for the blind, by the blind >> HT Correspondent, Hindustan Times >> Dehradun, December 21, 2010 >> First Published: 14:09 IST(21/12/2010) >> >> In a unique initiative, Dehradun would start a first-of-its-kind FM >> radio service for the visually impaired. This new initiative, proposed >> by National Institute for the Visually Handicapped (NIVH), Dehradun, >> the apex body in the field of education and rehabilitation of the >> visually handicapped in India under the Ministry of Social Justice and >> Empowerment, is expected to start within 15 days. A group of 15-20 >> partially and completely visually impaired members would run the radio >> station. >> "The radio will be launched on January 4, the birth anniversary of >> Louis Braille, inventor of embossed reading and writing system for >> visually disabled. The institute has already converted all it's >> existing collection of more than 30,000 cassettes with the help of >> DAISY player software which helps visually impaired," said Jagdish >> Lakheda, training and placement officer of NIVH while talking to HT on >> Monday. >> Lakheda was in the city to participate in a workshop conducted for the >> visually impaired. >> The FM will have a frequency of 25 km, he said and added that the >> institute is also planning to launch a radio course for the visually >> impaired in Dehradun. The concept for this new initiative took shape >> five years back, but it started evolving as a separate unit one-year >> back, he said. >> The shows, which NIVH has already recorded for radio have already been >> distributed in a CD among the visually impaired students free of cost >> and among the institutions all over the country to check whether >> students are liking the shows or not. >> "The shows will be informational, recreational and educational. Drama, >> poems, folk stories have also been included in the service and if this >> service gets success in Dehradun, the institution has planned to open >> its next FM radio station in some cities of South India," said >> Lakheda. >> Elaborating about the institute, he said, "In NIVH, we have country's >> only National Talking Book Library for the visually handicapped which >> is fulfilling the intellectual needs of the visually impaired in the >> country. The library possesses more than 3,876 audio titles and more >> than 30,000 audiocassettes in Hindi, English and Sanskrit. The >> institute library was planning to go digital in the coming months. >> --- >> >> regards, >> prateek agarwal. >> website: >> www.prateekagarwal.webs.com >> | >> www.prateekagarwal.tk >> >> best way to get your softwares/websites developed. >> you tell, i'll build. >> >> 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 >> > > > -- > "Strength is life, weakness is death" > > Best Regards > Mohith B. P. > Personal ID: > [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 > -- Naresh Kumar Assistant Professor Department of History Kamala Nehru College (University of Delhi) 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
