Dear friends, Wish you all a very happy New Year!
It gives me great pleasure to be able to contribute on this mailing list again, after quite some years! This list is where my journey into Assistive Technology began, and today, for the New Year, I am happy to announce the launch of AccessibleNews Daisy, a revolutionary software that converts news websites and blogs into digital talking books, so you can carry them with you! You can read more about this software on http://www.accessiblenews.co.in/daisy and also in the press release announcing this launch at http://accessiblenews.co.in/?view=media I am quoting an extract from this press release, towards the end of this mail. The software is very simple to use, and I invite all of you to use it. Any feedback will be most appreciated! Warm regards, Gaurang Kanvinde. Quoting from the press release announcing the launch With this tool, a blind person can conveniently read his or her favorite newspapers and websites from his portable book reading device or mobile phone, rather than having to be in front of a computer. Says Gaurang Kanvinde, one of the founders of Accessible Systems, *"Sighted people get their news from a simple portable device called the newspaper, so why a blind person should be denied the same? With a digital talking book, blind people can read news, just like a sighted person reads newspapers daily - over breakfast, and a morning cup of tea!"* The user interface is browser based and since accessibility has been a key criterion in its design, it is screen reader friendly. Once a user provides the links to websites of his or her choice, the software reads from these websites, and converts them to a Daisy book. The tool also provides help in the form of easy-to-read tutorials. Accessible News Daisy is free to download after registration at http://www.accessiblenews.co.in The tool is free to try for 15 days after which the user can choose a suitable subscription plan. For more information, please visit http://www.accessiblenews.co.in/daisy or send an email to [email protected] -- If the dream is BIG enough, the facts don't count! Celebrating Louis Braille's birthday, Jan. 4th. 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
