it is used for communication purpose, its like similar to skype. On 1/5/12, [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote: > Send AccessIndia mailing list submissions to > [email protected] > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > > http://mail.accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in > > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > [email protected] > > You can reach the person managing the list at > [email protected] > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of AccessIndia digest..." > > > Please do not reply to this digest mail. You should put your comments into a > new mail with appropriate subject line. > _______________________________________________ > AccessIndia mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Discussion on hypnotism. (Surendra Salgaonkar?) > 2. Re: regarding OOVOO (gufran) > 3. Re: For the visually challenged, internet opens up a new > world (Steve Boodram) > 4. Stephen Hawking to turn 70, defying disease (avinash shahi) > 5. What is the eye glases (bhavana) > 6. From Top Tech Titbits (shahnaz) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Thu, 05 Jan 2012 12:43:39 +0000 > From: "Surendra Salgaonkar?" <[email protected]> > To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> > Cc: "[email protected]" > <[email protected]> > Subject: [AI] Discussion on hypnotism. > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > > Dear ones can we have a discussion on hypnotism?do you all know about > hypnotism?can blind be hypnotised?how?what is the method?every thing...but > nicely...start...share...thank you and good luck > Surendra Salgaonkar. > mobile > 09867645933 > skype > salgaonkarskype > email > [email protected] > [email protected] > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Thu, 5 Jan 2012 18:14:54 +0530 > From: "gufran" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [AI] regarding OOVOO > Message-ID: <2A4997B5CBE04205B05DD739FB3A792F@wwc9c56d7d25e5> > Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; > reply-type=original > > what is it use for? > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "B Jyothi" <[email protected]> > To: "accessindia" <[email protected]> > Sent: Thursday, January 05, 2012 1:53 PM > Subject: [AI] regarding OOVOO > > >> hi list, >> >> is anybody using software called oovoo? >> >> If yes, please share your experience with screen reader softwares and >> its accessibility. >> >> >> 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 >> > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Thu, 5 Jan 2012 06:55:40 -0400 > From: "Steve Boodram" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [AI] For the visually challenged, internet opens up a new > world > Message-ID: <5B9108F84CA94BDD953FCB4A21A5C334@thewizz0a94c5b> > Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="Windows-1252"; > reply-type=original > > Well said Sir. But we must not forget that for soeone to properly understand > the things they do on the Internet basic literacy is need that could only > coe through reading the text for yourself. I think Braille compliments the > use of computers or vise versa. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "avinash shahi" <[email protected]> > To: "accessindia" <[email protected]>; "jnuvision" > <[email protected]>; <[email protected]> > Sent: Thursday, January 05, 2012 6:03 AM > Subject: [AI] For the visually challenged, internet opens up a new world > > > For the visually challenged, internet opens up a new world > L Subramani > > For several persons with vision challenge, the internet is the gateway > to a brave new world. > > So, have they forgotten the raised dots, which Louis Braille -- whose > 203rd birthday falls today, January 4 -- invented? Not really, but the > computer has opened up umpteen opportunities which did not exist > before. > > Every day, Vijayalakshmi (25) opens her personal computer with a > reverence only accorded for ?Thamburas? and Harmoniums in her line of > work. As the synthesized voice of her screen reader rambles on at the > background, she locates the icon she wanted on the desktop and presses > the ?enter? key hard on it. With a ?wooop? sound, the world of Voice > Over IP (VOIP), better known amongst the ardent net users as ?Skype? > opens up. > > Skype is worth the hype for several visually challenged persons like > Vijayalakshmi, as it has become the lifeline ?the way to use their > expertise and earn a livelihood. ?I have been doing this for more than > three years,? says Vijayalakshmi, the Bangalore-based Carnatic > musician who uses Skype to teach nearly a dozen students, most of whom > are NRIs abroad. > > ?I can?t imagine living without Skype, or, for that matter, without > the internet. Not only it turns out to be a wonderful medium for us to > expand our professional and business horizons, but it is also an > amazing source of learning. YouTube, for instance, has so many videos > (related to music) which I refer to learn. As visually challenged, we > may not be accessing the content in any other method or format.? > > While students get in touch with her through Skype to receive their > voice lessons, they transfer the fee to her account, sparing > Vijayalakshmi the arduous trips outside home or standing in the long > queues to deposit her earnings. > > Similarly, there are several thousands of persons with vision > challenge who use the net to teach spoken English, creating web > content and do medical transcription, which would have made Louis > Braille proud. > > Ten years ago, internet was merely a tool for learning and exchanging > emails. It had since evolved into a huge social medium that connects > the blind with several professional groups and provide them the best > opportunity to earn exposing only their advantages. Many of the > visually challenged have formed professional and interest based groups > in Facebook, while others have also taken advantage of Linkedin. > > ?In the last few years, web accessibility has become an important > feature for any website,? said Akhilesh Malani, who works as an > accessibility head for an online start-up offering testing services. > > Several tools > > ?We test for the website?s ability to function with several tools > ?like the screen reading software the blind use- to ensure they can be > used by everyone without feeling disadvantaged in any way. Thanks to > the internet, I, as a visually challenged person, am able to pursue > the rather difficult testing job and continue to learn.? > > It came as a scare for many of them, when the news emerged in August > that government is targeting social networking platforms (Facebook, > twitter and Skype) to provide access to the user content. ?(News of > Skype being the target) came as a shock,? admits Maria Durrani, a > visually challenged person from Mysore, who does combined shows for a > few online radio stations. > > ?We?re sure the government has several issues with social networking > sites,? said Akhilesh. ?things like terror threats, objectionable > contents etc, were on the papers even a few days ago. We?ve nothing > against the government taking action against genuine offenders, but at > a time when the options of finding accessible websites (especially > those developed for Indians) is pathetically less, banning open and > free sites would spell doom for many of us who depend on them for > survival and sanity.? > > Despite admitting the vital role internet has come to play in their > lives, the visually challenged also acknowledge the special place > Braille scripts have in their lives. ?I know Braille, though I don?t > use it much,? said Vijayalakshmi. > > ?We?re still curious about the history of Braille, the way it was > invented (when young Louis became blind and created the first raised > dots from a similar set of military scripts used in French army). > There?s always the inspiration in it, like how people look at the old > typewriters and tele printers.? > > ?It?s the equivalent of writing long hand,? Maria pointed out. ?We may > not use it much, but we still find it useful in situations where we > can?t use computers or electronic gadgets.? > > Like many habits and practices that evolve with generational changes, > use of Braille seem to have reduced amongst the younger generation of > visually challenged who are used to working with computers and other > electronic gadgets. > > ?Braille has its most prolific users amongst the 30 and 40 > somethings,? said Dr Rajdeep Manwani, a professor with Bagwan Mahaveer > Jain College in the city. ?Braille has certainly been adored by one > and all (amongst the visually challenged community) for its simplicity > and availability, but when it comes to its application, it must be > said that the younger generation prefer electronic gadgets for the > dotted scripts. The fact that modern gadgets give them parity with > others ?as computers are used by the visually challenged the same way > as the able-bodied peers save for the screen reader?certainly > influence their decision.? > source: > http://www.deccanherald.com/content/216568/for-visually-challenged-internet-opens.html > > > -- > "The best things and most beautiful things in the world Cannot be seen > or even touched. They must be felt within the heart." ? Helen Keller > > Avinash Shahi > M.A. Political Science > CPS JNU > New Delhi India > > > 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 > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 4 > Date: Thu, 5 Jan 2012 18:22:51 +0530 > From: avinash shahi <[email protected]> > To: accessindia <[email protected]> > Subject: [AI] Stephen Hawking to turn 70, defying disease > Message-ID: > <CADeSQ2ipka6ZKyJ+UcyUOfS_mB1MXArBXccGJ0oFF8F=qz_...@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 > > CAMBRIDGE, England, January 5, 2012 > Stephen Hawking to turn 70, defying disease > AP > > AP In this June 19, 2006 photo astrophysicist Stephen Hawking speaks > at Beijing's Great Hall of the People. Prof. Hawking turns 70 on > January 8, 2012. > British scientist Stephen Hawking has decoded some of the most > puzzling mysteries of the universe but he has left one mystery > unsolved ? how he has managed to survive so long with such a crippling > disease. > > The physicist and cosmologist was diagnosed with Lou Gehrig?s disease > when he was a 21-year-old student at Cambridge University. Most people > die within a few years of the diagnosis, called motor neurone disease > in the U.K. On Sunday, Prof. Hawking will turn 70. > > ?I don?t know of anyone who?s survived this long,? said Ammar > Al-Chalabi, director of the Motor Neurone Disease Care and Research > Centre at King?s College London. He does not treat Prof. Hawking and > described his longevity as ?extraordinary?. > > ?It is unusual for (motor neurone disease) patients to survive for > decades, but not unheard of,? said Dr. Rup Tandan, a neurology > professor at the University of Vermont College of Medicine. Still, Dr. > Tandan said many long-time survivors had ventilators to breathe for > them which Prof. Hawking does not. > > Prof. Hawking first gained attention with his 1988 book A Brief > History of Time, a simplified overview of the universe. It sold more > than 10 million copies worldwide. His subsequent theories have > revolutionised modern understanding of concepts like black holes and > the Big Bang theory of how the universe began. > > To mark his birthday on Sunday, Cambridge University is holding a > public symposium on ?The State of the Universe,? featuring talks from > 27 leading scientists, including Prof. Hawking himself. For 30 years, > he held a mathematics post at the university previously held by Sir > Isaac Newton. Prof. Hawking retired from that position in 2009 and is > now director of research at the university?s Centre for Theoretical > Cosmology. > > Prof. Hawking achieved all that despite being nearly entirely > paralysed and in a wheelchair since 1970. He now communicates only by > twitching his right cheek. Since catching pneumonia in 1985, Prof. > Hawking has needed around-the-clock care and relies on a computer and > voice synthesiser to speak. > > A tiny infrared sensor sits on his glasses, hooked up to a computer. > The sensor detects Prof. Hawking?s cheek pulses, which select words > displayed on a computer screen. The chosen words are then spoken by > the voice synthesiser. It can take up to 10 minutes for Prof. Hawking > to formulate a single sentence. > > ?The only trouble is (the voice synthesiser) gives me an American > accent,? the Briton wrote on his website. > > It took Prof. Hawking four years to write his last book, The Grand > Design, missing his publisher?s original deadline. > > Prof. Hawking declined requests from the AP for an interview, but his > personal assistant spoke to The Associated Press. > > Judith Croasdell, Prof. Hawking?s personal assistant, described her > boss as remarkably patient. > > ?The way he communicates can seem frustratingly slow to most people > but he doesn?t let that impede his thinking,? she said. > > After a brief hospital stay, Prof. Hawking told her that he spent the > time thinking about black holes. > > Prof. Hawking typically comes into the office after a big breakfast > and reading the news, Ms. Croasdell said. ?He?s not an early morning > person, but he does stay quite late,? until about 7 or 8 in the > evening, she said. > > Prof. Hawking?s rooftop university office is crammed full of > memorabilia: family photos, a miniature NASA shuttle, and a signed > picture of himself with President Barack Obama and his wife, Michelle. > On top of physics books sits a disability access guide for the > university. > > Prof. Hawking?s fame has led to guest appearances on some of his > favourite television shows including The Simpsons and Star Trek. His > animated likeness from The Simpsons has even been turned into an > action figure one of which sits proudly on his office desk. There?s > also a Homer Simpson clock that Prof. Hawking is known to glare at > when visitors are late for an appointment. > > ?He?s a big ham, he loves the spotlight,? said Kitty Ferguson, who?s > written two biographies of the physicist. > > She said he has a wry sense of humour and has programmed his computer > to respond to random encounters with people who ask if he?s Stephen > Hawking. ?No, but I?m often mistaken for that man,? his voice > synthesiser deadpans. > > Lou Gehrig?s disease, also called amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or > ALS, attacks motor neurones, cells that control the muscles. Patients > typically suffer muscle weakness and wasting, become paralysed and > have problems talking, swallowing and breathing. Only about 10 per > cent of patients live longer than a decade. > > People who are stricken at a young age, as Prof. Hawking was, > generally have a better chance of surviving longer. Most people are > diagnosed between 50 and 70. Life expectancy generally ranges from two > to five years after symptoms like slurred speech, difficulty > swallowing and muscle weakness set in. Prof. Hawking?s personal > physicians don?t discuss his condition with the press, Ms. Croasdell > said. > > For some reason, the disease has progressed more slowly in Prof. > Hawking than in most. Dr. Al-Chalabi and colleagues are analysing a > DNA sample from Prof. Hawking, along with those of other patients, to > see if there is something rare about his disease or any genetic > mutations that could explain his long survival and if that information > could be used to help others. > > Some experts said the type of care Prof. Hawking has, including about > a dozen health workers 24 hours a day, may have extended his life > expectancy. > > ?The disease can sometimes stabilise and then the kind of care > delivered may be a factor in survival,? said Virginia Lee, a brain > disease expert at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine. > ?Remaining mentally alert is also extremely important and he has > clearly done that.? > > Prof. Hawking says he tries not to think about his limitations. > > ?I have had (Lou Gehrig?s disease) for practically all my adult life,? > he says on his website. ?Yet it has not prevented me from having a > very attractive family and being successful in my work,? he writes. ?I > try to lead as normal a life as possible and not think about my > condition or regret the things it prevents me from doing, which are > not that many.? > > >From the office pictures documenting his achievements, that certainly > seems to be the case. Framed photos show the physicist with several > popes and on memorable trips to China and Easter Island. > > He has even flown in a space simulator. In 2007, Prof. Hawking took a > zero-gravity flight in Florida, the first time in 40 years he > abandoned his wheelchair. > > ?That was the happiest I?ve ever seen Stephen,? said Sam Blackburn, > Prof. Hawking?s graduate assistant, who accompanied him on the ride > along with about a half-dozen others, including two doctors. ?He just > had the biggest grin on his face.? > > Prof. Hawking has also been married twice and has three children and > three grandchildren. With his daughter Lucy, he has written several > children?s books on physics. > > Dr. Al-Chalabi said most patients with Lou Gehrig?s disease succumb > after their breathing muscles stop working. He had no predictions for > what the biggest health risks to Prof. Hawking?s future might be. > > ?He is truly remarkable,? Dr. Al-Chalabi said. ?This is someone who?s > managed to find ways around every single problem the disease has > thrown at him.? > > A Brief History of Stephen Hawking > Some milestones in Prof. Hawking?s life: > > Hawking is born on January 8, 1942, 300 years to the day of Galileo?s > death, in Oxford, England. He is the eldest of three children. > > In 1963, while studying for his PhD at Cambridge University, Hawking > is diagnosed with motor neurone disease, or Lou Gehrig?s disease. > Doctors give him about two years to live. > > Hawking marries Jane Wilde in 1965. They later have three children ? > Robert, Lucy and Timothy. > > In 1979, Hawking is named the Lucasian professor of mathematics at > Cambridge, a post previously held by Sir Isaac Newton. > > During a 1985 trip to CERN, the European Organisation for Nuclear > Research near Geneva, Hawking catches pneumonia. He requires a > tracheotomy and loses the ability to speak. He soon begins using a > computer and voice synthesiser. > > Hawking?s A Brief History of Time is published in 1988. The book sells > more than 10 million copies. > > In 1999, Hawking makes the first of several guest appearances on The > Simpsons. > > Hawking takes a zero-gravity flight in 2007, the first time he is free > of his wheelchair in 40 years. > source: > http://www.thehindu.com/sci-tech/science/article2777642.ece > > > -- > "The best things and most beautiful things in the world Cannot be seen > or even touched. They must be felt within the heart." ? Helen Keller > > Avinash Shahi > M.A. Political Science > CPS JNU > New Delhi India > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 5 > Date: Thu, 5 Jan 2012 19:15:33 +0530 > From: "bhavana" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Subject: [AI] What is the eye glases > Message-ID: <CC83DE1B86D34B17B01FF487E13F2BB5@bhavna> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > Hi Access Indian's > > I want to know that What the eye glases [Sparsh products] Plese provide me > some information, if we take some banifit of this eye glasses specially > totally blind. > > > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 6 > Date: Thu, 5 Jan 2012 19:16:47 +0530 (IST) > From: shahnaz <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Subject: [AI] From Top Tech Titbits > Message-ID: > <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 > > > > Jaws scripts for Goldwave & others. > > http://www.blind-geek-zone.net/programs.htm > > > > > > > End of AccessIndia Digest, Vol 58, Issue 35 > ******************************************* >
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