Hi sir, Few days back, one of our Access Indian friend had forwarded an article which I am re-pasting below. The article talks about "Independence Science" and states that it was the first company to help make science accessible to students who are blind or visually impaired.
Hope the content in it may be of some use to the project! ---------- Forwarded message ---------- FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Fort Wayne, Indiana (May 29, 2012) - GW Micro, Inc. (www.gwmicro.com) and Independence Science (www.independencescience.com) are proud to announce an even stronger partnership. Independence Science (ISci) was the first company to help make science accessible to students who are blind or visually impaired. Because of the innovative work by Independence Science, students who are blind or visually impaired now have access to hands-on science experiments and are able to analyze statistical data for the experiments they perform. The advanced screen reader Window-Eyes, used with the Window-Eyes app for Logger Pro, produced by GW Micro provides the best possible voice access to the Logger Pro PC application for students who are blind or visually impaired. Because of the superior support from GW Micro, Independence Science will no longer maintain updates for JAWS and only provide support for future versions of Window-Eyes. "We are very happy to provide top-notch support that enables blind and visually impaired students to access science curricula," said Dan Weirich, Vice President of Sales and Marketing for GW Micro. "Independence Science is committed to the best possible access for our customers, which is why we have chosen GW Micro," said Dr. Cary Supalo, President of Independence Science. "They provide the best possible solution with maximum support. While we have researched other screen reader companies, none of them have been able to reach the advanced capabilities of GW Micro." The partnership between the two companies continues to grow and this synergy has led to the development of the ISci Lab Solution. The ISci Lab Solution makes the science classroom more accessible to students who are blind or visually impaired. These talking solutions will enable people who are blind and visually impaired to pursue education and careers in the Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) fields where they have been traditionally underrepresented. For more information about the ISci Lab Solution, including a video demonstration of Dr. Cary Supalo (a blind scientist himself) using the product, visit http://www.gwmicro.com/Window-Eyes/ISci_Lab/. GW Micro has been a trusted pioneer in the adaptive technology industry since 1990, and continues to lead with innovative, customer driven solutions. Independence Science is the leading developer of accessible technology for students with visual impairments in the science laboratory. ISci research is funded by a grant from the National Science Foundation. Contact: GW Micro Phone: (260) 489-3671 Email: [email protected] Web: www.gwmicro.com Independence Science Phone: (866) 862-9665 Email: [email protected] Web: www.independencescience.com --- Satguru ___,__.___ "Life's battle do not always go, to the stronger or faster man. But sooner or later the one who wins, is the one who thinks he can." Satguru Rathi. Mobile: +91-9971231627 / 9871489945 Email: [email protected] [email protected] Skype: satgururathi Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100002489756116 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Xavier's Resource Centre for the Visuall St. Xavier's College" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Cc: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, June 08, 2012 4:21 PM Subject: [AI] Need inputs for Math and Science Access Project Dear All Many of us over the years have recognized a critical gap area in education initiatives of the visually impaired in India. A key area of concern has been that in the area of mathematics and science education and its access across the country for visually impaired students. Saksham and XRCVC in partnership have taken up a Math and science Access project through which we hope to make a beginning in this area of work. One of our first mandates under this project is to research and identify the most appropriate teaching-learning process and content to impart Mathematics and Science education to varied groups of visually impaired students (totally blind, low vision, children and adult learners) In order to achieve this we are starting off a research project to collect the ground level data. What we wanted your support in is can you share with us contact details and/or information of individuals/NGO’s/groups/Schools/Universities/Any other source that any of you know in India or Internationally who are actively interested and working in the area of mathematics and science education for the visually impaired or innovative pedagogies for mathematics and science education. These could be even one off visually impaired persons you know who have studied mathematics and science or are keenly interested in the same as even talking and documenting their experiences will be a crucial input for the project. . The mandate of the project is to collect date for diverse group of learners - totally blind, low vision, children and adult learners and hence we would appreciate any leads across for any of these groups. Since this is such a new area for all of us, starting off with researching at places where we know work is currently happening or to start talking to individuals who have studied or are interested would be most useful and we would like to garner the strength of everyone’s information to be put to best use of the project. We look forward to responses from all with leads that can be pursued. If you can please send the information to [email protected] Thank you for your support Regards Dr. Sam Taraporevala Director ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Xavier's Resource Centre for the Visually Challenged (XRCVC) St. Xavier's College, 5 Mahapalika Marg Mumbai - 400001 +91 22 22620661-5 (extn: 366) +91 22 22623298 (direct) +91 9967028769 (mobile) [email protected] Search for old postings at: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ To unsubscribe send a message to [email protected] with the subject unsubscribe. 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