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Contact details can be found on our website www.voicevision.in Best Regards, Sushmeetha B. Bubna │ Founder Director Voice Vision 103, Synthofine Estate,' A'- Wing, Off Aarey Road, Goregaon (E), Mumbai - 400 063. Work Phone: +91 22 40400000 │ Fax: +91 22 40400123 │ Hand Phone: +91 9820566010 Email: [email protected] │ Web: www.voicevision.in Facebook www.facebook.com/voicevisionfans Challenges are what make life interesting; overcoming them is what makes life meaningful. -----Original Message----- From: AccessIndia [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Umesha Economics Sent: 06 November 2012 07:14 To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [AI] Event Update for Reading Without Seeing madam, unfortunately due to some personal reasons, I could not attend the workshop. can you provide the details of suppliers of various devices dealt in the workshop? Umesha ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sushmeetha" <[email protected]> To: "'accessindia'" <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, 05 November, 2012 5:33 PM Subject: [AI] Event Update for Reading Without Seeing > > Reading Without Seeing > Date: 27-10-2012 & 28-10-2012 > Place: Mumbai > > Voice Vision organized a one and half day workshop on accessible > technology, > "Reading Without Seeing", in association with the Xavier's Resource Centre > for the Visually Challenged, (XRCVC), & Technical training Institute for > the > blind (TTI), sponsored by Sight Savers, under Mumbai Eye Care program on > Saturday 27th October and Sunday, 28th October 2012 at Dr. Radhakrishnan > Vidhyalaya, Mumbai. > > The "Reading Without Seeing" seminar is an awareness and basic training of > accessible technologies for the blind being run as part of a nationwide > program under the DAISY Forum of India (DFI). The seminar was a > demonstration of different mobile accessible technologies along with > various > reading equipments, DAISY book players and magnifiers, Braille writing > devices & low vision aids made available by XRCVC. > > Day one of the workshop, Saturday 27th October, focused on "Mobile > Accessibility". The participants received training in the usage of mobile > screen reading software's for three different platforms, I.E, Symbian, > Android and IPhone. > > The seminar started with an inauguration and brief introduction made by > Ms. Rupa Mukherjee followed by an overview of the workshop and an > introduction of the participating organizations, XRCVC, & TTI done by Mr. > Rajesh Mehta. After a brief introduction of all the participants the > "Mobile > Accessibility" workshop was flagged off by Dr. Homiyar, [CEO TTI Pune], > who > highlighted the basic settings of the Talks (screen reading software) for > symbian phones. Then, Mr. Harish Kotian, Moderator of the AccessIndia > mailing list, gave the participants an overview of the apps on the symbian > phones like quick office, calculator, Dictionary, daisy2go, etc. This was > followed by a session on Android mobiles conducted by Mr. Chetan Penkar, > from Smartshehar.com, who highlighted the basic usage and various apps > like > GPS for android phones and gave information about the various screen > readers > available for android. The final session of the day was about the IPhone, > where Ms. Nidhi Goyal, gender & disability rights activist, gave the > participants information and demonstration of the accessibility of the > IPhone. The day's activities were brought to an end with the felicitation > of > all the trainers by Ms. Sushmeetha B. Bubna, Founder Director, Voice > Vision. > > Day two, 28th October, the "reading without seeing seminar" began at 9:30 > am. > > The day's activities were flagged off by Mr. Sameer Latey (volunteer with > Voice Vision) who opened the floor for Dr. Homiyar, CEO TTI. > Dr. Homiyar demonstrated the usage of books in various formats, such as > Audio, DAISY books, E-books, etc. he also gave information about the > different computer screen readers available today and their uses. > Ms. Calveena, XRCVC, gave information on Accessible OCR systems, Braille > note takers, Refreshable Braille displays, etc. Mrs. Hetal Shah (volunteer > with XRCVC, gave a detailed explanation on Optical low vision aids like, > illuminated magnifiers, hand-held magnifiers, telescopic distance reading > device, Electronic video magnifiers, etc. > She also theoretically explained the usage of accessible tools of daily > living which were practically demonstrated later in the experience zone > such > as, talking BP monitors, personal weighing scale, talking calculator, pen > friend, etc. Information of online libraries, DFI, and websites from where > DAISY books could be obtained like bookshare, Inclusive Planet and Online > Braille Library (OBL) was provided by Mr. Sushil from XRCVC. Mr. Rajesh > Mehta, volunteer with XRCVC, demonstrated the usage of mobile dictionary & > GPS systems, and highlighted the various benefits of these applications. > > After the lunch break it was time for the "Experience Zone", where > detailed > explanations alongside hands-on demonstrations were offered to the > participants, on features of the various accessible equipments and > infrastructure facilities. They were given an opportunity to touch & feel > each of the products discussed during the day. The workshop concluded by > 5:00 pm after the Vote of thanks delivered by Ms. Sushmeetha B. Bubna, > founder director, Voice Vision. > > We thank our co-organizers and facilitators, XRCVC & TTI for bringing the > Reading without seeing seminar to Mumbai and giving us information of all > the technologies available for us today. We thank all of the trainers > namely, Dr. Homiyar Mobedji, Mr. Rajesh Mehta, Mrs. Hetal Shah, Mr. > Sushil, > Ms. Calveena, Mr. Harish Kotian, Mr. Chetan Penkar & Ms. Nidhi Goyal for > conducting the workshop and providing the necessary information to the > participants. > > We also thank the authorities of Dr. Radhakrishnan Vidhyalaya for > providing > us the venue and the canteen for the delicious refreshments served. We > specially thank the volunteers from Bhavans college, Andheri, Mumbai, and > Ascent Networks pvt ltd for always being on their feet and helping us. A > big > thanks to our Voice Vision committee for constantly coming up with new > ideas > and supporting us. > > And last but not least, we thank all of our participants who comprised of > were diverse age groups from all over Mumbai and other places like, Pune, > Gujarat, and Chennai. All of them learnt something new from the workshop > and > were left with a sense of empowerment with the knowledge gained about all > the technologies that were on display. > > Best Regards, > Sushmeetha B. Bubna │ Founder Director > > Voice Vision > 103, Synthofine Estate,' A'- Wing, Off Aarey Road, Goregaon (E), Mumbai - > 400 063. > Work Phone: +91 22 40400000 │ Fax: +91 22 40400123 │ Hand Phone: +91 > 9820566010 > Email: [email protected] │ Web: www.voicevision.in > Facebook www.facebook.com/voicevisionfans > > Challenges are what make life interesting; overcoming them is what makes > life meaningful. > > > > > -------------------------------------- > Ascent Networks Pvt Ltd, Mumbai, 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 > > 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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