Sounds like Akilesh Yadav in UP. Hope the blind students are properly initiated into using the technology.
-----Original Message----- From: AccessIndia [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of avinash shahi Sent: 02 August 2013 15:16 To: jnuvision; avinash Subject: [AI] DU: 484 laptops distributed among disabled students 'Distributing? Distrubuted?' is it a gift? and importantly Tiwariji said: Prof Dinesh's promiss has been fulfilled... How blind fraternity views such steps? food for thought. Delhi University has started distributing laptops but only to students belonging to the persons-with-disability category. As many as 484 laptops have already been distributed through DU's equal opportunity cell. The ones for the general category, however, will take longer. http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/delhi/484-laptops-distributed-among -disabled-students/articleshow/21498487.cms "Till Monday, we had distributed 477. Today we gave seven more," says Bipin Tiwary, deputy dean and officer on special duty, EOC, adding, "The vice-chancellor's promise is being fulfilled." Fifty one colleges received laptops and the distribution has been on the basis of admission data provided by them to the EOC. "Not all colleges are giving them to the students just yet as admissions are still on but if they end up with extra, they will keep the machines for the use of senior students," says Tiwary. Some colleges are holding functions - Kirori Mal did on Tuesday with Tiwary, Usha Rao and ZVS Prasad (planning and finance officer) attending - for distribution. Students will be allowed to keep the laptops for the entire duration of their four-year undergraduate programme. The laptops - Lenovo Thinkpads - have Windows operating systems and come with a variety of software for accessibility. "They come with screen readers and an open-source software to help students study mathematics," says Tiwary, "Besides that, the operating system comes with some built-in accessibility features. There will be tools to convert sounds to text for the hearing impaired and students will be able to assign keys for certain functions if they can't use both hands." Shri Ram College of Commerce, however, has already started handing the laptops to the students. "We got 17 laptops and have already distributed 14. We have taken the names and signatures of students who have received the machines. They will have to bring the machines back every three months for inspection," says principal, P C Jain. With inputs from Medha Roy Prakasam -- Avinash Shahi M.Phil Research Scholar Centre for The Study of Law and Governance Jawaharlal Nehru University New Delhi India Register at the dedicated AccessIndia list for discussing accessibility of mobile phones / Tabs on: http://mail.accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/mobile.accessindia_accessin dia.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. 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 Disclaimer: 1. Contents of the mails, factual, or otherwise, reflect the thinking of the person sending the mail and AI in no way relates itself to its veracity; 2. AI cannot be held liable for any commission/omission based on the mails sent through this mailing list.. Register at the dedicated AccessIndia list for discussing accessibility of mobile phones / Tabs on: http://mail.accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/mobile.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. 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 Disclaimer: 1. Contents of the mails, factual, or otherwise, reflect the thinking of the person sending the mail and AI in no way relates itself to its veracity; 2. AI cannot be held liable for any commission/omission based on the mails sent through this mailing list..
