Hi all, Some of you may have attended Techshare 2014. It was held just before the access-India convention at the Habitat center.
The chemistry lab stole the show. I want that lab quest instrument!! My compliments to the Barrierbreak personnel manning the stall. They knew what they were doing and adapted to the level of the student very quickly. Thanks to XRCVC as well without whom that stall would not have been possible. Note to self, the remote control unit of the Optolec clear reader is not to be mistaken for the lab quest device. In terms of the discussion, the panel on entrepreneurship moderated by Shilpi Kapoor was really good. I appreciate the ringing endorsement given to the disabilities sector by Aavishkaar (http://www.aavishkaar.in/). These are venture capitalists who invest in early stage businesses. I had the most fun at the talking television session. Kiran, Richard, thanks for a brilliant presentation and for supplying my British humor fix. <smile I wonder, is there way to legitimately purchase audio described programs from the UK? I hope some of you heard Dipendra at the access-India convention detail his experience in this area. We seem to have a very long road ahead. One of my favorite things about Techshare is the uniquely Indian solution we have implemented in terms of infrastructure accessibility. I do not have rigorous statistical research to support this but I took about 7 steps on my own and a volunteer materialized magically and asked if I needed help. Another feature of interest was the sign language interpreter who I understand was present in all sessions. It was disappointing to see only 23 exhibiters (if there were more, sorry I did not see them) but this is something that the organizers cannot control. The technology appears to be unchanged from last Techshare. Strangely enough, most of the excitement seems to have shifted to India with the imminent launch of products like Le-Chal. I wish they had visited Techshare. Pranav 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/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/ To unsubscribe send a message to accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in 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..
