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1. News- Reading software to aid blind and visually impaired. Blind and visually-impaired people in the country can now read any printed Nepali characters using Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software, which was launched on Monday. The software, developed by two IT experts from the Kathmandu University (KU) for the Nepal Netra Joyti Sangh in financial support of the Australian government, was launched by Australian Ambassador to Nepal, Peter Budd, amid a function. Speaking on the occasion, the Australian envoy said that the software would provide the blind and visually-impaired people the much-needed and rightful access to public information and written knowledge. World Blind Union estimates that less than 1% published works are accessible for visually-impaired people in developing countries like Nepal. The software was developed by Prof Dr Bal Krishna Bal and Nirajan Panta after two years of intensive research. The software scans printed texts and reads them out in synthetic speech. The scanned texts could also be saved for future reading. OCR could help an estimated 95,000 blind population in the country. Source: http://kathmandupost.ekantipur.com/printedition/news/2017-08-22/reading-software-to-aid-blind-and-visually-impaired.html 2. Event- National Abilympics Association of India (NAAI) organizes Regional, National Abilympics, and facilitates participation in International Abilympics. NAAI is in its 15th year of existence. During this period the Abilympics movement has spread throughout the country and has helped increase awareness about the abilities of disabled people in society. The aim of NAAI is to provide a supporting environment for blooming talent in the area of vocational skills of persons with disability. At the forefront of NAAI’s motivation is assistance to disabled individuals in gaining economic independence to enable them to identify themselves as valuable, fully integrated members of society. As a primary objective of Abilympics, our endeavour will also focus on providing the participants specially youth between the age group of 18-30 years, build necessary skills though our trainers and help them get employment. Detailed information about NAAI can be found on the website: http://www.abilympicsindia.org, http://www.abilympicsindia.org. Submit information of participants from your respective organisations in attached form by August 31st, 2017. The forms can either be posted at the address mentioned below, or sent as scanned copy/ies on this email ID. Contact: Rajat Mohan Coordinator-NAAI NAAI Secretariat National Abilympic Association of India, C/o Sarthak Educational Trust, Building No.1, Mohammadpur, Near Bhikaji Cama Place, New Delhi-110066, India Phone: 011-42004238 Web site: www.abilympicsindia.org -- -- With warm regards, Helpdesk Team! Toll free: 1800 300 20469 Working days: Monday-Friday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Helpdesk: e...@eyeway.org Website: www.eyeway.org Office Phone: 011-26472582 You can stay connected with us on What'sApp: Eyeway-9968329329 Facebook: facebook/projecteyeway Twitter: @friendsofeyeway Youtube: www.youtube.com/user/eyewayindia “Courage doesn’t always roar. Sometimes courage is the little voice at the end of the day that says I’ll try again tomorrow.”―Mary Anne Radmacher 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.. To check if the post reached the list or to search for old posting, reach: https://www.mail-archive.com/ai@accessindia.inclusivehabitat.in/maillist.html _______________________________________________ Ai mailing list Ai@accessindia.inclusivehabitat.in http://accessindia.inclusivehabitat.in/mailman/listinfo/ai
