[AI] IBM sets out to help the visually challenged

[Viraj Kafle]

IBM sets out to help the visually challenged

London, Mar.31: Technology and software giant IBM has announced plans to launch 
a multimedia browser to make audio and video content accessible to the visually
challenged.

Codenamed Accessibility Browser, or A-Browser, the software is being created by 
Dr. Chieko Asakawa, a blind IBM employee in Japan.

The A-Browser, according to the BBC and The Times, will give blind and 
partially-sighted people the same control over multimedia content that sighted 
people
have using a mouse.

IBM says it will be available later this year and hopes it will be free.

Dr Asakawa says that she was becoming increasingly frustrated by the amount of 
web content that she was unable to access, and this propelled her to work
on software friendly to the visually impaired.

For the time being, she and her team are concentrating on content that is 
compatible with Real Player and Windows Media Player.

Using the A-Browser, a vision-impaired person can control media content by 
using predefined shortcut keys, rather than having to look for the control 
buttons
using a mouse.

The browser also allows video to be slowed down, speeded up and can accommodate 
an additional audio description or narration track that is often included
to make films and television programmes more comprehensible to blind people.

The volume controls also allow the user to adjust the sound of various sources 
independently - for example the main audio track, an audio description track
and output from a screen reader.

We're beginning to look at accessibility as a very important business area, 
said Frances West, director of IBM's Human Ability and Accessibility Centre.

It is estimated that there are over 160 million blind and partially sighted 
people around the world who could benefit from such a development.

IBM is yet to decide whether the A-Browser will have a worldwide launch or 
whether it will be introduced in selected countries first.

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[AI] Unsubscrition.

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Hello sir!
Please, stop posting mails to me.
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Re: [AI] page breaks and jaws.

[Syed Imran]

Hello Moiz and my dear list members,

This is a lengthy E-mail. I like to share my technique of copying any data
from web pages in its original  format including tables and hyperlinks. I
assure you that if you perform these operations correctly, you can copy the
exact data appearing  on the screen. I further make myself clear to you that
the copied data will be free from line-breaks and page-breaks. So I hope you
don't mind spending some of your time with me to read this mail carefully.
Before telling you how to copy, I want to make you aware of a curious
technology which Freedomscientific is using in order to make web documents
accessible by using something called Virtual PC cursor. The virtual PC
cursor performs the function of copying and differentiating headings, links,
formfields, and other such elements on a web page. This is called
Virtualising. Virtualising includes finding out the different elements on 
a web page, layout of tables, etc and making these elements appear in a 
seperate line. The text we read using jaws in a web page is not what a 
sighted person reads on the screen. Let me make it easy to understand by an
example.
I have given a paragraph in 2 different illustrations as to show how exactly 
a paragraph with links might appear on the screen and how Jaws reads for us.
I think it is necessary for us to know how virtual viewer works, to
understand why line breaks appear when we copy any data from Internet
explorer

I) Illustration 1 How does a web page appear on the screen? (not 
virtualised)
--

The process of pickling fruits and vegetables:

Some LINK fruits and LINK vegetables preserved by pickling. The 
fruit/vegetable washed and dried. Then it is cut into pieces and enough salt
is added. These pieces are kept in the sun. LINK Oil and LINK spices are 
added. The pickle
are stored in a LINK dry jar with a tight lid. A dry spoon is used to stir
and take the pickle from the jar. The pickle will spoil if a wet spoon is
used.


In this illustration, you can observe jaws saying Link in the middle of
the line. I think this is how a link element appears on the screen.
But whenever Jaws encounters any links in a web page, it breaks the line to
present them in a separate line as to make more accessible and also to an
extent, save the time of the readers. Let me try to give an idea about the
same in the 2nd illustration:
ii) Illustration 2 How does Jaws virtualise the content? (virtualised)

The process of pickling fruits and vegetables:

Some
LINK  fruits and
LINK  vegetables
preserved by pickling. The fruit/vegetable washed and dried. Then it is cut 
into pieces and enough salt
is added. These pieces are kept in the sun.
LINK  Oil
and
LINK spices are added. The pickle are stored in a
Link  dry jar
with a tight lid. A dry spoon is used to stir and take the pickle from the 
jar. The pickle will spoil if a wet spoon is used.



So this is how Jaws arranges the data in the web page after virtualising.
However, when you copy this text to Microsoft Word, you will observe the
text broken something like this:

Some
fruits and
vegetables
Instead of:
Some fruits and vegetables
We can surely remove the line breaks by pressing CTRL+downarrow and then
back space followed by space bar as Vetry said, but it takes lot of time.
Especially the lengthy documents. So when you want to copy anything from
internet explorer, don't use selecting keys like Shift+downarrow, or ctrl+A
to select the text. follow these simple steps exactly to copy the exact
information without line or page breaks.

1. Open the web page from which you want to copy

2. Press Alt+E to pull down edit menu.

3. Choose Select all, by pressing A.
We can't press CTRL+A directly instead of pulling down edit menu because
Jaws will select from its virtual buffer. And I think Moiz, this could be
the cause of your problem.

4. Again pull down the edit menu (Alt E) and choose copy by pressing C.
Now what actually happens is that when you select all and copy from the edit
menu, the data gets directly copied from Internet explorer and not from Jaws
virtual buffer.

5. Open Microsoft word with a new document.

6. Paste whatever is copied from internet.
This will paste the entire web page in your new documents including
pictures, tables, links etc.

7. Keep whatever you want and delete unnecessary stuff.


Some tips:

1. If you don't want pictures, tables and  links, then paste it in notepad
and then copy it to Microsoft word

2. However if you want tables, then paste it in wordpad and  after selecting
the pasted text, copy it to Microsoft word.

3. If you suspect that there are hyperlinks still in the edited document,
press CTRL+A and press CTRL+SHIFT+F9 to clear the hyperlink attribute from
the entire document.

I am still searching for some easier way to copy from web pages and will be 
thankful  if anyone could help in this regard.

For your success

Syed Imran 


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Re: [AI] IBM sets out to help the visually challenged

[Dinesh Kaushal]

wow! what an idea, I am sure once the software is released, screen reader 
companies wil copy this one as well, similarly they did for web access, 
where in they copied homepage reader.

- Original Message - 
From: Viraj Kafle [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: accessindia@accessindia.org.in
Sent: Thursday, April 26, 2007 11:10 AM
Subject: [AI] IBM sets out to help the visually challenged


 IBM sets out to help the visually challenged

 London, Mar.31: Technology and software giant IBM has announced plans to 
 launch a multimedia browser to make audio and video content accessible to 
 the visually
 challenged.

 Codenamed Accessibility Browser, or A-Browser, the software is being 
 created by Dr. Chieko Asakawa, a blind IBM employee in Japan.

 The A-Browser, according to the BBC and The Times, will give blind and 
 partially-sighted people the same control over multimedia content that 
 sighted people
 have using a mouse.

 IBM says it will be available later this year and hopes it will be free.

 Dr Asakawa says that she was becoming increasingly frustrated by the 
 amount of web content that she was unable to access, and this propelled 
 her to work
 on software friendly to the visually impaired.

 For the time being, she and her team are concentrating on content that is 
 compatible with Real Player and Windows Media Player.

 Using the A-Browser, a vision-impaired person can control media content by 
 using predefined shortcut keys, rather than having to look for the control 
 buttons
 using a mouse.

 The browser also allows video to be slowed down, speeded up and can 
 accommodate an additional audio description or narration track that is 
 often included
 to make films and television programmes more comprehensible to blind 
 people.

 The volume controls also allow the user to adjust the sound of various 
 sources independently - for example the main audio track, an audio 
 description track
 and output from a screen reader.

 We're beginning to look at accessibility as a very important business 
 area, said Frances West, director of IBM's Human Ability and 
 Accessibility Centre.

 It is estimated that there are over 160 million blind and partially 
 sighted people around the world who could benefit from such a development.

 IBM is yet to decide whether the A-Browser will have a worldwide launch or 
 whether it will be introduced in selected countries first.

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[AI] Buying a laptop

[Sudhir R \(NeSTIT\)]

Hi folks !

A student doing her second year degree course in Kerala is planning to purchase 
a laptop immediately.  The laptop should be able to serve her requirements at 
least till she completes her PG which implies, if I guess correctly, it would 
need to be compatible to Vista and Vista-based applications, even though she 
may be running it on Win XP for the time being.  Kindly advise the features one 
needs to incorporate from this forward compatibility angle.

Specifically, will it need a 64 bit processor ?  

Since most of the Vista's much-touted graphics will be lost on us, is there any 
need for 1 GB RAM  or Direct X.10 compatible Graphics card right now ?  And, 
can we settle for a smaller screen size (12.1 inch) as it makes little 
difference for us ?

Would appreciate if you could share your experiences with various brands and 
configurations, specifically with performance, ease of operation and after 
sales support points in mind.

Thanks in advance and regards

RS
M: 98 472 76 126
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[AI] Development on Bionic eye For the Blind

[Mohammed Asif Iqbal]

Dear All,  
I had a meeting with world wide manager, Medical Instruments of Texas 
Instrument (TI) last night.  he has informed me that TI is collaborating with 
California state University (CSU)  to design bionic chip which could be planted 
into totally blind person which could make them see.  it is currently in very 
preliminary phase and current research has only yielded blind person to sense 
light perceptions.  TI and CSU are determined to find a solutions in this 
regards and they are predicting a time line of 5-10 years where they could 
successfully launch a bionic eye that can make blind person see.  Let's cross 
our fingers and hope for the best.  
TI also was working on cost affective talking cell phone chip but it has landed 
up with some legal patent issue and efforts are on to work around that.  
We must continue to lobby Industries to provide solutions which would make our 
life easier.  
Thanks and regards 
Asif 

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Re: [AI] page breaks and jaws.

[Amiyo Biswas]

Excellent.

I normally use the paste special option under edit menu in ms word. The
default choice under this menu is as html. Using ctrl+v performs it. But it
also gives option for pasting unformatted text etc. Using this feature
pastes the text only retaining line breaks.


Best regards,

Amiyo.

Cell: +91-9433464329

- Original Message -
From: Syed Imran [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: accessindia@accessindia.org.in
Sent: Thursday, April 26, 2007 11:34 AM
Subject: Re: [AI] page breaks and jaws.


 Hello Moiz and my dear list members,

 This is a lengthy E-mail. I like to share my technique of copying any data
 from web pages in its original  format including tables and hyperlinks. I
 assure you that if you perform these operations correctly, you can copy
the
 exact data appearing  on the screen. I further make myself clear to you
that
 the copied data will be free from line-breaks and page-breaks. So I hope
you
 don't mind spending some of your time with me to read this mail carefully.
 Before telling you how to copy, I want to make you aware of a curious
 technology which Freedomscientific is using in order to make web documents
 accessible by using something called Virtual PC cursor. The virtual PC
 cursor performs the function of copying and differentiating headings,
links,
 formfields, and other such elements on a web page. This is called
 Virtualising. Virtualising includes finding out the different elements
on
 a web page, layout of tables, etc and making these elements appear in a
 seperate line. The text we read using jaws in a web page is not what a
 sighted person reads on the screen. Let me make it easy to understand by
an
 example.
 I have given a paragraph in 2 different illustrations as to show how
exactly
 a paragraph with links might appear on the screen and how Jaws reads for
us.
 I think it is necessary for us to know how virtual viewer works, to
 understand why line breaks appear when we copy any data from Internet
 explorer

 I) Illustration 1 How does a web page appear on the screen? (not
 virtualised)
 --

 The process of pickling fruits and vegetables:

 Some LINK fruits and LINK vegetables preserved by pickling. The
 fruit/vegetable washed and dried. Then it is cut into pieces and enough
salt
 is added. These pieces are kept in the sun. LINK Oil and LINK spices are
 added. The pickle
 are stored in a LINK dry jar with a tight lid. A dry spoon is used to stir
 and take the pickle from the jar. The pickle will spoil if a wet spoon is
 used.


 In this illustration, you can observe jaws saying Link in the middle of
 the line. I think this is how a link element appears on the screen.
 But whenever Jaws encounters any links in a web page, it breaks the line
to
 present them in a separate line as to make more accessible and also to an
 extent, save the time of the readers. Let me try to give an idea about the
 same in the 2nd illustration:
 ii) Illustration 2 How does Jaws virtualise the content? (virtualised)

 The process of pickling fruits and vegetables:

 Some
 LINK  fruits and
 LINK  vegetables
 preserved by pickling. The fruit/vegetable washed and dried. Then it is
cut
 into pieces and enough salt
 is added. These pieces are kept in the sun.
 LINK  Oil
 and
 LINK spices are added. The pickle are stored in a
 Link  dry jar
 with a tight lid. A dry spoon is used to stir and take the pickle from the
 jar. The pickle will spoil if a wet spoon is used.

 

 So this is how Jaws arranges the data in the web page after virtualising.
 However, when you copy this text to Microsoft Word, you will observe the
 text broken something like this:

 Some
 fruits and
 vegetables
 Instead of:
 Some fruits and vegetables
 We can surely remove the line breaks by pressing CTRL+downarrow and then
 back space followed by space bar as Vetry said, but it takes lot of time.
 Especially the lengthy documents. So when you want to copy anything from
 internet explorer, don't use selecting keys like Shift+downarrow, or
ctrl+A
 to select the text. follow these simple steps exactly to copy the exact
 information without line or page breaks.

 1. Open the web page from which you want to copy

 2. Press Alt+E to pull down edit menu.

 3. Choose Select all, by pressing A.
 We can't press CTRL+A directly instead of pulling down edit menu because
 Jaws will select from its virtual buffer. And I think Moiz, this could be
 the cause of your problem.

 4. Again pull down the edit menu (Alt E) and choose copy by pressing C.
 Now what actually happens is that when you select all and copy from the
edit
 menu, the data gets directly copied from Internet explorer and not from
Jaws
 virtual buffer.

 5. Open Microsoft word with a new document.

 6. Paste whatever is copied from internet.
 This will paste the entire web page in your new documents including
 pictures, tables, links etc.

 7. Keep whatever you want and delete unnecessary stuff.


 Some tips:

 

[AI] page breaks with jaws.

[YADAVDN]

Hi,

I also see no reason as to why 'edit menu option' should not work.  However,
with whatever my little experience, it doesn't when you are using a password
protected site.  In such cases, only control A, Cont. C Cont. V will work.



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Re: [AI] Doubt

[sabari priya]

Hello sir,

I tried your suggestion.  The result is unsatisfactory.
Jaws doesn't lable the graphics.

R. Sabari Priya



On 4/26/07, Harish Kotian [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
 Hi There
 Try labeling the graphics using insert+ctrl+ G.
 Besides if you use the Jaws cursor, You would have better chances clicking
 the User interface
 Harish

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  Hello everybody,
 
  Does Jaws work with all applications created using Visual Basic?
 
  I have a software named Vanigam--a billing software for departmental
  stores created using VB.  Jaws doesn't support that software.  Is it
  necessary to write scripts in order to make jaws to work with vanigam.
 
  Any suggestion is welcome?
 
  R. Sabari Priya.
 
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Re: [AI] page breaks with jaws.

[moiz tundawalla]

Hello sir.

Thanks a lot for the detailed explanation.
Well I have been doing the same thing. It isnt wworking. I managed to
exactly copy a page from the Hindu's website to ms word. But the
journals that I am looking at...strangely enough...its not happening.
Pulling down the edit menu, typing A for the select all command...this
is what I did but the thing is not getting selected.
Now does i.e. have different standards for different pages or what.
I'm clueless.
Using another brouzer can be tried as an option. But with all that was
said about virtualization, do you still think it'll make any
difference?
Moiz.

Message: 11
Date: Thu, 26 Apr 2007 11:34:13 +0530
From: Syed Imran 
[EMAIL PROTECTED]

Subject: Re: [AI] page breaks and jaws.
To: 
accessindia@accessindia.org.in

Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset=iso-8859-1;
   reply-type=original

Hello Moiz and my dear list members,

This is a lengthy E-mail. I like to share my technique of copying any data
from web pages in its original  format including tables and hyperlinks. I
assure you that if you perform these operations correctly, you can copy the
exact data appearing  on the screen. I further make myself clear to you that
the copied data will be free from line-breaks and page-breaks. So I hope you
don't mind spending some of your time with me to read this mail carefully.
Before telling you how to copy, I want to make you aware of a curious
technology which Freedomscientific is using in order to make web documents
accessible by using something called Virtual PC cursor. The virtual PC
cursor performs the function of copying and differentiating headings, links,
formfields, and other such elements on a web page. This is called
Virtualising. Virtualising includes finding out the different elements on
a web page, layout of tables, etc and making these elements appear in a
seperate line. The text we read using jaws in a web page is not what a
sighted person reads on the screen. Let me make it easy to understand by an
example.
I have given a paragraph in 2 different illustrations as to show how exactly
a paragraph with links might appear on the screen and how Jaws reads for us.
I think it is necessary for us to know how virtual viewer works, to
understand why line breaks appear when we copy any data from Internet
explorer

I) Illustration 1 How does a web page appear on the screen? (not
virtualised)
--

The process of pickling fruits and vegetables:

Some LINK fruits and LINK vegetables preserved by pickling. The
fruit/vegetable washed and dried. Then it is cut into pieces and enough salt
is added. These pieces are kept in the sun. LINK Oil and LINK spices are
added. The pickle
are stored in a LINK dry jar with a tight lid. A dry spoon is used to stir
and take the pickle from the jar. The pickle will spoil if a wet spoon is
used.

In this illustration, you can observe jaws saying Link in the middle of
the line. I think this is how a link element appears on the screen.
But whenever Jaws encounters any links in a web page, it breaks the line to
present them in a separate line as to make more accessible and also to an
extent, save the time of the readers. Let me try to give an idea about the
same in the 2nd illustration:
ii) Illustration 2 How does Jaws virtualise the content? (virtualised)

The process of pickling fruits and vegetables:

Some
LINK  fruits and
LINK  vegetables
preserved by pickling. The fruit/vegetable washed and dried. Then it is cut
into pieces and enough salt
is added. These pieces are kept in the sun.
LINK  Oil
and
LINK spices are added. The pickle are stored in a
Link  dry jar
with a tight lid. A dry spoon is used to stir and take the pickle from the
jar. The pickle will spoil if a wet spoon is used.



So this is how Jaws arranges the data in the web page after virtualising.
However, when you copy this text to Microsoft Word, you will observe the
text broken something like this:

Some
fruits and
vegetables
Instead of:
Some fruits and vegetables
We can surely remove the line breaks by pressing CTRL+downarrow and then
back space followed by space bar as Vetry said, but it takes lot of time.
Especially the lengthy documents. So when you want to copy anything from
internet explorer, don't use selecting keys like Shift+downarrow, or ctrl+A
to select the text. follow these simple steps exactly to copy the exact
information without line or page breaks.

1. Open the web page from which you want to copy

2. Press Alt+E to pull down edit menu.

3. Choose Select all, by pressing A.
We can't press CTRL+A directly instead of pulling down edit menu because
Jaws will select from its virtual buffer. And I think Moiz, this could be
the cause of your problem.

4. Again pull down the edit menu (Alt E) and choose copy by pressing C.
Now what actually happens is that when you select all and copy from the edit
menu, the data gets directly copied from 

Re: [AI] page breaks with jaws.

[moiz tundawalla]

Hello.
There's the answer. Yes the site is password protected. Is there no
other way out? I'm being greatly inconvenienced by the unnecessary
line breaks.
Moiz.

Message: 5
Date: Thu, 26 Apr 2007 11:31:44 +0530
From:
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To:
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Content-Type: text/plain;   charset=iso-8859-1

Hi,

I also see no reason as to why 'edit menu option' should not work.  However,
with whatever my little experience, it doesn't when you are using a password
protected site.  In such cases, only control A, Cont. C Cont. V will work.

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Re: [AI] Unsubscrition.

[Renuka Warriar]

Sir,
If you had followed the instructions in the last part of each messages from
a i, The postings will be stopped.
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Re: [AI] page breaks with jaws.

[Syed Imran]

Moiz

What is it's URL (universal resource locator)?

For your success
Syed Imran
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Sent: Thursday, April 26, 2007 3:41 PM
Subject: Re: [AI] page breaks with jaws.


 Hello.
 There's the answer. Yes the site is password protected. Is there no
 other way out? I'm being greatly inconvenienced by the unnecessary
 line breaks.
 Moiz.

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 Hi,

 I also see no reason as to why 'edit menu option' should not work. 
 However,
 with whatever my little experience, it doesn't when you are using a 
 password
 protected site.  In such cases, only control A, Cont. C Cont. V will 
 work.

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Re: [AI] page breaks with jaws.

[Syed Imran]

Hi Moiz

Your issue really interests me and kindles my curiocity. Are you running 
Windows XP? If not, no problem.
Just try this and let us know

1. Login to the site where you want to copy the journals from and quit Jaws.
2. Open run diolog box (Windows+R) and type narrator then push enter
You should hear an old man speaking. This is called Narrator. It is a 
screen-reading software comes with Windows XP.
3. Using Alt+TAB, move to your internet explorer window which you already 
have opened
Making sure that your Jaws is inactive,
4. Press ctrl +A and CTRL+C
5. Start Jaws and quit Narrator.
6. Now paste it in Microsoft Word and let us know the result.
I think you can try repairing Microsoft Internet Explorer if it doesn't work
Meanwhile, It would be bit easier if we were to know the website your 
collecting the journals from. Is it www.thehindu.com?

For your success
Syed Imran
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From: moiz tundawalla [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: accessindia@accessindia.org.in
Sent: Thursday, April 26, 2007 3:34 PM
Subject: Re: [AI] page breaks with jaws.


 Hello sir.

 Thanks a lot for the detailed explanation.
 Well I have been doing the same thing. It isnt wworking. I managed to
 exactly copy a page from the Hindu's website to ms word. But the
 journals that I am looking at...strangely enough...its not happening.
 Pulling down the edit menu, typing A for the select all command...this
 is what I did but the thing is not getting selected.
 Now does i.e. have different standards for different pages or what.
 I'm clueless.
 Using another brouzer can be tried as an option. But with all that was
 said about virtualization, do you still think it'll make any
 difference?
 Moiz.

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 Date: Thu, 26 Apr 2007 11:34:13 +0530
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 To: 
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 Hello Moiz and my dear list members,

 This is a lengthy E-mail. I like to share my technique of copying any data
 from web pages in its original  format including tables and hyperlinks. I
 assure you that if you perform these operations correctly, you can copy 
 the
 exact data appearing  on the screen. I further make myself clear to you 
 that
 the copied data will be free from line-breaks and page-breaks. So I hope 
 you
 don't mind spending some of your time with me to read this mail carefully.
 Before telling you how to copy, I want to make you aware of a curious
 technology which Freedomscientific is using in order to make web documents
 accessible by using something called Virtual PC cursor. The virtual PC
 cursor performs the function of copying and differentiating headings, 
 links,
 formfields, and other such elements on a web page. This is called
 Virtualising. Virtualising includes finding out the different elements 
 on
 a web page, layout of tables, etc and making these elements appear in a
 seperate line. The text we read using jaws in a web page is not what a
 sighted person reads on the screen. Let me make it easy to understand by 
 an
 example.
 I have given a paragraph in 2 different illustrations as to show how 
 exactly
 a paragraph with links might appear on the screen and how Jaws reads for 
 us.
 I think it is necessary for us to know how virtual viewer works, to
 understand why line breaks appear when we copy any data from Internet
 explorer

 I) Illustration 1 How does a web page appear on the screen? (not
 virtualised)
 --

 The process of pickling fruits and vegetables:

 Some LINK fruits and LINK vegetables preserved by pickling. The
 fruit/vegetable washed and dried. Then it is cut into pieces and enough 
 salt
 is added. These pieces are kept in the sun. LINK Oil and LINK spices are
 added. The pickle
 are stored in a LINK dry jar with a tight lid. A dry spoon is used to stir
 and take the pickle from the jar. The pickle will spoil if a wet spoon is
 used.

 In this illustration, you can observe jaws saying Link in the middle of
 the line. I think this is how a link element appears on the screen.
 But whenever Jaws encounters any links in a web page, it breaks the line 
 to
 present them in a separate line as to make more accessible and also to an
 extent, save the time of the readers. Let me try to give an idea about the
 same in the 2nd illustration:
 ii) Illustration 2 How does Jaws virtualise the content? (virtualised)

 The process of pickling fruits and vegetables:

 Some
 LINK  fruits and
 LINK  vegetables
 preserved by pickling. The fruit/vegetable washed and dried. Then it is 
 cut
 into pieces and enough salt
 is added. These pieces are kept in the sun.
 LINK  Oil
 and
 LINK spices are added. The pickle are stored in a
 Link  dry jar
 with a tight lid. A dry spoon is used to stir and take the pickle from the
 jar. The pickle will spoil if a wet 

[AI] Microsoft releases public beta of Windows Server 'Longhorn'

[Renuka Warriar]

The Hindu News Update Service


News Update Service

Thursday, April 26, 2007 : 0955 Hrs
Sci.  Tech.
Microsoft releases public beta of Windows Server 'Longhorn'

Seattle, April 26 (AP): The first public ``beta'' release of Microsoft Corp.'s 
next-generation Windows Server operating system, code-named Longhorn, is
now widely available, the company said.

The Redmond-based company's last major overhaul to the server OS was in 2003.

Longhorn is more secure, and makes servers - behind-the-scenes computers that 
handle e-mail, Web traffic and file-sharing, among other tasks - easier for
information-technology professionals to manage than previous versions of the 
software, Bob Visse, a senior director in Microsoft's Windows Server group,
said on Wednesday.

One Longhorn development, ``network access protection,'' examines employees' 
computers every time they log onto the company network. If the PCs do not have
up-to-date antivirus programs, for example, they are quarantined until the 
problem is fixed.

Longhorn can also be installed in pieces. IT managers can decide what tasks 
they want the server to perform, then install just the necessary functions.
Less software means fewer programs to keep updated with security patches, and 
fewer places for hackers to attack, Visse said.

He said he expects ``hundreds of thousands'' of companies to test the beta, and 
that Microsoft is on track to finish work on the software by the end of
the year.

Michael Cherry, an analyst at the independent research group Directions on 
Microsoft, said the network access protection feature is ``a good step,'' but
noted that other companies, such as Cisco Systems Inc., offer similar products.

Cherry also said the ability to instal only as many functions as needed is the 
most exciting new Windows Server feature. Besides being more secure and less
of a space-hog, the new software brings Windows Server in line with Linux, an 
open-source alternative Cherry said many companies choose because it can
be slimmed down in this way.

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[AI] A disabled not-so-well-known achiever

[Manish Agrawal]

Source:
http://space.newscientist.com/article/mg18925331.200-take-a-leap-into-hyperspace.html

Who was Burkhard Heim?

Burkhard Heim had a remarkable life. Born in 1925 in Potsdam, Germany, he 
decided at the age of 6 that he wanted to become a rocket scientist. He 
disguised
his designs in code so that no one could discover his secret. And in the cellar 
of his parents' house, he experimented with high explosives. But this was
to lead to disaster.

Towards the end of the second world war, he worked as an explosives developer, 
and an accident in 1944 in which a device exploded in his hands left him
permanently disabled. He lost both his forearms, along with 90 per cent of his 
hearing and eyesight.

After the war, he attended university in Göttingen to study physics. The idea 
of propelling a spacecraft using quantum mechanics rather than rocket fuel
led him to study general relativity and quantum mechanics. It took an enormous 
effort. From 1948, his father and wife replaced his senses, spending hours
reading papers and transcribing his calculations onto paper. And he developed a 
photographic memory.

Supporters of Heim theory claim that it is a panacea for the troubles in modern 
physics. They say it unites quantum mechanics and general relativity, can
predict the masses of the building blocks of matter from first principles, and 
can even explain the state of the universe 13.7 billion years ago.

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Re: [AI] page breaks and jaws.

[Vikas Kapoor]

Instead of going into the edit menu and executing all the necessary commands 
from there, you can temporarily turn your virtual cursor off and execute the 
same commands with the control key and then turn it on again after doing 
this and then take the desired action in the word.
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From: Syed Imran [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: accessindia@accessindia.org.in
Sent: Thursday, April 26, 2007 11:34 AM
Subject: Re: [AI] page breaks and jaws.


Hello Moiz and my dear list members,

This is a lengthy E-mail. I like to share my technique of copying any data
from web pages in its original  format including tables and hyperlinks. I
assure you that if you perform these operations correctly, you can copy the
exact data appearing  on the screen. I further make myself clear to you that
the copied data will be free from line-breaks and page-breaks. So I hope you
don't mind spending some of your time with me to read this mail carefully.
Before telling you how to copy, I want to make you aware of a curious
technology which Freedomscientific is using in order to make web documents
accessible by using something called Virtual PC cursor. The virtual PC
cursor performs the function of copying and differentiating headings, links,
formfields, and other such elements on a web page. This is called
Virtualising. Virtualising includes finding out the different elements on
a web page, layout of tables, etc and making these elements appear in a
seperate line. The text we read using jaws in a web page is not what a
sighted person reads on the screen. Let me make it easy to understand by an
example.
I have given a paragraph in 2 different illustrations as to show how exactly
a paragraph with links might appear on the screen and how Jaws reads for us.
I think it is necessary for us to know how virtual viewer works, to
understand why line breaks appear when we copy any data from Internet
explorer

I) Illustration 1 How does a web page appear on the screen? (not
virtualised)
--

The process of pickling fruits and vegetables:

Some LINK fruits and LINK vegetables preserved by pickling. The
fruit/vegetable washed and dried. Then it is cut into pieces and enough salt
is added. These pieces are kept in the sun. LINK Oil and LINK spices are
added. The pickle
are stored in a LINK dry jar with a tight lid. A dry spoon is used to stir
and take the pickle from the jar. The pickle will spoil if a wet spoon is
used.


In this illustration, you can observe jaws saying Link in the middle of
the line. I think this is how a link element appears on the screen.
But whenever Jaws encounters any links in a web page, it breaks the line to
present them in a separate line as to make more accessible and also to an
extent, save the time of the readers. Let me try to give an idea about the
same in the 2nd illustration:
ii) Illustration 2 How does Jaws virtualise the content? (virtualised)

The process of pickling fruits and vegetables:

Some
LINK  fruits and
LINK  vegetables
preserved by pickling. The fruit/vegetable washed and dried. Then it is cut
into pieces and enough salt
is added. These pieces are kept in the sun.
LINK  Oil
and
LINK spices are added. The pickle are stored in a
Link  dry jar
with a tight lid. A dry spoon is used to stir and take the pickle from the
jar. The pickle will spoil if a wet spoon is used.



So this is how Jaws arranges the data in the web page after virtualising.
However, when you copy this text to Microsoft Word, you will observe the
text broken something like this:

Some
fruits and
vegetables
Instead of:
Some fruits and vegetables
We can surely remove the line breaks by pressing CTRL+downarrow and then
back space followed by space bar as Vetry said, but it takes lot of time.
Especially the lengthy documents. So when you want to copy anything from
internet explorer, don't use selecting keys like Shift+downarrow, or ctrl+A
to select the text. follow these simple steps exactly to copy the exact
information without line or page breaks.

1. Open the web page from which you want to copy

2. Press Alt+E to pull down edit menu.

3. Choose Select all, by pressing A.
We can't press CTRL+A directly instead of pulling down edit menu because
Jaws will select from its virtual buffer. And I think Moiz, this could be
the cause of your problem.

4. Again pull down the edit menu (Alt E) and choose copy by pressing C.
Now what actually happens is that when you select all and copy from the edit
menu, the data gets directly copied from Internet explorer and not from Jaws
virtual buffer.

5. Open Microsoft word with a new document.

6. Paste whatever is copied from internet.
This will paste the entire web page in your new documents including
pictures, tables, links etc.

7. Keep whatever you want and delete unnecessary stuff.


Some tips:

1. If you 

[AI] Now Internet on mobile 24x7, thanks to Star

[Vikas Kapoor]

Now Internet on mobile 24x7, thanks to Star

Star India has launched an internet facility for mobile users, especially 
targeted at small-end and rural users. The new mobile application termed PLUS
is at present available for free and is accessible on Hutch, Idea, BPL, BSNL, 
Spice and Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Limited. 

Star India is aiming at a small-end user with a high-end handset to explore 
the range of internet without a computer and access the net for free, Viren
Popli, senior vice president, Star India Mobile Entertainment, told PTI. 

The facility we hope will benefit all mobile users but we are targeting the 
rural user, Popli said, adding the repertoire of data is quite large. 

Mobile users can try out the deal for a month for free and if they choose to 
stay with it we will charge a minimal monthly subscription of Rs 30 for PLUS,
Popli said. 

A myriad avenues can be explored on PLUS which is a one-stop gateway to 
entertainment, information and services, Yash Khanna also of Star India said.


Star has effected a two-way tie up with data providers and mobile service 
providers, including Hutch, BSNL, Idea, BPL, Spice and MTNL who will make PLUS
available to their users. 

So far it is a Rs 15 crore (Rs 150 million) investment by Star India, he 
said. The PLUS bouquet includes synopses of T V serials, video clippings, MTV
and other music videos, banking data, travel data and news, sports and 
entertainment updates. It is the largest repertoire in India. 
© Copyright 2007 PTI. All rights reserved. Republication or redistribution of 
PTI content, including by framing or similar means, is expressly prohibited
without the prior written consent.

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[AI] Free broadband, rent-free landlines likely: Maran

[Vikas Kapoor]

Free broadband, rent-free landlines likely: Maran

President A P J Abdul Kalam, in his address to a joint sitting of Parliament on 
February 23, had said that 2007 would be the year of broadband. India's
Telecom and IT Minister Dayanidhi Maran wants to take that a little further: he 
wants broadband for the country to be entirely free, soon.

In an interaction with the press, Maran said that free broadband service in 
India could soon become a reality. He also said that zero-rental landline phones
too might soon see the light of day.

When asked about the time it would take to bring his dream to fruition, he 
said, I still have two more years.

Broadband is a priority area for us, he said. We have set a target of 9 
million broadband connections this year, out of which BSNL and MTNL will do 7
million, while the remaining will be done by the private operators.

He said that bandwidth costs too are likely to see a drastic reduction shortly 
with BSNL and MTNL planning to host web servers within the country by the
middle of this year.

Maran said these PSUs would set up web servers, which will enable the internet 
traffic to be diverted within India instead of being routed out of the country.
This will reduce bandwidth costs significantly, he said, adding that Internet 
access charges would also come down.

TRAI has already sent its recommendations on National Internet Exchange of 
India to the Telecom Ministry. The purpose of NIXI was to ensure that internet
traffic be routed within India.

With the target of 250 million phones looking achievable ahead of this year's 
December deadline, the government is planning to have 500 million connections
by 2010, besides 9 million broadband lines by 2007-end.

He said although telecom penetration is happening in urban areas, the picture 
in rural areas is bad and out of the targeted 500 million phones by 2010,
he wants one-fifth of it or 100 million phones to be in rural areas.

Maran said by the end of this year, rural telecom connections could touch 50 
million and and the remaining 50 million over the next two years. To make this
possible, 8,000 towers would come up under the infrastructure sharing programme 
and by 2009-10, he said another 10,000 towers would be in these areas to
support the rural telecom connections.

As of now there are 2.7 million broadband connections in the country, he said, 
adding that from next month government will start massive roll out campaign
for this target.

The minister said demand for BSNL and MTNL's broadband services was 
overwhelming and to the extent that the two PSU companies were unable to meet 
it. At
present, BSNL is present in 800 cities, where it offers broadband services.

AGENCIES

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[AI] Free 2 Mbps broadband by 2009

[Vikas Kapoor]

Free 2 Mbps broadband by 2009
Apr 26, 2007 

   NEW DELHI: The government proposes to offer free, high-speed broadband 
connectivity to all Indians by 2009, through state-owned telecom service 
providers
BSNL and MTNL. 

   While consumers will cheer it, the move holds the potential to kill the 
telecom business as we know it. You may have heard of free municipal 
broadband-many
cities in the US have drenched themselves in wireless broadband connectivity, 
freely accessible to residents. The idea is to boost economic activity in
general. The central government plans to achieve free broadband connectivity at 
a speed of 2 MB per second across the country, with a similar goal.   
 

   Senior government officials expect to be able to achieve this goal by 
spending only a portion of the burgeoning corpus of the Universal Service 
Obligation
Fund (USOF)-all telecom operators contribute 5% of their revenues every year to 
this fund. It is estimated that the unutilised sum from USOF touched Rs
9,194.12 crore by March 2007. 

   The current technological trend is for voice calls also to shift to the 
internet, using voice over internet protocol (VoIP). The quality of VoIP calls,
patchy to start off with, has been improving steadily over the years, and by 
2009, is likely to be as good as current analogue calls that establish a circuit
between the calling and called parties. When that happens, revenue streams from 
calls would dry up and telecom companies would need to develop value-added
applications to make money from the connectivity they provide for free or 
virtually free. 

   The Department of Telecom (DoT) will be taking a series of steps to make its 
plans for free broadband a reality. These include using the Universal Service
Obligation Fund to set up an extensive optic cable network across the country 
and opening up the long-distance sectors to further competition.

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[AI] Researchers break Net speed records

[Vikas Kapoor]

Researchers break Net speed records
Apr 26, 2007 

   NEW YORK: A group of researchers led by the University of Tokyo has broken 
Internet speed records - twice in two days. Operators of the high-speed 
Internet2
network announced that the researchers on December 30, 2007 sent data at 7.67 
gigabits per second, using standard communications protocols. 

   The next day, using modified protocols, the team broke the record again by 
sending data over the same 20,000-mile path at 9.08 Gbps.

   This likely represents the current network's final record since rules 
require a 10 per cent improvement for recognition, a percentage that would bring
the next record right at the Internet2's current theoretical limit of 10 Gbps.  
  

   However, the Internet2 consortium is planning to build a new network with a 
capacity of 100 Gbps. With the 10-fold increase, a high-quality version of
the movie The Matrix could be sent in a few seconds rather than half a minute 
over the current Internet2 and two days over a typical home broadband line.
   

   Researchers used the newer Internet addressing system, called IPv6, to break 
the records in December. Data started in Tokyo and went to Chicago, Amsterdam
and Seattle before returning to Tokyo. The previous high of 6.96 Gbps was set 
in November 2005.

   Speed records under the older addressing system, IPv4, are in a separate 
category and stand at 8.8 Gbps, set in February 2006.

   The Internet2 is run by a consortium of more than 200 US University. It is 
currently working to merge with another ultrahigh-speed, next-generation 
network,
National LambdaRail.

   The announcement of the new record was made at the Internet2 consortium's 
spring meeting, which ends Wednesday in Arlington, Va.   

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Re: [AI] Researchers break Net speed records

[Subramani L]

I think the date should be Dec 30, 2006.

Subramani

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Researchers break Net speed records
Apr 26, 2007 

   NEW YORK: A group of researchers led by the University of Tokyo has
broken Internet speed records - twice in two days. Operators of the
high-speed Internet2
network announced that the researchers on December 30, 2007 sent data at
7.67 gigabits per second, using standard communications protocols. 

   The next day, using modified protocols, the team broke the record
again by sending data over the same 20,000-mile path at 9.08 Gbps.

   This likely represents the current network's final record since rules
require a 10 per cent improvement for recognition, a percentage that
would bring
the next record right at the Internet2's current theoretical limit of 10
Gbps.

   However, the Internet2 consortium is planning to build a new network
with a capacity of 100 Gbps. With the 10-fold increase, a high-quality
version of
the movie The Matrix could be sent in a few seconds rather than half a
minute over the current Internet2 and two days over a typical home
broadband line.
   

   Researchers used the newer Internet addressing system, called IPv6,
to break the records in December. Data started in Tokyo and went to
Chicago, Amsterdam
and Seattle before returning to Tokyo. The previous high of 6.96 Gbps
was set in November 2005.

   Speed records under the older addressing system, IPv4, are in a
separate category and stand at 8.8 Gbps, set in February 2006.

   The Internet2 is run by a consortium of more than 200 US University.
It is currently working to merge with another ultrahigh-speed,
next-generation network,
National LambdaRail.

   The announcement of the new record was made at the Internet2
consortium's spring meeting, which ends Wednesday in Arlington, Va.


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[AI] Sony's Announces Tiny High-Def Camcorder

[Vikas Kapoor]

Sony's Announces Tiny High-Def Camcorder
Apr 26, 2007 

 Sony's Announces Tiny High-Def Camcorder 

 Sony's HDR-CX7, its smallest high-def camcorder yet, records video to a 
MemoryStick Pro Duo card. 

 Martyn Williams, IDG News Service 

 Thursday, April 26, 2007 6:00 AM PDT 

 Sony Corp. has announced its smallest high-definition camcorder to date. 

 The HDR-CX7, which is due to go on sale in June, records 1080i high-definition 
video directly to a MemoryStick Pro Duo card. Until now its camcorders have
relied on MiniDV tape, DVD discs or hard-disk drives to store video, but the 
memory card slot and associated electronic take up less space and mean a 
smaller,
lighter camera. 

 Using a memory card also means that getting video into a PC is as easy as 
removing the card from the camera and slotting it into a card reader. The video
must still be copied to the PC's hard-disk for viewing, but a software upgrade 
due mid-year will make it possible to watch video directly from high-speed
Pro Duo- or Pro HG-type MemoryStick cards on both a PC and the PlayStation 3.  

 The flash memory-based recording also helps reduce power consumption and noise 
over other methods. But it doesn't come without disadvantages. Memory cards
are quite expensive, and users will be able to store only about 30 minutes of 
video on a 4G-byte card in the camera's highest quality mode. 

 Behind the lens is a 3-megapixel image sensor, and the camera can also capture 
6-megapixel still images, Sony said. Other features include a 10x optical
zoom lens and a 2.7-inch wide-screen, touch-sensitive LCD (liquid crystal 
display) monitor. 

 The CX7 weighs 450 grams and measures 69 millimeters by 67mm by 129mm. It will 
cost about US$1,200 in the U.S. 

 Sony will also begin selling two hard-disk drive-based HD camcorders in June. 
The HDR-SR7 has a 60G-byte drive and the HDR-SR5 a 40G-byte drive. The SR7
comes with the same 3-megapixel image sensor used in the CX7, while the SR5 
uses a 2-megapixel sensor. In the U.S. the cameras will cost $1,400 and $1,100,
respectively. Prices and launch dates for other markets have not been 
announced. 

 All three camcorders record in the AVCHD format, which was developed by Sony 
and Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. Ltd. (Panasonic) and uses MPEG4 
compression.


 On Thursday Sony also announced an update to its Vegas 7 video editing 
software that adds support for AVCHD files. An upgrade for the consumer Vegas 
Movie
Studio Platinum Edition 8 software, adding AVCHD support, will be available 
from July, Sony said.  Authentic-looking e-mails target threaten bodily
harm if recipients do not pay thousands of dollars to the sender. 

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[AI] Hard-Drive Failures Surprisingly Frequent

[Vikas Kapoor]

Hard-Drive Failures Surprisingly Frequent
Apr 26, 2007 

 Your hard drive may not be as reliable as manufacturers would like you to 
think. Recent studies by researchers at Carnegie Mellon and Google suggest that
vendor Mean Time To Failure (MTTF) ratings for hard drives are a bit 
misleading. 

 The Carnegie Mellon study, conducted at several locations, found typical 
failure rates of 2 to 4 percent and a high of 13 percent, in contrast to the 
less
than 1 percent you'd expect based on vendor MTTF ratings (see  
 chart 
  or click on the thumbnail image below). Google's study pegged the annual 
failure rate at about 3 percent. 
 Click here for full-size image.  

 Both studies were based on observations of approximately 100,000 drives, with 
Google looking at its own farm of consumer-grade disks and Carnegie Mellon
examining both consumer-grade drives and the ostensibly more reliable 
enterprise variety; the latter have beefed-up actuator magnets, more-robust 
spindle
motors, and advanced features such as rotational vibration safeguards. 

 Vendors attribute part of the discrepancy between their ratings and the 
findings in these reports to differing definitions of disk failure. For vendors,
it's when a drive fails on one read or write attempt within a set 
period--typically about 24 hours--on the test bench. Vendors say that, by that 
criterion,
nearly 40 percent of returned drives have not actually failed. 

 The two new studies, however, consider failure to be any symptom that causes a 
user--presumably, in both cases, experienced IT types--to replace the drive.
Such symptoms include software problems, driver conflicts, and the like, as 
well as drive failure as defined by vendors. 

 Also, vendors base MTTF numbers on the past performance of similar drives; no 
one tries running a new model for years to prove it will last.  

 Surprisingly, Google's study found no correlation between drive failure and 
elevated heat and activity levels. The largest percentage of failures occurred
on drives operating within a mild 77-to-88-degree range. However, desktop PCs 
typically operate at temperatures well over the maximum of 125 degrees reported
in the Google study, so the findings do not support running hard drives without 
adequate airflow to cool them.  

 Google found that failure rates varied significantly according to make and 
model, but the company declined to identify failure-prone models. Carnegie 
Mellon
points out that bad manufacturing runs occur and that improvements over the 
past few years may be yielding more-reliable drives.  

 Google's study relied in part on SMART (Self-Monitoring And Reporting 
Technology) data from drives that have this feature. But so many drives failed 
without
any SMART warnings that Google concluded the feature was not helpful in 
predicting real-world failure patterns.  

 Google's findings do support one tip: If you encounter a scan error during a 
routine error check (by running Scandisk, for example), your drive is 39 times
more likely to fail within 60 days than drives that don't show such errors. IT 
pros recommend replacing a drive with scan errors.  

 The most likely immediate fallout from these reports is that vendors will stop 
touting MTTF figures. In my online research, MTTF figures for consumer drives
were already few and far between.   

 Corporate buyers might rethink purchasing plans in light of Carnegie Mellon's 
finding that fiber-channel and SCSI drives appear no more reliable than the
cheaper SATA variety. But IDC analyst David Reinsel says fiber-channel and SCSI 
drives are still worthwhile when performance matters.  

 For most of us, these reports simply reemphasize the need for smart practices. 
Keep your drives cool and, most important, backed up so that if failure
occurs, it's merely an inconvenience and not a financial or emotional disaster. 
  

http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,131168-pg,1/article.html

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[AI] Tally with jaws.

[Rishi Kewalramani]

Hi friends,

Is anybody using Tally, the accounting programme with Jaws?
I wanted to know how accessible is it and if any scripts need to be installed 
for better performance.

And any ideas with respect to entering of data into Tally from printed and 
hand-written bills etc with least dependence on others?

Many thanks and regards,
Rishi.
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Re: [AI] Doubt

[Harish Kotian]

What about using the Jaws cursor?
Harish.

- Original Message - 
From: sabari priya [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: accessindia@accessindia.org.in
Sent: Thursday, April 26, 2007 3:20 PM
Subject: Re: [AI] Doubt


 Hello sir,

 I tried your suggestion.  The result is unsatisfactory.
 Jaws doesn't lable the graphics.

 R. Sabari Priya



 On 4/26/07, Harish Kotian [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
 Hi There
 Try labeling the graphics using insert+ctrl+ G.
 Besides if you use the Jaws cursor, You would have better chances 
 clicking
 the User interface
 Harish

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 Subject: [AI] Doubt


  Hello everybody,
 
  Does Jaws work with all applications created using Visual Basic?
 
  I have a software named Vanigam--a billing software for departmental
  stores created using VB.  Jaws doesn't support that software.  Is it
  necessary to write scripts in order to make jaws to work with vanigam.
 
  Any suggestion is welcome?
 
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Re: [AI] page breaks with jaws.

[Harish Kotian]

Hi Syed
A simpler way is to close the virtual mode by pressing Insert + z.
Thereafter ctrl + a and Ctrl+c should also work as it is not picked from the 
virtual buffer.
Harish.


- Original Message - 
From: Syed Imran [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: accessindia@accessindia.org.in
Sent: Thursday, April 26, 2007 4:23 PM
Subject: Re: [AI] page breaks with jaws.


 Hi Moiz

 Your issue really interests me and kindles my curiocity. Are you running
 Windows XP? If not, no problem.
 Just try this and let us know

 1. Login to the site where you want to copy the journals from and quit 
 Jaws.
 2. Open run diolog box (Windows+R) and type narrator then push enter
 You should hear an old man speaking. This is called Narrator. It is a
 screen-reading software comes with Windows XP.
 3. Using Alt+TAB, move to your internet explorer window which you already
 have opened
 Making sure that your Jaws is inactive,
 4. Press ctrl +A and CTRL+C
 5. Start Jaws and quit Narrator.
 6. Now paste it in Microsoft Word and let us know the result.
 I think you can try repairing Microsoft Internet Explorer if it doesn't 
 work
 Meanwhile, It would be bit easier if we were to know the website your
 collecting the journals from. Is it www.thehindu.com?

 For your success
 Syed Imran
 - Original Message - 
 From: moiz tundawalla [EMAIL PROTECTED]
 To: accessindia@accessindia.org.in
 Sent: Thursday, April 26, 2007 3:34 PM
 Subject: Re: [AI] page breaks with jaws.


 Hello sir.

 Thanks a lot for the detailed explanation.
 Well I have been doing the same thing. It isnt wworking. I managed to
 exactly copy a page from the Hindu's website to ms word. But the
 journals that I am looking at...strangely enough...its not happening.
 Pulling down the edit menu, typing A for the select all command...this
 is what I did but the thing is not getting selected.
 Now does i.e. have different standards for different pages or what.
 I'm clueless.
 Using another brouzer can be tried as an option. But with all that was
 said about virtualization, do you still think it'll make any
 difference?
 Moiz.

 Message: 11
 Date: Thu, 26 Apr 2007 11:34:13 +0530
 From: Syed Imran 
 [EMAIL PROTECTED]

 Subject: Re: [AI] page breaks and jaws.
 To: 
 accessindia@accessindia.org.in

 Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset=iso-8859-1;
   reply-type=original

 Hello Moiz and my dear list members,

 This is a lengthy E-mail. I like to share my technique of copying any 
 data
 from web pages in its original  format including tables and hyperlinks. I
 assure you that if you perform these operations correctly, you can copy
 the
 exact data appearing  on the screen. I further make myself clear to you
 that
 the copied data will be free from line-breaks and page-breaks. So I hope
 you
 don't mind spending some of your time with me to read this mail 
 carefully.
 Before telling you how to copy, I want to make you aware of a curious
 technology which Freedomscientific is using in order to make web 
 documents
 accessible by using something called Virtual PC cursor. The virtual PC
 cursor performs the function of copying and differentiating headings,
 links,
 formfields, and other such elements on a web page. This is called
 Virtualising. Virtualising includes finding out the different elements
 on
 a web page, layout of tables, etc and making these elements appear in a
 seperate line. The text we read using jaws in a web page is not what a
 sighted person reads on the screen. Let me make it easy to understand by
 an
 example.
 I have given a paragraph in 2 different illustrations as to show how
 exactly
 a paragraph with links might appear on the screen and how Jaws reads for
 us.
 I think it is necessary for us to know how virtual viewer works, to
 understand why line breaks appear when we copy any data from Internet
 explorer

 I) Illustration 1 How does a web page appear on the screen? (not
 virtualised)
 --

 The process of pickling fruits and vegetables:

 Some LINK fruits and LINK vegetables preserved by pickling. The
 fruit/vegetable washed and dried. Then it is cut into pieces and enough
 salt
 is added. These pieces are kept in the sun. LINK Oil and LINK spices are
 added. The pickle
 are stored in a LINK dry jar with a tight lid. A dry spoon is used to 
 stir
 and take the pickle from the jar. The pickle will spoil if a wet spoon is
 used.

 In this illustration, you can observe jaws saying Link in the middle of
 the line. I think this is how a link element appears on the screen.
 But whenever Jaws encounters any links in a web page, it breaks the line
 to
 present them in a separate line as to make more accessible and also to an
 extent, save the time of the readers. Let me try to give an idea about 
 the
 same in the 2nd illustration:
 ii) Illustration 2 How does Jaws virtualise the content? (virtualised)

 The process of pickling fruits and vegetables:

 Some
 LINK  fruits and
 LINK

[AI] Menus That Talk(TM) - Restaurant Menus Get Table Smarts

[Shiv]

Menus That Talk(TM) - Restaurant Menus Get Table Smarts

Menus That Talk(TM) - Restaurant Menus Get Table Smarts

  Miami company introduces portable electronic menus that speak; uniquely
serves the special needs of the visually impaired, elderly and non-English
speaking guests

MIAMI, April 18 /PRNewswire/ -- Taylannas Inc. announces the launch of
an electronic restaurant menu system, Menus That Talk(TM), a portable,
compact device, approximately the size of a DVD case, that speaks to
restaurant guests, describing selected food items from the hand-held unit's
illuminated buttons.
A lighted array of buttons displays major menu categories like DRINKS,
APPETIZERS and SEAFOOD. Guests simply press a button corresponding to a
category and hear brief descriptions of cuisine, wine suggestions, sides
and prices. At the touch of a button, Menus That Talk describes what's for
dinner.
No habla ingles? No problem: Just press the language button for Spanish
or another language. No more squinting in dim light or turning page after
page of complex printed menus. No more awkward conferences with busy
waiters.
Ready to order? A Service button pages your waiter. For the visually
disabled, the buttons are also imprinted in Braille. Guests who can't see
the button names and don't use Braille can browse the menu simply by
tapping buttons to hear categories. Another tap brings up the details.
In noisy restaurants or for the hearing-impaired, Menus That Talk
features a detachable hand-held earphone. The earphone also interfaces with
Tele-coil equipped hearing-aids.
Menus That Talk(TM) serves the needs and comforts of all restaurant
patrons with its simple layout, ease of use and ability to deliver voice
anywhere in the restaurant. Benefits for the restaurants include
streamlining menu selections, reducing server assistance time and bringing
the menu to a larger, appreciative audience.
Menus should be able to communicate without being a challenge, said
President and CEO Susan Perry. We're making a restaurant's entire menu
available to all its customers, and we're making it a pleasurable
experience.
The idea originated in an Olive Garden restaurant where Ms. Perry was
having lunch with her niece Jessica, a pretty 24-year-old with advanced
macular degeneration who cannot read a menu from any distance. Jessica
asked her aunt to please read the menu to her. Susan had forgotten to bring
her reading glasses. They laughed about it, but Susan thought, Why
shouldn't menus be able to talk?
Menus That Talk(TM) premieres to the public at the National Restaurant
Association show in Chicago, May 19-22, 2007.
More:
http://www.menusthattalk.com
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Re: [AI] page breaks with jaws.

[Syed Imran]

Hi Harish

Thank you for telling me about INS+Z. I din't know that Jaws had this 
feature of actually turning the virtual PC cursor off.

For your success
Syed Imran
- Original Message - 
From: Harish Kotian [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: accessindia@accessindia.org.in
Sent: Thursday, April 26, 2007 8:27 PM
Subject: Re: [AI] page breaks with jaws.


 Hi Syed
 A simpler way is to close the virtual mode by pressing Insert + z.
 Thereafter ctrl + a and Ctrl+c should also work as it is not picked from 
 the
 virtual buffer.
 Harish.


 - Original Message - 
 From: Syed Imran [EMAIL PROTECTED]
 To: accessindia@accessindia.org.in
 Sent: Thursday, April 26, 2007 4:23 PM
 Subject: Re: [AI] page breaks with jaws.


 Hi Moiz

 Your issue really interests me and kindles my curiocity. Are you running
 Windows XP? If not, no problem.
 Just try this and let us know

 1. Login to the site where you want to copy the journals from and quit
 Jaws.
 2. Open run diolog box (Windows+R) and type narrator then push enter
 You should hear an old man speaking. This is called Narrator. It is a
 screen-reading software comes with Windows XP.
 3. Using Alt+TAB, move to your internet explorer window which you already
 have opened
 Making sure that your Jaws is inactive,
 4. Press ctrl +A and CTRL+C
 5. Start Jaws and quit Narrator.
 6. Now paste it in Microsoft Word and let us know the result.
 I think you can try repairing Microsoft Internet Explorer if it doesn't
 work
 Meanwhile, It would be bit easier if we were to know the website your
 collecting the journals from. Is it www.thehindu.com?

 For your success
 Syed Imran
 - Original Message - 
 From: moiz tundawalla [EMAIL PROTECTED]
 To: accessindia@accessindia.org.in
 Sent: Thursday, April 26, 2007 3:34 PM
 Subject: Re: [AI] page breaks with jaws.


 Hello sir.

 Thanks a lot for the detailed explanation.
 Well I have been doing the same thing. It isnt wworking. I managed to
 exactly copy a page from the Hindu's website to ms word. But the
 journals that I am looking at...strangely enough...its not happening.
 Pulling down the edit menu, typing A for the select all command...this
 is what I did but the thing is not getting selected.
 Now does i.e. have different standards for different pages or what.
 I'm clueless.
 Using another brouzer can be tried as an option. But with all that was
 said about virtualization, do you still think it'll make any
 difference?
 Moiz.

 Message: 11
 Date: Thu, 26 Apr 2007 11:34:13 +0530
 From: Syed Imran 
 [EMAIL PROTECTED]

 Subject: Re: [AI] page breaks and jaws.
 To: 
 accessindia@accessindia.org.in

 Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset=iso-8859-1;
   reply-type=original

 Hello Moiz and my dear list members,

 This is a lengthy E-mail. I like to share my technique of copying any
 data
 from web pages in its original  format including tables and hyperlinks. 
 I
 assure you that if you perform these operations correctly, you can copy
 the
 exact data appearing  on the screen. I further make myself clear to you
 that
 the copied data will be free from line-breaks and page-breaks. So I hope
 you
 don't mind spending some of your time with me to read this mail
 carefully.
 Before telling you how to copy, I want to make you aware of a curious
 technology which Freedomscientific is using in order to make web
 documents
 accessible by using something called Virtual PC cursor. The virtual PC
 cursor performs the function of copying and differentiating headings,
 links,
 formfields, and other such elements on a web page. This is called
 Virtualising. Virtualising includes finding out the different elements
 on
 a web page, layout of tables, etc and making these elements appear in a
 seperate line. The text we read using jaws in a web page is not what a
 sighted person reads on the screen. Let me make it easy to understand by
 an
 example.
 I have given a paragraph in 2 different illustrations as to show how
 exactly
 a paragraph with links might appear on the screen and how Jaws reads for
 us.
 I think it is necessary for us to know how virtual viewer works, to
 understand why line breaks appear when we copy any data from Internet
 explorer

 I) Illustration 1 How does a web page appear on the screen? (not
 virtualised)
 --

 The process of pickling fruits and vegetables:

 Some LINK fruits and LINK vegetables preserved by pickling. The
 fruit/vegetable washed and dried. Then it is cut into pieces and enough
 salt
 is added. These pieces are kept in the sun. LINK Oil and LINK spices are
 added. The pickle
 are stored in a LINK dry jar with a tight lid. A dry spoon is used to
 stir
 and take the pickle from the jar. The pickle will spoil if a wet spoon 
 is
 used.

 In this illustration, you can observe jaws saying Link in the middle 
 of
 the line. I think this is how a link element appears on the screen.
 But whenever Jaws encounters any links in a web page, it 

Re: [AI] page breaks with jaws.

[Sathiyaprakash Ramdoss]

 Dear Moiz,  
 I have tried several  times  to copy articles from website to MS word. my 
attempts yielded no good fruits.  
to overcome this barrier, Now-a-days, I am copying an article from a website to 
my e-mail edit boxes. It serves the purpose.  
Regds 
Sathiyaprakash  

 moiz tundawalla [EMAIL PROTECTED] 4/26/2007 3:04 AM 
Hello sir.

Thanks a lot for the detailed explanation.
Well I have been doing the same thing. It isnt wworking. I managed to
exactly copy a page from the Hindu's website to ms word. But the
journals that I am looking at...strangely enough...its not happening.
Pulling down the edit menu, typing A for the select all command...this
is what I did but the thing is not getting selected.
Now does i.e. have different standards for different pages or what.
I'm clueless.
Using another brouzer can be tried as an option. But with all that was
said about virtualization, do you still think it'll make any
difference?
Moiz.

Message: 11
Date: Thu, 26 Apr 2007 11:34:13 +0530
From: Syed Imran 
[EMAIL PROTECTED]

Subject: Re: [AI] page breaks and jaws.
To: 
accessindia@accessindia.org.in

Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset=iso-8859-1;
   reply-type=original

Hello Moiz and my dear list members,

This is a lengthy E-mail. I like to share my technique of copying any data
from web pages in its original  format including tables and hyperlinks. I
assure you that if you perform these operations correctly, you can copy the
exact data appearing  on the screen. I further make myself clear to you that
the copied data will be free from line-breaks and page-breaks. So I hope you
don't mind spending some of your time with me to read this mail carefully.
Before telling you how to copy, I want to make you aware of a curious
technology which Freedomscientific is using in order to make web documents
accessible by using something called Virtual PC cursor. The virtual PC
cursor performs the function of copying and differentiating headings, links,
formfields, and other such elements on a web page. This is called
Virtualising. Virtualising includes finding out the different elements on
a web page, layout of tables, etc and making these elements appear in a
seperate line. The text we read using jaws in a web page is not what a
sighted person reads on the screen. Let me make it easy to understand by an
example.
I have given a paragraph in 2 different illustrations as to show how exactly
a paragraph with links might appear on the screen and how Jaws reads for us.
I think it is necessary for us to know how virtual viewer works, to
understand why line breaks appear when we copy any data from Internet
explorer

I) Illustration 1 How does a web page appear on the screen? (not
virtualised)
--

The process of pickling fruits and vegetables:

Some LINK fruits and LINK vegetables preserved by pickling. The
fruit/vegetable washed and dried. Then it is cut into pieces and enough salt
is added. These pieces are kept in the sun. LINK Oil and LINK spices are
added. The pickle
are stored in a LINK dry jar with a tight lid. A dry spoon is used to stir
and take the pickle from the jar. The pickle will spoil if a wet spoon is
used.

In this illustration, you can observe jaws saying Link in the middle of
the line. I think this is how a link element appears on the screen.
But whenever Jaws encounters any links in a web page, it breaks the line to
present them in a separate line as to make more accessible and also to an
extent, save the time of the readers. Let me try to give an idea about the
same in the 2nd illustration:
ii) Illustration 2 How does Jaws virtualise the content? (virtualised)

The process of pickling fruits and vegetables:

Some
LINK  fruits and
LINK  vegetables
preserved by pickling. The fruit/vegetable washed and dried. Then it is cut
into pieces and enough salt
is added. These pieces are kept in the sun.
LINK  Oil
and
LINK spices are added. The pickle are stored in a
Link  dry jar
with a tight lid. A dry spoon is used to stir and take the pickle from the
jar. The pickle will spoil if a wet spoon is used.



So this is how Jaws arranges the data in the web page after virtualising.
However, when you copy this text to Microsoft Word, you will observe the
text broken something like this:

Some
fruits and
vegetables
Instead of:
Some fruits and vegetables
We can surely remove the line breaks by pressing CTRL+downarrow and then
back space followed by space bar as Vetry said, but it takes lot of time.
Especially the lengthy documents. So when you want to copy anything from
internet explorer, don't use selecting keys like Shift+downarrow, or ctrl+A
to select the text. follow these simple steps exactly to copy the exact
information without line or page breaks.

1. Open the web page from which you want to copy

2. Press Alt+E to pull down edit menu.

3. Choose Select all, by pressing A.
We can't press CTRL+A directly 

[AI] refusal by SBI the same old storry.

[Arup Chakraborty]

Dear friends,
recently I had approached SBI to convert my single user account into a joint 
account with my niece. I am a bachelor so I thought I could open a joint 
account with any of my relatives or friends. I had also asked for cheque, ATM 
and Net Banking facility. But unfortunately none of these ware met.

What I want to  know is 1. if there is any circular from RBI or any competent 
authority about opening bank account Individual or joint by blind persons, 2. 
is there any circular to allow or disallow a blind person from having ATM and 
Net Banking facility?

I am thinking of sending an e-mail to Chief General Manager SBI about this 
incident. 

Arup
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Re: [AI] refusal by SBI the same old storry.

[sameer latey]

Dear Friend,

As far as I am aware, there is no circular prohibiting
banks from allowing 
ATM cards, Debit Cards, Internet Banking or Telephone
Banking facilities to 
blind individuals.

Regards
Sameer Latey
Mumbai, India
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From: Arup Chakraborty [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: accessindia@accessindia.org.in
Sent: Friday, April 27, 2007 1:08 AM
Subject: [AI] refusal by SBI the same old storry.


 Dear friends,
 recently I had approached SBI to convert my single
user account into a 
 joint account with my niece. I am a bachelor so I
thought I could open a 
 joint account with any of my relatives or friends. I
had also asked for 
 cheque, ATM and Net Banking facility. But
unfortunately none of these ware 
 met.

 What I want to  know is 1. if there is any circular
from RBI or any 
 competent authority about opening bank account
Individual or joint by 
 blind persons, 2. is there any circular to allow or
disallow a blind 
 person from having ATM and Net Banking facility?

 I am thinking of sending an e-mail to Chief General
Manager SBI about this 
 incident.

 Arup
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[AI] FW: Free voice recognition software

[Vetrivel Murugan, Adhimoolam]

Original message follows:


- Original Message - 
From: Jason Luchs [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Student Disability [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thursday, April 26, 2007 9:00 AM
Subject: Free voice recognition software


Hi All, 

I thought that many of you might be interested in this info that I came
by via a listserve I am part of.  I can't tell you how good it is
because I haven't yet used it, but I plan to check it out soon.

Best, 


CoolSoft LLC Announces the Release of CoolInfo 1.10 Voice Recognition
Software

CoolInfo 1.10 Voice Recognition Software is a free download That
Enables
Users to Get Information from the Internet, Browse Webpages and Do Web
Searches Entirely by Speech Recognition. 

Vero Beach, FL (PRWEB) April 24, 2007 -- CoolSoft, LLC
(www.CoolSoftLLC.com) Announces the release of CoolInfo 1.10 Voice
Recognition, a free download that now makes speech recognition
available
to everyone using Windows 2000 or Windows XP. 

CoolInfo 1.10 Voice Recognition is a free download that lets users get
information from the Internet by speech, including news, weather,
horoscopes, joke of the day and other news and weather websites of
common interest. Users can also search Google, Yahoo, eBay and MSN
entirely by voice. Other features let users create their own speech
commands to start programs, open files, browse WebPages and make their
computer speak back to them; and use the Windows calculator by
talking.


Paul Lagassey, founder and manager of CoolSoft, LLC said, One of our
goals is to make good quality software available to a wide community
of
users. We've come a long way towards achieving this goal with or
flagship product SpeakToText 2.5 Speech Recognition and with our other
title, Speak-to-Mail 1.0 Speech Recognition. The addition of CoolInfo
1.10 Voice Recognition to our product line as a free download now
makes
it possible for everyone to have and use speech recognition. 

Lagassey went on to say CoolInfo 1.10 Voice Recognition is a
sponsored
program. Our sponsors enable us to offer CoolInfo as a free download.
Each of the wide variety of default speech commands delivers a spoken
message and banner from one of our sponsors. Users benefit from having
a
fully functional and free speech recognition program with valuable
non-sponsored features, and sponsors benefit by reaching their target
audiences based on command(s) they sponsor. Sponsors can attach their
messages to one or more default speech commands on a cost per
impression
basis; or they can license a full copy of CoolInfo with their
customized
content for distribution on their website as a promotional tool.
CoolSoft has patents pending for this unique approach to web-based
marketing. 

The program features include: 


Microsoft SAPI 5.1 speech to text engine and text to speech. 
Default speech commands let users speak commands to browse WebPages
and
do searches entirely by voice. 
Users can create their own speech commands to start programs, open
files, browse WebPages, make their computer speak and much more. 
Speech enabled Windows calculator. 
A What Can I Say? dialog shows available speech commands. 
Documentation and how to video makes it easy to setup and train speech
recognition and use CoolInfo. 
Free updates to the latest version.

Download for free at 
http://www.CoolSoftLLC.com/CoolInfo/Register. 
Read overview at 
http://www.coolsoftllc.com/main.asp?product=61. 
View demo at 
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About CoolSoft, LLC

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dedicated to creating and developing software applications that are
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is of particular interest to us. Please visit our website
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include Request for CoolInfo Voice Recognition Sponsor Information
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CONTACT INFORMATION:
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CoolSoft, LLC
954-232-7700
TaniaCoolSoftLLC.com
http://www.CoolSoftLLC.com 


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Re: [AI] page breaks with jaws.

[Rohit Trivedi]

Actually this problem needs to be reported to freedom Scientific. Turnining 
off virtual cursor is alright but say if you have to copy 2 or 3 paras then 
you have to delete the entire unwanted stuff.
Rohit  m
- Original Message - 
From: Syed Imran [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: accessindia@accessindia.org.in
Sent: Thursday, April 26, 2007 10:08 PM
Subject: Re: [AI] page breaks with jaws.


 Hi Harish

 Thank you for telling me about INS+Z. I din't know that Jaws had this
 feature of actually turning the virtual PC cursor off.

 For your success
 Syed Imran
 - Original Message - 
 From: Harish Kotian [EMAIL PROTECTED]
 To: accessindia@accessindia.org.in
 Sent: Thursday, April 26, 2007 8:27 PM
 Subject: Re: [AI] page breaks with jaws.


 Hi Syed
 A simpler way is to close the virtual mode by pressing Insert + z.
 Thereafter ctrl + a and Ctrl+c should also work as it is not picked from
 the
 virtual buffer.
 Harish.


 - Original Message - 
 From: Syed Imran [EMAIL PROTECTED]
 To: accessindia@accessindia.org.in
 Sent: Thursday, April 26, 2007 4:23 PM
 Subject: Re: [AI] page breaks with jaws.


 Hi Moiz

 Your issue really interests me and kindles my curiocity. Are you running
 Windows XP? If not, no problem.
 Just try this and let us know

 1. Login to the site where you want to copy the journals from and quit
 Jaws.
 2. Open run diolog box (Windows+R) and type narrator then push enter
 You should hear an old man speaking. This is called Narrator. It is a
 screen-reading software comes with Windows XP.
 3. Using Alt+TAB, move to your internet explorer window which you 
 already
 have opened
 Making sure that your Jaws is inactive,
 4. Press ctrl +A and CTRL+C
 5. Start Jaws and quit Narrator.
 6. Now paste it in Microsoft Word and let us know the result.
 I think you can try repairing Microsoft Internet Explorer if it doesn't
 work
 Meanwhile, It would be bit easier if we were to know the website your
 collecting the journals from. Is it www.thehindu.com?

 For your success
 Syed Imran
 - Original Message - 
 From: moiz tundawalla [EMAIL PROTECTED]
 To: accessindia@accessindia.org.in
 Sent: Thursday, April 26, 2007 3:34 PM
 Subject: Re: [AI] page breaks with jaws.


 Hello sir.

 Thanks a lot for the detailed explanation.
 Well I have been doing the same thing. It isnt wworking. I managed to
 exactly copy a page from the Hindu's website to ms word. But the
 journals that I am looking at...strangely enough...its not happening.
 Pulling down the edit menu, typing A for the select all command...this
 is what I did but the thing is not getting selected.
 Now does i.e. have different standards for different pages or what.
 I'm clueless.
 Using another brouzer can be tried as an option. But with all that was
 said about virtualization, do you still think it'll make any
 difference?
 Moiz.

 Message: 11
 Date: Thu, 26 Apr 2007 11:34:13 +0530
 From: Syed Imran 
 [EMAIL PROTECTED]

 Subject: Re: [AI] page breaks and jaws.
 To: 
 accessindia@accessindia.org.in

 Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset=iso-8859-1;
   reply-type=original

 Hello Moiz and my dear list members,

 This is a lengthy E-mail. I like to share my technique of copying any
 data
 from web pages in its original  format including tables and hyperlinks.
 I
 assure you that if you perform these operations correctly, you can copy
 the
 exact data appearing  on the screen. I further make myself clear to you
 that
 the copied data will be free from line-breaks and page-breaks. So I 
 hope
 you
 don't mind spending some of your time with me to read this mail
 carefully.
 Before telling you how to copy, I want to make you aware of a curious
 technology which Freedomscientific is using in order to make web
 documents
 accessible by using something called Virtual PC cursor. The virtual 
 PC
 cursor performs the function of copying and differentiating headings,
 links,
 formfields, and other such elements on a web page. This is called
 Virtualising. Virtualising includes finding out the different 
 elements
 on
 a web page, layout of tables, etc and making these elements appear in a
 seperate line. The text we read using jaws in a web page is not what a
 sighted person reads on the screen. Let me make it easy to understand 
 by
 an
 example.
 I have given a paragraph in 2 different illustrations as to show how
 exactly
 a paragraph with links might appear on the screen and how Jaws reads 
 for
 us.
 I think it is necessary for us to know how virtual viewer works, to
 understand why line breaks appear when we copy any data from Internet
 explorer

 I) Illustration 1 How does a web page appear on the screen? (not
 virtualised)
 --

 The process of pickling fruits and vegetables:

 Some LINK fruits and LINK vegetables preserved by pickling. The
 fruit/vegetable washed and dried. Then it is cut into pieces and enough
 salt
 is added. These pieces are kept in the sun. 

Re: [AI] page breaks with jaws.

[Syed Imran]

But do they accept our suggestions and implement it?

For your success
Syed Imran

- Original Message - 
From: Rohit Trivedi [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: accessindia@accessindia.org.in
Sent: Friday, April 27, 2007 6:28 AM
Subject: Re: [AI] page breaks with jaws.


 Actually this problem needs to be reported to freedom Scientific. 
 Turnining
 off virtual cursor is alright but say if you have to copy 2 or 3 paras 
 then
 you have to delete the entire unwanted stuff.
 Rohit  m
 - Original Message - 
 From: Syed Imran [EMAIL PROTECTED]
 To: accessindia@accessindia.org.in
 Sent: Thursday, April 26, 2007 10:08 PM
 Subject: Re: [AI] page breaks with jaws.


 Hi Harish

 Thank you for telling me about INS+Z. I din't know that Jaws had this
 feature of actually turning the virtual PC cursor off.

 For your success
 Syed Imran
 - Original Message - 
 From: Harish Kotian [EMAIL PROTECTED]
 To: accessindia@accessindia.org.in
 Sent: Thursday, April 26, 2007 8:27 PM
 Subject: Re: [AI] page breaks with jaws.


 Hi Syed
 A simpler way is to close the virtual mode by pressing Insert + z.
 Thereafter ctrl + a and Ctrl+c should also work as it is not picked from
 the
 virtual buffer.
 Harish.


 - Original Message - 
 From: Syed Imran [EMAIL PROTECTED]
 To: accessindia@accessindia.org.in
 Sent: Thursday, April 26, 2007 4:23 PM
 Subject: Re: [AI] page breaks with jaws.


 Hi Moiz

 Your issue really interests me and kindles my curiocity. Are you 
 running
 Windows XP? If not, no problem.
 Just try this and let us know

 1. Login to the site where you want to copy the journals from and quit
 Jaws.
 2. Open run diolog box (Windows+R) and type narrator then push enter
 You should hear an old man speaking. This is called Narrator. It is a
 screen-reading software comes with Windows XP.
 3. Using Alt+TAB, move to your internet explorer window which you
 already
 have opened
 Making sure that your Jaws is inactive,
 4. Press ctrl +A and CTRL+C
 5. Start Jaws and quit Narrator.
 6. Now paste it in Microsoft Word and let us know the result.
 I think you can try repairing Microsoft Internet Explorer if it doesn't
 work
 Meanwhile, It would be bit easier if we were to know the website your
 collecting the journals from. Is it www.thehindu.com?

 For your success
 Syed Imran
 - Original Message - 
 From: moiz tundawalla [EMAIL PROTECTED]
 To: accessindia@accessindia.org.in
 Sent: Thursday, April 26, 2007 3:34 PM
 Subject: Re: [AI] page breaks with jaws.


 Hello sir.

 Thanks a lot for the detailed explanation.
 Well I have been doing the same thing. It isnt wworking. I managed to
 exactly copy a page from the Hindu's website to ms word. But the
 journals that I am looking at...strangely enough...its not happening.
 Pulling down the edit menu, typing A for the select all command...this
 is what I did but the thing is not getting selected.
 Now does i.e. have different standards for different pages or what.
 I'm clueless.
 Using another brouzer can be tried as an option. But with all that was
 said about virtualization, do you still think it'll make any
 difference?
 Moiz.

 Message: 11
 Date: Thu, 26 Apr 2007 11:34:13 +0530
 From: Syed Imran 
 [EMAIL PROTECTED]

 Subject: Re: [AI] page breaks and jaws.
 To: 
 accessindia@accessindia.org.in

 Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset=iso-8859-1;
   reply-type=original

 Hello Moiz and my dear list members,

 This is a lengthy E-mail. I like to share my technique of copying any
 data
 from web pages in its original  format including tables and 
 hyperlinks.
 I
 assure you that if you perform these operations correctly, you can 
 copy
 the
 exact data appearing  on the screen. I further make myself clear to 
 you
 that
 the copied data will be free from line-breaks and page-breaks. So I
 hope
 you
 don't mind spending some of your time with me to read this mail
 carefully.
 Before telling you how to copy, I want to make you aware of a curious
 technology which Freedomscientific is using in order to make web
 documents
 accessible by using something called Virtual PC cursor. The virtual
 PC
 cursor performs the function of copying and differentiating headings,
 links,
 formfields, and other such elements on a web page. This is called
 Virtualising. Virtualising includes finding out the different
 elements
 on
 a web page, layout of tables, etc and making these elements appear in 
 a
 seperate line. The text we read using jaws in a web page is not what a
 sighted person reads on the screen. Let me make it easy to understand
 by
 an
 example.
 I have given a paragraph in 2 different illustrations as to show how
 exactly
 a paragraph with links might appear on the screen and how Jaws reads
 for
 us.
 I think it is necessary for us to know how virtual viewer works, to
 understand why line breaks appear when we copy any data from Internet
 explorer

 I) Illustration 1 How does a web page appear on the screen? (not
 

[AI] FW: Buying a laptop

[Sudhir R \(NeSTIT\)]

Hi friends !

Waiting for your responses to my question on buying a laptop, forwarded below.  
Will appreciate feedback from members who have purchased recently so that my 
friend can learn from their experiences and avoid costly mistakes, if any.  The 
budget can be upto Rs 40 - 45 k and let us help this brilliant student  buy the 
best brand and configuration  to aid her studies in the next 4 years.

Thanks and regards

RS
M: 098 472 76 126

-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Sudhir R
(NeSTIT)
Sent: Thursday, April 26, 2007 12:01 PM
To: accessindia@accessindia.org.in
Subject: [AI] Buying a laptop


Hi folks !

A student doing her second year degree course in Kerala is planning to purchase 
a laptop immediately.  The laptop should be able to serve her requirements at 
least till she completes her PG which implies, if I guess correctly, it would 
need to be compatible to Vista and Vista-based applications, even though she 
may be running it on Win XP for the time being.  Kindly advise the features one 
needs to incorporate from this forward compatibility angle.

Specifically, will it need a 64 bit processor ?  

Since most of the Vista's much-touted graphics will be lost on us, is there any 
need for 1 GB RAM  or Direct X.10 compatible Graphics card right now ?  And, 
can we settle for a smaller screen size (12.1 inch) as it makes little 
difference for us ?

Would appreciate if you could share your experiences with various brands and 
configurations, specifically with performance, ease of operation and after 
sales support points in mind.

Thanks in advance and regards

RS
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Re: [AI] Tally with jaws.

[sabari priya]

Hello Sir,

I tried Tally with jaws.  Jaws is not compatible.  Jaws scripts needs
to be installed.
Since jaws is not compatible I dropped the idea of learning tally.

R. Sabari Priya.


On 4/26/07, Rishi Kewalramani [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
 Hi friends,

 Is anybody using Tally, the accounting programme with Jaws?
 I wanted to know how accessible is it and if any scripts need to be
 installed for better performance.

 And any ideas with respect to entering of data into Tally from printed and
 hand-written bills etc with least dependence on others?

 Many thanks and regards,
 Rishi.
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Re: [AI] page breaks with jaws.

[Vetrivel Murugan, Adhimoolam]

Being the authorized user I can forward the issues to the freedom 
scientific. But it would be good if someone could structure the question 
properly and send it over to me. I could do it myself, but under a bit of 
tight schedule at the moment.

- Original Message - 
From: Syed Imran [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Rohit Trivedi [EMAIL PROTECTED]; accessindia@accessindia.org.in
Sent: Thursday, April 26, 2007 8:19 PM
Subject: Re: [AI] page breaks with jaws.


But do they accept our suggestions and implement it?

For your success
Syed Imran

- Original Message - 
From: Rohit Trivedi [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: accessindia@accessindia.org.in
Sent: Friday, April 27, 2007 6:28 AM
Subject: Re: [AI] page breaks with jaws.


 Actually this problem needs to be reported to freedom Scientific.
 Turnining
 off virtual cursor is alright but say if you have to copy 2 or 3 paras
 then
 you have to delete the entire unwanted stuff.
 Rohit  m
 - Original Message - 
 From: Syed Imran [EMAIL PROTECTED]
 To: accessindia@accessindia.org.in
 Sent: Thursday, April 26, 2007 10:08 PM
 Subject: Re: [AI] page breaks with jaws.


 Hi Harish

 Thank you for telling me about INS+Z. I din't know that Jaws had this
 feature of actually turning the virtual PC cursor off.

 For your success
 Syed Imran
 - Original Message - 
 From: Harish Kotian [EMAIL PROTECTED]
 To: accessindia@accessindia.org.in
 Sent: Thursday, April 26, 2007 8:27 PM
 Subject: Re: [AI] page breaks with jaws.


 Hi Syed
 A simpler way is to close the virtual mode by pressing Insert + z.
 Thereafter ctrl + a and Ctrl+c should also work as it is not picked from
 the
 virtual buffer.
 Harish.


 - Original Message - 
 From: Syed Imran [EMAIL PROTECTED]
 To: accessindia@accessindia.org.in
 Sent: Thursday, April 26, 2007 4:23 PM
 Subject: Re: [AI] page breaks with jaws.


 Hi Moiz

 Your issue really interests me and kindles my curiocity. Are you
 running
 Windows XP? If not, no problem.
 Just try this and let us know

 1. Login to the site where you want to copy the journals from and quit
 Jaws.
 2. Open run diolog box (Windows+R) and type narrator then push enter
 You should hear an old man speaking. This is called Narrator. It is a
 screen-reading software comes with Windows XP.
 3. Using Alt+TAB, move to your internet explorer window which you
 already
 have opened
 Making sure that your Jaws is inactive,
 4. Press ctrl +A and CTRL+C
 5. Start Jaws and quit Narrator.
 6. Now paste it in Microsoft Word and let us know the result.
 I think you can try repairing Microsoft Internet Explorer if it doesn't
 work
 Meanwhile, It would be bit easier if we were to know the website your
 collecting the journals from. Is it www.thehindu.com?

 For your success
 Syed Imran
 - Original Message - 
 From: moiz tundawalla [EMAIL PROTECTED]
 To: accessindia@accessindia.org.in
 Sent: Thursday, April 26, 2007 3:34 PM
 Subject: Re: [AI] page breaks with jaws.


 Hello sir.

 Thanks a lot for the detailed explanation.
 Well I have been doing the same thing. It isnt wworking. I managed to
 exactly copy a page from the Hindu's website to ms word. But the
 journals that I am looking at...strangely enough...its not happening.
 Pulling down the edit menu, typing A for the select all command...this
 is what I did but the thing is not getting selected.
 Now does i.e. have different standards for different pages or what.
 I'm clueless.
 Using another brouzer can be tried as an option. But with all that was
 said about virtualization, do you still think it'll make any
 difference?
 Moiz.

 Message: 11
 Date: Thu, 26 Apr 2007 11:34:13 +0530
 From: Syed Imran 
 [EMAIL PROTECTED]

 Subject: Re: [AI] page breaks and jaws.
 To: 
 accessindia@accessindia.org.in

 Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset=iso-8859-1;
   reply-type=original

 Hello Moiz and my dear list members,

 This is a lengthy E-mail. I like to share my technique of copying any
 data
 from web pages in its original  format including tables and
 hyperlinks.
 I
 assure you that if you perform these operations correctly, you can
 copy
 the
 exact data appearing  on the screen. I further make myself clear to
 you
 that
 the copied data will be free from line-breaks and page-breaks. So I
 hope
 you
 don't mind spending some of your time with me to read this mail
 carefully.
 Before telling you how to copy, I want to make you aware of a curious
 technology which Freedomscientific is using in order to make web
 documents
 accessible by using something called Virtual PC cursor. The virtual
 PC
 cursor performs the function of copying and differentiating headings,
 links,
 formfields, and other such elements on a web page. This is called
 Virtualising. Virtualising includes finding out the different
 elements
 on
 a web page, layout of tables, etc and making these elements appear in
 a
 seperate line. The text we read using jaws in a web page is not what a
 sighted person 

Re: [AI] refusal by SBI the same old storry.

[Subramani L]

Hello:

There are no guidelines or rules by the RBI regarding VI's operating
bank a/c's. In fact, it's high time they considering issuing one,
because the number of VI bank users have been on the increase.

Giving the mentioned facilities or denying it, therefore remains the
knowledge or ignorance of the officer you are approaching. The problem
is, one officer may grant these facilities and may get transferred
elsewhere, and if a new officer comes to the branch in which you are
operating you're a/c, he/she may deny all of them at one stroke. No
arguing will do. This is the status as of now.

If possible, all of us can sign a petition demanding the RBI to issue
special guidelines or even a PIL.

Subramani 


-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Arup
Chakraborty
Sent: Friday, April 27, 2007 1:08 AM
To: accessindia@accessindia.org.in
Subject: [AI] refusal by SBI the same old storry.

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Your mail has been scanned by InterScan.
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Dear friends,
recently I had approached SBI to convert my single user account into a
joint account with my niece. I am a bachelor so I thought I could open a
joint account with any of my relatives or friends. I had also asked for
cheque, ATM and Net Banking facility. But unfortunately none of these
ware met.

What I want to  know is 1. if there is any circular from RBI or any
competent authority about opening bank account Individual or joint by
blind persons, 2. is there any circular to allow or disallow a blind
person from having ATM and Net Banking facility?


I am thinking of sending an e-mail to Chief General Manager SBI about
this incident. 

Arup
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Re: [AI] refusal by SBI the same old storry.

[mahendra]

i don't know about any guidelines from RBI, but i have single account 
on my name from ICICI bank with all services, like ATM, net, phone 
banking, and cheque book,
i am not sure, whether i got them because of NRO account.


At 09:56 PM 4/26/2007, you wrote:

Dear Friend,

As far as I am aware, there is no circular prohibiting
banks from allowing
ATM cards, Debit Cards, Internet Banking or Telephone
Banking facilities to
blind individuals.

Regards
Sameer Latey
Mumbai, India
- Original Message -
From: Arup Chakraborty [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: accessindia@accessindia.org.in
Sent: Friday, April 27, 2007 1:08 AM
Subject: [AI] refusal by SBI the same old storry.


  Dear friends,
  recently I had approached SBI to convert my single
user account into a
  joint account with my niece. I am a bachelor so I
thought I could open a
  joint account with any of my relatives or friends. I
had also asked for
  cheque, ATM and Net Banking facility. But
unfortunately none of these ware
  met.
 
  What I want to  know is 1. if there is any circular
from RBI or any
  competent authority about opening bank account
Individual or joint by
  blind persons, 2. is there any circular to allow or
disallow a blind
  person from having ATM and Net Banking facility?
 
  I am thinking of sending an e-mail to Chief General
Manager SBI about this
  incident.
 
  Arup
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Re: [AI] Researchers break Net speed records

[rajesh asudani]

HAHAHA!

Apart from breaking internet speed records, researchers also seem to have 
broken time records, or invented a time machine, in order to have already 
sent data at such high speeds on December 30 2007!!!

What an example of typographical futuristic fallacy!!

Rajesh
- Original Message - 
From: Vikas Kapoor [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Access India accessindia@accessindia.org.in
Sent: Thursday, April 26, 2007 6:50 AM
Subject: [AI] Researchers break Net speed records


 Researchers break Net speed records
 Apr 26, 2007

   NEW YORK: A group of researchers led by the University of Tokyo has 
 broken Internet speed records - twice in two days. Operators of the 
 high-speed Internet2
 network announced that the researchers on December 30, 2007 sent data at 
 7.67 gigabits per second, using standard communications protocols.

   The next day, using modified protocols, the team broke the record again 
 by sending data over the same 20,000-mile path at 9.08 Gbps.

   This likely represents the current network's final record since rules 
 require a 10 per cent improvement for recognition, a percentage that would 
 bring
 the next record right at the Internet2's current theoretical limit of 10 
 Gbps.

   However, the Internet2 consortium is planning to build a new network 
 with a capacity of 100 Gbps. With the 10-fold increase, a high-quality 
 version of
 the movie The Matrix could be sent in a few seconds rather than half a 
 minute over the current Internet2 and two days over a typical home 
 broadband line.


   Researchers used the newer Internet addressing system, called IPv6, to 
 break the records in December. Data started in Tokyo and went to Chicago, 
 Amsterdam
 and Seattle before returning to Tokyo. The previous high of 6.96 Gbps was 
 set in November 2005.

   Speed records under the older addressing system, IPv4, are in a separate 
 category and stand at 8.8 Gbps, set in February 2006.

   The Internet2 is run by a consortium of more than 200 US University. It 
 is currently working to merge with another ultrahigh-speed, 
 next-generation network,
 National LambdaRail.

   The announcement of the new record was made at the Internet2 
 consortium's spring meeting, which ends Wednesday in Arlington, Va.

 http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/Researchers_break_Net_speed_records/RssArticleShow/articleshow/1954840.cms

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Re: [AI] refusal by SBI the same old storry.

[Chetan Sharma]

Hello Arup,

As i mentioned earlier on this forum, i am in posession of IBA guidelines 
issued to all banks regarding operations of acount of VIs. If you need the 
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Thanks,

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Subject: Re: [AI] refusal by SBI the same old storry.


i don't know about any guidelines from RBI, but i have single account
 on my name from ICICI bank with all services, like ATM, net, phone
 banking, and cheque book,
 i am not sure, whether i got them because of NRO account.


 At 09:56 PM 4/26/2007, you wrote:

Dear Friend,

As far as I am aware, there is no circular prohibiting
banks from allowing
ATM cards, Debit Cards, Internet Banking or Telephone
Banking facilities to
blind individuals.

Regards
Sameer Latey
Mumbai, India
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Subject: [AI] refusal by SBI the same old storry.


  Dear friends,
  recently I had approached SBI to convert my single
user account into a
  joint account with my niece. I am a bachelor so I
thought I could open a
  joint account with any of my relatives or friends. I
had also asked for
  cheque, ATM and Net Banking facility. But
unfortunately none of these ware
  met.
 
  What I want to  know is 1. if there is any circular
from RBI or any
  competent authority about opening bank account
Individual or joint by
  blind persons, 2. is there any circular to allow or
disallow a blind
  person from having ATM and Net Banking facility?
 
  I am thinking of sending an e-mail to Chief General
Manager SBI about this
  incident.
 
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[AI] financial inclusion

[rajesh asudani]

Friends

I am of the firm view that despite high talk about financial inclusion 
nowadays, it has not touched the disabled, particularly the visually impaired, 
as countless testimonies of the blind about flat denial of service by financial 
entities  amply bear out. Be it banks, insurance entities or any other 
significant financial service, at present the visually challenged are a 
neglected lot. Perhaps, they see no business imperative in extending the 
service to the disabled. However, there surely is business sense and we have to 
convince them of it, besides, financial inclusion is not only out of business 
prudence but also, to large degree out of a host of social and economic 
imperatives. It is highly unfair that so-called champions of financial 
inclusion barely mention the disabled in their speeches, let alone taking their 
cognizance in policies.


Case before CCPD about banking services to the blind has not yielded much 
except misconceived IBA guidelines. Institutions like RBI which ought to 
discharge their ultimate duty of financial/banking regulation, seldom 
condescend to oblige by incorporating judgments about such groups like disabled 
in implementable circulars.

Let us systematically discuss and draft petitions to RBI, IRDA etc. and submit 
them and follow it up with commitment.

I would be glad to receive suggestions about:

Banking services and the blind and draft a petition to RBI.

May any body else put in their valuable services for other sectors like 
insurance, markets etc.?

Regards

Rajesh 
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