Re: [AI] A dedicated teacher for people with special needs in every school: a solution or a new problem?
Dear Amar What about KV, can we get him in there. Or the government backed model schools. How about invoking the SSA? What if, despite without special teacher, can we help him by providing a Tab or such device and provide him the study material this way. Skype can also be thought of as a medium for providing support. Harish. -Original Message- From: AccessIndia [mailto:accessindia-boun...@accessindia.org.in] On Behalf Of Amar Jain Sent: 10 August 2015 17:51 To: accessindia Subject: [AI] A dedicated teacher for people with special needs in every school: a solution or a new problem? Dear Members, Would appreciate your inputs and guidance in the below matter. With the new circulars and guidelines which provide for one teacher in every school for people with special needs, are we moving towards a real solution or are we inviting new problems without an effective mechanism to deal with the problems posed by this requirement? I have a student who has financial constraints from Kota Rajasthan. From what I have been given to understand, the student is bright, scoring 91% in 7th grade and the result of 8th is awaited. Due to the information about the special needs student and availability of facilities to be filled in the survey which is submitted to Government, the school management has been literally forcing the student to drop from their school. They are in fact convincing me that the student should give exam from open schools or private arrangement. According to them, that will not impact in job preference in any way! To add to it, majority of the other schools we have tried, are clearly denying from admitting the student on account of lack of facilities. Pathetically this includes a school where I have also been a student. And the real strength of the schools is the officials of the state education department, who are suggesting the management to tell those students to go out and take admission in special schools. To the best of my knowledge, there is no special school in this city which would provide education beyond 8th class. Given the situation, the attitudes of the state department officials, and the lack of motivation of the student's family for taking any action (which is completely understandable), what options we are left with? If I was to take any action independently, without getting the student involved, how should I be going about it? As a practical and quick solution for now, I am trying to reach out to schools and get the student admitted, and I am willing to bare the expenses. Any guidance will be appreciated. Regards, -- Amar Jain. Website: www.amarjain.com Register at the dedicated AccessIndia list for discussing accessibility of mobile phones / Tabs on: http://mail.accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/mobile.accessindia_accessindia.org.in Search for old postings at: http://www.mail-archive.com/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/ To unsubscribe send a message to accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in Disclaimer: 1. Contents of the mails, factual, or otherwise, reflect the thinking of the person sending the mail and AI in no way relates itself to its veracity; 2. AI cannot be held liable for any commission/omission based on the mails sent through this mailing list.. Caution: The Reserve Bank of India never sends mails, SMSs or makes calls asking for personal information such as your bank account details, passwords, etc. It never keeps or offers funds to anyone. Please do not respond in any manner to such offers, however official or attractive they may look. Notice: This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you are not the intended recipient, any dissemination, use, review, distribution, printing or copying of the information contained in this e-mail message and/or attachments to it are strictly prohibited. If you have received this email by error, please notify us by return e-mail or telephone and immediately and permanently delete the message and any attachments. The recipient should check this email and any attachments for the presence of viruses. The Reserve Bank of India accepts no liability for any damage caused by any virus transmitted by this email. Register at the dedicated AccessIndia list for discussing accessibility of mobile phones / Tabs on: http://mail.accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/mobile.accessindia_accessindia.org.in Search for old postings at: http://www.mail-archive.com/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/ To unsubscribe send a message to accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please
Re: [AI] “What if a blind person tapping his way down the street prods a ferocious dog with his white cane?” in TOI:
Not really On 8/11/15, George Abraham geo...@eyeway.org wrote: Not really sure! -Original Message- From: AccessIndia [mailto:accessindia-boun...@accessindia.org.in] On Behalf Of Vamshi. G Sent: 11 August 2015 07:38 To: AccessIndia: a list for discussing accessibility and issues concerning the disabled. Subject: Re: [AI] “What if a blind person tapping his way down the street prods a ferocious dog with his white cane?” in TOI: Is the smart cane helpful in avoiding the danger of street dogs? On 8/10/15, sushmee...@voicevision.in sushmee...@voicevision.in wrote: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/This-IIT-Delhi-professor-has-blind-peoples-problems-in-his-gunsight/articleshow/48384623.cms NEW DELHI: What if a blind person tapping his way down the street prods a ferocious dog with his white cane? The scenario came up in a conversation between Dipendra Manocha, then director of IT and services with National Association for the Blind, and M Balakrishnan, professor of computer science at IIT Delhi and an expert in assistive technologies, back in 2005. It opened Balakrishnan's eyes to the dangers the visually-challenged face and he has been trying to create smarter technologies for them ever since. Two of Balakrishnan's innovations — SmartCane and OnBoard — are hits already and his research group, AssisTech, has recently created books that let blind students feel figures and diagrams. For his efforts to improve the lives of visually chal lenged people, the professor has received Accessibility Award 2015 in Category B for serving persons with disabilities. Balakrishnan's first efforts were directed at addressing the problem of mobility, for which he started developing affordable devices that could detect obstacles without contact. Mobility is a vital aspect of access to education and work, he says. While developing OnBoard, for instance, he tried to make buses easily and safely usable by the visually impaired. The handheld radio frequency-based system announces bus route numbers and guides users to the bus door. The user presses one button to hear the route number, and another to select it. The 'select' button activates a speaker fitted near the bus door that helps the user board by following a voice. Balakrishnan's team tested On Board on IIT buses with schoolchildren from National Association for Blind and women from Centre for Blind Women before a trial run in Mumbai that involved 25 BEST buses. About 90% of the users were able to board the first bus on the route, he says. The team is arranging funds to extend the trial to 1,000 more buses. Equally innovative are the three tactile books AssisTech has produced for blind students. Until now, no Braille textbook in India had diagrams or figures. Blind students learned Pythagoras' theorem without ever feeling a triangle.While there are Braille presses to print text, there are no printing processes to make diagrams and figures. Learning happens by rote, says Balakrishnan. The Centre of Excellence in Tactile Graphics, set up as a part of AssisTech, has printed three books, one on physiology and anatomy , another on yoga, and a collection of Indian maps showing political boundaries and terrain for NCERT.The books are being tried out in some schools and if they are found useful, AssisTech will print more. In countries like Japan, the visually impaired are trained in physiotherapy because their tactile sensation is brilliant. The country taps into this potential, we don't, Balakrishnan says. His most popular creation to date is SmartCane, a device that can be fitted to white canes to detect obstacles in a three-metre range. Released in 2013, it has about 5,000 visually-impaired users. All that Balakrishnan wants now is support from industry to scale up production to make life easier for the blind. .. .. Searching your Soul-mate??? Register your profile to find here http://voicevision.in/matrimonial Visit our website at http://www.voicevision.in Join us on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/voicevisionfans Or follow us on Twitter at http://www.twitter.com/voicevision_in List mailing list l...@voicevision.in For list guidelines other subscription changes visit http://voicevision.in/mailman/listinfo/list_voicevision.in Register at the dedicated AccessIndia list for discussing accessibility of mobile phones / Tabs on: http://mail.accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/mobile.accessindia_accessindia.org.in Search for old postings at: http://www.mail-archive.com/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/ To unsubscribe send a message to accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in Disclaimer: 1. Contents of the mails,
Re: [AI] Android / iphone classes
Disappointing indeed! When people near their location having such free workshop, and not turning up. When a platform is provided and folks are not utilising it is really disappointing. Hope next time people won't come up with such excuses like no bus, no auto/car, ect. For those who attended, hope they have enjoyed and learnt some new things. On 8/10/15, PAULMUDDHA paulmud...@canarabank.com wrote: Dear friends, Happy to know that few android users took advantage of the classes conducted on Sunday. However, it is disappointing to know that many who had registered did not turn up giving lame excuses like buses, autos and cars not available and not able to reach on time. The instructors provided a very good flatform to provide classes on how to navigate and use the phones. The next training session is on 23 August. Make use of the opportunity and become perfect inusing android/iphone. Regards Paul DISCLAIMER: This email may contain privileged information and is intended solely for the addressee, and any disclosure of this information is strictly prohibited, and may be unlawful. If you have received this mail by mistake, please inform the sender immediately and delete this mail. Any information expressed in this mail does not necessarily reflect the views of CANARA BANK. Please note that any views or opinions presented in this email are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of the Bank. The recipient should check this email and any attachments for the presence of viruses. The sender declares that no liability can be cast upon the sender for any error or omissions in the contents of the message that arise, as a result of e-mail transmission and further declares that the sender cannot be made liable for any loss suffered by any person, on account of having acted upon any messages which is vitiated by error, omissions or interception. Register at the dedicated AccessIndia list for discussing accessibility of mobile phones / Tabs on: http://mail.accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/mobile.accessindia_accessindia.org.in Search for old postings at: http://www.mail-archive.com/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/ To unsubscribe send a message to accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in Disclaimer: 1. Contents of the mails, factual, or otherwise, reflect the thinking of the person sending the mail and AI in no way relates itself to its veracity; 2. AI cannot be held liable for any commission/omission based on the mails sent through this mailing list.. -- Thanks and regards. ಶ್ರೀಧರ್ ಟಿ ಎಸ್, ಅಬಸಿ Shreedhar T S, Abasi To accomplish great things, we must dream as well as act Mobile: 9980989171 Yahoo chat ID: tss_abs Skype: shree475 Blog: http://shreeword.blogspot.com/ Join me on Face book: https://www.facebook.com/shreedhar.ts ದೃಢ ಸಂಕಲ್ಪವಿಲ್ಲದಿದ್ದರೆ ಗುರಿ ಸಾಧಿಸುವುದು ಕಷ್ಟ Register at the dedicated AccessIndia list for discussing accessibility of mobile phones / Tabs on: http://mail.accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/mobile.accessindia_accessindia.org.in Search for old postings at: http://www.mail-archive.com/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/ To unsubscribe send a message to accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in Disclaimer: 1. Contents of the mails, factual, or otherwise, reflect the thinking of the person sending the mail and AI in no way relates itself to its veracity; 2. AI cannot be held liable for any commission/omission based on the mails sent through this mailing list..
Re: [AI] TIps sought for purchase of lap top
Hi thank you friends, it's a good idea to go for tabs with external keypad but what about the battery life as the keypad may suck more battery due to blue tooth??? will it be reliable? On 8/10/15, Ekinath Khedekar ekin...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Guys, Thank you all for your inputs. @Ajay What problem you faced with Lenovo Flex? @Amiyoda, Very good idea but anyone operating like that? Will the Dell tabs be equally powerful; I mean powered by Intel i5/7 and can come with 4/8 RAM? @Austin, My criteria are small light weight but powerful fast lap tops. Btw, is windows 10 smooth and you’ve gotten used to it? Any problem? Please share crucial. SO far I have shortlisted: 1.Dell 17.6 inches, i7, 8 gb ram, 1tb for 50k But- wish the screen was smaller weight not 2.8KG. 2.Dell 15.6 inches i3, 4 RAM, 500GB for 33k But- First preference is the latest config 3.Acer 15.6 inches, i3, 4 GB RAM, 500 = 27k in E-zone 4.But- still leaned towards fastest machines as lap top is a durable product. 5.For concluding, over the last year, I have seen accessibility on excel, web and word for that matter has decreased I wish to have most accessible, fast machine containing robust config and most ideal windows version. Please guide On 8/8/15, Ajay Minocha ajayminoc...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, Though dell laptops don't have all the keys, yet they can easily be accessed by using errow keys with function key. I am using dell and can say, you wouldn' regret buying it. It is all about getting habitual to the keyboard. Lenovo doesn't bring thinkpad to market and from experience I can say, their flex models are a great disaster! HTH, Ajay On 8/7/15, Ekinath Khedekar ekin...@gmail.com wrote: Hello Techies, I wish to purchase a lap top with the following configuration at the least. Which one should I buy I mean brand- Dell, HP, Lenovo, Asus? Reason to ask these questions is because some amazing lap tops of Dell are not having page down-up and home and end button. These four keys are very useful while using JAWs, therefore please guide. Configuration: Intel core processor 5-7 Ram memory 4-8 (Preference to 8) Memory 500 minimum (Not a huge priority due to a hard disk) Proper keyboard outlay Budget = 30-50K DO please let know any experience you’ve recently went through while buying the machine. Thank you -- *** I am only one, but I am one. I cannot do everything, but I can do something. And because I cannot do everything, I will not refuse to do the something I can do. What I can do, I should do. And what I should do, by the grace of God, I will do. EDWARD EVERETT HALE. Register at the dedicated AccessIndia list for discussing accessibility of mobile phones / Tabs on: http://mail.accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/mobile.accessindia_accessindia.org.in Search for old postings at: http://www.mail-archive.com/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/ To unsubscribe send a message to accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in Disclaimer: 1. Contents of the mails, factual, or otherwise, reflect the thinking of the person sending the mail and AI in no way relates itself to its veracity; 2. AI cannot be held liable for any commission/omission based on the mails sent through this mailing list.. -- Ajay Minocha Mob : +91-9584076767 E mail : ajayminoc...@gmail.com p13aj...@iimidr.ac.in Skype: ajayminocha2 Register at the dedicated AccessIndia list for discussing accessibility of mobile phones / Tabs on: http://mail.accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/mobile.accessindia_accessindia.org.in Search for old postings at: http://www.mail-archive.com/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/ To unsubscribe send a message to accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in Disclaimer: 1. Contents of the mails, factual, or otherwise, reflect the thinking of the person sending the mail and AI in no way relates itself to its veracity; 2. AI cannot be held liable for any commission/omission based on the mails sent through this mailing list.. -- *** I am only one, but I am one. I cannot do everything, but I can do something. And because I cannot do everything, I will not refuse to do the something I can do. What I can do, I should do. And what I should do, by the grace of God, I will do. EDWARD EVERETT HALE. Register at the dedicated AccessIndia list for discussing accessibility of mobile phones / Tabs on:
Re: [AI] any judgement from CCPD Railways to allow group d staff to write group C promotion test
As per rule u can appear for the test but still no particular is circulated by the ccpd/judgement On Aug 10, 2015 10:04 AM, sazid shaik ashwaqahmed@gmail.com wrote: hello family, can anyone please provide me the judgement given by CCPD giving permission for group d employees to attend group C promotion test in railways. thanks in advance, regards, sazid Register at the dedicated AccessIndia list for discussing accessibility of mobile phones / Tabs on: http://mail.accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/mobile.accessindia_accessindia.org.in Search for old postings at: http://www.mail-archive.com/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/ To unsubscribe send a message to accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in Disclaimer: 1. Contents of the mails, factual, or otherwise, reflect the thinking of the person sending the mail and AI in no way relates itself to its veracity; 2. AI cannot be held liable for any commission/omission based on the mails sent through this mailing list.. Register at the dedicated AccessIndia list for discussing accessibility of mobile phones / Tabs on: http://mail.accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/mobile.accessindia_accessindia.org.in Search for old postings at: http://www.mail-archive.com/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/ To unsubscribe send a message to accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in Disclaimer: 1. Contents of the mails, factual, or otherwise, reflect the thinking of the person sending the mail and AI in no way relates itself to its veracity; 2. AI cannot be held liable for any commission/omission based on the mails sent through this mailing list..
Re: [AI] Any update on backlog vacancies?
On 8/7/15, Amit Bhatt misterbh...@gmail.com wrote: No Government including current regime looks serious in this direction. Supreme Court of India was supposed to form a neutral committee in order to keep an eye on the progress of these backlog vacancies in case it was not satisfied with backlog plan of the Government but I suspect now Supreme Court is satisfied with the program and argument made by the Government. Don’t know what would have happened in last hearing in the Month of July. Thanks, Amit Bhatt On 8/7/15, Deepak Singla deepakkumarsin...@gmail.com wrote: Yes there is some work being carried out by some organisations, as there are special recruitment drives being rolled out by these. Some of the organisations who have recently advertised SRDs for persons with disabilities include: 1. Bharat Petroleum Corporation 2. Hindustan Petroleum corporation 3. HLL life care 4. Hindustan instectisides limited 5. Atomic mineral development 6. power finance corporation 7. Rural electirfication These are some of those for which I have gone through the avertisement. But I would like to mention here that some of these organisations are trying just to make an eye wash, as: 1. the no. of vacancies advertised are very lesser 2. most vacancies advertised are in the group C and Group D 3. Some are not offering any position to Visually Impaired persons there are a lot of other points which need to be taken care of. In my opinion there must be an independent body like CCPD that should have the complete information about the total backlog, vacancies advertised and the job offered and to which category of disability so that the order by the Hon'ble Supreme Court and the guidelines issued by DoPT are obeyed / followed to its fullest. Also there should be a review committee in this regard. Deepak Singla On 8/6/15, Amit Bhatt misterbh...@gmail.com wrote: Dear all, Last month there was some news on backlog vacancies for people with disabilities including those persons with vision impairment. Supreme Court of India was supposed to say something on the program planned by the Government in the direction of vacancies to be filled. I've heard around 4000 job vacancies for visually impaired are lingered in various ministries of India. Is any further headway on this way? Thanks, Amit Bhatt Register at the dedicated AccessIndia list for discussing accessibility of mobile phones / Tabs on: http://mail.accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/mobile.accessindia_accessindia.org.in Search for old postings at: http://www.mail-archive.com/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/ To unsubscribe send a message to accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in Disclaimer: 1. Contents of the mails, factual, or otherwise, reflect the thinking of the person sending the mail and AI in no way relates itself to its veracity; 2. AI cannot be held liable for any commission/omission based on the mails sent through this mailing list.. -- Regards (Deepak Kumar Singla) Help Ever Hurt Never Register at the dedicated AccessIndia list for discussing accessibility of mobile phones / Tabs on: http://mail.accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/mobile.accessindia_accessindia.org.in Search for old postings at: http://www.mail-archive.com/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/ To unsubscribe send a message to accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in Disclaimer: 1. Contents of the mails, factual, or otherwise, reflect the thinking of the person sending the mail and AI in no way relates itself to its veracity; 2. AI cannot be held liable for any commission/omission based on the mails sent through this mailing list.. Register at the dedicated AccessIndia list for discussing accessibility of mobile phones / Tabs on: http://mail.accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/mobile.accessindia_accessindia.org.in Search for old postings at: http://www.mail-archive.com/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/ To unsubscribe send a message to accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in Disclaimer: 1. Contents of the mails, factual, or otherwise, reflect the thinking of the person sending the mail and AI in no way relates itself to its veracity; 2. AI cannot be held liable for any commission/omission based on the mails sent through this mailing
Re: [AI] any judgement from CCPD Railways to allow group d staff to write group C promotion test
two years back as the railways denies a disabled to write promotion test. One of our list member contacted CCPD and got an order for appearing that test. regards, sazid On 8/10/15, Tajwar singh Rawat tajwarrawat2...@gmail.com wrote: As per rule u can appear for the test but still no particular is circulated by the ccpd/judgement On Aug 10, 2015 10:04 AM, sazid shaik ashwaqahmed@gmail.com wrote: hello family, can anyone please provide me the judgement given by CCPD giving permission for group d employees to attend group C promotion test in railways. thanks in advance, regards, sazid Register at the dedicated AccessIndia list for discussing accessibility of mobile phones / Tabs on: http://mail.accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/mobile.accessindia_accessindia.org.in Search for old postings at: http://www.mail-archive.com/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/ To unsubscribe send a message to accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in Disclaimer: 1. Contents of the mails, factual, or otherwise, reflect the thinking of the person sending the mail and AI in no way relates itself to its veracity; 2. AI cannot be held liable for any commission/omission based on the mails sent through this mailing list.. Register at the dedicated AccessIndia list for discussing accessibility of mobile phones / Tabs on: http://mail.accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/mobile.accessindia_accessindia.org.in Search for old postings at: http://www.mail-archive.com/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/ To unsubscribe send a message to accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in Disclaimer: 1. Contents of the mails, factual, or otherwise, reflect the thinking of the person sending the mail and AI in no way relates itself to its veracity; 2. AI cannot be held liable for any commission/omission based on the mails sent through this mailing list.. Register at the dedicated AccessIndia list for discussing accessibility of mobile phones / Tabs on: http://mail.accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/mobile.accessindia_accessindia.org.in Search for old postings at: http://www.mail-archive.com/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/ To unsubscribe send a message to accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in Disclaimer: 1. Contents of the mails, factual, or otherwise, reflect the thinking of the person sending the mail and AI in no way relates itself to its veracity; 2. AI cannot be held liable for any commission/omission based on the mails sent through this mailing list..
Re: [AI] TIps sought for purchase of lap top
regarding windows 10. its mostly like windows 7 and a mix of windows 8.1 its fast and nvda works nicely on it. tablets are mostly powered by intel attem processers. and u mostly get windows rt with them. so if u get windows 8.1 32 bit u can go for a tablet. and then upgrade it to windows 10. the problem with tablets is that they come with 1 or 2gb of ram and 32 to 128gb of storage with no expandable storage On 8/11/15, Amiyo Biswas amiyo.bis...@gmail.com wrote: I don't know, it is just an idea for those looking for something small and handy. With best regards, Amiyo Biswas Cell: +91-9433464329 - Original Message - From: Ekinath Khedekar ekin...@gmail.com To: AccessIndia: a list for discussing accessibility and issues concerningthe disabled. accessindia@accessindia.org.in Sent: Monday, August 10, 2015 11:33 AM Subject: Re: [AI] TIps sought for purchase of lap top Hi Guys, Thank you all for your inputs. @Ajay What problem you faced with Lenovo Flex? @Amiyoda, Very good idea but anyone operating like that? Will the Dell tabs be equally powerful; I mean powered by Intel i5/7 and can come with 4/8 RAM? @Austin, My criteria are small light weight but powerful fast lap tops. Btw, is windows 10 smooth and you’ve gotten used to it? Any problem? Please share crucial. SO far I have shortlisted: 1. Dell 17.6 inches, i7, 8 gb ram, 1tb for 50k But- wish the screen was smaller weight not 2.8KG. 2. Dell 15.6 inches i3, 4 RAM, 500GB for 33k But- First preference is the latest config 3. Acer 15.6 inches, i3, 4 GB RAM, 500 = 27k in E-zone 4. But- still leaned towards fastest machines as lap top is a durable product. 5. For concluding, over the last year, I have seen accessibility on excel, web and word for that matter has decreased I wish to have most accessible, fast machine containing robust config and most ideal windows version. Please guide On 8/8/15, Ajay Minocha ajayminoc...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, Though dell laptops don't have all the keys, yet they can easily be accessed by using errow keys with function key. I am using dell and can say, you wouldn' regret buying it. It is all about getting habitual to the keyboard. Lenovo doesn't bring thinkpad to market and from experience I can say, their flex models are a great disaster! HTH, Ajay On 8/7/15, Ekinath Khedekar ekin...@gmail.com wrote: Hello Techies, I wish to purchase a lap top with the following configuration at the least. Which one should I buy I mean brand- Dell, HP, Lenovo, Asus? Reason to ask these questions is because some amazing lap tops of Dell are not having page down-up and home and end button. These four keys are very useful while using JAWs, therefore please guide. Configuration: Intel core processor 5-7 Ram memory 4-8 (Preference to 8) Memory 500 minimum (Not a huge priority due to a hard disk) Proper keyboard outlay Budget = 30-50K DO please let know any experience you’ve recently went through while buying the machine. Thank you -- *** I am only one, but I am one. I cannot do everything, but I can do something. And because I cannot do everything, I will not refuse to do the something I can do. What I can do, I should do. And what I should do, by the grace of God, I will do. EDWARD EVERETT HALE. Register at the dedicated AccessIndia list for discussing accessibility of mobile phones / Tabs on: http://mail.accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/mobile.accessindia_accessindia.org.in Search for old postings at: http://www.mail-archive.com/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/ To unsubscribe send a message to accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in Disclaimer: 1. Contents of the mails, factual, or otherwise, reflect the thinking of the person sending the mail and AI in no way relates itself to its veracity; 2. AI cannot be held liable for any commission/omission based on the mails sent through this mailing list.. -- Ajay Minocha Mob : +91-9584076767 E mail : ajayminoc...@gmail.com p13aj...@iimidr.ac.in Skype: ajayminocha2 Register at the dedicated AccessIndia list for discussing accessibility of mobile phones / Tabs on: http://mail.accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/mobile.accessindia_accessindia.org.in Search for old postings at: http://www.mail-archive.com/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/ To unsubscribe send a message to accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in Disclaimer: 1. Contents of the mails, factual, or otherwise, reflect
Re: [AI] “What if a blind person tapping his way down the street prods a ferocious dog with his white cane?” in TOI:
Is the smart cane helpful in avoiding the danger of street dogs? On 8/10/15, sushmee...@voicevision.in sushmee...@voicevision.in wrote: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/This-IIT-Delhi-professor-has-blind-peoples-problems-in-his-gunsight/articleshow/48384623.cms NEW DELHI: What if a blind person tapping his way down the street prods a ferocious dog with his white cane? The scenario came up in a conversation between Dipendra Manocha, then director of IT and services with National Association for the Blind, and M Balakrishnan, professor of computer science at IIT Delhi and an expert in assistive technologies, back in 2005. It opened Balakrishnan's eyes to the dangers the visually-challenged face and he has been trying to create smarter technologies for them ever since. Two of Balakrishnan's innovations — SmartCane and OnBoard — are hits already and his research group, AssisTech, has recently created books that let blind students feel figures and diagrams. For his efforts to improve the lives of visually chal lenged people, the professor has received Accessibility Award 2015 in Category B for serving persons with disabilities. Balakrishnan's first efforts were directed at addressing the problem of mobility, for which he started developing affordable devices that could detect obstacles without contact. Mobility is a vital aspect of access to education and work, he says. While developing OnBoard, for instance, he tried to make buses easily and safely usable by the visually impaired. The handheld radio frequency-based system announces bus route numbers and guides users to the bus door. The user presses one button to hear the route number, and another to select it. The 'select' button activates a speaker fitted near the bus door that helps the user board by following a voice. Balakrishnan's team tested On Board on IIT buses with schoolchildren from National Association for Blind and women from Centre for Blind Women before a trial run in Mumbai that involved 25 BEST buses. About 90% of the users were able to board the first bus on the route, he says. The team is arranging funds to extend the trial to 1,000 more buses. Equally innovative are the three tactile books AssisTech has produced for blind students. Until now, no Braille textbook in India had diagrams or figures. Blind students learned Pythagoras' theorem without ever feeling a triangle.While there are Braille presses to print text, there are no printing processes to make diagrams and figures. Learning happens by rote, says Balakrishnan. The Centre of Excellence in Tactile Graphics, set up as a part of AssisTech, has printed three books, one on physiology and anatomy , another on yoga, and a collection of Indian maps showing political boundaries and terrain for NCERT.The books are being tried out in some schools and if they are found useful, AssisTech will print more. In countries like Japan, the visually impaired are trained in physiotherapy because their tactile sensation is brilliant. The country taps into this potential, we don't, Balakrishnan says. His most popular creation to date is SmartCane, a device that can be fitted to white canes to detect obstacles in a three-metre range. Released in 2013, it has about 5,000 visually-impaired users. All that Balakrishnan wants now is support from industry to scale up production to make life easier for the blind. .. .. Searching your Soul-mate??? Register your profile to find here http://voicevision.in/matrimonial Visit our website at http://www.voicevision.in Join us on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/voicevisionfans Or follow us on Twitter at http://www.twitter.com/voicevision_in List mailing list l...@voicevision.in For list guidelines other subscription changes visit http://voicevision.in/mailman/listinfo/list_voicevision.in Register at the dedicated AccessIndia list for discussing accessibility of mobile phones / Tabs on: http://mail.accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/mobile.accessindia_accessindia.org.in Search for old postings at: http://www.mail-archive.com/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/ To unsubscribe send a message to accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in Disclaimer: 1. Contents of the mails, factual, or otherwise, reflect the thinking of the person sending the mail and AI in no way relates itself to its veracity; 2. AI cannot be held liable for any commission/omission based on the mails sent through this mailing list.. -- G. Vamshi Mobile: +91 9949349497 Skype: gvamshi81 WWW.VIBEWA.ORG EQUALITY AND DIGNITY Register at the dedicated AccessIndia list for discussing accessibility of mobile phones / Tabs on:
Re: [AI] TIps sought for purchase of lap top
I don't know, it is just an idea for those looking for something small and handy. With best regards, Amiyo Biswas Cell: +91-9433464329 - Original Message - From: Ekinath Khedekar ekin...@gmail.com To: AccessIndia: a list for discussing accessibility and issues concerningthe disabled. accessindia@accessindia.org.in Sent: Monday, August 10, 2015 11:33 AM Subject: Re: [AI] TIps sought for purchase of lap top Hi Guys, Thank you all for your inputs. @Ajay What problem you faced with Lenovo Flex? @Amiyoda, Very good idea but anyone operating like that? Will the Dell tabs be equally powerful; I mean powered by Intel i5/7 and can come with 4/8 RAM? @Austin, My criteria are small light weight but powerful fast lap tops. Btw, is windows 10 smooth and you’ve gotten used to it? Any problem? Please share crucial. SO far I have shortlisted: 1. Dell 17.6 inches, i7, 8 gb ram, 1tb for 50k But- wish the screen was smaller weight not 2.8KG. 2. Dell 15.6 inches i3, 4 RAM, 500GB for 33k But- First preference is the latest config 3. Acer 15.6 inches, i3, 4 GB RAM, 500 = 27k in E-zone 4. But- still leaned towards fastest machines as lap top is a durable product. 5. For concluding, over the last year, I have seen accessibility on excel, web and word for that matter has decreased I wish to have most accessible, fast machine containing robust config and most ideal windows version. Please guide On 8/8/15, Ajay Minocha ajayminoc...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, Though dell laptops don't have all the keys, yet they can easily be accessed by using errow keys with function key. I am using dell and can say, you wouldn' regret buying it. It is all about getting habitual to the keyboard. Lenovo doesn't bring thinkpad to market and from experience I can say, their flex models are a great disaster! HTH, Ajay On 8/7/15, Ekinath Khedekar ekin...@gmail.com wrote: Hello Techies, I wish to purchase a lap top with the following configuration at the least. Which one should I buy I mean brand- Dell, HP, Lenovo, Asus? Reason to ask these questions is because some amazing lap tops of Dell are not having page down-up and home and end button. These four keys are very useful while using JAWs, therefore please guide. Configuration: Intel core processor 5-7 Ram memory 4-8 (Preference to 8) Memory 500 minimum (Not a huge priority due to a hard disk) Proper keyboard outlay Budget = 30-50K DO please let know any experience you’ve recently went through while buying the machine. Thank you -- *** I am only one, but I am one. I cannot do everything, but I can do something. And because I cannot do everything, I will not refuse to do the something I can do. What I can do, I should do. And what I should do, by the grace of God, I will do. EDWARD EVERETT HALE. Register at the dedicated AccessIndia list for discussing accessibility of mobile phones / Tabs on: http://mail.accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/mobile.accessindia_accessindia.org.in Search for old postings at: http://www.mail-archive.com/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/ To unsubscribe send a message to accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in Disclaimer: 1. Contents of the mails, factual, or otherwise, reflect the thinking of the person sending the mail and AI in no way relates itself to its veracity; 2. AI cannot be held liable for any commission/omission based on the mails sent through this mailing list.. -- Ajay Minocha Mob : +91-9584076767 E mail : ajayminoc...@gmail.com p13aj...@iimidr.ac.in Skype: ajayminocha2 Register at the dedicated AccessIndia list for discussing accessibility of mobile phones / Tabs on: http://mail.accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/mobile.accessindia_accessindia.org.in Search for old postings at: http://www.mail-archive.com/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/ To unsubscribe send a message to accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in Disclaimer: 1. Contents of the mails, factual, or otherwise, reflect the thinking of the person sending the mail and AI in no way relates itself to its veracity; 2. AI cannot be held liable for any commission/omission based on the mails sent through this mailing list.. -- *** I am only one, but I am one. I cannot do everything, but I can do something. And because I cannot do everything, I will not refuse to do the something I can do. What I can do, I should do. And what I should do, by the grace of God, I will do. EDWARD EVERETT HALE. Register at the
Re: [AI] NVDA 2015.2 fixes by Indian team
nice dinesh sir. there was a talk about making NVDA accessible with finacle. is there any significant step in that? in excel, there is no way to read comments, input messages as far as i experimented. is there any way to do those things? On 8/11/15, Lissy Verghese lvmalayatt...@gmail.com wrote: Great work! Thank you! Lissy Verghese On 8/10/15, Dinesh Kaushal dineshkaus...@hotmail.com wrote: Dear All, Apologies for somewhat late information. As you all know that NVDA 2015.2 was out a couple of months back. This email is update about the contributions made by NVDA India team. As you would remember that on this list we had conducted a survey about the features that all of us want to see in future releases of NVDA. I know some of us might already know about the features that have been added by India team, but still find below a complete update. Following is from what’s new of 2015.2 In new features, first 5 such as next and previous sentence navigation in Microsoft word, Indian Braille tables, cell overlap information in excel, reading excel charts, and listing of charts, comments, and formulas in excel are fixes from Indian team. In bug fixes, 2 issues i.e. Character descriptions are now handled correctly for conjunct characters in certain Indian languages and When selecting colors in Microsoft Office applications, color names are now reported are from Indian team. Thanks for your support. We are trying to fix as many issues as possible, but we are limited by the resources to support our development efforts so we could not fix many of the issues that we wanted. This information does not include the work that we are doing in eSpeak. Full what’s new follows: 2015.2 Highlights of this release include the ability to read charts in Microsoft Excel and support for reading and interactive navigation of mathematical content. New Features •Moving forward and backward by sentence in Microsoft Word is now possible with alt+downArrow and alt+upArrow respectively. (#3288) •New braille translation tables for several Indian languages. (#4778) •In Microsoft Excel, NVDA now reports when a cell has overflowing or cropped content. (#3040) •In Microsoft Excel, you can now use the Elements List (NVDA+f7) to allow listing of charts, comments and formulas. (#1987) •Support for reading charts in Microsoft Excel. To use this, select the chart using the Elements List (NVDA+f7) and then use the arrow keys to move between the data points. (#1987) •Using MathPlayer 4 from Design Science, NVDA can now read and interactively navigate mathematical content in web browsers and in Microsoft Word and PowerPoint. See the Reading Mathematical Content section in the User Guide for details. (#4673) •It is now possible to assign input gestures (keyboard commands, touch gestures, etc.) for all NVDA preferences dialogs and document formatting options using the Input Gestures dialog. (#4898) Changes •In NVDA's Document Formatting dialog, the keyboard shortcuts for Report lists, Report links, Report line numbers and Report font name have been changed. (#4650) •In NVDA's Mouse Settings dialog, keyboard shortcuts have been added for play audio coordinates when mouse moves and brightness controls audio coordinates volume. (#4916) •Significantly improved reporting of color names. (#4984) •Updated liblouis braille translator to 2.6.2. (#4777) Bug Fixes •Character descriptions are now handled correctly for conjunct characters in certain Indian languages. (#4582) •If the Trust voice's language when processing characters and symbols option is enabled, the Punctuation/Symbol pronunciation dialog now correctly uses the voice language. Also, the language for which pronunciation is being edited is shown in the dialog's title. (#4930) •In Internet Explorer and other MSHTML controls, typed characters are no longer inappropriately announced in editable combo boxes such as the Google search field on the Google home page. (#4976) •When selecting colors in Microsoft Office applications, color names are now reported. (#3045) •Danish braille output now works again. (#4986) •PageUp/pageDown can again be used to change slides within a PowerPoint slide show. (#4850) •In Skype for Desktop 7.2 and later, typing notifications are now reported and problems immediately after moving focus out of a conversation have been fixed. (#4972) •Fixed problems when typing certain punctuation/symbols such as brackets into the filter field in the Input Gestures dialog. (#5060) •In Internet Explorer and other MSHTML controls, pressing g or shift+g to navigate to graphics now includes elements marked as images for accessibility purposes (i.e. ARIA role img). (#5062) Changes for Developers •brailleInput.handler.sendChars(mychar) will no longer filter out a character if it is equal to the previous character by ensuring that the key sent
Re: [AI] Any update on backlog vacancies?
today is the hearing in the SC. NFB is demanding that the whole process should be under the supervision of the SC. let's see. -- From: Kulwantj Singh kulwant...@gmail.com Sent: Monday, August 10, 2015 11:36 PM To: AccessIndia: a list for discussing accessibility and issues concerningthe disabled. accessindia@accessindia.org.in Subject: Re: [AI] Any update on backlog vacancies? On 8/7/15, Amit Bhatt misterbh...@gmail.com wrote: No Government including current regime looks serious in this direction. Supreme Court of India was supposed to form a neutral committee in order to keep an eye on the progress of these backlog vacancies in case it was not satisfied with backlog plan of the Government but I suspect now Supreme Court is satisfied with the program and argument made by the Government. Don’t know what would have happened in last hearing in the Month of July. Thanks, Amit Bhatt On 8/7/15, Deepak Singla deepakkumarsin...@gmail.com wrote: Yes there is some work being carried out by some organisations, as there are special recruitment drives being rolled out by these. Some of the organisations who have recently advertised SRDs for persons with disabilities include: 1. Bharat Petroleum Corporation 2. Hindustan Petroleum corporation 3. HLL life care 4. Hindustan instectisides limited 5. Atomic mineral development 6. power finance corporation 7. Rural electirfication These are some of those for which I have gone through the avertisement. But I would like to mention here that some of these organisations are trying just to make an eye wash, as: 1. the no. of vacancies advertised are very lesser 2. most vacancies advertised are in the group C and Group D 3. Some are not offering any position to Visually Impaired persons there are a lot of other points which need to be taken care of. In my opinion there must be an independent body like CCPD that should have the complete information about the total backlog, vacancies advertised and the job offered and to which category of disability so that the order by the Hon'ble Supreme Court and the guidelines issued by DoPT are obeyed / followed to its fullest. Also there should be a review committee in this regard. Deepak Singla On 8/6/15, Amit Bhatt misterbh...@gmail.com wrote: Dear all, Last month there was some news on backlog vacancies for people with disabilities including those persons with vision impairment. Supreme Court of India was supposed to say something on the program planned by the Government in the direction of vacancies to be filled. I've heard around 4000 job vacancies for visually impaired are lingered in various ministries of India. Is any further headway on this way? Thanks, Amit Bhatt Register at the dedicated AccessIndia list for discussing accessibility of mobile phones / Tabs on: http://mail.accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/mobile.accessindia_accessindia.org.in Search for old postings at: http://www.mail-archive.com/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/ To unsubscribe send a message to accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in Disclaimer: 1. Contents of the mails, factual, or otherwise, reflect the thinking of the person sending the mail and AI in no way relates itself to its veracity; 2. AI cannot be held liable for any commission/omission based on the mails sent through this mailing list.. -- Regards (Deepak Kumar Singla) Help Ever Hurt Never Register at the dedicated AccessIndia list for discussing accessibility of mobile phones / Tabs on: http://mail.accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/mobile.accessindia_accessindia.org.in Search for old postings at: http://www.mail-archive.com/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/ To unsubscribe send a message to accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in Disclaimer: 1. Contents of the mails, factual, or otherwise, reflect the thinking of the person sending the mail and AI in no way relates itself to its veracity; 2. AI cannot be held liable for any commission/omission based on the mails sent through this mailing list.. Register at the dedicated AccessIndia list for discussing accessibility of mobile phones / Tabs on: http://mail.accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/mobile.accessindia_accessindia.org.in Search for old postings at: http://www.mail-archive.com/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/ To unsubscribe send a message to accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home
Re: [AI] “What if a blind person tapping his way down the street prods a ferocious dog with his white cane?” in TOI:
Not really sure! -Original Message- From: AccessIndia [mailto:accessindia-boun...@accessindia.org.in] On Behalf Of Vamshi. G Sent: 11 August 2015 07:38 To: AccessIndia: a list for discussing accessibility and issues concerning the disabled. Subject: Re: [AI] “What if a blind person tapping his way down the street prods a ferocious dog with his white cane?” in TOI: Is the smart cane helpful in avoiding the danger of street dogs? On 8/10/15, sushmee...@voicevision.in sushmee...@voicevision.in wrote: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/This-IIT-Delhi-professor-has-blind-peoples-problems-in-his-gunsight/articleshow/48384623.cms NEW DELHI: What if a blind person tapping his way down the street prods a ferocious dog with his white cane? The scenario came up in a conversation between Dipendra Manocha, then director of IT and services with National Association for the Blind, and M Balakrishnan, professor of computer science at IIT Delhi and an expert in assistive technologies, back in 2005. It opened Balakrishnan's eyes to the dangers the visually-challenged face and he has been trying to create smarter technologies for them ever since. Two of Balakrishnan's innovations — SmartCane and OnBoard — are hits already and his research group, AssisTech, has recently created books that let blind students feel figures and diagrams. For his efforts to improve the lives of visually chal lenged people, the professor has received Accessibility Award 2015 in Category B for serving persons with disabilities. Balakrishnan's first efforts were directed at addressing the problem of mobility, for which he started developing affordable devices that could detect obstacles without contact. Mobility is a vital aspect of access to education and work, he says. While developing OnBoard, for instance, he tried to make buses easily and safely usable by the visually impaired. The handheld radio frequency-based system announces bus route numbers and guides users to the bus door. The user presses one button to hear the route number, and another to select it. The 'select' button activates a speaker fitted near the bus door that helps the user board by following a voice. Balakrishnan's team tested On Board on IIT buses with schoolchildren from National Association for Blind and women from Centre for Blind Women before a trial run in Mumbai that involved 25 BEST buses. About 90% of the users were able to board the first bus on the route, he says. The team is arranging funds to extend the trial to 1,000 more buses. Equally innovative are the three tactile books AssisTech has produced for blind students. Until now, no Braille textbook in India had diagrams or figures. Blind students learned Pythagoras' theorem without ever feeling a triangle.While there are Braille presses to print text, there are no printing processes to make diagrams and figures. Learning happens by rote, says Balakrishnan. The Centre of Excellence in Tactile Graphics, set up as a part of AssisTech, has printed three books, one on physiology and anatomy , another on yoga, and a collection of Indian maps showing political boundaries and terrain for NCERT.The books are being tried out in some schools and if they are found useful, AssisTech will print more. In countries like Japan, the visually impaired are trained in physiotherapy because their tactile sensation is brilliant. The country taps into this potential, we don't, Balakrishnan says. His most popular creation to date is SmartCane, a device that can be fitted to white canes to detect obstacles in a three-metre range. Released in 2013, it has about 5,000 visually-impaired users. All that Balakrishnan wants now is support from industry to scale up production to make life easier for the blind. .. .. Searching your Soul-mate??? Register your profile to find here http://voicevision.in/matrimonial Visit our website at http://www.voicevision.in Join us on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/voicevisionfans Or follow us on Twitter at http://www.twitter.com/voicevision_in List mailing list l...@voicevision.in For list guidelines other subscription changes visit http://voicevision.in/mailman/listinfo/list_voicevision.in Register at the dedicated AccessIndia list for discussing accessibility of mobile phones / Tabs on: http://mail.accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/mobile.accessindia_accessindia.org.in Search for old postings at: http://www.mail-archive.com/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/ To unsubscribe send a message to accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in Disclaimer: 1. Contents of the mails, factual, or otherwise, reflect the thinking of the person sending the mail and AI in no way
Re: [AI] NVDA 2015.2 fixes by Indian team
Great work! Thank you! Lissy Verghese On 8/10/15, Dinesh Kaushal dineshkaus...@hotmail.com wrote: Dear All, Apologies for somewhat late information. As you all know that NVDA 2015.2 was out a couple of months back. This email is update about the contributions made by NVDA India team. As you would remember that on this list we had conducted a survey about the features that all of us want to see in future releases of NVDA. I know some of us might already know about the features that have been added by India team, but still find below a complete update. Following is from what’s new of 2015.2 In new features, first 5 such as next and previous sentence navigation in Microsoft word, Indian Braille tables, cell overlap information in excel, reading excel charts, and listing of charts, comments, and formulas in excel are fixes from Indian team. In bug fixes, 2 issues i.e. Character descriptions are now handled correctly for conjunct characters in certain Indian languages and When selecting colors in Microsoft Office applications, color names are now reported are from Indian team. Thanks for your support. We are trying to fix as many issues as possible, but we are limited by the resources to support our development efforts so we could not fix many of the issues that we wanted. This information does not include the work that we are doing in eSpeak. Full what’s new follows: 2015.2 Highlights of this release include the ability to read charts in Microsoft Excel and support for reading and interactive navigation of mathematical content. New Features •Moving forward and backward by sentence in Microsoft Word is now possible with alt+downArrow and alt+upArrow respectively. (#3288) •New braille translation tables for several Indian languages. (#4778) •In Microsoft Excel, NVDA now reports when a cell has overflowing or cropped content. (#3040) •In Microsoft Excel, you can now use the Elements List (NVDA+f7) to allow listing of charts, comments and formulas. (#1987) •Support for reading charts in Microsoft Excel. To use this, select the chart using the Elements List (NVDA+f7) and then use the arrow keys to move between the data points. (#1987) •Using MathPlayer 4 from Design Science, NVDA can now read and interactively navigate mathematical content in web browsers and in Microsoft Word and PowerPoint. See the Reading Mathematical Content section in the User Guide for details. (#4673) •It is now possible to assign input gestures (keyboard commands, touch gestures, etc.) for all NVDA preferences dialogs and document formatting options using the Input Gestures dialog. (#4898) Changes •In NVDA's Document Formatting dialog, the keyboard shortcuts for Report lists, Report links, Report line numbers and Report font name have been changed. (#4650) •In NVDA's Mouse Settings dialog, keyboard shortcuts have been added for play audio coordinates when mouse moves and brightness controls audio coordinates volume. (#4916) •Significantly improved reporting of color names. (#4984) •Updated liblouis braille translator to 2.6.2. (#4777) Bug Fixes •Character descriptions are now handled correctly for conjunct characters in certain Indian languages. (#4582) •If the Trust voice's language when processing characters and symbols option is enabled, the Punctuation/Symbol pronunciation dialog now correctly uses the voice language. Also, the language for which pronunciation is being edited is shown in the dialog's title. (#4930) •In Internet Explorer and other MSHTML controls, typed characters are no longer inappropriately announced in editable combo boxes such as the Google search field on the Google home page. (#4976) •When selecting colors in Microsoft Office applications, color names are now reported. (#3045) •Danish braille output now works again. (#4986) •PageUp/pageDown can again be used to change slides within a PowerPoint slide show. (#4850) •In Skype for Desktop 7.2 and later, typing notifications are now reported and problems immediately after moving focus out of a conversation have been fixed. (#4972) •Fixed problems when typing certain punctuation/symbols such as brackets into the filter field in the Input Gestures dialog. (#5060) •In Internet Explorer and other MSHTML controls, pressing g or shift+g to navigate to graphics now includes elements marked as images for accessibility purposes (i.e. ARIA role img). (#5062) Changes for Developers •brailleInput.handler.sendChars(mychar) will no longer filter out a character if it is equal to the previous character by ensuring that the key sent is correctly released. (#4139) •Scripts for changing touch modes will now honor new labeles added to touchHandler.touchModeLabels. (#4699) •Add-ons can provide their own math presentation implementations. See the mathPres package for details. (#4509) •Speech commands have been implemented to insert a break
Re: [AI] Using Kindle on PC
In a related question, would like to know whether Kindle Pro device is accessible for visually challenged please? Thanks and warm regards, Rahul. On 8/9/15, Vamshi. G gvamsh...@gmail.com wrote: Dear friends, I downloaded Kindle for PC with accessibility pack. But I am not able to find the option to register in tools. Can someone guide me in using it? -- G. Vamshi Mobile: +91 9949349497 Skype: gvamshi81 WWW.VIBEWA.ORG EQUALITY AND DIGNITY Register at the dedicated AccessIndia list for discussing accessibility of mobile phones / Tabs on: http://mail.accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/mobile.accessindia_accessindia.org.in Search for old postings at: http://www.mail-archive.com/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/ To unsubscribe send a message to accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in Disclaimer: 1. Contents of the mails, factual, or otherwise, reflect the thinking of the person sending the mail and AI in no way relates itself to its veracity; 2. AI cannot be held liable for any commission/omission based on the mails sent through this mailing list.. -- Rahul Kelapure +91 9833349929 Register at the dedicated AccessIndia list for discussing accessibility of mobile phones / Tabs on: http://mail.accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/mobile.accessindia_accessindia.org.in Search for old postings at: http://www.mail-archive.com/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/ To unsubscribe send a message to accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in Disclaimer: 1. Contents of the mails, factual, or otherwise, reflect the thinking of the person sending the mail and AI in no way relates itself to its veracity; 2. AI cannot be held liable for any commission/omission based on the mails sent through this mailing list..
[AI] South Korean Tech Company Announces World's First Braille Smartwatch
http://www.iflscience.com/technology/south-korean-tech-company-announces-worlds-first-braille-smartwatch A start-up tech company recently announced that it is developing the world’s first Braille smartwatch. Based in South Korea, Dot wants to develop affordable technology for the visually impaired. “Until now, if you got a message on iOS from your girlfriend, for example, you had to listen to Siri read it to you in that voice, which is impersonal,” said Dot CEO Eric Ju Yoon Kim, speaking to Tech in Asia. “Wouldn't you rather read it yourself and hear your girlfriend's voice saying it in your head?” Driven mostly by the continual releases of Apple products, the market for smartwatches and smart devices has recently grown exponentially. According to the World Health Organization, there are 285 million people worldwide with severe visual impairments. 39 million of them are classed as legally blind. Currently, smart braille devices are on the market at a cost of $3,000 and above. Dot aims to make this technology available for a fraction of the cost at less than $300. This product will be the first smartwatch option for the blind. It works by using a Braille display on a smooth face, with four depressed dots or “cells” that continually refresh and reveal new Braille characters as they rise and fall. The size of a watch, the product will be light and easy to use. Dot. If you’re a speedy reader, the device can also be altered by the user to change the character refreshing speed. Haptic technology allows for the smartwatch to provide information to its user in real time, using touch alone. The smartwatch can connect to any device using a Bluetooth connection, which converts any text into Braille letters. With the battery lasting 10 hours on a single charge, that’s a lot of reading. Developed in South Korea, the smartwatch has successfully been tested on the country’s Braille screens, which are present on ATMs and in train stations and continually update and deliver information. “90 percent of blind people become blind after birth,” said Kim, “and there’s nothing for them right now – they lose their access to information so suddenly.” Dot brings the modern wearable technology of now to the blind. The start-up will make 10,000 Dot smartwatches available by the end of this year. -- Avinash Shahi Doctoral student at Centre for Law and Governance JNU Register at the dedicated AccessIndia list for discussing accessibility of mobile phones / Tabs on: http://mail.accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/mobile.accessindia_accessindia.org.in Search for old postings at: http://www.mail-archive.com/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/ To unsubscribe send a message to accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in Disclaimer: 1. Contents of the mails, factual, or otherwise, reflect the thinking of the person sending the mail and AI in no way relates itself to its veracity; 2. AI cannot be held liable for any commission/omission based on the mails sent through this mailing list..
Re: [AI] Android / iphone classes
Bangaluru -Original Message- From: AccessIndia [mailto:accessindia-boun...@accessindia.org.in] On Behalf Of Kiran Baug Sent: Monday, August 10, 2015 11:24 AM To: AccessIndia: a list for discussing accessibility and issues concerning the disabled. Subject: Re: [AI] Android / iphone classes In which location cession has been conducted. On 8/10/15, PAULMUDDHA paulmud...@canarabank.com wrote: Dear friends, Happy to know that few android users took advantage of the classes conducted on Sunday. However, it is disappointing to know that many who had registered did not turn up giving lame excuses like buses, autos and cars not available and not able to reach on time. The instructors provided a very good flatform to provide classes on how to navigate and use the phones. The next training session is on 23 August. Make use of the opportunity and become perfect inusing android/iphone. Regards Paul DISCLAIMER: This email may contain privileged information and is intended solely for the addressee, and any disclosure of this information is strictly prohibited, and may be unlawful. If you have received this mail by mistake, please inform the sender immediately and delete this mail. Any information expressed in this mail does not necessarily reflect the views of CANARA BANK. Please note that any views or opinions presented in this email are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of the Bank. The recipient should check this email and any attachments for the presence of viruses. The sender declares that no liability can be cast upon the sender for any error or omissions in the contents of the message that arise, as a result of e-mail transmission and further declares that the sender cannot be made liable for any loss suffered by any person, on account of having acted upon any messages which is vitiated by error, omissions or interception. Register at the dedicated AccessIndia list for discussing accessibility of mobile phones / Tabs on: http://mail.accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/mobile.accessindia_accessind ia.org.in Search for old postings at: http://www.mail-archive.com/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/ To unsubscribe send a message to accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in Disclaimer: 1. Contents of the mails, factual, or otherwise, reflect the thinking of the person sending the mail and AI in no way relates itself to its veracity; 2. AI cannot be held liable for any commission/omission based on the mails sent through this mailing list.. -- Kiran Baug Register at the dedicated AccessIndia list for discussing accessibility of mobile phones / Tabs on: http://mail.accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/mobile.accessindia_accessind ia.org.in Search for old postings at: http://www.mail-archive.com/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/ To unsubscribe send a message to accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in Disclaimer: 1. Contents of the mails, factual, or otherwise, reflect the thinking of the person sending the mail and AI in no way relates itself to its veracity; 2. AI cannot be held liable for any commission/omission based on the mails sent through this mailing list.. DISCLAIMER: This email may contain privileged information and is intended solely for the addressee, and any disclosure of this information is strictly prohibited, and may be unlawful. If you have received this mail by mistake, please inform the sender immediately and delete this mail. Any information expressed in this mail does not necessarily reflect the views of CANARA BANK. Please note that any views or opinions presented in this email are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of the Bank. The recipient should check this email and any attachments for the presence of viruses. The sender declares that no liability can be cast upon the sender for any error or omissions in the contents of the message that arise, as a result of e-mail transmission and further declares that the sender cannot be made liable for any loss suffered by any person, on account of having acted upon any messages which is vitiated by error, omissions or interception. Register at the dedicated AccessIndia list for discussing accessibility of mobile phones / Tabs on: http://mail.accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/mobile.accessindia_accessindia.org.in Search for old postings at: http://www.mail-archive.com/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/ To unsubscribe send a message to accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in with the
Re: [AI] Android / iphone classes
Let us try on 23Rd August -Original Message- From: AccessIndia [mailto:accessindia-boun...@accessindia.org.in] On Behalf Of rajinder Sehgal Sent: Monday, August 10, 2015 11:41 AM To: AccessIndia: a list for discussing accessibility and issues concerning the disabled. Subject: Re: [AI] Android / iphone classes yess nice to here. but very fiew people can get advantage of this. then is it possible to record main convirsation for those who r not able to attend these classes? if can be done? On 8/10/15, Kiran Baug kiranbaug2...@gmail.com wrote: In which location cession has been conducted. On 8/10/15, PAULMUDDHA paulmud...@canarabank.com wrote: Dear friends, Happy to know that few android users took advantage of the classes conducted on Sunday. However, it is disappointing to know that many who had registered did not turn up giving lame excuses like buses, autos and cars not available and not able to reach on time. The instructors provided a very good flatform to provide classes on how to navigate and use the phones. The next training session is on 23 August. Make use of the opportunity and become perfect inusing android/iphone. Regards Paul DISCLAIMER: This email may contain privileged information and is intended solely for the addressee, and any disclosure of this information is strictly prohibited, and may be unlawful. If you have received this mail by mistake, please inform the sender immediately and delete this mail. Any information expressed in this mail does not necessarily reflect the views of CANARA BANK. Please note that any views or opinions presented in this email are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of the Bank. The recipient should check this email and any attachments for the presence of viruses. The sender declares that no liability can be cast upon the sender for any error or omissions in the contents of the message that arise, as a result of e-mail transmission and further declares that the sender cannot be made liable for any loss suffered by any person, on account of having acted upon any messages which is vitiated by error, omissions or interception. Register at the dedicated AccessIndia list for discussing accessibility of mobile phones / Tabs on: http://mail.accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/mobile.accessindia_accessind ia.org.in Search for old postings at: http://www.mail-archive.com/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/ To unsubscribe send a message to accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in Disclaimer: 1. Contents of the mails, factual, or otherwise, reflect the thinking of the person sending the mail and AI in no way relates itself to its veracity; 2. AI cannot be held liable for any commission/omission based on the mails sent through this mailing list.. -- Kiran Baug Register at the dedicated AccessIndia list for discussing accessibility of mobile phones / Tabs on: http://mail.accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/mobile.accessindia_accessind ia.org.in Search for old postings at: http://www.mail-archive.com/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/ To unsubscribe send a message to accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in Disclaimer: 1. Contents of the mails, factual, or otherwise, reflect the thinking of the person sending the mail and AI in no way relates itself to its veracity; 2. AI cannot be held liable for any commission/omission based on the mails sent through this mailing list.. Register at the dedicated AccessIndia list for discussing accessibility of mobile phones / Tabs on: http://mail.accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/mobile.accessindia_accessind ia.org.in Search for old postings at: http://www.mail-archive.com/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/ To unsubscribe send a message to accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in Disclaimer: 1. Contents of the mails, factual, or otherwise, reflect the thinking of the person sending the mail and AI in no way relates itself to its veracity; 2. AI cannot be held liable for any commission/omission based on the mails sent through this mailing list.. DISCLAIMER: This email may contain privileged information and is intended solely for the addressee, and any disclosure of this information is strictly prohibited, and may be unlawful. If you have received this mail by mistake,
[AI] “What if a blind person tapping his way down the street prods a ferocious dog with his white cane?” in TOI:
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/This-IIT-Delhi-professor-has-blind-peoples-problems-in-his-gunsight/articleshow/48384623.cms NEW DELHI: What if a blind person tapping his way down the street prods a ferocious dog with his white cane? The scenario came up in a conversation between Dipendra Manocha, then director of IT and services with National Association for the Blind, and M Balakrishnan, professor of computer science at IIT Delhi and an expert in assistive technologies, back in 2005. It opened Balakrishnan's eyes to the dangers the visually-challenged face and he has been trying to create smarter technologies for them ever since. Two of Balakrishnan's innovations — SmartCane and OnBoard — are hits already and his research group, AssisTech, has recently created books that let blind students feel figures and diagrams. For his efforts to improve the lives of visually chal lenged people, the professor has received Accessibility Award 2015 in Category B for serving persons with disabilities. Balakrishnan's first efforts were directed at addressing the problem of mobility, for which he started developing affordable devices that could detect obstacles without contact. Mobility is a vital aspect of access to education and work, he says. While developing OnBoard, for instance, he tried to make buses easily and safely usable by the visually impaired. The handheld radio frequency-based system announces bus route numbers and guides users to the bus door. The user presses one button to hear the route number, and another to select it. The 'select' button activates a speaker fitted near the bus door that helps the user board by following a voice. Balakrishnan's team tested On Board on IIT buses with schoolchildren from National Association for Blind and women from Centre for Blind Women before a trial run in Mumbai that involved 25 BEST buses. About 90% of the users were able to board the first bus on the route, he says. The team is arranging funds to extend the trial to 1,000 more buses. Equally innovative are the three tactile books AssisTech has produced for blind students. Until now, no Braille textbook in India had diagrams or figures. Blind students learned Pythagoras' theorem without ever feeling a triangle.While there are Braille presses to print text, there are no printing processes to make diagrams and figures. Learning happens by rote, says Balakrishnan. The Centre of Excellence in Tactile Graphics, set up as a part of AssisTech, has printed three books, one on physiology and anatomy , another on yoga, and a collection of Indian maps showing political boundaries and terrain for NCERT.The books are being tried out in some schools and if they are found useful, AssisTech will print more. In countries like Japan, the visually impaired are trained in physiotherapy because their tactile sensation is brilliant. The country taps into this potential, we don't, Balakrishnan says. His most popular creation to date is SmartCane, a device that can be fitted to white canes to detect obstacles in a three-metre range. Released in 2013, it has about 5,000 visually-impaired users. All that Balakrishnan wants now is support from industry to scale up production to make life easier for the blind. .. .. Searching your Soul-mate??? Register your profile to find here http://voicevision.in/matrimonial Visit our website at http://www.voicevision.in Join us on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/voicevisionfans Or follow us on Twitter at http://www.twitter.com/voicevision_in List mailing list l...@voicevision.in For list guidelines other subscription changes visit http://voicevision.in/mailman/listinfo/list_voicevision.in Register at the dedicated AccessIndia list for discussing accessibility of mobile phones / Tabs on: http://mail.accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/mobile.accessindia_accessindia.org.in Search for old postings at: http://www.mail-archive.com/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/ To unsubscribe send a message to accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in Disclaimer: 1. Contents of the mails, factual, or otherwise, reflect the thinking of the person sending the mail and AI in no way relates itself to its veracity; 2. AI cannot be held liable for any commission/omission based on the mails sent through this mailing list..
Re: [AI] TIps sought for purchase of lap top
Hi Guys, Thank you all for your inputs. @Ajay What problem you faced with Lenovo Flex? @Amiyoda, Very good idea but anyone operating like that? Will the Dell tabs be equally powerful; I mean powered by Intel i5/7 and can come with 4/8 RAM? @Austin, My criteria are small light weight but powerful fast lap tops. Btw, is windows 10 smooth and you’ve gotten used to it? Any problem? Please share crucial. SO far I have shortlisted: 1. Dell 17.6 inches, i7, 8 gb ram, 1tb for 50k But- wish the screen was smaller weight not 2.8KG. 2. Dell 15.6 inches i3, 4 RAM, 500GB for 33k But- First preference is the latest config 3. Acer 15.6 inches, i3, 4 GB RAM, 500 = 27k in E-zone 4. But- still leaned towards fastest machines as lap top is a durable product. 5. For concluding, over the last year, I have seen accessibility on excel, web and word for that matter has decreased I wish to have most accessible, fast machine containing robust config and most ideal windows version. Please guide On 8/8/15, Ajay Minocha ajayminoc...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, Though dell laptops don't have all the keys, yet they can easily be accessed by using errow keys with function key. I am using dell and can say, you wouldn' regret buying it. It is all about getting habitual to the keyboard. Lenovo doesn't bring thinkpad to market and from experience I can say, their flex models are a great disaster! HTH, Ajay On 8/7/15, Ekinath Khedekar ekin...@gmail.com wrote: Hello Techies, I wish to purchase a lap top with the following configuration at the least. Which one should I buy I mean brand- Dell, HP, Lenovo, Asus? Reason to ask these questions is because some amazing lap tops of Dell are not having page down-up and home and end button. These four keys are very useful while using JAWs, therefore please guide. Configuration: Intel core processor 5-7 Ram memory 4-8 (Preference to 8) Memory 500 minimum (Not a huge priority due to a hard disk) Proper keyboard outlay Budget = 30-50K DO please let know any experience you’ve recently went through while buying the machine. Thank you -- *** I am only one, but I am one. I cannot do everything, but I can do something. And because I cannot do everything, I will not refuse to do the something I can do. What I can do, I should do. And what I should do, by the grace of God, I will do. EDWARD EVERETT HALE. Register at the dedicated AccessIndia list for discussing accessibility of mobile phones / Tabs on: http://mail.accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/mobile.accessindia_accessindia.org.in Search for old postings at: http://www.mail-archive.com/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/ To unsubscribe send a message to accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in Disclaimer: 1. Contents of the mails, factual, or otherwise, reflect the thinking of the person sending the mail and AI in no way relates itself to its veracity; 2. AI cannot be held liable for any commission/omission based on the mails sent through this mailing list.. -- Ajay Minocha Mob : +91-9584076767 E mail : ajayminoc...@gmail.com p13aj...@iimidr.ac.in Skype: ajayminocha2 Register at the dedicated AccessIndia list for discussing accessibility of mobile phones / Tabs on: http://mail.accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/mobile.accessindia_accessindia.org.in Search for old postings at: http://www.mail-archive.com/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/ To unsubscribe send a message to accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in Disclaimer: 1. Contents of the mails, factual, or otherwise, reflect the thinking of the person sending the mail and AI in no way relates itself to its veracity; 2. AI cannot be held liable for any commission/omission based on the mails sent through this mailing list.. -- *** I am only one, but I am one. I cannot do everything, but I can do something. And because I cannot do everything, I will not refuse to do the something I can do. What I can do, I should do. And what I should do, by the grace of God, I will do. EDWARD EVERETT HALE. Register at the dedicated AccessIndia list for discussing accessibility of mobile phones / Tabs on: http://mail.accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/mobile.accessindia_accessindia.org.in Search for old postings at: http://www.mail-archive.com/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/ To unsubscribe send a message to accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in with the subject
Re: [AI] Android / iphone classes
yess nice to here. but very fiew people can get advantage of this. then is it possible to record main convirsation for those who r not able to attend these classes? if can be done? On 8/10/15, Kiran Baug kiranbaug2...@gmail.com wrote: In which location cession has been conducted. On 8/10/15, PAULMUDDHA paulmud...@canarabank.com wrote: Dear friends, Happy to know that few android users took advantage of the classes conducted on Sunday. However, it is disappointing to know that many who had registered did not turn up giving lame excuses like buses, autos and cars not available and not able to reach on time. The instructors provided a very good flatform to provide classes on how to navigate and use the phones. The next training session is on 23 August. Make use of the opportunity and become perfect inusing android/iphone. Regards Paul DISCLAIMER: This email may contain privileged information and is intended solely for the addressee, and any disclosure of this information is strictly prohibited, and may be unlawful. If you have received this mail by mistake, please inform the sender immediately and delete this mail. Any information expressed in this mail does not necessarily reflect the views of CANARA BANK. Please note that any views or opinions presented in this email are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of the Bank. The recipient should check this email and any attachments for the presence of viruses. The sender declares that no liability can be cast upon the sender for any error or omissions in the contents of the message that arise, as a result of e-mail transmission and further declares that the sender cannot be made liable for any loss suffered by any person, on account of having acted upon any messages which is vitiated by error, omissions or interception. Register at the dedicated AccessIndia list for discussing accessibility of mobile phones / Tabs on: http://mail.accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/mobile.accessindia_accessindia.org.in Search for old postings at: http://www.mail-archive.com/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/ To unsubscribe send a message to accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in Disclaimer: 1. Contents of the mails, factual, or otherwise, reflect the thinking of the person sending the mail and AI in no way relates itself to its veracity; 2. AI cannot be held liable for any commission/omission based on the mails sent through this mailing list.. -- Kiran Baug Register at the dedicated AccessIndia list for discussing accessibility of mobile phones / Tabs on: http://mail.accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/mobile.accessindia_accessindia.org.in Search for old postings at: http://www.mail-archive.com/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/ To unsubscribe send a message to accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in Disclaimer: 1. Contents of the mails, factual, or otherwise, reflect the thinking of the person sending the mail and AI in no way relates itself to its veracity; 2. AI cannot be held liable for any commission/omission based on the mails sent through this mailing list.. Register at the dedicated AccessIndia list for discussing accessibility of mobile phones / Tabs on: http://mail.accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/mobile.accessindia_accessindia.org.in Search for old postings at: http://www.mail-archive.com/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/ To unsubscribe send a message to accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in Disclaimer: 1. Contents of the mails, factual, or otherwise, reflect the thinking of the person sending the mail and AI in no way relates itself to its veracity; 2. AI cannot be held liable for any commission/omission based on the mails sent through this mailing list..
[AI] Ranchi: Prod on security at blind girls' hostel
http://www.telegraphindia.com/1150808/jsp/jharkhand/story_35963.jsp#.VchI4xYVgmw Our Correspondent SCPCR member Manoj Kumar interacts with girls of St Michael's school in Ranchi on Friday. (Prashant Mitra) Ranchi, Aug. 7: State Commission for Protection of Child Rights (SCPCR) member Manoj Kumar today stressed on the need for beefing up security at St Michael's School for Blind in Ranchi after a number of girl inmates complained of harassment and abuse by boys on the campus. Kumar, who went for an inspection to the state-run minority coeducational institute at Bahu Bazar around 11am, directed the school management to close the gate of the girls' hostel at 5pm and post two security guards there round the clock. Currently, the gate remains open till 7-8pm and there is no security guard at the hostel, which houses a total of 50 blind girls. Some 61 boys of the school stay in the adjacent hostel. During his two-hour stay on the campus, Kumar interacted with a number of girls, who conceded that they felt unsafe inside their hostel. Though Kumar refused to elaborate, sources claimed that some boy inmates had physically abused some girls on the premises last week. Also, in the absence of any security guard, outsiders can easily enter the girls' hostel. The girls looked terrified. However, on prodding, they requested me to provide them security. Some of them even suggested that they faced problems due to boy inmates on a regular basis. I have instructed the school management to deploy two guards at the girls' hostel and close the gate by 5pm, Kumar said. Kumar, who later inspected girl and boy hostels, classrooms, dining hall and laboratories, directed the authorities to serve breakfast, lunch and dinner to girls and boys separately. Currently, meals are served to both girls and boys at the same time. Sources claimed that there had been instances when boys harassed some girls in the dining hall. After the inspection, school principal M.T.P. Agarwal said: We provide all facilities to our students like midday meal, uniform, braille textbooks, but there is no provision for security guards. However, I have decided to close the hostel gate by 5pm following SCPCR instruction. The principal added that most of the students had to dropout after the matriculation as there was no provision for plus-II education at this century-old school. I have requested the SCPCR member to write to the state HRD department to start plus-II education here. Now, after matriculation, majority of students return to their home and work as daily wage labourers, farmers or sell vegetables as they are left with no option. Only a few lucky ones go to Delhi for higher education, Agarwal said. -- Avinash Shahi Doctoral student at Centre for Law and Governance JNU Register at the dedicated AccessIndia list for discussing accessibility of mobile phones / Tabs on: http://mail.accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/mobile.accessindia_accessindia.org.in Search for old postings at: http://www.mail-archive.com/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/ To unsubscribe send a message to accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in Disclaimer: 1. Contents of the mails, factual, or otherwise, reflect the thinking of the person sending the mail and AI in no way relates itself to its veracity; 2. AI cannot be held liable for any commission/omission based on the mails sent through this mailing list..
Re: [AI] [Bulk] South Korean Tech Company Announces World's First BrailleSmartwatch
I wonder how fast we can read with 4 characters limit. - Original Message - From: avinash shahi shahi88avin...@gmail.com To: accessindia accessindia@accessindia.org.in Sent: Monday, August 10, 2015 11:37 AM Subject: [Bulk] [AI] South Korean Tech Company Announces World's First BrailleSmartwatch http://www.iflscience.com/technology/south-korean-tech-company-announces-worlds-first-braille-smartwatch A start-up tech company recently announced that it is developing the world’s first Braille smartwatch. Based in South Korea, Dot wants to develop affordable technology for the visually impaired. “Until now, if you got a message on iOS from your girlfriend, for example, you had to listen to Siri read it to you in that voice, which is impersonal,” said Dot CEO Eric Ju Yoon Kim, speaking to Tech in Asia. “Wouldn't you rather read it yourself and hear your girlfriend's voice saying it in your head?” Driven mostly by the continual releases of Apple products, the market for smartwatches and smart devices has recently grown exponentially. According to the World Health Organization, there are 285 million people worldwide with severe visual impairments. 39 million of them are classed as legally blind. Currently, smart braille devices are on the market at a cost of $3,000 and above. Dot aims to make this technology available for a fraction of the cost at less than $300. This product will be the first smartwatch option for the blind. It works by using a Braille display on a smooth face, with four depressed dots or “cells” that continually refresh and reveal new Braille characters as they rise and fall. The size of a watch, the product will be light and easy to use. Dot. If you’re a speedy reader, the device can also be altered by the user to change the character refreshing speed. Haptic technology allows for the smartwatch to provide information to its user in real time, using touch alone. The smartwatch can connect to any device using a Bluetooth connection, which converts any text into Braille letters. With the battery lasting 10 hours on a single charge, that’s a lot of reading. Developed in South Korea, the smartwatch has successfully been tested on the country’s Braille screens, which are present on ATMs and in train stations and continually update and deliver information. “90 percent of blind people become blind after birth,” said Kim, “and there’s nothing for them right now – they lose their access to information so suddenly.” Dot brings the modern wearable technology of now to the blind. The start-up will make 10,000 Dot smartwatches available by the end of this year. -- Avinash Shahi Doctoral student at Centre for Law and Governance JNU Register at the dedicated AccessIndia list for discussing accessibility of mobile phones / Tabs on: http://mail.accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/mobile.accessindia_accessindia.org.in Search for old postings at: http://www.mail-archive.com/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/ To unsubscribe send a message to accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in Disclaimer: 1. Contents of the mails, factual, or otherwise, reflect the thinking of the person sending the mail and AI in no way relates itself to its veracity; 2. AI cannot be held liable for any commission/omission based on the mails sent through this mailing list.. Register at the dedicated AccessIndia list for discussing accessibility of mobile phones / Tabs on: http://mail.accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/mobile.accessindia_accessindia.org.in Search for old postings at: http://www.mail-archive.com/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/ To unsubscribe send a message to accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in Disclaimer: 1. Contents of the mails, factual, or otherwise, reflect the thinking of the person sending the mail and AI in no way relates itself to its veracity; 2. AI cannot be held liable for any commission/omission based on the mails sent through this mailing list..
Re: [AI] She got into IIM with 10% vision, little prep By Isha Jain
Follow up: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/lucknow/Flicker-of-hope-for-visually-challenged-IIM-L-girl/articleshow/48416864.cms On 8/8/15, Ajay Minocha ajayminoc...@gmail.com wrote: Hi sir, Can say following from my experiences. 1. Though knowing math ML can be advantageous but practically getting the content in right format especially at the right time becomes a challenge. Therefore, for subjects which contain equations, tables and graphs, making notes in class and studying with friends/ professors is a practical solution. 2. Since at IIMs most of the subjects are based on articals from various journals and real life case studies, any central repository of textbooks wouldn't be much helpful. However, the journals and cases can easily be obtained in soft copies on case to case bases. 3. As far as I know, all the professors at IIMs are assisted by teaching associats. They can be really helpful for writing quizzes/ exams. We used to take an associat from finance area if the exam used to be of a finance subject. Again, alternative evaluations like vivas are also possible and almost all of us who have studied at IIMs, have opted for them in few subjects. 4. The training can be possible through Skype however I am not much clear about your question. Again, as I said the other day, Would urge you to put her in touch with any one of us i.e. Vishal, Karan, Swathi, Anuj or myself so that we can guide her. HTH, Ajay On 8/8/15, Nirmal Verma nirmalkat...@gmail.com wrote: Dear friends I meed the following solutions for students like paridhi 1. How to go about mathematics. 2. Is there a central repositories of all the books of management? 3. Cant these students be given scribes who have already done the course or the senior students who would understand what the blind student is saying. 4. Assistive technology training throught remote assistance. Nirmal On 08-Aug-2015 5:03 pm, avinash shahi shahi88avin...@gmail.com wrote: Great accomplishment indeed. Any comment on her understanding about visual impairment as quoted in the piece? Many theorists and scholars have convincingly maintained that the experience is the most powerful reality which determines one's outlook in the life. I think there is an urgent need for the experts-disability counsellors to cater to the suddenly transformed people who become disabled in their teen/youth age. http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/lucknow/She-got-into-IIM-with-10-vision-little-prep/articleshow/48397554.cms?utm_source=facebook.comutm_medium=referralutm_campaign=TOI LUCKNOW: Being the youngest person in her batch and having received calls from all but two IIMs is a remarkable achievement by any standard for a 19-year-old. But this achievement by Jaipur girl and IIM-Lucknow fresher Paridhi Varma becomes particularly special when one considers the fact that she has lost 90% vision to macular degeneration. Paridhi, who has enrolled in the PG programme in management at the premier institute, will be staying away from parents for the first time in her life. Initially, I was not able to manage because preparations involved a lot of reading. At home, dad read out lessons for me. There was a time when I thought of quitting, but then my seniors came forward and volunteered to help me overcome my challenges, says Paridhi, adding, I have a disability, but I focus only on my abilities. The challenge of living alone became worse when she had a ligament tear in the very first month at IIM-L. I slipped due to poor vision. I have problems in walking in the campus at night. In hostel, I manage everything on my own as my senses are really sharp,'' she says. Born in Jabalpur, Paridhi spent the formative years of her life in Delhi. She moved to Dehradun in class VI when her parents, father Satendra and mother Krishna Prabha Varma, both working in defence ministry, were transferred. She joined class XI in a private school in Jaipur, the city from where she completed her graduation. A BBA graduate from ICG, Jaipur, and a diploma holder in mass communication and video production, Paridhi aspired for civil services till she met a friend who suggested that she prepare for CAT. I took it lightly and just studied for two and a half months for the exam. The CAT results were a surprise for me, says Paridhi, who is passionate about radio jockeying and plans to pursue it after completing MBA. She says, RJing is all about talking which I can do the whole day. No one would come to know that I am visually-impaired.'' The diagnosis of her eye ailment was delayed. In school, her academic performance deteriorated to an extent that she failed her class V final examinations. My parents first thought I was becoming dumb with each passing year because I don't study. They felt I am not focussing on my studies. But the problem was that I couldn't read the blackboard even when I sat in the first row, says
Re: [AI] Android / iphone classes
Yes yes. Itt would be very best, if the session is recorded. Lots of blind people including me would be benefitted. -Original Message- From: AccessIndia [mailto:accessindia-boun...@accessindia.org.in] On Behalf Of rajinder Sehgal Sent: Monday, August 10, 2015 11:41 AM To: AccessIndia: a list for discussing accessibility and issues concerning the disabled. Subject: Re: [AI] Android / iphone classes yess nice to here. but very fiew people can get advantage of this. then is it possible to record main convirsation for those who r not able to attend these classes? if can be done? On 8/10/15, Kiran Baug kiranbaug2...@gmail.com wrote: In which location cession has been conducted. On 8/10/15, PAULMUDDHA paulmud...@canarabank.com wrote: Dear friends, Happy to know that few android users took advantage of the classes conducted on Sunday. However, it is disappointing to know that many who had registered did not turn up giving lame excuses like buses, autos and cars not available and not able to reach on time. The instructors provided a very good flatform to provide classes on how to navigate and use the phones. The next training session is on 23 August. Make use of the opportunity and become perfect inusing android/iphone. Regards Paul DISCLAIMER: This email may contain privileged information and is intended solely for the addressee, and any disclosure of this information is strictly prohibited, and may be unlawful. If you have received this mail by mistake, please inform the sender immediately and delete this mail. Any information expressed in this mail does not necessarily reflect the views of CANARA BANK. Please note that any views or opinions presented in this email are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of the Bank. The recipient should check this email and any attachments for the presence of viruses. The sender declares that no liability can be cast upon the sender for any error or omissions in the contents of the message that arise, as a result of e-mail transmission and further declares that the sender cannot be made liable for any loss suffered by any person, on account of having acted upon any messages which is vitiated by error, omissions or interception. Register at the dedicated AccessIndia list for discussing accessibility of mobile phones / Tabs on: http://mail.accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/mobile.accessindia_accessind ia.org.in Search for old postings at: http://www.mail-archive.com/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/ To unsubscribe send a message to accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in Disclaimer: 1. Contents of the mails, factual, or otherwise, reflect the thinking of the person sending the mail and AI in no way relates itself to its veracity; 2. AI cannot be held liable for any commission/omission based on the mails sent through this mailing list.. -- Kiran Baug Register at the dedicated AccessIndia list for discussing accessibility of mobile phones / Tabs on: http://mail.accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/mobile.accessindia_accessind ia.org.in Search for old postings at: http://www.mail-archive.com/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/ To unsubscribe send a message to accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in Disclaimer: 1. Contents of the mails, factual, or otherwise, reflect the thinking of the person sending the mail and AI in no way relates itself to its veracity; 2. AI cannot be held liable for any commission/omission based on the mails sent through this mailing list.. Register at the dedicated AccessIndia list for discussing accessibility of mobile phones / Tabs on: http://mail.accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/mobile.accessindia_accessind ia.org.in Search for old postings at: http://www.mail-archive.com/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/ To unsubscribe send a message to accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in Disclaimer: 1. Contents of the mails, factual, or otherwise, reflect the thinking of the person sending the mail and AI in no way relates itself to its veracity; 2. AI cannot be held liable for any commission/omission based on the mails sent through this mailing list.. Register at the dedicated AccessIndia list for discussing accessibility of mobile phones / Tabs on:
Re: [AI] Using Kindle on PC
Kindle devices are not at all accessible. I just have bought one for my daughter. It has Wi FI facility but no sound card. It has all the touch keys axcept for the power button. Exciting Offers to Grab Vedprakash Sharma -Original Message- From: AccessIndia [mailto:accessindia-boun...@accessindia.org.in] On Behalf Of Rahul Kelapure Sent: Monday, August 10, 2015 2:44 PM To: AccessIndia: a list for discussing accessibility and issues concerning the disabled. accessindia@accessindia.org.in Subject: Re: [AI] Using Kindle on PC In a related question, would like to know whether Kindle Pro device is accessible for visually challenged please? Thanks and warm regards, Rahul. On 8/9/15, Vamshi. G gvamsh...@gmail.com wrote: Dear friends, I downloaded Kindle for PC with accessibility pack. But I am not able to find the option to register in tools. Can someone guide me in using it? -- G. Vamshi Mobile: +91 9949349497 Skype: gvamshi81 WWW.VIBEWA.ORG EQUALITY AND DIGNITY Register at the dedicated AccessIndia list for discussing accessibility of mobile phones / Tabs on: http://mail.accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/mobile.accessindia_acc essindia.org.in Search for old postings at: http://www.mail-archive.com/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/ To unsubscribe send a message to accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org .in Disclaimer: 1. Contents of the mails, factual, or otherwise, reflect the thinking of the person sending the mail and AI in no way relates itself to its veracity; 2. AI cannot be held liable for any commission/omission based on the mails sent through this mailing list.. -- Rahul Kelapure +91 9833349929 Register at the dedicated AccessIndia list for discussing accessibility of mobile phones / Tabs on: http://mail.accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/mobile.accessindia_accessind ia.org.in Search for old postings at: http://www.mail-archive.com/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/ To unsubscribe send a message to accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in Disclaimer: 1. Contents of the mails, factual, or otherwise, reflect the thinking of the person sending the mail and AI in no way relates itself to its veracity; 2. AI cannot be held liable for any commission/omission based on the mails sent through this mailing list.. Register at the dedicated AccessIndia list for discussing accessibility of mobile phones / Tabs on: http://mail.accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/mobile.accessindia_accessindia.org.in Search for old postings at: http://www.mail-archive.com/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/ To unsubscribe send a message to accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in Disclaimer: 1. Contents of the mails, factual, or otherwise, reflect the thinking of the person sending the mail and AI in no way relates itself to its veracity; 2. AI cannot be held liable for any commission/omission based on the mails sent through this mailing list..
[AI] Daily Eyeway Alerts
Dear All: Greetings from the Eyeway Helpdesk! Follow below the Daily Eyeway Alerts: 1. News- Documentary on Visually Challenged Chess Players. Proving that he was every bit the altruist that he was deemed to be, five-time World Champion and Grand Master Vishwanathan Anand on Sunday took time off his hectic schedule to launch the release of Algorithms, a documentary on visually-challenged Indian chess players, with an audio-described theatrical preview in the city. Speaking on the occasion, Anand said, “I have a connection with almost everyone in this movie. Chess is the most inclusive game because it is the one game that they (visually challenged) can play at exactly the same level that I can play in exactly the same way that I can play. All other sports will have to be modified slightly. But in chess, aside from being able to touch the pieces, the experience is the same. As I am not allowed to make the moves while I am thinking, all the visualisation is done at the same level. The only difference as far as I can tell is that I can see the pieces and positions at any time, while they will have to keep recalling it. What is amazing about these kids is that they have accepted this challenge and enjoy it. I would like to congratulate everyone associated with this movie as these kind of movies inspire them to overcome their reservations and take up the challenge of playing. The biggest challenge is for them to not think of something as being inaccessible and this movie is really about the accessibility of chess.” The documentary’s director, Ian Mc Donald, who called himself a son of UK and a son-in-law of India, said, “ This documentary’s idea came from a small newspaper report on visually challenged chess players in India in 2006. We were clear that we wanted to avoid any sense of pity.” More at http://www.eyeway.org/?q=documentary-visually-challenged-chess-players JNU may set up resource centre for visually impaired. Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) is considering setting up a National Resource Centre to develop an online portal to provide access to e-resources to the visually impaired faculty and students of various universities across the globe.The Central Library of the university is working on a proposal for submission to HRD ministry and Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment to set up a National Resource Centre for the Visually Impaired Faculty and Students of Higher Education Institutions in India (NRCVISHEI) and also to establish a consortia of Indian University Libraries to fulfil its aims and objectives. More at http://www.eyeway.org/?q=jnu-may-set-resource-centre-visually-impaired National Institute for the Visually Handicapped Regional Centre (NIVH), Chennai, invites applications for admission to Two Year B.Ed., Special Education (Visual Impairment) course for the academic year 2015-17. Eligibility: Bachelor’s Degree in School Subjects. (Marks – OC 50%, BC 45%. MBC 43%, SC/ST 40%, Disabled – Pass). Interested candidates may apply in the prescribed application format obtainable from this Centre in person from 10th August, 2015 ( 10- 00 a.m to 3-00 p.m. on working days) on payment of Rs.350/- (Rs.200/- for SC/ST/Disabled on production of attested concerned certificate) or by Post by sending a demand draft payable at Chennai drawn in favour of “NIYH” Regional Centre” for Rs.400/- (Rs.250/- for SC/ST/Disabled on production of attested concerned certificate). More details contact: 044-26272505, 26274478. Flicker of hope for visually challenged IIM-L girl. The 19-year-old visually impaired Paridhi Varma who made it to Indian Institute of Management- Lucknow despite only 10% vision has now all reasons to smile. Following TOI's report on Paridhi, this TOI correspondent received an e-mail from a Mumbai-based woman wanting to speak to Paridhi, to tell her there is no reason to lose hope. Thane (Mumbai) resident Surbhi Roshan told TOI that her husband, Roshan suffered from the same medical condition Paridhi has and was cured completely. TOI spoke to Roshan who explained how macular degeneration impaired his vision for 16 years. It was in March 1999 I began to experience problem reading and driving. When we visited an optician, he said there is a dot on the retina of my left eye and we began visiting retinologists across Mumbai and also went to UK. They referred my disease as 'idiopathic' (condition arising spontaneously or for which cause is unknown) and said it is incurable,'' Roshan told TOI on phone from Mumbai. By 2003, Roshan lost 80% vision in both eyes. His disability forced him to quit his cushy job (he was vice-president in actor Ajay Devgn's film production house). For the next two years, he was at home, mostly in dark rooms. Two months back Roshan met a doctor who helped him regain his vision to quite an extent. More at http://www.eyeway.org/?q=flicker-hope-visually-challenged-iim-l-girl What if a blind person tapping his way down the street prods a ferocious dog with his white
Re: [AI] Using Kindle on PC
How about accessibility if we use kindle on I phone? Regards, Nupur -Original Message- From: AccessIndia [mailto:accessindia-boun...@accessindia.org.in] On Behalf Of Vedprakash Sent: Monday, August 10, 2015 4:21 PM To: 'AccessIndia: a list for discussing accessibility and issues concerning the disabled.' accessindia@accessindia.org.in Subject: Re: [AI] Using Kindle on PC Kindle devices are not at all accessible. I just have bought one for my daughter. It has Wi FI facility but no sound card. It has all the touch keys axcept for the power button. Exciting Offers to Grab Vedprakash Sharma -Original Message- From: AccessIndia [mailto:accessindia-boun...@accessindia.org.in] On Behalf Of Rahul Kelapure Sent: Monday, August 10, 2015 2:44 PM To: AccessIndia: a list for discussing accessibility and issues concerning the disabled. accessindia@accessindia.org.in Subject: Re: [AI] Using Kindle on PC In a related question, would like to know whether Kindle Pro device is accessible for visually challenged please? Thanks and warm regards, Rahul. On 8/9/15, Vamshi. G gvamsh...@gmail.com wrote: Dear friends, I downloaded Kindle for PC with accessibility pack. But I am not able to find the option to register in tools. Can someone guide me in using it? -- G. Vamshi Mobile: +91 9949349497 Skype: gvamshi81 WWW.VIBEWA.ORG EQUALITY AND DIGNITY Register at the dedicated AccessIndia list for discussing accessibility of mobile phones / Tabs on: http://mail.accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/mobile.accessindia_acc essindia.org.in Search for old postings at: http://www.mail-archive.com/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/ To unsubscribe send a message to accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org .in Disclaimer: 1. Contents of the mails, factual, or otherwise, reflect the thinking of the person sending the mail and AI in no way relates itself to its veracity; 2. AI cannot be held liable for any commission/omission based on the mails sent through this mailing list.. -- Rahul Kelapure +91 9833349929 Register at the dedicated AccessIndia list for discussing accessibility of mobile phones / Tabs on: http://mail.accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/mobile.accessindia_accessind ia.org.in Search for old postings at: http://www.mail-archive.com/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/ To unsubscribe send a message to accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in Disclaimer: 1. Contents of the mails, factual, or otherwise, reflect the thinking of the person sending the mail and AI in no way relates itself to its veracity; 2. AI cannot be held liable for any commission/omission based on the mails sent through this mailing list.. Register at the dedicated AccessIndia list for discussing accessibility of mobile phones / Tabs on: http://mail.accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/mobile.accessindia_accessindia.org.in Search for old postings at: http://www.mail-archive.com/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/ To unsubscribe send a message to accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in Disclaimer: 1. Contents of the mails, factual, or otherwise, reflect the thinking of the person sending the mail and AI in no way relates itself to its veracity; 2. AI cannot be held liable for any commission/omission based on the mails sent through this mailing list.. The information contained in this electronic message and any attachments to this message are intended for the exclusive use of the addressee(s) and may contain proprietary, confidential or privileged information. If you are not the intended recipient, you should not disseminate, distribute or copy this e-mail. Please notify the sender immediately and destroy all copies of this message and any attachments. WARNING: Computer viruses can be transmitted via email. The recipient should check this email and any attachments for the presence of viruses. The company accepts no liability for any damage caused by any virus transmitted by this email. www.wipro.com Register at the dedicated AccessIndia list for discussing accessibility of mobile phones / Tabs on: http://mail.accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/mobile.accessindia_accessindia.org.in Search for old postings at: http://www.mail-archive.com/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/ To unsubscribe send a message to accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in with the
Re: [AI] Using Kindle on PC
Kindle's accessibility on iPhone is excellent. I spend nearly three-four hrs a day reading books on Kindle on my iPhone. Please go ahead and use. Subramani On 8/10/15, nupur.j...@wipro.com nupur.j...@wipro.com wrote: How about accessibility if we use kindle on I phone? Regards, Nupur -Original Message- From: AccessIndia [mailto:accessindia-boun...@accessindia.org.in] On Behalf Of Vedprakash Sent: Monday, August 10, 2015 4:21 PM To: 'AccessIndia: a list for discussing accessibility and issues concerning the disabled.' accessindia@accessindia.org.in Subject: Re: [AI] Using Kindle on PC Kindle devices are not at all accessible. I just have bought one for my daughter. It has Wi FI facility but no sound card. It has all the touch keys axcept for the power button. Exciting Offers to Grab Vedprakash Sharma -Original Message- From: AccessIndia [mailto:accessindia-boun...@accessindia.org.in] On Behalf Of Rahul Kelapure Sent: Monday, August 10, 2015 2:44 PM To: AccessIndia: a list for discussing accessibility and issues concerning the disabled. accessindia@accessindia.org.in Subject: Re: [AI] Using Kindle on PC In a related question, would like to know whether Kindle Pro device is accessible for visually challenged please? Thanks and warm regards, Rahul. On 8/9/15, Vamshi. G gvamsh...@gmail.com wrote: Dear friends, I downloaded Kindle for PC with accessibility pack. But I am not able to find the option to register in tools. Can someone guide me in using it? -- G. Vamshi Mobile: +91 9949349497 Skype: gvamshi81 WWW.VIBEWA.ORG EQUALITY AND DIGNITY Register at the dedicated AccessIndia list for discussing accessibility of mobile phones / Tabs on: http://mail.accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/mobile.accessindia_acc essindia.org.in Search for old postings at: http://www.mail-archive.com/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/ To unsubscribe send a message to accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org .in Disclaimer: 1. Contents of the mails, factual, or otherwise, reflect the thinking of the person sending the mail and AI in no way relates itself to its veracity; 2. AI cannot be held liable for any commission/omission based on the mails sent through this mailing list.. -- Rahul Kelapure +91 9833349929 Register at the dedicated AccessIndia list for discussing accessibility of mobile phones / Tabs on: http://mail.accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/mobile.accessindia_accessind ia.org.in Search for old postings at: http://www.mail-archive.com/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/ To unsubscribe send a message to accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in Disclaimer: 1. Contents of the mails, factual, or otherwise, reflect the thinking of the person sending the mail and AI in no way relates itself to its veracity; 2. AI cannot be held liable for any commission/omission based on the mails sent through this mailing list.. Register at the dedicated AccessIndia list for discussing accessibility of mobile phones / Tabs on: http://mail.accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/mobile.accessindia_accessindia.org.in Search for old postings at: http://www.mail-archive.com/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/ To unsubscribe send a message to accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in Disclaimer: 1. Contents of the mails, factual, or otherwise, reflect the thinking of the person sending the mail and AI in no way relates itself to its veracity; 2. AI cannot be held liable for any commission/omission based on the mails sent through this mailing list.. The information contained in this electronic message and any attachments to this message are intended for the exclusive use of the addressee(s) and may contain proprietary, confidential or privileged information. If you are not the intended recipient, you should not disseminate, distribute or copy this e-mail. Please notify the sender immediately and destroy all copies of this message and any attachments. WARNING: Computer viruses can be transmitted via email. The recipient should check this email and any attachments for the presence of viruses. The company accepts no liability for any damage caused by any virus transmitted by this email. www.wipro.com Register at the dedicated AccessIndia list for discussing accessibility of mobile phones /
[AI] youtube link of discussion on RPD bill.
youtube link of discussion on RPD bill. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HjlVb5bjMp8 Register at the dedicated AccessIndia list for discussing accessibility of mobile phones / Tabs on: http://mail.accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/mobile.accessindia_accessindia.org.in Search for old postings at: http://www.mail-archive.com/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/ To unsubscribe send a message to accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in Disclaimer: 1. Contents of the mails, factual, or otherwise, reflect the thinking of the person sending the mail and AI in no way relates itself to its veracity; 2. AI cannot be held liable for any commission/omission based on the mails sent through this mailing list..
[AI] A dedicated teacher for people with special needs in every school: a solution or a new problem?
Dear Members, Would appreciate your inputs and guidance in the below matter. With the new circulars and guidelines which provide for one teacher in every school for people with special needs, are we moving towards a real solution or are we inviting new problems without an effective mechanism to deal with the problems posed by this requirement? I have a student who has financial constraints from Kota Rajasthan. From what I have been given to understand, the student is bright, scoring 91% in 7th grade and the result of 8th is awaited. Due to the information about the special needs student and availability of facilities to be filled in the survey which is submitted to Government, the school management has been literally forcing the student to drop from their school. They are in fact convincing me that the student should give exam from open schools or private arrangement. According to them, that will not impact in job preference in any way! To add to it, majority of the other schools we have tried, are clearly denying from admitting the student on account of lack of facilities. Pathetically this includes a school where I have also been a student. And the real strength of the schools is the officials of the state education department, who are suggesting the management to tell those students to go out and take admission in special schools. To the best of my knowledge, there is no special school in this city which would provide education beyond 8th class. Given the situation, the attitudes of the state department officials, and the lack of motivation of the student's family for taking any action (which is completely understandable), what options we are left with? If I was to take any action independently, without getting the student involved, how should I be going about it? As a practical and quick solution for now, I am trying to reach out to schools and get the student admitted, and I am willing to bare the expenses. Any guidance will be appreciated. Regards, -- Amar Jain. Website: www.amarjain.com Register at the dedicated AccessIndia list for discussing accessibility of mobile phones / Tabs on: http://mail.accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/mobile.accessindia_accessindia.org.in Search for old postings at: http://www.mail-archive.com/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/ To unsubscribe send a message to accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in Disclaimer: 1. Contents of the mails, factual, or otherwise, reflect the thinking of the person sending the mail and AI in no way relates itself to its veracity; 2. AI cannot be held liable for any commission/omission based on the mails sent through this mailing list..
[AI] NVDA 2015.2 fixes by Indian team
Dear All, Apologies for somewhat late information. As you all know that NVDA 2015.2 was out a couple of months back. This email is update about the contributions made by NVDA India team. As you would remember that on this list we had conducted a survey about the features that all of us want to see in future releases of NVDA. I know some of us might already know about the features that have been added by India team, but still find below a complete update. Following is from what’s new of 2015.2 In new features, first 5 such as next and previous sentence navigation in Microsoft word, Indian Braille tables, cell overlap information in excel, reading excel charts, and listing of charts, comments, and formulas in excel are fixes from Indian team. In bug fixes, 2 issues i.e. Character descriptions are now handled correctly for conjunct characters in certain Indian languages and When selecting colors in Microsoft Office applications, color names are now reported are from Indian team. Thanks for your support. We are trying to fix as many issues as possible, but we are limited by the resources to support our development efforts so we could not fix many of the issues that we wanted. This information does not include the work that we are doing in eSpeak. Full what’s new follows: 2015.2 Highlights of this release include the ability to read charts in Microsoft Excel and support for reading and interactive navigation of mathematical content. New Features •Moving forward and backward by sentence in Microsoft Word is now possible with alt+downArrow and alt+upArrow respectively. (#3288) •New braille translation tables for several Indian languages. (#4778) •In Microsoft Excel, NVDA now reports when a cell has overflowing or cropped content. (#3040) •In Microsoft Excel, you can now use the Elements List (NVDA+f7) to allow listing of charts, comments and formulas. (#1987) •Support for reading charts in Microsoft Excel. To use this, select the chart using the Elements List (NVDA+f7) and then use the arrow keys to move between the data points. (#1987) •Using MathPlayer 4 from Design Science, NVDA can now read and interactively navigate mathematical content in web browsers and in Microsoft Word and PowerPoint. See the Reading Mathematical Content section in the User Guide for details. (#4673) •It is now possible to assign input gestures (keyboard commands, touch gestures, etc.) for all NVDA preferences dialogs and document formatting options using the Input Gestures dialog. (#4898) Changes •In NVDA's Document Formatting dialog, the keyboard shortcuts for Report lists, Report links, Report line numbers and Report font name have been changed. (#4650) •In NVDA's Mouse Settings dialog, keyboard shortcuts have been added for play audio coordinates when mouse moves and brightness controls audio coordinates volume. (#4916) •Significantly improved reporting of color names. (#4984) •Updated liblouis braille translator to 2.6.2. (#4777) Bug Fixes •Character descriptions are now handled correctly for conjunct characters in certain Indian languages. (#4582) •If the Trust voice's language when processing characters and symbols option is enabled, the Punctuation/Symbol pronunciation dialog now correctly uses the voice language. Also, the language for which pronunciation is being edited is shown in the dialog's title. (#4930) •In Internet Explorer and other MSHTML controls, typed characters are no longer inappropriately announced in editable combo boxes such as the Google search field on the Google home page. (#4976) •When selecting colors in Microsoft Office applications, color names are now reported. (#3045) •Danish braille output now works again. (#4986) •PageUp/pageDown can again be used to change slides within a PowerPoint slide show. (#4850) •In Skype for Desktop 7.2 and later, typing notifications are now reported and problems immediately after moving focus out of a conversation have been fixed. (#4972) •Fixed problems when typing certain punctuation/symbols such as brackets into the filter field in the Input Gestures dialog. (#5060) •In Internet Explorer and other MSHTML controls, pressing g or shift+g to navigate to graphics now includes elements marked as images for accessibility purposes (i.e. ARIA role img). (#5062) Changes for Developers •brailleInput.handler.sendChars(mychar) will no longer filter out a character if it is equal to the previous character by ensuring that the key sent is correctly released. (#4139) •Scripts for changing touch modes will now honor new labeles added to touchHandler.touchModeLabels. (#4699) •Add-ons can provide their own math presentation implementations. See the mathPres package for details. (#4509) •Speech commands have been implemented to insert a break between words and to change the pitch, volume and rate. See BreakCommand, PitchCommand,
