[AI] Government starts 'On-line On-Site' to aid persons with disabilities
Government starts 'On-line On-Site' to aid persons with disabilities Social Justic Minister Thaawar Chand Gehlot, who inaugurated a mega camp for free of cost distribution of Assistive Aids and Appliances to the Persons with Disabilities at Gwalior in MP, said that this registration system will help in saving time. Social Justic Minister Thaawar Chand Gehlot, who inaugurated a mega camp for free of cost distribution of Assistive Aids and Appliances to the Persons with Disabilities at Gwalior in MP, said that this registration system will help in saving time. ET SPECIAL:Love visual aspect of news? Enjoy this exclusive slideshows treat! NEW DELHI: An online beneficiaries registration system, 'On-line On-Site', was launched today to ensure transparency in schemes implemented by the ministry to provide assistive aids Persons with Disabilities. Union Social Justice and Empowerment Minister Thaawar Chand Gehlot, who inaugurated a mega camp for free of cost distribution of Assistive Aids and Appliances to the Persons with Disabilities under the ADIP scheme at Gwalior in Madhya Pradesh, said that this registration system will help in saving time. Replacement of the old manual registration process with the 'On-line On-Site' registration system will bring absolute transparency in implementation of ADIP and ADIP-SSA schemes of Government of India for providing assistive aids and appliances to Persons with Disabilities and children with special needs across the nation, a statement quoting Gehlot said. The 'On-line On-Site' beneficiaries registration system is an initiative taken up by ALIMCO, as part of the Digital India campaign. The details of online registered beneficiaries with their photograph will be uploaded immediately in the official website of ALIMCO during the assessment itself and will be accessible to one and all, it said. Moreover, beneficiaries will also be updated about the information on distribution camp through mobile SMS service, it said. Gehlot also announced that his ministry assures to set up a hostel of 500 seats for SC, ST and differently-abled in Gwalior district if the demand is initiated by the concerned department of the state or district administration. Motorised Tricycle with Utility Box, which can be used by beneficiaries with over 80 per cent of disability for selling items like milk packets, newspapers or other similar items, was also launched on the occasion. Union Mines Minister Narendra Singh Tomar also spoke on the occasion. A total of differently-abled 2924 persons, pre-identified during the assessment camps conducted at different locations in June, were provided various types of aids and assistive devices manufactured and distributed by ALIMCO, functioning under the ministry, worth of over Rs 2 crore under the ADIP scheme in the camp. Source http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/economy/policy/government-starts-on-line-on-site-to-aid-persons-with-disabilities/articleshow/48516159.cms -- m. sivakumar. P.hd. International Institute of Tamil Studies CIT Campus, 2nd Main Road, Tharamani, Chennai, 600113 We're conditioned to think that our lives revolve around great moments. But great moments often catch us unaware-beautifully wrapped in what others may consider a small one. 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] Announcing BrailleSpark: the freedom of Brailler!
Now got it. On 8/18/15, Akash Kakkar akash.mis...@gmail.com wrote: Hi harish, I got your license request yesterday and sent you the same. I think that you didn't got the key, please check your spam folder too. you requested license today again, so I once again sent you the same key. check your spam folder and report On 8/18/15, Harish Kapoor harish.kapoor1...@gmail.com wrote: It is asking for license key. where to get it? On 8/18/15, Akash Kakkar akash.mis...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Amiyo, i've checked and the link is working. please check again. I'm giving the link again: http://download.microsoft.com/download/9/5/A/95A9616B-7A37-4AF6-BC36-D6EA96C8DAAE/dotNetFx40_Full_x86_x64.exe and, no, currently you can't type bangali. and please read my previous mail about costing/licensing On 8/18/15, Amiyo Biswas amiyo.bis...@gmail.com wrote: I put these questions at the comments section. but I thought it better to put the questions here. First, your link to the dotnet framework 4 is not working. Second, can we use it for typing Bengali? How much is it likely to cost? Personally, I prefer using the normal keyboard layout as much as possible so that I can use anybody's computer anywhere. With best regards, Amiyo Biswas Cell: +91-9433464329 - Original Message - From: Akash Kakkar akash.mis...@gmail.com To: accessindia@accessindia.org.in Sent: Monday, August 17, 2015 11:13 AM Subject: [AI] Announcing BrailleSpark: the freedom of Brailler! Hello everyone,Akash Delight Computings is very much delighted to announce BrailleSpark®!. BrailleSpark allows us to use our laptop/desktop keyboards like a brailler.(Full introduction is written below) If you are interested then, Read the announcement from: http://akashk.in/AnnouncingBrailleSpark Read the full documentation from: http://akashk.in/BrailleSparkManual or download BrailleSpark from: http://akashk.in/DownloadBrailleSpark for any query, suggestion, bug report or feature request, contact us at: http://akashk.in/contact BrailleSpark® Introduction BrailleSpark® is an excellent and industry leading tool which gives you the freedom of the brailler on your laptop/desktop keyboards. Yes, BrailleSpark® allows you to type on your laptop/desktop keyboards with six fingers, just like a brailler. Put your fingers on the keyboard, and start your computerized, digital and intelligent brailler with your six fingers! BrailleSpark® supports both Roman and Devanagari scripts. It takes Braille input and displays it's output in normal printed text which can be easily read by your preferred screen reader/speech synthesizer. With BrailleSpark® you can extensively type Hindi, Sanskrit, English and many more Devanagari/Roman supported languages only with your six fingers and it is also Unicode compliant. BrailleSpark® has an intelligent logical engine which automatically manages the complicated routines of Hindi language such as diacritics ETC. Unlike other tools which use outdated and obsolete APIs and keyboard hooking mechanisms, BrailleSpark® uses it's own, up to date and blazing fast APIs which gives you true typing experience. These APIs are being maintained and developed regularly by us. BrailleSpark® supports all popular screen readers such as JAWS, NVDA and Window Eyes. Easy keyboard shortcuts, intelligent language support, low memory footprint, all leading screen readers' support and blazing fast input makes it easy to use, feature rich and user friendly. BrailleSpark® not only lets you type Roman and Devanagari scripts, but it also gives you a comprehensive and powerful player named SparkPlayer by which you can simultaneously listen and type your audio books/files. It's a global player, means you can seamlessly do your work and manage it's operation from any application. There is no need to switch the player window, all shortcut keys will work from any application with the exception of internet browsers. SparkPlayer features global shortcut keys, Play/Pause, Speed Management, Forward/Rewind, Volume Management etc. All and All BrailleSpark® may be very useful for students, frequent typers, (Hindi), government employees, (who require heavy typing at their workplace) and teachers etc. It's a dream come true of Braille literate visually impaireds! 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,
Re: [AI] Announcing BrailleSpark: the freedom of Brailler!
Hi harish, I got your license request yesterday and sent you the same. I think that you didn't got the key, please check your spam folder too. you requested license today again, so I once again sent you the same key. check your spam folder and report On 8/18/15, Harish Kapoor harish.kapoor1...@gmail.com wrote: It is asking for license key. where to get it? On 8/18/15, Akash Kakkar akash.mis...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Amiyo, i've checked and the link is working. please check again. I'm giving the link again: http://download.microsoft.com/download/9/5/A/95A9616B-7A37-4AF6-BC36-D6EA96C8DAAE/dotNetFx40_Full_x86_x64.exe and, no, currently you can't type bangali. and please read my previous mail about costing/licensing On 8/18/15, Amiyo Biswas amiyo.bis...@gmail.com wrote: I put these questions at the comments section. but I thought it better to put the questions here. First, your link to the dotnet framework 4 is not working. Second, can we use it for typing Bengali? How much is it likely to cost? Personally, I prefer using the normal keyboard layout as much as possible so that I can use anybody's computer anywhere. With best regards, Amiyo Biswas Cell: +91-9433464329 - Original Message - From: Akash Kakkar akash.mis...@gmail.com To: accessindia@accessindia.org.in Sent: Monday, August 17, 2015 11:13 AM Subject: [AI] Announcing BrailleSpark: the freedom of Brailler! Hello everyone,Akash Delight Computings is very much delighted to announce BrailleSpark®!. BrailleSpark allows us to use our laptop/desktop keyboards like a brailler.(Full introduction is written below) If you are interested then, Read the announcement from: http://akashk.in/AnnouncingBrailleSpark Read the full documentation from: http://akashk.in/BrailleSparkManual or download BrailleSpark from: http://akashk.in/DownloadBrailleSpark for any query, suggestion, bug report or feature request, contact us at: http://akashk.in/contact BrailleSpark® Introduction BrailleSpark® is an excellent and industry leading tool which gives you the freedom of the brailler on your laptop/desktop keyboards. Yes, BrailleSpark® allows you to type on your laptop/desktop keyboards with six fingers, just like a brailler. Put your fingers on the keyboard, and start your computerized, digital and intelligent brailler with your six fingers! BrailleSpark® supports both Roman and Devanagari scripts. It takes Braille input and displays it's output in normal printed text which can be easily read by your preferred screen reader/speech synthesizer. With BrailleSpark® you can extensively type Hindi, Sanskrit, English and many more Devanagari/Roman supported languages only with your six fingers and it is also Unicode compliant. BrailleSpark® has an intelligent logical engine which automatically manages the complicated routines of Hindi language such as diacritics ETC. Unlike other tools which use outdated and obsolete APIs and keyboard hooking mechanisms, BrailleSpark® uses it's own, up to date and blazing fast APIs which gives you true typing experience. These APIs are being maintained and developed regularly by us. BrailleSpark® supports all popular screen readers such as JAWS, NVDA and Window Eyes. Easy keyboard shortcuts, intelligent language support, low memory footprint, all leading screen readers' support and blazing fast input makes it easy to use, feature rich and user friendly. BrailleSpark® not only lets you type Roman and Devanagari scripts, but it also gives you a comprehensive and powerful player named SparkPlayer by which you can simultaneously listen and type your audio books/files. It's a global player, means you can seamlessly do your work and manage it's operation from any application. There is no need to switch the player window, all shortcut keys will work from any application with the exception of internet browsers. SparkPlayer features global shortcut keys, Play/Pause, Speed Management, Forward/Rewind, Volume Management etc. All and All BrailleSpark® may be very useful for students, frequent typers, (Hindi), government employees, (who require heavy typing at their workplace) and teachers etc. It's a dream come true of Braille literate visually impaireds! 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
[AI] Daily Eyeway Alerts
Dear All: Greetings from the Eyeway Helpdesk! Follow below the Daily Eyeway Alerts: Jobs- There are three posts for Low Vision as Trainees (Production, Human Resources, Agriculture) in National Seeds Corporation Ltd. Delhi. Qualification for (i) Production and Agriculture Department: B.Sc. (Agriculture) with minimum 55% marks from recognized University. (ii) Human Resource: BBA/BCA/BA (Personnel Management) OR Graduate with minimum 55% marks from recognized University/Institutions with one year Diploma in Industrial Relations/Personnel Management/Human Resource Management/Labour Laws/Computer Application from a recognized University/Institution. Age: Not exceeding 27 years. The period of training will be normally one-year duration subject to satisfactory performance and passing out various tests and carrying out different assignments satisfactorily during the period of training. Application Form may be downloaded from NSC’s website i.e. www.indiaseeds.com. http://www.indiaseeds.com.%20/ Last date 7th September. More at http://www.eyeway.org/?q=jobs http://www.eye%20way.org/?q=jobs or employment news of 15th August page no.15 There is one post for Visually Impaired as Officer (Technical) in Power Finance Corporation Limited, Delhi. Qualification: B.E./B.Tech (specialization as mentioned below this table) and MBA/PGP/PGDM/PGDBM/PGDBA with specialization in FInance Power (Min 60% marks in both Graduation and Post Graduation). Age limit: 29 years. Apply Online through PFC's website i.e. www.pfcindia.com. http://www.pfcindia.com.%20/ Last date 7th September. More at http://www.eyeway.org/?q=jobs http://www.eye%20way.org/?q=jobs -- ** Best,Binni Kumari|Programme Manager Helpdesk! Score Foundation 17/107, Basement, Vikram Vihar, Lajpatnagar 4, New Delhi 110024, INDIA. Helpdesk:+91 - 11 - 460 70 380 (Monday to Friday 10am to 5pm) Office Phone: +91 - 11 - 26472582/81 Email:bi...@eyeway.org Websites: scorefoundation.org.in http://www.scorefoundation.org.in/ www.eyeway.org ** http://www.youtube.com/user/eyewayindiahttps://twitter.com/friendsofeyeway https://www.facebook.com/projecteyeway 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] Announcing BrailleSpark: the freedom of Brailler!
1. how does it cost, please check previous mails in this thread 2. Do you have any plans to include more languages like Telugu in the future? yes On 8/18/15, Kakarla Nageswaraiah nageswara1...@gmail.com wrote: Hello, Sorry for the following queries: 1. How much does it cost? 2. Do you have any plans to include more languages like Telugu in the future? Thanks and regards. On 8/18/15, Harish Kapoor harish.kapoor1...@gmail.com wrote: Now got it. On 8/18/15, Akash Kakkar akash.mis...@gmail.com wrote: Hi harish, I got your license request yesterday and sent you the same. I think that you didn't got the key, please check your spam folder too. you requested license today again, so I once again sent you the same key. check your spam folder and report On 8/18/15, Harish Kapoor harish.kapoor1...@gmail.com wrote: It is asking for license key. where to get it? On 8/18/15, Akash Kakkar akash.mis...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Amiyo, i've checked and the link is working. please check again. I'm giving the link again: http://download.microsoft.com/download/9/5/A/95A9616B-7A37-4AF6-BC36-D6EA96C8DAAE/dotNetFx40_Full_x86_x64.exe and, no, currently you can't type bangali. and please read my previous mail about costing/licensing On 8/18/15, Amiyo Biswas amiyo.bis...@gmail.com wrote: I put these questions at the comments section. but I thought it better to put the questions here. First, your link to the dotnet framework 4 is not working. Second, can we use it for typing Bengali? How much is it likely to cost? Personally, I prefer using the normal keyboard layout as much as possible so that I can use anybody's computer anywhere. With best regards, Amiyo Biswas Cell: +91-9433464329 - Original Message - From: Akash Kakkar akash.mis...@gmail.com To: accessindia@accessindia.org.in Sent: Monday, August 17, 2015 11:13 AM Subject: [AI] Announcing BrailleSpark: the freedom of Brailler! Hello everyone,Akash Delight Computings is very much delighted to announce BrailleSpark®!. BrailleSpark allows us to use our laptop/desktop keyboards like a brailler.(Full introduction is written below) If you are interested then, Read the announcement from: http://akashk.in/AnnouncingBrailleSpark Read the full documentation from: http://akashk.in/BrailleSparkManual or download BrailleSpark from: http://akashk.in/DownloadBrailleSpark for any query, suggestion, bug report or feature request, contact us at: http://akashk.in/contact BrailleSpark® Introduction BrailleSpark® is an excellent and industry leading tool which gives you the freedom of the brailler on your laptop/desktop keyboards. Yes, BrailleSpark® allows you to type on your laptop/desktop keyboards with six fingers, just like a brailler. Put your fingers on the keyboard, and start your computerized, digital and intelligent brailler with your six fingers! BrailleSpark® supports both Roman and Devanagari scripts. It takes Braille input and displays it's output in normal printed text which can be easily read by your preferred screen reader/speech synthesizer. With BrailleSpark® you can extensively type Hindi, Sanskrit, English and many more Devanagari/Roman supported languages only with your six fingers and it is also Unicode compliant. BrailleSpark® has an intelligent logical engine which automatically manages the complicated routines of Hindi language such as diacritics ETC. Unlike other tools which use outdated and obsolete APIs and keyboard hooking mechanisms, BrailleSpark® uses it's own, up to date and blazing fast APIs which gives you true typing experience. These APIs are being maintained and developed regularly by us. BrailleSpark® supports all popular screen readers such as JAWS, NVDA and Window Eyes. Easy keyboard shortcuts, intelligent language support, low memory footprint, all leading screen readers' support and blazing fast input makes it easy to use, feature rich and user friendly. BrailleSpark® not only lets you type Roman and Devanagari scripts, but it also gives you a comprehensive and powerful player named SparkPlayer by which you can simultaneously listen and type your audio books/files. It's a global player, means you can seamlessly do your work and manage it's operation from any application. There is no need to switch the player window, all shortcut keys will work from any application with the exception of internet browsers. SparkPlayer features global shortcut keys, Play/Pause, Speed Management, Forward/Rewind, Volume Management etc. All and All BrailleSpark® may be very useful for students, frequent typers, (Hindi), government employees, (who require heavy typing at their workplace) and teachers etc. It's a dream come true of Braille literate visually impaireds! Register at the dedicated AccessIndia list for discussing accessibility of mobile phones / Tabs on:
Re: [AI] Announcing BrailleSpark: the freedom of Brailler!
paste the license key in license key field, and validity key in valid until field On 8/19/15, Lissy Verghese lvmalayatt...@gmail.com wrote: How to answer the question; valid until...the format? When I type the license key, it says, invalid license key. Thank you! Lissy Verghese On 8/18/15, Akash Kakkar akash.mis...@gmail.com wrote: 1. how does it cost, please check previous mails in this thread 2. Do you have any plans to include more languages like Telugu in the future? yes On 8/18/15, Kakarla Nageswaraiah nageswara1...@gmail.com wrote: Hello, Sorry for the following queries: 1. How much does it cost? 2. Do you have any plans to include more languages like Telugu in the future? Thanks and regards. On 8/18/15, Harish Kapoor harish.kapoor1...@gmail.com wrote: Now got it. On 8/18/15, Akash Kakkar akash.mis...@gmail.com wrote: Hi harish, I got your license request yesterday and sent you the same. I think that you didn't got the key, please check your spam folder too. you requested license today again, so I once again sent you the same key. check your spam folder and report On 8/18/15, Harish Kapoor harish.kapoor1...@gmail.com wrote: It is asking for license key. where to get it? On 8/18/15, Akash Kakkar akash.mis...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Amiyo, i've checked and the link is working. please check again. I'm giving the link again: http://download.microsoft.com/download/9/5/A/95A9616B-7A37-4AF6-BC36-D6EA96C8DAAE/dotNetFx40_Full_x86_x64.exe and, no, currently you can't type bangali. and please read my previous mail about costing/licensing On 8/18/15, Amiyo Biswas amiyo.bis...@gmail.com wrote: I put these questions at the comments section. but I thought it better to put the questions here. First, your link to the dotnet framework 4 is not working. Second, can we use it for typing Bengali? How much is it likely to cost? Personally, I prefer using the normal keyboard layout as much as possible so that I can use anybody's computer anywhere. With best regards, Amiyo Biswas Cell: +91-9433464329 - Original Message - From: Akash Kakkar akash.mis...@gmail.com To: accessindia@accessindia.org.in Sent: Monday, August 17, 2015 11:13 AM Subject: [AI] Announcing BrailleSpark: the freedom of Brailler! Hello everyone,Akash Delight Computings is very much delighted to announce BrailleSpark®!. BrailleSpark allows us to use our laptop/desktop keyboards like a brailler.(Full introduction is written below) If you are interested then, Read the announcement from: http://akashk.in/AnnouncingBrailleSpark Read the full documentation from: http://akashk.in/BrailleSparkManual or download BrailleSpark from: http://akashk.in/DownloadBrailleSpark for any query, suggestion, bug report or feature request, contact us at: http://akashk.in/contact BrailleSpark® Introduction BrailleSpark® is an excellent and industry leading tool which gives you the freedom of the brailler on your laptop/desktop keyboards. Yes, BrailleSpark® allows you to type on your laptop/desktop keyboards with six fingers, just like a brailler. Put your fingers on the keyboard, and start your computerized, digital and intelligent brailler with your six fingers! BrailleSpark® supports both Roman and Devanagari scripts. It takes Braille input and displays it's output in normal printed text which can be easily read by your preferred screen reader/speech synthesizer. With BrailleSpark® you can extensively type Hindi, Sanskrit, English and many more Devanagari/Roman supported languages only with your six fingers and it is also Unicode compliant. BrailleSpark® has an intelligent logical engine which automatically manages the complicated routines of Hindi language such as diacritics ETC. Unlike other tools which use outdated and obsolete APIs and keyboard hooking mechanisms, BrailleSpark® uses it's own, up to date and blazing fast APIs which gives you true typing experience. These APIs are being maintained and developed regularly by us. BrailleSpark® supports all popular screen readers such as JAWS, NVDA and Window Eyes. Easy keyboard shortcuts, intelligent language support, low memory footprint, all leading screen readers' support and blazing fast input makes it easy to use, feature rich and user friendly. BrailleSpark® not only lets you type Roman and Devanagari scripts, but it also gives you a comprehensive and powerful player named SparkPlayer by which you can simultaneously listen and type your audio books/files. It's a global player, means you can seamlessly do your work and manage it's operation from any application. There is no need to switch the player window, all shortcut keys will work from any application with the exception of internet browsers. SparkPlayer features global shortcut keys, Play/Pause, Speed Management, Forward/Rewind, Volume Management etc. All and All BrailleSpark® may be very useful for students, frequent
[AI] Smart help for blind wins Indian MIT innovator award
Congratulations Rohan, certainly you and your team have done a commendable work. Sharing on Access India where lot of users will find this front page news interesting. http://www.tribuneindia.com/news/nation/smart-help-for-blind-wins-indian-mit-innovator-award/121534.html Aditi Tandon Tribune News Service New Delhi, August 18 When Rohan Paul started working on an electronic navigation device for the visually-challenged during his under-graduation at IIT Delhi in 2005, he had no idea where the innovation would lead him. Today SmartCane, the device, has earned Rohan the honour of being MIT Technology Review’s Innovator Under-35 for 2015. The award was presented at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) today, with the scale of Rohan’s achievement clear from the list of past winners, which includes Google’s cofounders Larry Page and Sergey Brin, Facebook’s cofounder Mark Zuckerberg and Apple’s chief designer Jonathan Ive. The introduction to Rohan’s work, featured in the latest edition of MIT Technology Review, reads: “To create an affordable obstacle detection system for blind people, this MIT postdoc began by simply asking them what they needed.” Each year since 1999, the Editors of MIT Technology Review, have selected exceptionally talented young innovators whose work they believe has the greatest potential to transform the world; 35 innovators are selected annually. Ask 30-year-old Rohan how it all began and he recalls his 2005 visit to the National Institute for the Blind in Delhi. The visit was part of an IIT course that required students to develop solutions for real-life problems, something Prime Minister Narendra Modi now calls “Make in India”. “We heard how the visually challenged get injured after hitting high objects the white canes they carry can’t detect. These objects can be trucks, branches, open windows, parked vehicles or just walkers. SmartCane was born out of the urge to help such people,” says Paul, currently at MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Labs as a postdoc. Created as a student project at IIT Delhi by Rohan, his IIT teachers, NGO Saksham and industry partner Phoenix Medical Devices, Chennai, SmartCane was launched last year. It hopes to reach over a million people worldwide. Rohan explains why the product is important, saying, “It is a sleek handle-shaped attachment which fits on the traditional white cane the visually challenged already carry. During tests in 2012, users reported 95 per cent fewer collisions with SmartCane. It sends out vibrations of different kinds to alert the users.” The device costs Rs 3,000; comparable devices globally cost Rs 65,000 plus. Also, while the traditional white cane can detect only low hanging objects from 0.5 meters, SmartCane can detect low and knee-above obstac -- 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..
[AI] This weekend: Visit nearby multiplexes to watch: A documentary on blind chess players in India raises issues of equality and identity
http://indianexpress.com/article/lifestyle/black-and-white/ -- 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] Government starts 'On-line On-Site' to aid persons with disabilities
What is the online website address? -Original Message- From: AccessIndia [mailto:accessindia-boun...@accessindia.org.in] On Behalf Of M Sivakumar Sent: 18 August 2015 15:13 To: accessindia accessindia@accessindia.org.in Subject: [AI] Government starts 'On-line On-Site' to aid persons with disabilities Government starts 'On-line On-Site' to aid persons with disabilities Social Justic Minister Thaawar Chand Gehlot, who inaugurated a mega camp for free of cost distribution of Assistive Aids and Appliances to the Persons with Disabilities at Gwalior in MP, said that this registration system will help in saving time. Social Justic Minister Thaawar Chand Gehlot, who inaugurated a mega camp for free of cost distribution of Assistive Aids and Appliances to the Persons with Disabilities at Gwalior in MP, said that this registration system will help in saving time. ET SPECIAL:Love visual aspect of news? Enjoy this exclusive slideshows treat! NEW DELHI: An online beneficiaries registration system, 'On-line On-Site', was launched today to ensure transparency in schemes implemented by the ministry to provide assistive aids Persons with Disabilities. Union Social Justice and Empowerment Minister Thaawar Chand Gehlot, who inaugurated a mega camp for free of cost distribution of Assistive Aids and Appliances to the Persons with Disabilities under the ADIP scheme at Gwalior in Madhya Pradesh, said that this registration system will help in saving time. Replacement of the old manual registration process with the 'On-line On-Site' registration system will bring absolute transparency in implementation of ADIP and ADIP-SSA schemes of Government of India for providing assistive aids and appliances to Persons with Disabilities and children with special needs across the nation, a statement quoting Gehlot said. The 'On-line On-Site' beneficiaries registration system is an initiative taken up by ALIMCO, as part of the Digital India campaign. The details of online registered beneficiaries with their photograph will be uploaded immediately in the official website of ALIMCO during the assessment itself and will be accessible to one and all, it said. Moreover, beneficiaries will also be updated about the information on distribution camp through mobile SMS service, it said. Gehlot also announced that his ministry assures to set up a hostel of 500 seats for SC, ST and differently-abled in Gwalior district if the demand is initiated by the concerned department of the state or district administration. Motorised Tricycle with Utility Box, which can be used by beneficiaries with over 80 per cent of disability for selling items like milk packets, newspapers or other similar items, was also launched on the occasion. Union Mines Minister Narendra Singh Tomar also spoke on the occasion. A total of differently-abled 2924 persons, pre-identified during the assessment camps conducted at different locations in June, were provided various types of aids and assistive devices manufactured and distributed by ALIMCO, functioning under the ministry, worth of over Rs 2 crore under the ADIP scheme in the camp. Source http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/economy/policy/government-starts-on-line-on-site-to-aid-persons-with-disabilities/articleshow/48516159.cms -- m. sivakumar. P.hd. International Institute of Tamil Studies CIT Campus, 2nd Main Road, Tharamani, Chennai, 600113 We're conditioned to think that our lives revolve around great moments. But great moments often catch us unaware-beautifully wrapped in what others may consider a small one. 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
Re: [AI] Announcing BrailleSpark: the freedom of Brailler!
How to answer the question; valid until...the format? When I type the license key, it says, invalid license key. Thank you! Lissy Verghese On 8/18/15, Akash Kakkar akash.mis...@gmail.com wrote: 1. how does it cost, please check previous mails in this thread 2. Do you have any plans to include more languages like Telugu in the future? yes On 8/18/15, Kakarla Nageswaraiah nageswara1...@gmail.com wrote: Hello, Sorry for the following queries: 1. How much does it cost? 2. Do you have any plans to include more languages like Telugu in the future? Thanks and regards. On 8/18/15, Harish Kapoor harish.kapoor1...@gmail.com wrote: Now got it. On 8/18/15, Akash Kakkar akash.mis...@gmail.com wrote: Hi harish, I got your license request yesterday and sent you the same. I think that you didn't got the key, please check your spam folder too. you requested license today again, so I once again sent you the same key. check your spam folder and report On 8/18/15, Harish Kapoor harish.kapoor1...@gmail.com wrote: It is asking for license key. where to get it? On 8/18/15, Akash Kakkar akash.mis...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Amiyo, i've checked and the link is working. please check again. I'm giving the link again: http://download.microsoft.com/download/9/5/A/95A9616B-7A37-4AF6-BC36-D6EA96C8DAAE/dotNetFx40_Full_x86_x64.exe and, no, currently you can't type bangali. and please read my previous mail about costing/licensing On 8/18/15, Amiyo Biswas amiyo.bis...@gmail.com wrote: I put these questions at the comments section. but I thought it better to put the questions here. First, your link to the dotnet framework 4 is not working. Second, can we use it for typing Bengali? How much is it likely to cost? Personally, I prefer using the normal keyboard layout as much as possible so that I can use anybody's computer anywhere. With best regards, Amiyo Biswas Cell: +91-9433464329 - Original Message - From: Akash Kakkar akash.mis...@gmail.com To: accessindia@accessindia.org.in Sent: Monday, August 17, 2015 11:13 AM Subject: [AI] Announcing BrailleSpark: the freedom of Brailler! Hello everyone,Akash Delight Computings is very much delighted to announce BrailleSpark®!. BrailleSpark allows us to use our laptop/desktop keyboards like a brailler.(Full introduction is written below) If you are interested then, Read the announcement from: http://akashk.in/AnnouncingBrailleSpark Read the full documentation from: http://akashk.in/BrailleSparkManual or download BrailleSpark from: http://akashk.in/DownloadBrailleSpark for any query, suggestion, bug report or feature request, contact us at: http://akashk.in/contact BrailleSpark® Introduction BrailleSpark® is an excellent and industry leading tool which gives you the freedom of the brailler on your laptop/desktop keyboards. Yes, BrailleSpark® allows you to type on your laptop/desktop keyboards with six fingers, just like a brailler. Put your fingers on the keyboard, and start your computerized, digital and intelligent brailler with your six fingers! BrailleSpark® supports both Roman and Devanagari scripts. It takes Braille input and displays it's output in normal printed text which can be easily read by your preferred screen reader/speech synthesizer. With BrailleSpark® you can extensively type Hindi, Sanskrit, English and many more Devanagari/Roman supported languages only with your six fingers and it is also Unicode compliant. BrailleSpark® has an intelligent logical engine which automatically manages the complicated routines of Hindi language such as diacritics ETC. Unlike other tools which use outdated and obsolete APIs and keyboard hooking mechanisms, BrailleSpark® uses it's own, up to date and blazing fast APIs which gives you true typing experience. These APIs are being maintained and developed regularly by us. BrailleSpark® supports all popular screen readers such as JAWS, NVDA and Window Eyes. Easy keyboard shortcuts, intelligent language support, low memory footprint, all leading screen readers' support and blazing fast input makes it easy to use, feature rich and user friendly. BrailleSpark® not only lets you type Roman and Devanagari scripts, but it also gives you a comprehensive and powerful player named SparkPlayer by which you can simultaneously listen and type your audio books/files. It's a global player, means you can seamlessly do your work and manage it's operation from any application. There is no need to switch the player window, all shortcut keys will work from any application with the exception of internet browsers. SparkPlayer features global shortcut keys, Play/Pause, Speed Management, Forward/Rewind, Volume Management etc. All and All BrailleSpark® may be very useful for students, frequent typers, (Hindi), government employees, (who require heavy typing at their workplace) and teachers etc. It's a dream come true of Braille literate
[AI] News of Interest: 65% of kids adopted by foreigners have special needs: Government
http://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-others/65-of-kids-adopted-by-foreigners-have-special-needs-govt/ -- 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] Info needed on google drive software.
Hi, In answer to first question, you need to disconnect your already synced account from preferences (account), and then restart the Google Drive. It will prompt you to setup an account. In that wizard, you will get advance setup option at one stage, there you can change your default location. 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..
Re: [AI] Announcing BrailleSpark: the freedom of Brailler!
Hello, Sorry for the following queries: 1. How much does it cost? 2. Do you have any plans to include more languages like Telugu in the future? Thanks and regards. On 8/18/15, Harish Kapoor harish.kapoor1...@gmail.com wrote: Now got it. On 8/18/15, Akash Kakkar akash.mis...@gmail.com wrote: Hi harish, I got your license request yesterday and sent you the same. I think that you didn't got the key, please check your spam folder too. you requested license today again, so I once again sent you the same key. check your spam folder and report On 8/18/15, Harish Kapoor harish.kapoor1...@gmail.com wrote: It is asking for license key. where to get it? On 8/18/15, Akash Kakkar akash.mis...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Amiyo, i've checked and the link is working. please check again. I'm giving the link again: http://download.microsoft.com/download/9/5/A/95A9616B-7A37-4AF6-BC36-D6EA96C8DAAE/dotNetFx40_Full_x86_x64.exe and, no, currently you can't type bangali. and please read my previous mail about costing/licensing On 8/18/15, Amiyo Biswas amiyo.bis...@gmail.com wrote: I put these questions at the comments section. but I thought it better to put the questions here. First, your link to the dotnet framework 4 is not working. Second, can we use it for typing Bengali? How much is it likely to cost? Personally, I prefer using the normal keyboard layout as much as possible so that I can use anybody's computer anywhere. With best regards, Amiyo Biswas Cell: +91-9433464329 - Original Message - From: Akash Kakkar akash.mis...@gmail.com To: accessindia@accessindia.org.in Sent: Monday, August 17, 2015 11:13 AM Subject: [AI] Announcing BrailleSpark: the freedom of Brailler! Hello everyone,Akash Delight Computings is very much delighted to announce BrailleSpark®!. BrailleSpark allows us to use our laptop/desktop keyboards like a brailler.(Full introduction is written below) If you are interested then, Read the announcement from: http://akashk.in/AnnouncingBrailleSpark Read the full documentation from: http://akashk.in/BrailleSparkManual or download BrailleSpark from: http://akashk.in/DownloadBrailleSpark for any query, suggestion, bug report or feature request, contact us at: http://akashk.in/contact BrailleSpark® Introduction BrailleSpark® is an excellent and industry leading tool which gives you the freedom of the brailler on your laptop/desktop keyboards. Yes, BrailleSpark® allows you to type on your laptop/desktop keyboards with six fingers, just like a brailler. Put your fingers on the keyboard, and start your computerized, digital and intelligent brailler with your six fingers! BrailleSpark® supports both Roman and Devanagari scripts. It takes Braille input and displays it's output in normal printed text which can be easily read by your preferred screen reader/speech synthesizer. With BrailleSpark® you can extensively type Hindi, Sanskrit, English and many more Devanagari/Roman supported languages only with your six fingers and it is also Unicode compliant. BrailleSpark® has an intelligent logical engine which automatically manages the complicated routines of Hindi language such as diacritics ETC. Unlike other tools which use outdated and obsolete APIs and keyboard hooking mechanisms, BrailleSpark® uses it's own, up to date and blazing fast APIs which gives you true typing experience. These APIs are being maintained and developed regularly by us. BrailleSpark® supports all popular screen readers such as JAWS, NVDA and Window Eyes. Easy keyboard shortcuts, intelligent language support, low memory footprint, all leading screen readers' support and blazing fast input makes it easy to use, feature rich and user friendly. BrailleSpark® not only lets you type Roman and Devanagari scripts, but it also gives you a comprehensive and powerful player named SparkPlayer by which you can simultaneously listen and type your audio books/files. It's a global player, means you can seamlessly do your work and manage it's operation from any application. There is no need to switch the player window, all shortcut keys will work from any application with the exception of internet browsers. SparkPlayer features global shortcut keys, Play/Pause, Speed Management, Forward/Rewind, Volume Management etc. All and All BrailleSpark® may be very useful for students, frequent typers, (Hindi), government employees, (who require heavy typing at their workplace) and teachers etc. It's a dream come true of Braille literate visually impaireds! 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
