Re: [AI] “What if a blind person tapping his way down the street prods a ferocious dog with his white cane?” in TOI:
it is not sure that dog will bite from front only, I have seen here in delhi dogs where ever they be when they listen the sound of white cane they come running & bark hevealy at the blind person,. it is very difficult to safe by white cane from dogs atleast here in Delhi. On 8/11/15, Ajay Minocha wrote: > Not really > > On 8/11/15, George Abraham 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 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
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 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 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
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 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/ > >
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 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 discuss
[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..
