Re: [AI] article of interest This Small Device developed in India Will Help Blind People Echolocate

[sanjay]

Though I have good mobility skills as a totally blind person, I too cannot 
walk straight without a cane/sighted guide in outdoor environments.  I am 
also feeling that my mobility was much better a decade ago than what it is 
today.  Now-a-days, I don't feel like travelling alone.  I wonder,   is it 
an age factor specific to we the blinds or am I alone facing this problem?



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Subject: Re: [AI] article of interest This Small Device developed in India 
Will Help Blind People Echolocate




I think I don't know what is straight!


Perhaps is a direction of space apprehended visually most readily, as we 
struggle to apprehend and follow it tactually and auditorily.


So blind people are hardly straight!
Smile.


सादर / With thanks & Regards
राजेश आसुदानी Rajesh Asudani
सहायक महाप्रबन्धक AGM
बाजार आसूचना ईकाई MIU
भारतीय रिजर्व बैंक Reserve Bank of India
नागपुर Nagpur

0712 2806846

President
VIBEWA
Co-Moderator
VIB-India

A-pilll = Action coupled with Positivity, Interest, Love, Logic and 
laughter.



-Original Message-
From: AccessIndia [mailto:accessindia-boun...@accessindia.org.in] On 
Behalf Of mukesh jain

Sent: Wednesday, December 16, 2015 1:58 PM
To: AccessIndia: a list for discussing accessibility and issues concerning 
the disabled.
Subject: Re: [AI] article of interest This Small Device developed in India 
Will Help Blind People Echolocate


hello aruni sir,
Well,  this is very interesting question asked by you as I do face
this problem to walk in a  straight line dispite holding walking cane.
Hence, I practice to compensate these difficulties with the help of
any assistive devices such as, walking  cane, aussion, surrounding
noice, balancing my body to prevent misdirections. Due to these
inefficiency, I happen to fall on railway tracks on mumbai suburban
railways just to share my helplessness if do not have the good
mobility skills especially outdoor.  Hence, can not comment upon the
outdoor mobility much as I feel that even you have any assistive
device with you, you ought to have the body controlled to move in a
direction you desire for instance, your sense to catch the
surroundings and your physical response such as, when you intend to
walk straight, capture the side surroundings  with  your Perceive by a
physical sensation, e.g., coming from the skin or muscles. As I feel
that this should happen by  Detecting  some circumstance or entity
automatically. So in my personal opinion, if you are trying to
persuade  the habbit of walking straight with this gadget alone, then
I would surely not recommend. Yes, as I mentioned, it can surely help
you identify the objects in the direction you are moving and which
fall in to your way in front. I am greatly benifiting to move around
in my office, home to locate the objects mentioned in my earlier mail.

So do get back if you have any further doubts.
These are my personal experience and may not necessarily be adhere to
the universal guidelines of mobility.



On 12/12/15, Vispi Mirza <vispimi...@gmail.com> wrote:

On 12/12/15, Aaruni Sharma <aruni...@gmail.com> wrote:

Hi Mukesh, Do you get the feedback from the surroundings or only in the
direction you are moving. Can it help in walking in a straight line?

On 8 December 2015 at 12:21, mukesh jain <mukesh.jai...@gmail.com> 
wrote:



AUSION is an innovative electronic mobility and travel aid for the
visually impaired. Based on the principle of echolocation, AUSION
enables me to
move around indoors and outdoors with confidence and least assistance.
AUSION basically acquires information about the environment,
especially objects and obstacles
and translates them into sounds and tactile information that can be
heard and felt. The interpretations of these audible and tactile
feedbacks enable the
virtual recreation of the environment. AUSION is compact, handheld,
maneuverable, non-intrusive device. This offers a greater freedom of
movement to me
and helps detect overhanging obstacles at the chest, shoulder and head
levels. I specially benefited it lot in indore when I am at home if I
have to locate the objects like cup plates on the table, when visiting
any  office first time to locate the counters, alerts for reaching
near stares, sometimes if I have to locate dustbin to throw garbage to
avoid touching with my walking cane or bare hands, to get alertss for
polls on the road which sometimes are below the height of the knee to
bar the entry of small vehicles and animals within the premises, etc
and lot more. Indeed, this device helping me lot. So worth
considering. If you want to learn nore about it, visit
  www.innohub.co.in

or send the email to
i...@innohub.co.in

you can also call Mr. Deshpande of 

Re: [AI] article of interest This Small Device developed in India Will Help Blind People Echolocate

[Asudani, Rajesh]

I think I don't know what is straight!


Perhaps is a direction of space apprehended visually most readily, as we 
struggle to apprehend and follow it tactually and auditorily.

So blind people are hardly straight!
Smile.


सादर / With thanks & Regards
राजेश आसुदानी Rajesh Asudani
सहायक महाप्रबन्धक AGM
बाजार आसूचना ईकाई MIU
भारतीय रिजर्व बैंक Reserve Bank of India
नागपुर Nagpur

0712 2806846

President
VIBEWA
Co-Moderator
VIB-India

A-pilll = Action coupled with Positivity, Interest, Love, Logic and laughter.


-Original Message-
From: AccessIndia [mailto:accessindia-boun...@accessindia.org.in] On Behalf Of 
mukesh jain
Sent: Wednesday, December 16, 2015 1:58 PM
To: AccessIndia: a list for discussing accessibility and issues concerning the 
disabled.
Subject: Re: [AI] article of interest This Small Device developed in India Will 
Help Blind People Echolocate

hello aruni sir,
Well,  this is very interesting question asked by you as I do face
this problem to walk in a  straight line dispite holding walking cane.
Hence, I practice to compensate these difficulties with the help of
any assistive devices such as, walking  cane, aussion, surrounding
noice, balancing my body to prevent misdirections. Due to these
inefficiency, I happen to fall on railway tracks on mumbai suburban
railways just to share my helplessness if do not have the good
mobility skills especially outdoor.  Hence, can not comment upon the
outdoor mobility much as I feel that even you have any assistive
device with you, you ought to have the body controlled to move in a
direction you desire for instance, your sense to catch the
surroundings and your physical response such as, when you intend to
walk straight, capture the side surroundings  with  your Perceive by a
physical sensation, e.g., coming from the skin or muscles. As I feel
that this should happen by  Detecting  some circumstance or entity
automatically. So in my personal opinion, if you are trying to
persuade  the habbit of walking straight with this gadget alone, then
I would surely not recommend. Yes, as I mentioned, it can surely help
you identify the objects in the direction you are moving and which
fall in to your way in front. I am greatly benifiting to move around
in my office, home to locate the objects mentioned in my earlier mail.

So do get back if you have any further doubts.
These are my personal experience and may not necessarily be adhere to
the universal guidelines of mobility.



On 12/12/15, Vispi Mirza <vispimi...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 12/12/15, Aaruni Sharma <aruni...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Hi Mukesh, Do you get the feedback from the surroundings or only in the
>> direction you are moving. Can it help in walking in a straight line?
>>
>> On 8 December 2015 at 12:21, mukesh jain <mukesh.jai...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> AUSION is an innovative electronic mobility and travel aid for the
>>> visually impaired. Based on the principle of echolocation, AUSION
>>> enables me to
>>> move around indoors and outdoors with confidence and least assistance.
>>> AUSION basically acquires information about the environment,
>>> especially objects and obstacles
>>> and translates them into sounds and tactile information that can be
>>> heard and felt. The interpretations of these audible and tactile
>>> feedbacks enable the
>>> virtual recreation of the environment. AUSION is compact, handheld,
>>> maneuverable, non-intrusive device. This offers a greater freedom of
>>> movement to me
>>> and helps detect overhanging obstacles at the chest, shoulder and head
>>> levels. I specially benefited it lot in indore when I am at home if I
>>> have to locate the objects like cup plates on the table, when visiting
>>> any  office first time to locate the counters, alerts for reaching
>>> near stares, sometimes if I have to locate dustbin to throw garbage to
>>> avoid touching with my walking cane or bare hands, to get alertss for
>>> polls on the road which sometimes are below the height of the knee to
>>> bar the entry of small vehicles and animals within the premises, etc
>>> and lot more. Indeed, this device helping me lot. So worth
>>> considering. If you want to learn nore about it, visit
>>>   www.innohub.co.in
>>>
>>> or send the email to
>>> i...@innohub.co.in
>>>
>>> you can also call Mr. Deshpande of InnovationHub Technologies,
>>> private limited, Bangalore on mobile no. 09886833210
>>>
>>> get back again in case of any further doubts.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On 12/8/15, Selva Kumar <selvak...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> > Hi vidya,
>>> >
>>> > Where we can get training for using dev

Re: [AI] article of interest This Small Device developed in India Will Help Blind People Echolocate

[mukesh jain]

hello aruni sir,
Well,  this is very interesting question asked by you as I do face
this problem to walk in a  straight line dispite holding walking cane.
Hence, I practice to compensate these difficulties with the help of
any assistive devices such as, walking  cane, aussion, surrounding
noice, balancing my body to prevent misdirections. Due to these
inefficiency, I happen to fall on railway tracks on mumbai suburban
railways just to share my helplessness if do not have the good
mobility skills especially outdoor.  Hence, can not comment upon the
outdoor mobility much as I feel that even you have any assistive
device with you, you ought to have the body controlled to move in a
direction you desire for instance, your sense to catch the
surroundings and your physical response such as, when you intend to
walk straight, capture the side surroundings  with  your Perceive by a
physical sensation, e.g., coming from the skin or muscles. As I feel
that this should happen by  Detecting  some circumstance or entity
automatically. So in my personal opinion, if you are trying to
persuade  the habbit of walking straight with this gadget alone, then
I would surely not recommend. Yes, as I mentioned, it can surely help
you identify the objects in the direction you are moving and which
fall in to your way in front. I am greatly benifiting to move around
in my office, home to locate the objects mentioned in my earlier mail.

So do get back if you have any further doubts.
These are my personal experience and may not necessarily be adhere to
the universal guidelines of mobility.



On 12/12/15, Vispi Mirza  wrote:
> On 12/12/15, Aaruni Sharma  wrote:
>> Hi Mukesh, Do you get the feedback from the surroundings or only in the
>> direction you are moving. Can it help in walking in a straight line?
>>
>> On 8 December 2015 at 12:21, mukesh jain  wrote:
>>
>>> AUSION is an innovative electronic mobility and travel aid for the
>>> visually impaired. Based on the principle of echolocation, AUSION
>>> enables me to
>>> move around indoors and outdoors with confidence and least assistance.
>>> AUSION basically acquires information about the environment,
>>> especially objects and obstacles
>>> and translates them into sounds and tactile information that can be
>>> heard and felt. The interpretations of these audible and tactile
>>> feedbacks enable the
>>> virtual recreation of the environment. AUSION is compact, handheld,
>>> maneuverable, non-intrusive device. This offers a greater freedom of
>>> movement to me
>>> and helps detect overhanging obstacles at the chest, shoulder and head
>>> levels. I specially benefited it lot in indore when I am at home if I
>>> have to locate the objects like cup plates on the table, when visiting
>>> any  office first time to locate the counters, alerts for reaching
>>> near stares, sometimes if I have to locate dustbin to throw garbage to
>>> avoid touching with my walking cane or bare hands, to get alertss for
>>> polls on the road which sometimes are below the height of the knee to
>>> bar the entry of small vehicles and animals within the premises, etc
>>> and lot more. Indeed, this device helping me lot. So worth
>>> considering. If you want to learn nore about it, visit
>>>   www.innohub.co.in
>>>
>>> or send the email to
>>> i...@innohub.co.in
>>>
>>> you can also call Mr. Deshpande of InnovationHub Technologies,
>>> private limited, Bangalore on mobile no. 09886833210
>>>
>>> get back again in case of any further doubts.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On 12/8/15, Selva Kumar  wrote:
>>> > Hi vidya,
>>> >
>>> > Where we can get training for using device? can you give me full
>>> > address in bangalore, and what is the cost?
>>> >
>>> > On 9/16/15, sazid shaik  wrote:
>>> >> what is the cost?
>>> >>
>>> >> On 9/16/15, Vidhya Y  wrote:
>>> >>> this device???
>>> >>> I have started using it since 2 weeks.
>>> >>> it's interesting.
>>> >>> it needs some practice though.
>>> >>> I am able to walk without a cane except for steps.
>>> >>> I still have to figure how to identify steps.
>>> >>>
>>> >>> On 9/16/15, Tony Kurian  wrote:
>>>  hi all,
>>>  anyone here used this device? experience please.
>>> 
>>> http://www.techtimes.com/articles/70373/20150720/small-device-will-help-blind-people-echolocate.htm
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
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Re: [AI] article of interest This Small Device developed in India Will Help Blind People Echolocate

[Vispi Mirza]

On 12/12/15, Aaruni Sharma  wrote:
> Hi Mukesh, Do you get the feedback from the surroundings or only in the
> direction you are moving. Can it help in walking in a straight line?
>
> On 8 December 2015 at 12:21, mukesh jain  wrote:
>
>> AUSION is an innovative electronic mobility and travel aid for the
>> visually impaired. Based on the principle of echolocation, AUSION
>> enables me to
>> move around indoors and outdoors with confidence and least assistance.
>> AUSION basically acquires information about the environment,
>> especially objects and obstacles
>> and translates them into sounds and tactile information that can be
>> heard and felt. The interpretations of these audible and tactile
>> feedbacks enable the
>> virtual recreation of the environment. AUSION is compact, handheld,
>> maneuverable, non-intrusive device. This offers a greater freedom of
>> movement to me
>> and helps detect overhanging obstacles at the chest, shoulder and head
>> levels. I specially benefited it lot in indore when I am at home if I
>> have to locate the objects like cup plates on the table, when visiting
>> any  office first time to locate the counters, alerts for reaching
>> near stares, sometimes if I have to locate dustbin to throw garbage to
>> avoid touching with my walking cane or bare hands, to get alertss for
>> polls on the road which sometimes are below the height of the knee to
>> bar the entry of small vehicles and animals within the premises, etc
>> and lot more. Indeed, this device helping me lot. So worth
>> considering. If you want to learn nore about it, visit
>>   www.innohub.co.in
>>
>> or send the email to
>> i...@innohub.co.in
>>
>> you can also call Mr. Deshpande of InnovationHub Technologies,
>> private limited, Bangalore on mobile no. 09886833210
>>
>> get back again in case of any further doubts.
>>
>>
>>
>> On 12/8/15, Selva Kumar  wrote:
>> > Hi vidya,
>> >
>> > Where we can get training for using device? can you give me full
>> > address in bangalore, and what is the cost?
>> >
>> > On 9/16/15, sazid shaik  wrote:
>> >> what is the cost?
>> >>
>> >> On 9/16/15, Vidhya Y  wrote:
>> >>> this device???
>> >>> I have started using it since 2 weeks.
>> >>> it's interesting.
>> >>> it needs some practice though.
>> >>> I am able to walk without a cane except for steps.
>> >>> I still have to figure how to identify steps.
>> >>>
>> >>> On 9/16/15, Tony Kurian  wrote:
>>  hi all,
>>  anyone here used this device? experience please.
>> 
>> http://www.techtimes.com/articles/70373/20150720/small-device-will-help-blind-people-echolocate.htm
>> 
>> 
>> 
>>  Register at the dedicated AccessIndia list for discussing
>> accessibility
>>  of
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Re: [AI] article of interest This Small Device developed in India Will Help Blind People Echolocate

[Aaruni Sharma]

Hi Mukesh, Do you get the feedback from the surroundings or only in the
direction you are moving. Can it help in walking in a straight line?

On 8 December 2015 at 12:21, mukesh jain  wrote:

> AUSION is an innovative electronic mobility and travel aid for the
> visually impaired. Based on the principle of echolocation, AUSION
> enables me to
> move around indoors and outdoors with confidence and least assistance.
> AUSION basically acquires information about the environment,
> especially objects and obstacles
> and translates them into sounds and tactile information that can be
> heard and felt. The interpretations of these audible and tactile
> feedbacks enable the
> virtual recreation of the environment. AUSION is compact, handheld,
> maneuverable, non-intrusive device. This offers a greater freedom of
> movement to me
> and helps detect overhanging obstacles at the chest, shoulder and head
> levels. I specially benefited it lot in indore when I am at home if I
> have to locate the objects like cup plates on the table, when visiting
> any  office first time to locate the counters, alerts for reaching
> near stares, sometimes if I have to locate dustbin to throw garbage to
> avoid touching with my walking cane or bare hands, to get alertss for
> polls on the road which sometimes are below the height of the knee to
> bar the entry of small vehicles and animals within the premises, etc
> and lot more. Indeed, this device helping me lot. So worth
> considering. If you want to learn nore about it, visit
>   www.innohub.co.in
>
> or send the email to
> i...@innohub.co.in
>
> you can also call Mr. Deshpande of InnovationHub Technologies,
> private limited, Bangalore on mobile no. 09886833210
>
> get back again in case of any further doubts.
>
>
>
> On 12/8/15, Selva Kumar  wrote:
> > Hi vidya,
> >
> > Where we can get training for using device? can you give me full
> > address in bangalore, and what is the cost?
> >
> > On 9/16/15, sazid shaik  wrote:
> >> what is the cost?
> >>
> >> On 9/16/15, Vidhya Y  wrote:
> >>> this device???
> >>> I have started using it since 2 weeks.
> >>> it's interesting.
> >>> it needs some practice though.
> >>> I am able to walk without a cane except for steps.
> >>> I still have to figure how to identify steps.
> >>>
> >>> On 9/16/15, Tony Kurian  wrote:
>  hi all,
>  anyone here used this device? experience please.
> 
> http://www.techtimes.com/articles/70373/20150720/small-device-will-help-blind-people-echolocate.htm
> 
> 
> 
>  Register at the dedicated AccessIndia list for discussing
> accessibility
>  of
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> 
> http://mail.accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/mobile.accessindia_accessindia.org.in
> 
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Re: [AI] article of interest This Small Device developed in India Will Help Blind People Echolocate

[raaju]

I'm very much interested to learn echo location itself further. Well, I can say 
that due to my echolocation ability, I can easily move and navigate any indoor. 
Once I enter any house or even hotel, after some clicks from hand or tongue and 
the sound of footsteps,  I can easily learn my environment. 

-Original Message-
From: AccessIndia [mailto:accessindia-boun...@accessindia.org.in] On Behalf Of 
Vidhya Y
Sent: Tuesday, December 08, 2015 8:28 PM
To: AccessIndia: a list for discussing accessibility and issues concerning the 
disabled.
Subject: Re: [AI] article of interest This Small Device developed in India Will 
Help Blind People Echolocate

it started off as a research project.
they claim that with training you can navigate both indoor and outdoor
without problem.
however, really proper training has to be taken.
one drawback would be,
in crowded places,
you will not be able to concentrate on the musical notes.
they suggest you wear earphone only one side and leave other.
I am not able to suggest it's practicability so much,
because I am 0 in Mobility.
only recently I have started moving on my own Indoors.

for indoor it helps!
I am happy for the fact that,
I can even walk without a cane indoors.
its development has started in Bangalore, so you cannot purchase from
north India.
what if any of you who really travel on your own, try this device, and
suggest others?




On 12/8/15, nitesh gupta <nitesh...@gmail.com> wrote:
> intresting 2 know about this device. can I get somewhere in north
> India like Delhi/UP ETC? if I need to have it then how to proceed? are
> the providers, giving some training to use it? last Q, will it b
> helpful to catch auto or Rixa on roads?
>
> Thanks
>
> On 12/8/15, Asudani, Rajesh <rajeshasud...@rbi.org.in> wrote:
>> And does music also tell of height or direction of the object, Vidhya?
>>
>>
>> सादर / With thanks & Regards
>> राजेश आसुदानी Rajesh Asudani
>> सहायक महाप्रबन्धक AGM
>> बाजार आसूचना ईकाई MIU
>> भारतीय रिजर्व बैंक Reserve Bank of India
>> नागपुर Nagpur
>>
>> 0712 2806846
>>
>> President
>> VIBEWA
>> Co-Moderator
>> VIB-India
>>
>> A-pilll = Action coupled with Positivity, Interest, Love, Logic and
>> laughter.
>>
>> -Original Message-
>> From: AccessIndia [mailto:accessindia-boun...@accessindia.org.in] On
>> Behalf
>> Of Vidhya Y
>> Sent: Tuesday, December 08, 2015 12:59 PM
>> To: AccessIndia: a list for discussing accessibility and issues concerning
>> the disabled.
>> Subject: Re: [AI] article of interest This Small Device developed in India
>> Will Help Blind People Echolocate
>>
>> cost is 3500. but I don't think the device has tactile output. you
>> just can here music of frequencies(low to high pitch depending on the
>> distance of you to the obstacle).
>>
>> On 12/8/15, George Abraham <geo...@eyeway.org> wrote:
>>> What is the cost?
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-
>>> From: AccessIndia [mailto:accessindia-boun...@accessindia.org.in] On
>>> Behalf
>>> Of mukesh jain
>>> Sent: 08 December 2015 12:22
>>> To: AccessIndia: a list for discussing accessibility and issues
>>> concerning
>>> the disabled.
>>> Subject: Re: [AI] article of interest This Small Device developed in
>>> India
>>> Will Help Blind People Echolocate
>>>
>>> AUSION is an innovative electronic mobility and travel aid for the
>>> visually impaired. Based on the principle of echolocation, AUSION
>>> enables me to
>>> move around indoors and outdoors with confidence and least assistance.
>>> AUSION basically acquires information about the environment,
>>> especially objects and obstacles
>>> and translates them into sounds and tactile information that can be
>>> heard and felt. The interpretations of these audible and tactile
>>> feedbacks enable the
>>> virtual recreation of the environment. AUSION is compact, handheld,
>>> maneuverable, non-intrusive device. This offers a greater freedom of
>>> movement to me
>>> and helps detect overhanging obstacles at the chest, shoulder and head
>>> levels. I specially benefited it lot in indore when I am at home if I
>>> have to locate the objects like cup plates on the table, when visiting
>>> any  office first time to locate the counters, alerts for reaching
>>> near stares, sometimes if I have to locate dustbin to throw garbage to
>>> avoid touching with my walking cane or bare hands, to get alertss for
>>> polls on the road which sometimes are below the height of the knee to
>>&g

Re: [AI] article of interest This Small Device developed in India Will Help Blind People Echolocate

[raaju]

Is it not available in software so that we could at list install in our
android or apple devices?

-Original Message-
From: AccessIndia [mailto:accessindia-boun...@accessindia.org.in] On Behalf
Of George Abraham
Sent: Tuesday, December 08, 2015 12:45 PM
To: 'AccessIndia: a list for discussing accessibility and issues concerning
the disabled.'
Subject: Re: [AI] article of interest This Small Device developed in India
Will Help Blind People Echolocate

What is the cost? 

-Original Message-
From: AccessIndia [mailto:accessindia-boun...@accessindia.org.in] On Behalf
Of mukesh jain
Sent: 08 December 2015 12:22
To: AccessIndia: a list for discussing accessibility and issues concerning
the disabled.
Subject: Re: [AI] article of interest This Small Device developed in India
Will Help Blind People Echolocate

AUSION is an innovative electronic mobility and travel aid for the
visually impaired. Based on the principle of echolocation, AUSION
enables me to
move around indoors and outdoors with confidence and least assistance.
AUSION basically acquires information about the environment,
especially objects and obstacles
and translates them into sounds and tactile information that can be
heard and felt. The interpretations of these audible and tactile
feedbacks enable the
virtual recreation of the environment. AUSION is compact, handheld,
maneuverable, non-intrusive device. This offers a greater freedom of
movement to me
and helps detect overhanging obstacles at the chest, shoulder and head
levels. I specially benefited it lot in indore when I am at home if I
have to locate the objects like cup plates on the table, when visiting
any  office first time to locate the counters, alerts for reaching
near stares, sometimes if I have to locate dustbin to throw garbage to
avoid touching with my walking cane or bare hands, to get alertss for
polls on the road which sometimes are below the height of the knee to
bar the entry of small vehicles and animals within the premises, etc
and lot more. Indeed, this device helping me lot. So worth
considering. If you want to learn nore about it, visit
  www.innohub.co.in

or send the email to
i...@innohub.co.in

you can also call Mr. Deshpande of InnovationHub Technologies,
private limited, Bangalore on mobile no. 09886833210

get back again in case of any further doubts.



On 12/8/15, Selva Kumar <selvak...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi vidya,
>
> Where we can get training for using device? can you give me full
> address in bangalore, and what is the cost?
>
> On 9/16/15, sazid shaik <ashwaqahmed@gmail.com> wrote:
>> what is the cost?
>>
>> On 9/16/15, Vidhya Y <vidhya@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> this device???
>>> I have started using it since 2 weeks.
>>> it's interesting.
>>> it needs some practice though.
>>> I am able to walk without a cane except for steps.
>>> I still have to figure how to identify steps.
>>>
>>> On 9/16/15, Tony Kurian <mtonykur...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> hi all,
>>>> anyone here used this device? experience please.
>>>>
http://www.techtimes.com/articles/70373/20150720/small-device-will-help-bli
nd-people-echolocate.htm
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Register at the dedicated AccessIndia list for discussing
accessibility
>>>> of
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>>>>
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dia.org.in
>>>>
>>>>
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>>>
>>

Re: [AI] article of interest This Small Device developed in India Will Help Blind People Echolocate

[Anirban Mukherjee]

friends,

a few questions about the device:

1. can it help navigate in crowded places? if yes, how?
2. does it replace the walking cane entirely, or, i shall have to carry both?
3. does it give any indication of a fall, for example, the end point
of a railway platform and so on?

please respond.

looking forward to your response,
regards, Anirban Mukherjee
follow me on twitter @anirbansparsha

On 12/8/15, Vidhya Y <vidhya@gmail.com> wrote:
> cost is 3500. but I don't think the device has tactile output. you
> just can here music of frequencies(low to high pitch depending on the
> distance of you to the obstacle).
>
> On 12/8/15, George Abraham <geo...@eyeway.org> wrote:
>> What is the cost?
>>
>> -Original Message-
>> From: AccessIndia [mailto:accessindia-boun...@accessindia.org.in] On
>> Behalf
>> Of mukesh jain
>> Sent: 08 December 2015 12:22
>> To: AccessIndia: a list for discussing accessibility and issues
>> concerning
>> the disabled.
>> Subject: Re: [AI] article of interest This Small Device developed in
>> India
>> Will Help Blind People Echolocate
>>
>> AUSION is an innovative electronic mobility and travel aid for the
>> visually impaired. Based on the principle of echolocation, AUSION
>> enables me to
>> move around indoors and outdoors with confidence and least assistance.
>> AUSION basically acquires information about the environment,
>> especially objects and obstacles
>> and translates them into sounds and tactile information that can be
>> heard and felt. The interpretations of these audible and tactile
>> feedbacks enable the
>> virtual recreation of the environment. AUSION is compact, handheld,
>> maneuverable, non-intrusive device. This offers a greater freedom of
>> movement to me
>> and helps detect overhanging obstacles at the chest, shoulder and head
>> levels. I specially benefited it lot in indore when I am at home if I
>> have to locate the objects like cup plates on the table, when visiting
>> any  office first time to locate the counters, alerts for reaching
>> near stares, sometimes if I have to locate dustbin to throw garbage to
>> avoid touching with my walking cane or bare hands, to get alertss for
>> polls on the road which sometimes are below the height of the knee to
>> bar the entry of small vehicles and animals within the premises, etc
>> and lot more. Indeed, this device helping me lot. So worth
>> considering. If you want to learn nore about it, visit
>>   www.innohub.co.in
>>
>> or send the email to
>> i...@innohub.co.in
>>
>> you can also call Mr. Deshpande of InnovationHub Technologies,
>> private limited, Bangalore on mobile no. 09886833210
>>
>> get back again in case of any further doubts.
>>
>>
>>
>> On 12/8/15, Selva Kumar <selvak...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> Hi vidya,
>>>
>>> Where we can get training for using device? can you give me full
>>> address in bangalore, and what is the cost?
>>>
>>> On 9/16/15, sazid shaik <ashwaqahmed@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> what is the cost?
>>>>
>>>> On 9/16/15, Vidhya Y <vidhya@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>> this device???
>>>>> I have started using it since 2 weeks.
>>>>> it's interesting.
>>>>> it needs some practice though.
>>>>> I am able to walk without a cane except for steps.
>>>>> I still have to figure how to identify steps.
>>>>>
>>>>> On 9/16/15, Tony Kurian <mtonykur...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>> hi all,
>>>>>> anyone here used this device? experience please.
>>>>>>
>> http://www.techtimes.com/articles/70373/20150720/small-device-will-help-bli
>> nd-people-echolocate.htm
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Register at the dedicated AccessIndia list for discussing
>> accessibility
>>>>>> of
>>>>>> mobile phones / Tabs on:
>>>>>>
>> http://mail.accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/mobile.accessindia_accessin
>> dia.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 you

Re: [AI] article of interest This Small Device developed in India Will Help Blind People Echolocate

[nitesh gupta]

intresting 2 know about this device. can I get somewhere in north
India like Delhi/UP ETC? if I need to have it then how to proceed? are
the providers, giving some training to use it? last Q, will it b
helpful to catch auto or Rixa on roads?

Thanks

On 12/8/15, Asudani, Rajesh <rajeshasud...@rbi.org.in> wrote:
> And does music also tell of height or direction of the object, Vidhya?
>
>
> सादर / With thanks & Regards
> राजेश आसुदानी Rajesh Asudani
> सहायक महाप्रबन्धक AGM
> बाजार आसूचना ईकाई MIU
> भारतीय रिजर्व बैंक Reserve Bank of India
> नागपुर Nagpur
>
> 0712 2806846
>
> President
> VIBEWA
> Co-Moderator
> VIB-India
>
> A-pilll = Action coupled with Positivity, Interest, Love, Logic and
> laughter.
>
> -Original Message-
> From: AccessIndia [mailto:accessindia-boun...@accessindia.org.in] On Behalf
> Of Vidhya Y
> Sent: Tuesday, December 08, 2015 12:59 PM
> To: AccessIndia: a list for discussing accessibility and issues concerning
> the disabled.
> Subject: Re: [AI] article of interest This Small Device developed in India
> Will Help Blind People Echolocate
>
> cost is 3500. but I don't think the device has tactile output. you
> just can here music of frequencies(low to high pitch depending on the
> distance of you to the obstacle).
>
> On 12/8/15, George Abraham <geo...@eyeway.org> wrote:
>> What is the cost?
>>
>> -Original Message-
>> From: AccessIndia [mailto:accessindia-boun...@accessindia.org.in] On
>> Behalf
>> Of mukesh jain
>> Sent: 08 December 2015 12:22
>> To: AccessIndia: a list for discussing accessibility and issues
>> concerning
>> the disabled.
>> Subject: Re: [AI] article of interest This Small Device developed in
>> India
>> Will Help Blind People Echolocate
>>
>> AUSION is an innovative electronic mobility and travel aid for the
>> visually impaired. Based on the principle of echolocation, AUSION
>> enables me to
>> move around indoors and outdoors with confidence and least assistance.
>> AUSION basically acquires information about the environment,
>> especially objects and obstacles
>> and translates them into sounds and tactile information that can be
>> heard and felt. The interpretations of these audible and tactile
>> feedbacks enable the
>> virtual recreation of the environment. AUSION is compact, handheld,
>> maneuverable, non-intrusive device. This offers a greater freedom of
>> movement to me
>> and helps detect overhanging obstacles at the chest, shoulder and head
>> levels. I specially benefited it lot in indore when I am at home if I
>> have to locate the objects like cup plates on the table, when visiting
>> any  office first time to locate the counters, alerts for reaching
>> near stares, sometimes if I have to locate dustbin to throw garbage to
>> avoid touching with my walking cane or bare hands, to get alertss for
>> polls on the road which sometimes are below the height of the knee to
>> bar the entry of small vehicles and animals within the premises, etc
>> and lot more. Indeed, this device helping me lot. So worth
>> considering. If you want to learn nore about it, visit
>>   www.innohub.co.in
>>
>> or send the email to
>> i...@innohub.co.in
>>
>> you can also call Mr. Deshpande of InnovationHub Technologies,
>> private limited, Bangalore on mobile no. 09886833210
>>
>> get back again in case of any further doubts.
>>
>>
>>
>> On 12/8/15, Selva Kumar <selvak...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> Hi vidya,
>>>
>>> Where we can get training for using device? can you give me full
>>> address in bangalore, and what is the cost?
>>>
>>> On 9/16/15, sazid shaik <ashwaqahmed@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> what is the cost?
>>>>
>>>> On 9/16/15, Vidhya Y <vidhya@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>> this device???
>>>>> I have started using it since 2 weeks.
>>>>> it's interesting.
>>>>> it needs some practice though.
>>>>> I am able to walk without a cane except for steps.
>>>>> I still have to figure how to identify steps.
>>>>>
>>>>> On 9/16/15, Tony Kurian <mtonykur...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>> hi all,
>>>>>> anyone here used this device? experience please.
>>>>>>
>> http://www.techtimes.com/articles/70373/20150720/small-device-will-help-bli
>> nd-people-echolocate.htm
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Regis

Re: [AI] article of interest This Small Device developed in India Will Help Blind People Echolocate

[Vidhya Y]

it started off as a research project.
they claim that with training you can navigate both indoor and outdoor
without problem.
however, really proper training has to be taken.
one drawback would be,
in crowded places,
you will not be able to concentrate on the musical notes.
they suggest you wear earphone only one side and leave other.
I am not able to suggest it's practicability so much,
because I am 0 in Mobility.
only recently I have started moving on my own Indoors.

for indoor it helps!
I am happy for the fact that,
I can even walk without a cane indoors.
its development has started in Bangalore, so you cannot purchase from
north India.
what if any of you who really travel on your own, try this device, and
suggest others?




On 12/8/15, nitesh gupta <nitesh...@gmail.com> wrote:
> intresting 2 know about this device. can I get somewhere in north
> India like Delhi/UP ETC? if I need to have it then how to proceed? are
> the providers, giving some training to use it? last Q, will it b
> helpful to catch auto or Rixa on roads?
>
> Thanks
>
> On 12/8/15, Asudani, Rajesh <rajeshasud...@rbi.org.in> wrote:
>> And does music also tell of height or direction of the object, Vidhya?
>>
>>
>> सादर / With thanks & Regards
>> राजेश आसुदानी Rajesh Asudani
>> सहायक महाप्रबन्धक AGM
>> बाजार आसूचना ईकाई MIU
>> भारतीय रिजर्व बैंक Reserve Bank of India
>> नागपुर Nagpur
>>
>> 0712 2806846
>>
>> President
>> VIBEWA
>> Co-Moderator
>> VIB-India
>>
>> A-pilll = Action coupled with Positivity, Interest, Love, Logic and
>> laughter.
>>
>> -Original Message-
>> From: AccessIndia [mailto:accessindia-boun...@accessindia.org.in] On
>> Behalf
>> Of Vidhya Y
>> Sent: Tuesday, December 08, 2015 12:59 PM
>> To: AccessIndia: a list for discussing accessibility and issues concerning
>> the disabled.
>> Subject: Re: [AI] article of interest This Small Device developed in India
>> Will Help Blind People Echolocate
>>
>> cost is 3500. but I don't think the device has tactile output. you
>> just can here music of frequencies(low to high pitch depending on the
>> distance of you to the obstacle).
>>
>> On 12/8/15, George Abraham <geo...@eyeway.org> wrote:
>>> What is the cost?
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-
>>> From: AccessIndia [mailto:accessindia-boun...@accessindia.org.in] On
>>> Behalf
>>> Of mukesh jain
>>> Sent: 08 December 2015 12:22
>>> To: AccessIndia: a list for discussing accessibility and issues
>>> concerning
>>> the disabled.
>>> Subject: Re: [AI] article of interest This Small Device developed in
>>> India
>>> Will Help Blind People Echolocate
>>>
>>> AUSION is an innovative electronic mobility and travel aid for the
>>> visually impaired. Based on the principle of echolocation, AUSION
>>> enables me to
>>> move around indoors and outdoors with confidence and least assistance.
>>> AUSION basically acquires information about the environment,
>>> especially objects and obstacles
>>> and translates them into sounds and tactile information that can be
>>> heard and felt. The interpretations of these audible and tactile
>>> feedbacks enable the
>>> virtual recreation of the environment. AUSION is compact, handheld,
>>> maneuverable, non-intrusive device. This offers a greater freedom of
>>> movement to me
>>> and helps detect overhanging obstacles at the chest, shoulder and head
>>> levels. I specially benefited it lot in indore when I am at home if I
>>> have to locate the objects like cup plates on the table, when visiting
>>> any  office first time to locate the counters, alerts for reaching
>>> near stares, sometimes if I have to locate dustbin to throw garbage to
>>> avoid touching with my walking cane or bare hands, to get alertss for
>>> polls on the road which sometimes are below the height of the knee to
>>> bar the entry of small vehicles and animals within the premises, etc
>>> and lot more. Indeed, this device helping me lot. So worth
>>> considering. If you want to learn nore about it, visit
>>>   www.innohub.co.in
>>>
>>> or send the email to
>>> i...@innohub.co.in
>>>
>>> you can also call Mr. Deshpande of InnovationHub Technologies,
>>> private limited, Bangalore on mobile no. 09886833210
>>>
>>> get back again in case of any further doubts.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On 12/8/15, Selva Kumar <selvak...@gmail.com>

Re: [AI] article of interest This Small Device developed in India Will Help Blind People Echolocate

[Sonu Golkar]

Hello Mr. Rajesh, I want your mobile No.



-Original Message-
From: AccessIndia [mailto:accessindia-boun...@accessindia.org.in] On Behalf Of 
Asudani, Rajesh
Sent: 08 December 2015 13:12
To: AccessIndia: a list for discussing accessibility and issues concerning the 
disabled.
Subject: Re: [AI] article of interest This Small Device developed in India Will 
Help Blind People Echolocate

And does music also tell of height or direction of the object, Vidhya?


सादर / With thanks & Regards
राजेश आसुदानी Rajesh Asudani
सहायक महाप्रबन्धक AGM
बाजार आसूचना ईकाई MIU
भारतीय रिजर्व बैंक Reserve Bank of India
नागपुर Nagpur

0712 2806846

President
VIBEWA
Co-Moderator
VIB-India

A-pilll = Action coupled with Positivity, Interest, Love, Logic and laughter.

-Original Message-
From: AccessIndia [mailto:accessindia-boun...@accessindia.org.in] On Behalf Of 
Vidhya Y
Sent: Tuesday, December 08, 2015 12:59 PM
To: AccessIndia: a list for discussing accessibility and issues concerning the 
disabled.
Subject: Re: [AI] article of interest This Small Device developed in India Will 
Help Blind People Echolocate

cost is 3500. but I don't think the device has tactile output. you
just can here music of frequencies(low to high pitch depending on the
distance of you to the obstacle).

On 12/8/15, George Abraham <geo...@eyeway.org> wrote:
> What is the cost?
>
> -Original Message-
> From: AccessIndia [mailto:accessindia-boun...@accessindia.org.in] On Behalf
> Of mukesh jain
> Sent: 08 December 2015 12:22
> To: AccessIndia: a list for discussing accessibility and issues concerning
> the disabled.
> Subject: Re: [AI] article of interest This Small Device developed in India
> Will Help Blind People Echolocate
>
> AUSION is an innovative electronic mobility and travel aid for the
> visually impaired. Based on the principle of echolocation, AUSION
> enables me to
> move around indoors and outdoors with confidence and least assistance.
> AUSION basically acquires information about the environment,
> especially objects and obstacles
> and translates them into sounds and tactile information that can be
> heard and felt. The interpretations of these audible and tactile
> feedbacks enable the
> virtual recreation of the environment. AUSION is compact, handheld,
> maneuverable, non-intrusive device. This offers a greater freedom of
> movement to me
> and helps detect overhanging obstacles at the chest, shoulder and head
> levels. I specially benefited it lot in indore when I am at home if I
> have to locate the objects like cup plates on the table, when visiting
> any  office first time to locate the counters, alerts for reaching
> near stares, sometimes if I have to locate dustbin to throw garbage to
> avoid touching with my walking cane or bare hands, to get alertss for
> polls on the road which sometimes are below the height of the knee to
> bar the entry of small vehicles and animals within the premises, etc
> and lot more. Indeed, this device helping me lot. So worth
> considering. If you want to learn nore about it, visit
>   www.innohub.co.in
>
> or send the email to
> i...@innohub.co.in
>
> you can also call Mr. Deshpande of InnovationHub Technologies,
> private limited, Bangalore on mobile no. 09886833210
>
> get back again in case of any further doubts.
>
>
>
> On 12/8/15, Selva Kumar <selvak...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Hi vidya,
>>
>> Where we can get training for using device? can you give me full
>> address in bangalore, and what is the cost?
>>
>> On 9/16/15, sazid shaik <ashwaqahmed@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> what is the cost?
>>>
>>> On 9/16/15, Vidhya Y <vidhya@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> this device???
>>>> I have started using it since 2 weeks.
>>>> it's interesting.
>>>> it needs some practice though.
>>>> I am able to walk without a cane except for steps.
>>>> I still have to figure how to identify steps.
>>>>
>>>> On 9/16/15, Tony Kurian <mtonykur...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>> hi all,
>>>>> anyone here used this device? experience please.
>>>>>
> http://www.techtimes.com/articles/70373/20150720/small-device-will-help-bli
> nd-people-echolocate.htm
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Register at the dedicated AccessIndia list for discussing
> accessibility
>>>>> of
>>>>> mobile phones / Tabs on:
>>>>>
> http://mail.accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/mobile.accessindia_accessin
> dia.org.in
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Search for old postings at:
>>>>> http://www.mail-archive.com/access

Re: [AI] article of interest This Small Device developed in India Will Help Blind People Echolocate

[sazid shaik]

can you please tell me what is the training period.  what is the cost
of this device and amount for training?

regards,
sazid

On 12/9/15, Sonu Golkar <sonugol...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello Mr. Rajesh, I want your mobile No.
>
>
>
> -Original Message-
> From: AccessIndia [mailto:accessindia-boun...@accessindia.org.in] On Behalf
> Of Asudani, Rajesh
> Sent: 08 December 2015 13:12
> To: AccessIndia: a list for discussing accessibility and issues concerning
> the disabled.
> Subject: Re: [AI] article of interest This Small Device developed in India
> Will Help Blind People Echolocate
>
> And does music also tell of height or direction of the object, Vidhya?
>
>
> सादर / With thanks & Regards
> राजेश आसुदानी Rajesh Asudani
> सहायक महाप्रबन्धक AGM
> बाजार आसूचना ईकाई MIU
> भारतीय रिजर्व बैंक Reserve Bank of India
> नागपुर Nagpur
>
> 0712 2806846
>
> President
> VIBEWA
> Co-Moderator
> VIB-India
>
> A-pilll = Action coupled with Positivity, Interest, Love, Logic and
> laughter.
>
> -Original Message-
> From: AccessIndia [mailto:accessindia-boun...@accessindia.org.in] On Behalf
> Of Vidhya Y
> Sent: Tuesday, December 08, 2015 12:59 PM
> To: AccessIndia: a list for discussing accessibility and issues concerning
> the disabled.
> Subject: Re: [AI] article of interest This Small Device developed in India
> Will Help Blind People Echolocate
>
> cost is 3500. but I don't think the device has tactile output. you
> just can here music of frequencies(low to high pitch depending on the
> distance of you to the obstacle).
>
> On 12/8/15, George Abraham <geo...@eyeway.org> wrote:
>> What is the cost?
>>
>> -Original Message-
>> From: AccessIndia [mailto:accessindia-boun...@accessindia.org.in] On
>> Behalf
>> Of mukesh jain
>> Sent: 08 December 2015 12:22
>> To: AccessIndia: a list for discussing accessibility and issues concerning
>> the disabled.
>> Subject: Re: [AI] article of interest This Small Device developed in India
>> Will Help Blind People Echolocate
>>
>> AUSION is an innovative electronic mobility and travel aid for the
>> visually impaired. Based on the principle of echolocation, AUSION
>> enables me to
>> move around indoors and outdoors with confidence and least assistance.
>> AUSION basically acquires information about the environment,
>> especially objects and obstacles
>> and translates them into sounds and tactile information that can be
>> heard and felt. The interpretations of these audible and tactile
>> feedbacks enable the
>> virtual recreation of the environment. AUSION is compact, handheld,
>> maneuverable, non-intrusive device. This offers a greater freedom of
>> movement to me
>> and helps detect overhanging obstacles at the chest, shoulder and head
>> levels. I specially benefited it lot in indore when I am at home if I
>> have to locate the objects like cup plates on the table, when visiting
>> any  office first time to locate the counters, alerts for reaching
>> near stares, sometimes if I have to locate dustbin to throw garbage to
>> avoid touching with my walking cane or bare hands, to get alertss for
>> polls on the road which sometimes are below the height of the knee to
>> bar the entry of small vehicles and animals within the premises, etc
>> and lot more. Indeed, this device helping me lot. So worth
>> considering. If you want to learn nore about it, visit
>>   www.innohub.co.in
>>
>> or send the email to
>> i...@innohub.co.in
>>
>> you can also call Mr. Deshpande of InnovationHub Technologies,
>> private limited, Bangalore on mobile no. 09886833210
>>
>> get back again in case of any further doubts.
>>
>>
>>
>> On 12/8/15, Selva Kumar <selvak...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> Hi vidya,
>>>
>>> Where we can get training for using device? can you give me full
>>> address in bangalore, and what is the cost?
>>>
>>> On 9/16/15, sazid shaik <ashwaqahmed@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> what is the cost?
>>>>
>>>> On 9/16/15, Vidhya Y <vidhya@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>> this device???
>>>>> I have started using it since 2 weeks.
>>>>> it's interesting.
>>>>> it needs some practice though.
>>>>> I am able to walk without a cane except for steps.
>>>>> I still have to figure how to identify steps.
>>>>>
>>>>> On 9/16/15, Tony Kurian <mtonykur...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>> hi all,
>>>>>> a

Re: [AI] article of interest This Small Device developed in India Will Help Blind People Echolocate

[mukesh jain]

AUSION is an innovative electronic mobility and travel aid for the
visually impaired. Based on the principle of echolocation, AUSION
enables me to
move around indoors and outdoors with confidence and least assistance.
AUSION basically acquires information about the environment,
especially objects and obstacles
and translates them into sounds and tactile information that can be
heard and felt. The interpretations of these audible and tactile
feedbacks enable the
virtual recreation of the environment. AUSION is compact, handheld,
maneuverable, non-intrusive device. This offers a greater freedom of
movement to me
and helps detect overhanging obstacles at the chest, shoulder and head
levels. I specially benefited it lot in indore when I am at home if I
have to locate the objects like cup plates on the table, when visiting
any  office first time to locate the counters, alerts for reaching
near stares, sometimes if I have to locate dustbin to throw garbage to
avoid touching with my walking cane or bare hands, to get alertss for
polls on the road which sometimes are below the height of the knee to
bar the entry of small vehicles and animals within the premises, etc
and lot more. Indeed, this device helping me lot. So worth
considering. If you want to learn nore about it, visit
  www.innohub.co.in

or send the email to
i...@innohub.co.in

you can also call Mr. Deshpande of InnovationHub Technologies,
private limited, Bangalore on mobile no. 09886833210

get back again in case of any further doubts.



On 12/8/15, Selva Kumar  wrote:
> Hi vidya,
>
> Where we can get training for using device? can you give me full
> address in bangalore, and what is the cost?
>
> On 9/16/15, sazid shaik  wrote:
>> what is the cost?
>>
>> On 9/16/15, Vidhya Y  wrote:
>>> this device???
>>> I have started using it since 2 weeks.
>>> it's interesting.
>>> it needs some practice though.
>>> I am able to walk without a cane except for steps.
>>> I still have to figure how to identify steps.
>>>
>>> On 9/16/15, Tony Kurian  wrote:
 hi all,
 anyone here used this device? experience please.
 http://www.techtimes.com/articles/70373/20150720/small-device-will-help-blind-people-echolocate.htm



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Re: [AI] article of interest This Small Device developed in India Will Help Blind People Echolocate

[George Abraham]

What is the cost? 

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Of mukesh jain
Sent: 08 December 2015 12:22
To: AccessIndia: a list for discussing accessibility and issues concerning
the disabled.
Subject: Re: [AI] article of interest This Small Device developed in India
Will Help Blind People Echolocate

AUSION is an innovative electronic mobility and travel aid for the
visually impaired. Based on the principle of echolocation, AUSION
enables me to
move around indoors and outdoors with confidence and least assistance.
AUSION basically acquires information about the environment,
especially objects and obstacles
and translates them into sounds and tactile information that can be
heard and felt. The interpretations of these audible and tactile
feedbacks enable the
virtual recreation of the environment. AUSION is compact, handheld,
maneuverable, non-intrusive device. This offers a greater freedom of
movement to me
and helps detect overhanging obstacles at the chest, shoulder and head
levels. I specially benefited it lot in indore when I am at home if I
have to locate the objects like cup plates on the table, when visiting
any  office first time to locate the counters, alerts for reaching
near stares, sometimes if I have to locate dustbin to throw garbage to
avoid touching with my walking cane or bare hands, to get alertss for
polls on the road which sometimes are below the height of the knee to
bar the entry of small vehicles and animals within the premises, etc
and lot more. Indeed, this device helping me lot. So worth
considering. If you want to learn nore about it, visit
  www.innohub.co.in

or send the email to
i...@innohub.co.in

you can also call Mr. Deshpande of InnovationHub Technologies,
private limited, Bangalore on mobile no. 09886833210

get back again in case of any further doubts.



On 12/8/15, Selva Kumar <selvak...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi vidya,
>
> Where we can get training for using device? can you give me full
> address in bangalore, and what is the cost?
>
> On 9/16/15, sazid shaik <ashwaqahmed@gmail.com> wrote:
>> what is the cost?
>>
>> On 9/16/15, Vidhya Y <vidhya@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> this device???
>>> I have started using it since 2 weeks.
>>> it's interesting.
>>> it needs some practice though.
>>> I am able to walk without a cane except for steps.
>>> I still have to figure how to identify steps.
>>>
>>> On 9/16/15, Tony Kurian <mtonykur...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> hi all,
>>>> anyone here used this device? experience please.
>>>>
http://www.techtimes.com/articles/70373/20150720/small-device-will-help-bli
nd-people-echolocate.htm
>>>>
>>>>
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Re: [AI] article of interest This Small Device developed in India Will Help Blind People Echolocate

[Vidhya Y]

cost is 3500. but I don't think the device has tactile output. you
just can here music of frequencies(low to high pitch depending on the
distance of you to the obstacle).

On 12/8/15, George Abraham <geo...@eyeway.org> wrote:
> What is the cost?
>
> -Original Message-
> From: AccessIndia [mailto:accessindia-boun...@accessindia.org.in] On Behalf
> Of mukesh jain
> Sent: 08 December 2015 12:22
> To: AccessIndia: a list for discussing accessibility and issues concerning
> the disabled.
> Subject: Re: [AI] article of interest This Small Device developed in India
> Will Help Blind People Echolocate
>
> AUSION is an innovative electronic mobility and travel aid for the
> visually impaired. Based on the principle of echolocation, AUSION
> enables me to
> move around indoors and outdoors with confidence and least assistance.
> AUSION basically acquires information about the environment,
> especially objects and obstacles
> and translates them into sounds and tactile information that can be
> heard and felt. The interpretations of these audible and tactile
> feedbacks enable the
> virtual recreation of the environment. AUSION is compact, handheld,
> maneuverable, non-intrusive device. This offers a greater freedom of
> movement to me
> and helps detect overhanging obstacles at the chest, shoulder and head
> levels. I specially benefited it lot in indore when I am at home if I
> have to locate the objects like cup plates on the table, when visiting
> any  office first time to locate the counters, alerts for reaching
> near stares, sometimes if I have to locate dustbin to throw garbage to
> avoid touching with my walking cane or bare hands, to get alertss for
> polls on the road which sometimes are below the height of the knee to
> bar the entry of small vehicles and animals within the premises, etc
> and lot more. Indeed, this device helping me lot. So worth
> considering. If you want to learn nore about it, visit
>   www.innohub.co.in
>
> or send the email to
> i...@innohub.co.in
>
> you can also call Mr. Deshpande of InnovationHub Technologies,
> private limited, Bangalore on mobile no. 09886833210
>
> get back again in case of any further doubts.
>
>
>
> On 12/8/15, Selva Kumar <selvak...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Hi vidya,
>>
>> Where we can get training for using device? can you give me full
>> address in bangalore, and what is the cost?
>>
>> On 9/16/15, sazid shaik <ashwaqahmed@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> what is the cost?
>>>
>>> On 9/16/15, Vidhya Y <vidhya@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> this device???
>>>> I have started using it since 2 weeks.
>>>> it's interesting.
>>>> it needs some practice though.
>>>> I am able to walk without a cane except for steps.
>>>> I still have to figure how to identify steps.
>>>>
>>>> On 9/16/15, Tony Kurian <mtonykur...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>> hi all,
>>>>> anyone here used this device? experience please.
>>>>>
> http://www.techtimes.com/articles/70373/20150720/small-device-will-help-bli
> nd-people-echolocate.htm
>>>>>
>>>>>
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Re: [AI] article of interest This Small Device developed in India Will Help Blind People Echolocate

[Asudani, Rajesh]

And does music also tell of height or direction of the object, Vidhya?


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-Original Message-
From: AccessIndia [mailto:accessindia-boun...@accessindia.org.in] On Behalf Of 
Vidhya Y
Sent: Tuesday, December 08, 2015 12:59 PM
To: AccessIndia: a list for discussing accessibility and issues concerning the 
disabled.
Subject: Re: [AI] article of interest This Small Device developed in India Will 
Help Blind People Echolocate

cost is 3500. but I don't think the device has tactile output. you
just can here music of frequencies(low to high pitch depending on the
distance of you to the obstacle).

On 12/8/15, George Abraham <geo...@eyeway.org> wrote:
> What is the cost?
>
> -Original Message-
> From: AccessIndia [mailto:accessindia-boun...@accessindia.org.in] On Behalf
> Of mukesh jain
> Sent: 08 December 2015 12:22
> To: AccessIndia: a list for discussing accessibility and issues concerning
> the disabled.
> Subject: Re: [AI] article of interest This Small Device developed in India
> Will Help Blind People Echolocate
>
> AUSION is an innovative electronic mobility and travel aid for the
> visually impaired. Based on the principle of echolocation, AUSION
> enables me to
> move around indoors and outdoors with confidence and least assistance.
> AUSION basically acquires information about the environment,
> especially objects and obstacles
> and translates them into sounds and tactile information that can be
> heard and felt. The interpretations of these audible and tactile
> feedbacks enable the
> virtual recreation of the environment. AUSION is compact, handheld,
> maneuverable, non-intrusive device. This offers a greater freedom of
> movement to me
> and helps detect overhanging obstacles at the chest, shoulder and head
> levels. I specially benefited it lot in indore when I am at home if I
> have to locate the objects like cup plates on the table, when visiting
> any  office first time to locate the counters, alerts for reaching
> near stares, sometimes if I have to locate dustbin to throw garbage to
> avoid touching with my walking cane or bare hands, to get alertss for
> polls on the road which sometimes are below the height of the knee to
> bar the entry of small vehicles and animals within the premises, etc
> and lot more. Indeed, this device helping me lot. So worth
> considering. If you want to learn nore about it, visit
>   www.innohub.co.in
>
> or send the email to
> i...@innohub.co.in
>
> you can also call Mr. Deshpande of InnovationHub Technologies,
> private limited, Bangalore on mobile no. 09886833210
>
> get back again in case of any further doubts.
>
>
>
> On 12/8/15, Selva Kumar <selvak...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Hi vidya,
>>
>> Where we can get training for using device? can you give me full
>> address in bangalore, and what is the cost?
>>
>> On 9/16/15, sazid shaik <ashwaqahmed@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> what is the cost?
>>>
>>> On 9/16/15, Vidhya Y <vidhya@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> this device???
>>>> I have started using it since 2 weeks.
>>>> it's interesting.
>>>> it needs some practice though.
>>>> I am able to walk without a cane except for steps.
>>>> I still have to figure how to identify steps.
>>>>
>>>> On 9/16/15, Tony Kurian <mtonykur...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>> hi all,
>>>>> anyone here used this device? experience please.
>>>>>
> http://www.techtimes.com/articles/70373/20150720/small-device-will-help-bli
> nd-people-echolocate.htm
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
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Re: [AI] article of interest This Small Device developed in India Will Help Blind People Echolocate

[Selva Kumar]

Hi vidya,

Where we can get training for using device? can you give me full
address in bangalore, and what is the cost?

On 9/16/15, sazid shaik  wrote:
> what is the cost?
>
> On 9/16/15, Vidhya Y  wrote:
>> this device???
>> I have started using it since 2 weeks.
>> it's interesting.
>> it needs some practice though.
>> I am able to walk without a cane except for steps.
>> I still have to figure how to identify steps.
>>
>> On 9/16/15, Tony Kurian  wrote:
>>> hi all,
>>> anyone here used this device? experience please.
>>> http://www.techtimes.com/articles/70373/20150720/small-device-will-help-blind-people-echolocate.htm
>>>
>>>
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[AI] Article of Interest: Is Seventh Pay Commission the big stimulus that auto sector needs?

[avinash shahi]

A historical analysis of auto sales shows that arrears and pay hikes
of government employees have led to immediate spike in the purchase of
two-wheelers and passenger vehicles in the country. Photo: Ramesh
Pathania/Mint
http://www.livemint.com/Industry/5T0oR9HdHr1YUPgdT2ZSDL/Is-Seventh-Pay-Commission-the-big-stimulus-that-auto-sector.html
New Delhi: India’s automobile sector is keenly awaiting the
recommendations of the Seventh Pay Commission in the hope that
government employees will flock to showrooms with their pockets loaded
with cash.

Yet, what may still go against the industry is if the Pay Commission’s
recommendations are implemented as soon as the report is submitted.
This will mean that the implementation may not have any retrospective
impact, unlike in the past, and that will lead to less or no lump sum
amount as arrears in the accounts of government employees, which in
turn may not have the desired impact on auto sales.

However, a historical analysis of auto sales shows that arrears and
pay hikes of government employees have led to immediate spike in the
purchase of two-wheelers and passenger vehicles in the country.

For example, when the government implemented the Sixth Pay Commission
report in 2008, sales of passenger vehicles grew 19.45% to 2.22
million units in 2008-09 and 21.18% to 2.8 million units in 2009-10,
according to data provided by the Society of Indian Automobile
Manufacturers (Siam). Sales of two-wheelers grew 16.11% to 9.7 million
units in 2008-09 and 31.22% to 12.73 million in 2009-10.

During this period, the total remuneration of Central government
employees alone went up from Rs.45,962.60 crore in 2007-08 to
Rs.73,717.80 crore and Rs.96,589.70 crore in 2008-09 and 2009-10,
respectively, according to data provided by the Centre for Monitoring
Indian Economy.

Pay packages of government employees rose by an average of 35%, as per
the recommendations of the Sixth Pay Commission. They also received
arrears for more than 30 months due to delay in the implementation of
the report.

The Sixth Pay Commission had submitted its report a little ahead of
its deadline on 24 March 2008. The revised pay scales were implemented
retrospectively, starting 1 January 2006, while recommendations
relating to allowances were implemented prospectively.

This was also the period when the global economy was grappling with
economic recession and car sales in India were helped by the Indian
government’s move to reduce excise duty by 4 percentage points to 8%.

Following the Fifth Pay Commission report that was implemented in
September 1997, sales of passenger vehicles jumped 33.19% to 689,000
units in 1998-99 and two-wheeler sales grew 11.74% to 3.64 million
units.

When the Fourth Pay Commission report was implemented in 1987-88,
sales of two-wheelers jumped 11.37% to 1.55 million in 1988-99 and 11%
to 1.75 million in 1989-90. Sales of passenger vehicles grew 12.38% to
219,000 in 1988-99 and declined 2% in 1989-90. Those were the days
when India was still opening to globalization.

From the Seventh Pay Commission, there are expectations of tweaks to
retirement age, performance-linked pay and flexible work hours for
women and employees with disabilities, apart from pay hikes. In
August, the government extended the Commission’s term by another four
months till 31 December to give recommendations. The recommendations
were expected to be effective from 1 January 2016. If there are
delays, the pay revisions would again be done with retrospective
effect.

India employs at least 4.8 million Central government employees and
5.5 million pensioners and over 10 million state and local government
employees. An increase in their salaries will open up an ocean of
opportunities for Indian auto makers, some of whom are still
recovering from a prolonged slowdown that started in 2012.

Passenger vehicle sales have grown 6.22% to 1.33 million units during
April-September, while sales of two-wheelers have declined 0.36% to
8.11 million units.


Amrit Raj

-- 
Avinash Shahi
Doctoral student at Centre for Law and Governance JNU



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[AI] Article of Interest: Ending rabies By Naseem Salahuddin

[avinash shahi]

RECENTLY, I saw an eight-year-old boy from Dadu, who had been mauled
by a pack of dogs. His scalp was torn off, his ear lobe was hanging
and his armpits were chewed up. In fact, his entire body was
mutilated. The distraught father, a simple peasant, carried him to
small and large hospitals in Sindh, but none had the wherewithal to
treat the child. Twenty-four hours later he reached the Indus Hospital
where he was attended to. Under anaesthesia his wounds were washed and
debrided; each wound was injected with Rabies Immunoglobulin (RIG),
and the anti-rabies vaccine series initiated. Extensive plastic
surgery procedures are still in process, and we hope the child will
survive, although he will remain physically and mentally scarred for
life.
http://www.dawn.com/news/1209653/ending-rabies
Pakistan’s population is over 186 million and growing. The literacy
rate is one of the lowest in the world. Tuberculosis, malaria,
hepatitis, dengue, typhoid, polio and a host of infectious diseases
account for the majority of disease, disability and deaths. Among
these myriad problems, animal bites and rabies are nowhere on the
radar of health authorities. The population of stray dogs is growing,
as is the incidence of dog bites and rabies deaths.

Infected animals, mostly dogs, harbour the virus in their saliva.
Several weeks after a bite from an infected dog, the victim develops
headache, fever and becomes intermittently confused. Gradually, the
muscles of swallowing and breathing go into spasm, and he has
difficulty swallowing food or water (hydrophobia) and breathing
(aerophobia). A few days pass without food or water. He is fatigued
and dehydrated. The dying person feels a sense of impending doom.
Death is inevitable. The family he leaves behind will remain with the
indelible memory of his tortured death. Sixty-thousand deaths from
rabies occur globally each year, of which 20,000 take place in India,
and around 2,000 to 5,000 in Pakistan. Rabies is 100pc preventable if
treated correctly at the time of the bite. Delayed or no treatment
ends in sure death.




Rabies is totally preventable if treated correctly at the time of the bite.



In a WHO-sponsored Rabies Surveillance Project we studied nearly
10,000 cases of dog-bite victims from nine emergency departments
across Pakistan. Nearly 80pc were male, and one-third between five to
14 years. Few victims washed their wounds with soap and water as
recommended; instead, they applied unsafe household remedies: salt,
turmeric or red chillies. Interviews of healthcare workers revealed
that modern, lifesaving modalities of treatment were virtually unknown
to them, since most emergency departments are not even equipped with
modern vaccine and RIG. Stray dog bites occur frequently in rural
areas. Often villagers must travel for hours, even days, to reach an
equipped hospital; frequently, they do not complete the full
vaccination course. If and when symptoms of rabies develop and death
seems certain, the despairing family consults a mystic in a shrine for
mumbo-jumbo treatment.

As evident at a recent Saarc workshop in Sri Lanka, the entire focus
of human rabies elimination has shifted to dog rabies elimination. A
‘one health’ approach was recommended for all member countries to
establish national and sub-national multi-sectoral steering committees
for elimination of both animal and human rabies.

This is entirely logical. The difficulty is the logistics. Dog culling
has totally failed in the long run wherever attempted. Developed, and
now some developing countries, have demonstrated that vaccinating at
least 70pc of feral dogs in a given area will create herd immunity.
Immunised dogs are less aggressive, and even if provoked to bite, they
will not transmit the virus. Sri Lanka, Bhutan and Thailand are well
on their way to eliminating dog rabies by mass dog vaccination through
organised campaigns. Many other countries are practising Capture,
Neuter and Vaccina­tion of stray dogs. Their population will
eventually reduce, while maintaining the ecological balance. This is
the only sure way to eliminate rabies in dogs and thus in humans.

In Pakistan, there is no such consideration. Most graduates of
veterinary colleges specialise in lucrative practices of livestock and
animal husbandry; municipal authorities either ignore the issue, or
organise sporadic but ineffective dog-killing campaigns; hospital
directors choose not to provide lifesaving medicines, assuming they
are too expensive; medics remain unaware of treatment modalities; the
uneducated continue in the time warp of unsafe antidotes. The result
is heartrending cases of rabies deaths on the rise.

The Indus Hospital, Rabies in Asia and Medical Microbiology and
Infectious Diseases Society of Pakistan jointly launched an intensive
month-long awareness campaign in 

Re: [AI] article of interest This Small Device developed in India Will Help Blind People Echolocate

[Amiyo Biswas]

The site says Rs. 3,500.

With best regards,
Amiyo Biswas
Cell: +91-9433464329

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what is the cost?

On 9/16/15, Vidhya Y <vidhya@gmail.com> wrote:

this device???
I have started using it since 2 weeks.
it's interesting.
it needs some practice though.
I am able to walk without a cane except for steps.
I still have to figure how to identify steps.

On 9/16/15, Tony Kurian <mtonykur...@gmail.com> wrote:

hi all,
anyone here used this device? experience please.
http://www.techtimes.com/articles/70373/20150720/small-device-will-help-blind-people-echolocate.htm



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Re: [AI] article of interest This Small Device developed in India Will Help Blind People Echolocate

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what is the cost?

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> I still have to figure how to identify steps.
>
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Re: [AI] article of interest This Small Device developed in India Will Help Blind People Echolocate

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this device???
I have started using it since 2 weeks.
it's interesting.
it needs some practice though.
I am able to walk without a cane except for steps.
I still have to figure how to identify steps.

On 9/16/15, Tony Kurian  wrote:
> hi all,
> anyone here used this device? experience please.
> http://www.techtimes.com/articles/70373/20150720/small-device-will-help-blind-people-echolocate.htm
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[AI] article of interest This Small Device developed in India Will Help Blind People Echolocate

[Tony Kurian]

hi all,
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http://www.techtimes.com/articles/70373/20150720/small-device-will-help-blind-people-echolocate.htm



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[AI] Article of Interest: Understanding Issues Involved in Toilet Access for Women

[avinash shahi]

Another fundamental shortcoming is that toilets do not take into
account the needs of differently abled people. At the CTCs studied,
there were cubicles for persons with disability, but they were
invariably impossible to use.

Non-availability of toilets and/or limited access to them makes women
visit fields (or nearby open spaces) for defecation. At all four
sites, the weather plays an important role in determining their access
to open fields. Insects and dogs are a major cause of trouble, and
during the monsoon the ground becomes marshy. In summers, if trees and
plants dry up, the problem is insufficient cover. As our informants
said, this is a justifiable cause of worry because it increases their
vulnerability.
Read the full article:
http://www.epw.in/notes/understanding-issues-involved-toilet-access-women.html
-- 
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[AI] Article of Interest: Disability activism in the new media ecology: campaigning strategies in the digital era

[avinash shahi]

Unfortunately, we don't have similar studies in Indian context despite
burgeoning disability rights activism online.  We witnessed
enlightened debates and discussions during the RPD Bill last year
which drew traditional media outlets to lend greater coverage to
disabled-people's concerns.
Full article can be accessed at:
http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/09687599.2015.1051516#abstract
Abstract
This article examines the changing nature of disability activism
through the influence of social media. As disabled people in the
United Kingdom have been subjected to acute austerity, this has
coincided with a new era of disability activism channelled through
increased social media participation. Drawing on the analysis of one
group’s online activities and a qualitative content analysis of
disability protest coverage in traditional news media during the 2012
Paralympic Games, this article positions this shift in the broader
framework of ‘new media ecology’. We explore how emerging structures
of disability activism have begun to offer a more visible profile to
challenge government policy and negative stereotypes of disabled
people. This highlights the usefulness of campaigning strategies for
generating favourable news coverage for disability protest.

Over the last decade, much has been written that has identified the
impact of a digital divide on the lives of disabled people (see Ellis
and Kent 201117. Ellis, K., and M. Kent. 2011. Disability and New
Media. London: Routledge.

View all references). This has centred largely on issues around
access, accessibility and social inclusion. By 2013, the Oxford
Internet Survey (Dutton and Blank 201316. Dutton, B., and G. Blank.
2013. Next Generation Users: The Internet in Britain. Oxford: Oxford
Internet Institute.

View all references) reported that 51% of disabled people in the
United Kingdom were using the Internet on a regular basis. This
represented a leap in participation amongst the disabled population,
although still considerably less than the 84% of non-disabled
respondents. Earlier work in this area has highlighted how online
technology has reproduced and even exacerbated the environmental
barriers that traditionally exclude disabled people from key areas of
social life (Dobransky and Hargittai 200614. Dobransky, K., and E.
Hargittai. 2006. “The Disability Divide in Internet Access and Use.”
Information, Communication and Society 9 (3):
313–334.10.1080/13691180600751298
[Taylor  Francis Online]
View all references; Goggin and Newall 200320. Goggin, G., and C.
Newall. 2003. Digital Disability: The Social Construction of
Disability in New Media. Lanham: Rowan  Littlefield.

View all references). As such, access and accessibility issues
arguably resonate with key arguments in both disability and Internet
studies. In one sense, the exclusionary design of some of the new
technologies ‘add[s] significant weight to a social barriers model of
disability’ (Roulstone 199846. Roulstone, A. 1998. Enabling
Technology: Disabled People, Work and New Technology. Maidenhead: Open
University Press.

View all references, 1). At the same time, there has been also a
tendency among Internet scholars to assimilate accessibility issues to
the digital divide paradigm (Vicente and Lopez 201054. Vicente, M.,
and A. Lopez. 2010. “A Multidimensional Analysis of the Disability
Digital Divide: Some Evidence for Internet Use.” The Information
Society 26 (1): 48–64.10.1080/01615440903423245
[Taylor  Francis Online], [Web of Science ®]
View all references; Warschauer 200356. Warschauer, M. 2003.
Technology and Social Inclusion: Rethinking the Digital Divide.
Cambridge, MA: MIT Press.

View all references), which points to the inequalities caused by a
disparity in Internet access, use and information technology literacy
to argue that online media may be inherently dangerous for democracy
and society more generally (Norris 200132. Norris, P. 2001. The
Digital Divide: Civic Engagement, Information Poverty and the Internet
Worldwide. Cambridge: CUP.10.1017/CBO9781139164887
[CrossRef]
View all references).
However, despite this awareness of the Internet’s ambivalence for
disabled people, a number of commentators writing over the last two
decades (for example, Johnson and Moxon 199825. Johnson, L., and E.
Moxon. 1998. “In Whose Service? Technology, Care and Disabled People:
The Care for a Disability Politics Perspective.” Disability and
Society 13 (2): 241–258.10.1080/09687599826812
[Taylor  Francis Online], [Web of Science ®], [CSA]
View all references; Polat 200544. Polat, R. 2005. “The Internet and
Political Particpation: Exploring the Explanatory Links.” European
Journal of Commuincation 20 (4): 435–459.10.1177/0267323105058251
[CrossRef], [Web of Science ®]
View all references) have emphasised its potential for promoting civic
participation among disabled users and strengthening the influence of
disability organisations in policy-making. This work provided some
useful early insights into 

[AI] Article of Interest

[Tilakprasad Joshi]

Dear Friends,

Sharing the article where Disability Activists have raised concerns
regarding the Guardianship for the Disabled People. This Article
doesn’t specifically talk about Visually Impaired but situation is not
different, if law itself states that Disabled Persons need to have
Guardian to cary out their tasks isn’t this a problem? How we can
raise our collective voices? Request you to read article and share
your point of views on this.
http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/chennai/disabilities-rights-bill-activists-worried-over-guardianship/article7322999.ece?homepage=true

Warm Regards,
Tilakprasad Joshi.



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Re: [AI] Article of Interest: Problems with consanguineous marriages

[Ekinath Khedekar]

Thank you for a very important article Avinash.

You may have noticed upon any celebratory email from disable marriage
gathering by any organisation, I ask a question if they are going to
or have sensitised participants about genetic risks of such marriages.

Till date, I have never received reply in affirmative. It is very sad.

I hope you will keep your eye on such blind marriages literally. To
re-iterate, nothing wrong if couple suffering with genetic disorders
knowingly take a risk to go for children. That is their personal
choice, but organisations have a moral and a professional
responsibility to make their participants know about this factor.

Cheers






On 6/12/15, avinash shahi shahi88avin...@gmail.com wrote:
 This article is very productive and enlightening. The casuistry
 provided by the author for avoiding such marriages is quite
 convincing. We have several families where more than one-persons
 acquire disability due to genetic antecedent. And the most of such
 cases are presumably found in muslim families and in the south Indian
 states. It would be great if somebody attempts to write  a paper
 highlighting the social profile of families consisting of more than
 one disabled people.

 http://www.thehindu.com/seta/2004/04/29/stories/2004042900161600.htm


 Problems with consanguineous marriages





 BLOOD RELATED marriages are called consanguineous marriages — sanguine
 meaning blood.

 Around the globe consanguineous marriages have been practised by many
 societies from time immemorial. It is widely practiced in Asia, North
 Africa, Switzerland, Middle East, some parts of China, Japan and
 fishermen communities in Europe and America. One in two rural
 marriages in Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh are consanguineous.

 What type of marriages are consanguineous marriages? When you marry
 biologically related or blood relatives then it is consanguineous
 marriage. Most commonly in our part of the world, first cousins —
 uncle's son marries auntie's daughter or vice versa.

 However another type of marriage is where maternal uncle marries his
 niece (sister's daughter). Theoretical risk of having a genetic defect
 child is higher in the latter type of marriage than the former. Most
 of us do not even recognize the pros and cons of such marriages.

 While assessing the consequence of consanguineous against
 non-consanguineous (non-blood related) marriages in health and
 disease, several scientific studies have shown that consanguinity
 leads to death of infants before, during or immediately after birth,
 increased incidence of birth defects, genetic diseases including
 blinding disorders, blood cancer (acute lymphocytic leukemia),
 breathing problems for children at birth (apnea), increased
 susceptibility to disease etc.

 Some scientists contradict these studies and state that other
 biological factors could be accountable for the results and not
 consanguinity alone.

 In our study we showed that consanguinity could increase the incidence
 of many blinding disorders like retinitis pigmentosa, Leber congenital
 amaurosis, Lawrence-Moon-Bardet-Biedl syndrome, Stargardt disease,
 Usher syndrome etc (Consanguinity and Ocular Genetic Diseases in South
 India: Analysis of a Five-year study. Community Genetics:
 2002:5:180-185). Consanguinity could increase the risk of inheriting
 any one of the 4968 (autosomal recessive) genetic diseases that could
 affect any part of the body from head to foot.

 Some animal studies have shown that inbreeding or consanguinity could
 enhance longevity. It has been proved beyond doubt that consanguineous
 marriages farther than second cousins would not result in major
 genetic diseases.

 There are certain misconceptions regarding marriages amongst
 relatives, marriages between social relatives like wife's brother and
 husband's sister can get married, where there is no role for blood
 relationship.

 Why do consanguineous marriages result in children with genetic
 diseases? Due to inheritance parents and children, and brothers and
 sisters, commonly share 50 per cent of their genetic make-up.

 Similarly uncle and niece share 25 per cent and first cousins 12.5 per
 cent of their inherited genetic material as it originates from a
 common ancestor. In such situations if there are any `silent' genetic
 defects, then such errors manifesting as a disease in the child of a
 consanguineous parents is high.

 Whereas, if we marry a person non-consanguineously in a random manner,
 then for both the partners to share the same `silent' genetic defect
 is extremely rare.

 Hindus in northern India as a practice outlaw the consanguineous
 marriage by avoiding the same `gothra' or patrilineal relationship
 between the probable bride and the groom. In some of the western
 countries including the United States consanguinity closer than the
 first cousins are considered to be legally incest.

 Historically closest consanguineous marriage was performed between
 brothers and sisters 

[AI] Article of Interest: Problems with consanguineous marriages

[avinash shahi]

This article is very productive and enlightening. The casuistry
provided by the author for avoiding such marriages is quite
convincing. We have several families where more than one-persons
acquire disability due to genetic antecedent. And the most of such
cases are presumably found in muslim families and in the south Indian
states. It would be great if somebody attempts to write  a paper
highlighting the social profile of families consisting of more than
one disabled people.

http://www.thehindu.com/seta/2004/04/29/stories/2004042900161600.htm


Problems with consanguineous marriages





BLOOD RELATED marriages are called consanguineous marriages — sanguine
meaning blood.

Around the globe consanguineous marriages have been practised by many
societies from time immemorial. It is widely practiced in Asia, North
Africa, Switzerland, Middle East, some parts of China, Japan and
fishermen communities in Europe and America. One in two rural
marriages in Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh are consanguineous.

What type of marriages are consanguineous marriages? When you marry
biologically related or blood relatives then it is consanguineous
marriage. Most commonly in our part of the world, first cousins —
uncle's son marries auntie's daughter or vice versa.

However another type of marriage is where maternal uncle marries his
niece (sister's daughter). Theoretical risk of having a genetic defect
child is higher in the latter type of marriage than the former. Most
of us do not even recognize the pros and cons of such marriages.

While assessing the consequence of consanguineous against
non-consanguineous (non-blood related) marriages in health and
disease, several scientific studies have shown that consanguinity
leads to death of infants before, during or immediately after birth,
increased incidence of birth defects, genetic diseases including
blinding disorders, blood cancer (acute lymphocytic leukemia),
breathing problems for children at birth (apnea), increased
susceptibility to disease etc.

Some scientists contradict these studies and state that other
biological factors could be accountable for the results and not
consanguinity alone.

In our study we showed that consanguinity could increase the incidence
of many blinding disorders like retinitis pigmentosa, Leber congenital
amaurosis, Lawrence-Moon-Bardet-Biedl syndrome, Stargardt disease,
Usher syndrome etc (Consanguinity and Ocular Genetic Diseases in South
India: Analysis of a Five-year study. Community Genetics:
2002:5:180-185). Consanguinity could increase the risk of inheriting
any one of the 4968 (autosomal recessive) genetic diseases that could
affect any part of the body from head to foot.

Some animal studies have shown that inbreeding or consanguinity could
enhance longevity. It has been proved beyond doubt that consanguineous
marriages farther than second cousins would not result in major
genetic diseases.

There are certain misconceptions regarding marriages amongst
relatives, marriages between social relatives like wife's brother and
husband's sister can get married, where there is no role for blood
relationship.

Why do consanguineous marriages result in children with genetic
diseases? Due to inheritance parents and children, and brothers and
sisters, commonly share 50 per cent of their genetic make-up.

Similarly uncle and niece share 25 per cent and first cousins 12.5 per
cent of their inherited genetic material as it originates from a
common ancestor. In such situations if there are any `silent' genetic
defects, then such errors manifesting as a disease in the child of a
consanguineous parents is high.

Whereas, if we marry a person non-consanguineously in a random manner,
then for both the partners to share the same `silent' genetic defect
is extremely rare.

Hindus in northern India as a practice outlaw the consanguineous
marriage by avoiding the same `gothra' or patrilineal relationship
between the probable bride and the groom. In some of the western
countries including the United States consanguinity closer than the
first cousins are considered to be legally incest.

Historically closest consanguineous marriage was performed between
brothers and sisters by the Egyptian Pharaohs to preserve the royal
blood and interestingly Cleopatra was born out of such marriage.
However this disgusting practice has never been duplicated anywhere
else in the world.

It is sad to note that many movies in Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh
highlight and glorify consanguinity. Evidence suggests that
consanguinity does play a negative role in human health. The social
benefits of consanguinity should not outweigh the biological damages;
many in the community are ignorant about these facts.

G. Kumaramanickavel



G. Kumaramanickavel



 Sankara Nethralaya
 Chennai


Read more studies on the issues
1 
http://www.thehindu.com/sci-tech/health/the-biology-of-first-cousin-marriages/article4902050.ece
2 

[AI] Article of Interest: Train passengers to now get 'wake-up' call from Railways - The Economic Times

[Rahul Gambhir]

Train passengers can now sleep soundly without worrying about missing
their station as the Railways has launched a new service which will
ensure that they get a wake-up call on their mobile phones
half-an-hour before the scheduled arrival at their destination.
 Similarly, another feature - 'train destination alarm call' - has
also been introduced through which passengers will get an alert call
30 minutes before the train reaches their destination station.
 The service, a joint initiative of the IRCTC and Bharat BPO, is
available through voice call on Railways enquiry number 139.
 The user needs to enter the required data such as PNR number,
station name, STD code of station while calling up 139 for getting the
wake-up alarm, a senior Railway Ministry official said.
 Wake-up alarm shall be made to the passenger 30 minutes before the
train reaches the the station. Similarly, the train destination alert
call shall also be available 30 minutes before train reaches the
destination station, he added.
 According to the official, after getting all the inputs like PNR and
station name on 139, the system will check current position of the
train before sending the alert call.
 '139', a crucial train enquiry service, has undergone transformative
changes over the years providing round-the -clock services on
real-time basis.
 One can find out the schedule of train arrival or departure, current
position of train, fare inquiry through dialling 139. One can also
book a meal on certain trains through 139, the official said.
 139 customer service also provides information related to Tatkal seat
availability, cancellation, refund rules and platform position.

Source: 
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[AI] Article of Interest: From Policy to Practice: How Should Social Pensions Be Scaled Up?

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Full article could be downloaded from:
http://www.epw.in/special-articles/policy-practice.html
Abstract
A survey in Delhi, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh--sstates that have
extended social pension coverage beyond below poverty line families
and increased pension amounts--sprovides a window into the challenges
of scaling up such programmes. The survey reveals that increased
coverage and higher pension amounts do not render the social pension
regressive in its distribution; levels of leakage remain low and
tractable. Yet, in practice, the schemes are unable to reach all of
their target populations. A major challenge in expanding the pension
net lies in ensuring entry for the poor. If pension programmes are to
be scaled up, entry needs to be facilitated through stricter
monitoring of inclusion errors, proactive identification, enrolment
camps or other means.

Shrayana Bhattacharya (sbhattachar...@worldbank.org) and Rinku Murgai
(rmur...@worldbank.org) are with the World Bank, New Delhi; Soumya
Kapoor Mehta (soumyakap...@gmail.com) is an independent consultant and
Maria Mini Jos (maria.mini...@gmail.com) is a student at the
University of Pennsylvania.

We would like to thank the Ministry of Rural Development, Government
of India, the three state governments, our survey respondents and
participants in focus group discussions for providing insights into
the process and challenges faced in delivery of social pensions. We
are also grateful to Ana Bellver, Stephen Howes, Roland Lomme, Lance
Pritchett, Mihir Shah, and Vinaya Swaroop for comments on earlier
drafts of the paper. Raghav Puri assisted in questionnaire design and
piloting, and field supervision. Data was collected by the Social and
Rural Research Institute of IMRB, with technology support from Sunai
Consultancy. Data collection was co-funded by UK aid from the UK
Government. However, the views expressed do not necessarily reflect
the UK Government's official policies. All views expressed in this
paper, and any errors, are our own


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[AI] Article of Interest: Women Caregivers of Persons with Brain Tumour: A Psychosocial Needs Assessment in a Tertiary Care Hospital

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Abstract
The diagnosis of a brain tumour poses severe challenges to patients as
well as their caregivers. As caregivers, women play an important role.
However, most of the literature on brain tumours has failed to
emphasise the invaluable services of women caregivers, and their
psychosocial needs have been overlooked. The current study aims to
highlight this neglected aspect. Thirty women caregivers were selected
through purposive sampling and their needs were assessed using a
semi-structured questionnaire under five heads such as, professional
service needs, informational needs, psychological/emotional needs,
personal and spiritual needs and social support needs. It was found
that some of their needs were unmet, especially their
psychological/emotional and informational needs. Thus, gender-specific
interventions are recommended across neuro-oncological settings.
Full article can be accessed at: http://ijg.sagepub.com/content/22/1/41.abstract
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[AI] Article of Interest: Understanding the depression dilemma

[avinash shahi]

This invisible problem is certainly taking toll of many lives; let us
talk and help each others' to cope with it.

http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-openpage/understanding-the-depression-dilemma/article6869876.ece
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[AI] Article of Interest: Treating autism: In development, The Economist

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http://www.economist.com/news/business/21636064-companies-struggle-meet-soaring-demand-autism-treatments-development

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[AI] Article of Interest: Back to the future, disability and the digital divide

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Friends
 I'm working on a theme technology, Disability and Society and
struggling to develop a paper based in Indian context. If any of you
has any paper or study done on the theme please guide me.

Abstract
The aim of this article is to explore disability and the digital
divide using a quantitative methodology. The research investigates
what impact digital technologies have had in improving the
life-chances for disabled people from deprived neighbourhoods in the
northeast of England. The study explores how disabled people engage
with digital and assistive technologies in order to overcome disabling
barriers and social exclusion. Unfortunately, the analysis found no
evidence that digital and assistive technologies had any impact on
reducing social exclusion for disabled people. In fact, the research
discovered that these technologies seemed to construct new forms of
disabling barriers as a consequence of the digital divide.
http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/09687599.2012.732538#.VIb35VS6bIU
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[AI] Article of Interest: Emergence of India as the World Leader in Computer and Information Services

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http://www.epw.in/special-articles/emergence-india-world-leader-computer-and-information-services.html
The paper analyses the changing leadership in computer and information
services exports in the world. Leadership, measured in terms of export
shares, appears to have moved from the United States, United Kingdom
and Germany to Ireland and then to India. India has been trying to
maintain her leadership through improvements in technological
capability and in the process has also become a base for
multinationals to set up operations. These multinationals have been
increasing their innovative activities in India as revealed through
increased patenting, and domestic Indian enterprises have followed,
although very slowly, in improving their technological capability. Two
conclusions can be drawn. Leadership in CIS is basically a function of
the availability of highly trained software engineers. But the
sustainability of leadership depends on whether the industry is
domestic or foreign owned.




Sunil Mani (m...@cds.edu) teaches at the Centre for Development
Studies, Thiruvananthapuram.




An earlier version of the paper was published in the working paper
series of the Centre for Development Studies No 453 titled, Changing
Leadership in Computer and Information Services: Emergence of India as
the Current World Leader in Computer and Information Services.
Comments received from Keun Lee, Franco Malerba, Sudip Chaudhuri, M
Vijayabaskar and M Arun are gratefully acknowledged. K Kavitha helped
with the preparation of some of the data tables in the paper. However
none of them are to be implicated for any errors that may still remain
in the paper. Those are the author's sole responsibility.


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[AI] Article of Interest: The Truth About Down Syndrome By JAMIE EDGIN and FABIAN FERNANDEZAUG

[avinash shahi]

LAST week the biologist Richard Dawkins sparked controversy when, in
response to a woman's hypothetical question about whether to carry to
term a child with Down syndrome, he wrote on Twitter: Abort it and
try again. It would be immoral to bring it into the world if you have
the choice.
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/29/opinion/the-truth-about-down-syndrome.html?ref=opiniongwh=9D356103EA4D082AAD691A3ED25C61E2gwt=payassetType=opinion#
In further statements, Mr. Dawkins suggested that his view was rooted
in the moral principle of reducing overall suffering whenever possible
-- in this case, that of individuals born with Down syndrome and their
families.
But Mr. Dawkins's argument is flawed. Not because his moral reasoning
is wrong, necessarily (that is a question for another day), but
because his understanding of the facts is mistaken. Recent research
indicates that individuals with Down syndrome can experience more
happiness and potential for success than Mr. Dawkins seems to
appreciate.
There are, of course, many challenges facing families caring for
children with Down syndrome, including a high likelihood that their
children will face surgery in infancy and Alzheimer's disease in
adulthood. But at the same time, studies have suggested that families
of these children show levels of well-being that are often greater
than those of families with children with other developmental
disabilities, and sometimes equivalent to those of families with
nondisabled children. These effects are prevalent enough to have been
coined the Down syndrome advantage.
In 2010, researchers reported that parents of preschoolers with Down
syndrome experienced lower levels of stress than parents of
preschoolers with autism. In 2007, researchers found that the divorce
rate in families with a child with Down syndrome was lower on average
than that in families with a child with other congenital abnormalities
and in those with a nondisabled child.
In another study, 88 percent of siblings reported feeling that they
themselves were better people for having a younger sibling with Down
syndrome; and of 284 respondents to a survey of those with Down
syndrome over the age of 12, 99 percent stated they were personally
happy with their own lives.
Researchers (including one of us) have found that children and young
adults with Down syndrome have significantly higher adaptive skills
than their low I.Q. scores might suggest. Adaptive behavior is a
measure of how well people are functioning in their environment, such
as the quality of their day-to-day living and work skills. A paper
published this week in the American Journal on Intellectual and
Developmental Disabilities suggests that the Down syndrome advantage
may arise from these relatively strong adaptive skills.
Recent work also suggests that the cognitive impairment that is a
hallmark of Down syndrome might eventually be managed by medical
interventions. In an article published in 2007 in the journal Nature
Neuroscience, one of us and a colleague reported a regimen of
medication that reversed the learning and memory impairments of a
mouse model of Down syndrome. Today that medication and a number of
others are undergoing clinical trials.
Continue reading the main story Write A Comment Medical interventions
promise to improve the quality of life of people with Down syndrome in
other ways, too. For example, children and adults with Down syndrome
suffer from a high rate of obstructive sleep apnea. (Work conducted in
one of our laboratories this year found obstructive sleep apnea in 61
percent of a sample of school-age children with Down syndrome.) But
this is a manageable medical issue, and proper intervention (like
positive airway pressure) has the potential to improve developmental
outcomes over the course of an individual's life span if started early
enough.
Another area of research concerns Alzheimer's-related dementia.
Virtually all people with Down syndrome show Alzheimer's
neuropathology by age 40, though not all develop clinical symptoms of
the full-blown disease. Studies are underway to examine the neural
underpinnings of Alzheimer's disease at these early ages, in the hope
of providing preventive treatments in those with Down syndrome.
The data indicate that people with Down syndrome, and the families who
care for them, suffer less than might be supposed. And where Down
syndrome does pose undoubted challenges, research into treatment
options suggests that there are grounds for cautious optimism. In
whatever moral calculation Mr. Dawkins and others may wish to make,
these facts deserve to be accorded their full weight.
Jamie Edgin is an assistant professor of psychology at the University
of Arizona. Fabian Fernandez is a research associate at the Johns
Hopkins University School of Medicine.

A version of this op-ed appears in print on August 29, 2014, on page
A23 of the New York edition with the headline: The Truth About Down
Syndrome.


-- 
Avinash Shahi
Doctoral student at Centre for 

[AI] Article of interest: Independence day: do the 70 million disabled people in the country have 'real' freedom'?

[avinash shahi]

I'm curious to know was Mr Narendra Modi's extempore was telecast in
sign language today? if not Does PM's independence Day speech holds
more national importance than PM's swearing in ceremony?
Many thanks Amba for lauding an ordinary persons with disabilities
whose contribution is matchless.
Article with an URL is pasted below
VOICE HEARD, FINALLY
ANANYA SENGUPTA
http://www.telegraphindia.com/1140815/jsp/nation/story_18724087.jsp
File picture of a child at a rally in Jantar Mantar in New Delhi to
protect the rights of the disabled. (Prem Singh)

Street protests, nationwide consultations and meetings with
policy-makers -- advocacy for the rights of the disabled has never been
this vocal.

Almost two decades after the now-redundant 1995 Persons With
Disability (PWD) Act was drafted, its refurbished version with 108
amendments guaranteeing civil and political rights to the disabled
crawled its way into Parliament last year.

Although relegated to a standing committee, the bill, which has
expanded the definition of disability to include nine more
disabilities, is an example of the struggle by the community to gain
prominence in policy discourses.

Finally, say activists, disability rights are being taken seriously.

The question to ask this Independence Day is, do the 70 million
disabled people in the country have 'real' freedom? We are not as
'free' as the others. For half a century, India didn't pay any
attention to this community, says Javed Abidi, the convener of the
Disability Rights Group, the largest advocacy group for the disabled.

In 1995 they gave us the PWD Act and since then we have been
recovering from the 50 years of neglect. It's now that we have really
demanded, protested and really fought for our rights and been
noticed, he added.

The advocacy over the past year has brought in multiple gains for the community.

For the first time, the Republic Day parade telecast on national TV
featured simultaneous sign-language interpretation for
hearing-impaired people.

Three Doordarshan channels -- DD News, DD Bharti and DD Urdu -- provided
sign-language interpretation of the Republic Day commentary. News
channels were given directives to carry the signals of DD with the
interpretations.

Just months later, for the first time, a Prime Minister's swearing-in
was made available in sign language. As many as three Indian
sign-language interpreters were on duty on the occasion to ensure that
the oath-taking and related ceremonies are made available to the 18
million hearing-impaired citizens of India.

During the budget session, the government approved two one-of-a-kind
institutes for the disabled -- the Centre for Disability Sports, a
state-of-the-art sporting facility that would cater exclusively for
para-athletes, and the National Institute of Inclusive and Universal
Design, the first such institute to design barrier-free tools for the
community.

These proposals have been pushed by us over the years and it is now
that the government is taking steps to build these institutes. Along
with the PWD law, these are going to revolutionise the lives of people
with disabilities, says Abidi.

Among the other promises from this government are:

* Printing of special currency notes with Braille-like signs for the
visually challenged

* Four new AIIMS for the grossly neglected healthcare sector

* Establishing 15 new Braille presses and revival of 10 existing ones

* Extension of the scheme to assist the disabled to purchase aids and appliances

Many like rights activist Amba Salelkar believe that the real
tangible momentum for the disability movement came not from activists
but from people with disabilities who contributed their time to the
cause.

Our success has been that in the last year we have been able to draw
out the common man from the community to participate in and contribute
to the movement. They might not be activists, but they have taken part
in consultations, written emails and encouraged others like them over
the Internet. The movement really gained by the participation of these
people, says Salelkar.

Looking ahead

I would like this government to enable me to go anywhere I choose to
go without thinking about inaccessible buildings and barriers for my
wheelchair, says Paralympic Deepa Malik, who is on the committee that
is drawing the blueprint for the sport centre for the disabled.

Disability rights activists, however, want much more and in concrete
terms. Their demands include:

* Higher interest rates, similar to the benefit for senior citizens on
fixed deposits, and long-term investment instruments

* Free education for people with disability up to SSC in all schools

* Spinal injury rehabilitation units at all public hospitals

* Rehabilitation insurance to cover all expenses (medical, assistive
technologies, therapy, etc.) of daily life

* Access tax of 2 per cent on corporations for 10 years to make the
public infrastructure in the country barrier-free and accessible to
people with 

Re: [AI] Article of interest: Independence day: do the 70 million disabled people in the country have 'real' freedom'?

[Vamshi. G]

* Higher interest rates, similar to the benefit for senior citizens
on fixed deposits, and long-term investment instruments.

This is a business initiative of commercial banks, and not a
government policy.  So, if our business is attractive, banks will
extend the same to us.  If if we want it as a government policy, let
us not compare ourselves with senior citizens.

* Rehabilitation insurance to cover all expenses (medical, assistive
technologies, therapy, etc.) of daily life

If this is for a person before becoming disabled, it should be fine as
it would be a disability insurance kind of a thing.  If it is an
insurance for disabled, then I don't think any insurance company will
come forward to do it.  Insurance is not for covering known risks.
Once a person becomes disabled, he/she is sure to use all the benefits
covered in the insurance.  It is not at all feasible as a business
model.

I may be corrected if I haven't interpreted something in the above
article in its right sense.





On 8/15/14, avinash shahi shahi88avin...@gmail.com wrote:
 I'm curious to know was Mr Narendra Modi's extempore was telecast in
 sign language today? if not Does PM's independence Day speech holds
 more national importance than PM's swearing in ceremony?
 Many thanks Amba for lauding an ordinary persons with disabilities
 whose contribution is matchless.
 Article with an URL is pasted below
 VOICE HEARD, FINALLY
 ANANYA SENGUPTA
 http://www.telegraphindia.com/1140815/jsp/nation/story_18724087.jsp
 File picture of a child at a rally in Jantar Mantar in New Delhi to
 protect the rights of the disabled. (Prem Singh)

 Street protests, nationwide consultations and meetings with
 policy-makers -- advocacy for the rights of the disabled has never been
 this vocal.

 Almost two decades after the now-redundant 1995 Persons With
 Disability (PWD) Act was drafted, its refurbished version with 108
 amendments guaranteeing civil and political rights to the disabled
 crawled its way into Parliament last year.

 Although relegated to a standing committee, the bill, which has
 expanded the definition of disability to include nine more
 disabilities, is an example of the struggle by the community to gain
 prominence in policy discourses.

 Finally, say activists, disability rights are being taken seriously.

 The question to ask this Independence Day is, do the 70 million
 disabled people in the country have 'real' freedom? We are not as
 'free' as the others. For half a century, India didn't pay any
 attention to this community, says Javed Abidi, the convener of the
 Disability Rights Group, the largest advocacy group for the disabled.

 In 1995 they gave us the PWD Act and since then we have been
 recovering from the 50 years of neglect. It's now that we have really
 demanded, protested and really fought for our rights and been
 noticed, he added.

 The advocacy over the past year has brought in multiple gains for the
 community.

 For the first time, the Republic Day parade telecast on national TV
 featured simultaneous sign-language interpretation for
 hearing-impaired people.

 Three Doordarshan channels -- DD News, DD Bharti and DD Urdu -- provided
 sign-language interpretation of the Republic Day commentary. News
 channels were given directives to carry the signals of DD with the
 interpretations.

 Just months later, for the first time, a Prime Minister's swearing-in
 was made available in sign language. As many as three Indian
 sign-language interpreters were on duty on the occasion to ensure that
 the oath-taking and related ceremonies are made available to the 18
 million hearing-impaired citizens of India.

 During the budget session, the government approved two one-of-a-kind
 institutes for the disabled -- the Centre for Disability Sports, a
 state-of-the-art sporting facility that would cater exclusively for
 para-athletes, and the National Institute of Inclusive and Universal
 Design, the first such institute to design barrier-free tools for the
 community.

 These proposals have been pushed by us over the years and it is now
 that the government is taking steps to build these institutes. Along
 with the PWD law, these are going to revolutionise the lives of people
 with disabilities, says Abidi.

 Among the other promises from this government are:

 * Printing of special currency notes with Braille-like signs for the
 visually challenged

 * Four new AIIMS for the grossly neglected healthcare sector

 * Establishing 15 new Braille presses and revival of 10 existing ones

 * Extension of the scheme to assist the disabled to purchase aids and
 appliances

 Many like rights activist Amba Salelkar believe that the real
 tangible momentum for the disability movement came not from activists
 but from people with disabilities who contributed their time to the
 cause.

 Our success has been that in the last year we have been able to draw
 out the common man from the community to participate in and contribute
 to the movement. They