[AI] Fwd: Admissions on for Semi technical employability training at EnAble India

2014-02-10 Thread Suresh Kumar M
-- Forwarded message -- From: Suresh Kumar M sur...@enable-india.org Date: Mon, 10 Feb 2014 12:05:12 +0530 Subject: Admissions on for Semi technical employability training at EnAble India To: sures...@gmail.com Work address: #12, KHB Colony, Koramangala 8th Block,

[AI] Fw: Proposed amendments to the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Bill 2014

2014-02-10 Thread Kanchan Pamnani
Proposed amendments to the RPwD Bill, 2014 S.No. Proposed clause by the Ministry 1 Clause 2 (q)- 'Persons with disability' means a person with long term physical , mental, intellectual, or sensory impairment which in interaction with

Re: [AI] Fw: Proposed amendments to the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Bill 2014

2014-02-10 Thread Asudani, Rajesh
No, the proposed amendments are not still acceptable me thinks. Definition of low vision is not still there. Reservation provisions are muddled... Bifurcation of reservation between blind and low vision is done away with. It will perpetuate the exclusion of blind from jobs as is the case at

[AI] urgently need details of facilities provided to a visually impaired person in a government job.

2014-02-10 Thread Taha Haaziq
hello everybody! i have joined the directorate of art and culture Goa as a cultural organizer. here i want some information in detail. i want to know what facilities are been provided to a visually impaired employee? is it the same or there are some differences? i need all the notifications if

Re: [AI] Fw: Proposed amendments to the Rights of Personswith Disabilities Bill 2014

2014-02-10 Thread Kanchan Pamnani
This is according to the information I receive from various groups/lists. 1. It was not referred to standing committee. Some sector leaders made a mistake/jumped to conclusions as there was complete chaos on Friday. 2. The government tabled the Bill without the amendments because they could not

Re: [AI] Fw: Proposed amendments to the Rights of Personswith Disabilities Bill 2014

2014-02-10 Thread Harshvardhan Singh Negi
This bill is not protect us at all specially Totally VI This will makes us further marginalise also. It should not passed in haist manner. Thanks HS Negi - Original Message - From: Asudani, Rajesh rajeshasud...@rbi.org.in To: AccessIndia: a list for discussing accessibility and

Re: [AI] Fw: Proposed amendments to the Rights ofPersonswith Disabilities Bill 2014

2014-02-10 Thread Amiyo Biswas
What about the CCPD's role in the new bill? With best Regards, Amiyo Biswas Cell: +91-9433464329 - Original Message - From: Harshvardhan Singh Negi harshvardhan.n...@gmail.com To: AccessIndia: a list for discussing accessibility and issuesconcerning thedisabled.

[AI] Vacancy in PFC for Visually impaired candidates

2014-02-10 Thread Deepak Singla
Hi all An excellent opportunity is available with power finance corporation. One vacancy is reserved for persons with visual impairment. details are as follows: POWER FINANCE CORPORATION LIMITED (A Government of India Undertaking) ‘Urjanidhi’ 1 Barakhamba Lane, New Delhi-110 001. Website:

Re: [AI] Fw: Proposed amendments to the Rights ofPersonswith Disabilities Bill 2014

2014-02-10 Thread Mahesh S. Panicker
Hopefully, the disability community won't give up so easily on the demand regarding the chief of the national disability commission being a representative of the disabled community. Can't understand the convoluted logic on the basis of which the government is refusing to accept this entirely

Re: [AI] Fw: Proposed amendments to the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Bill 2014

2014-02-10 Thread Shireen Irani
what about redresal of grieviances?? is it possible to add something which can take care of action taken against institutions, public transport, etc, in case of any form of harrasment or inconveniences caused during the use of public fascilities?? i'm saying this, keeping in mind the several

Re: [AI] Fw: Proposed amendments to the Rights ofPersonswith Disabilities Bill 2014

2014-02-10 Thread Aravind R
the major criticism on this bill is women were the most suppressed one. then what latest amendments say about protecting them and giving rights? On 2/10/14, Mahesh S. Panicker maheshspanic...@gmail.com wrote: Hopefully, the disability community won't give up so easily on the demand regarding

[AI] How to stop jaws updates

2014-02-10 Thread Ekinath Khedekar
Hello ist members, I wish to stop JAWS from updating. I am not getting the option in advance option in basics. Instead what i get is a check box to accept or reject notifications for jaws updates. SO i just don't want to stop notifications but even updates. It hinders my work. DO guide --

Re: [AI] Fw: Proposed amendments to the Rights of Personswith Disabilities Bill 2014

2014-02-10 Thread srinivas.karnati
Dear friends good afternoon to all of you: I would like to invite your attention to the fact that today around 70% of the vacancies of higher posts are filled up through promotions, and the rest 30% by the direct recruitment. This is more so in many State Governments. Under these

[AI] Talking ATMs - total 1060 by Union Bank as on 31-01-2014

2014-02-10 Thread Prashant Naik
Union Bank's website is updated with latest list of total 1060 talking ATMs spread across India in 26 states. Visit http://www.unionbankofindia.co.in/personal_TalkingATMs.aspx to download accessible pdf format list. Few very good locations are covered like next to NAB Delhi, Mitra Jyoti,

Re: [AI] Fw: Proposed amendments to the Rights of Personswith Disabilities Bill 2014

2014-02-10 Thread Rajesh H Mehta
Kanchan I neither have a copy of latest RPD draft nor red, which all of us are referring hence may not able to point out exact word or line or for that matter wrong or right sentence been used. But referring all the till date discussion don’t you agree with Rajesh Asudani’s view where their

Re: [AI] Fw: Proposed amendments to the Rights of Personswith Disabilities Bill 2014

2014-02-10 Thread Kanchan Pamnani
Hi The Bill was posted on this list. anyway I will send it to you after dinner tonight. You are welcome to read and understand it. I agree with you that definition of low vision should have been there. However it is better that it is not considering the mess that the government was making with

Re: [AI] Fw: Proposed amendments to the Rights of Personswith Disabilities Bill 2014

2014-02-10 Thread Radha
please ask them to define low vision and total blind. Creating bridge gap among us. may sound rude but I cannot refrain from saying so, it remembered me about britishers who gave independence but divided India into pakistan, bangladesh, bhutan, etc etc etc I wonder, One side they include

[AI] Directions to reach the AccessIndia convention venue

2014-02-10 Thread Prashant Verma
Dear all, The 2014 AccessIndia Convention is being hosted by Department of Social Work of University of Delhi. Most of the ground work is being done by Mr. George Abraham of Score Foundation. We are trying to make your visit comfortable and enjoyable. Given below is the venue address and

[AI] Exhibition at Accessindia convention

2014-02-10 Thread Prashant Verma
Dear all, As you know An exhibition is being arranged at the Accessindia convention venue. Unlike TechShare the focus here will be totally on needs of the visually impaired. In brief this is what you can expect: 1. Saksham: Stop here to have a look at various independent living products

Re: [AI] Talking ATMs - total 1060 by Union Bank as on 31-01-2014

2014-02-10 Thread Kiran Kaja
This is excellent news. I would like to try one of these ATMs to compare them with talking ATMs in the UK. Are there any close to the AI convention location? -Original Message- From: AccessIndia [mailto:accessindia-boun...@accessindia.org.in] On Behalf Of Prashant Naik Sent: 10 February

Re: [AI] Top 10 Free Screen Readers Software

2014-02-10 Thread Bhavya shah
Also, what is Wb Anywhere? I mean does anyone on this group use it? How efficient is it in comparison to JAWS? Regards On 2/9/14, Mahesh S. Panicker maheshspanic...@gmail.com wrote: Has anyone been using Orca as their primary screen reader? Would like to know a bit more about the experience.

[AI] How to use Google Chrome via screen readers?

2014-02-10 Thread Bhavya shah
Hi all. I am currently using Mozilla Firefox 26.0 and want to switch to Google Chrome's latest version because of GC's increasin popularity and wide usage and availability. Please give me JAWS 14.0 scripts, keyboard shortcuts and other tips, tricks, softwares to makee GC accessible. I would highly

Re: [AI] [SayEverything] ANI: Delhi: Blind people protest outside AICC office demanding amendments to Rights of Persons with Disability Bill

2014-02-10 Thread Raghuraman Kalyanaraman
Dear Avinash, if you dont mind, can you please share your personal contact no to my personal mail i d raghuram@gmail.com regards raghu On 2/9/14, avinash shahi shahi88avin...@gmail.com wrote: https://twitter.com/ANI_news/status/432461070565785600/photo/1 Dear Friends Blind Students and

[AI] Debate on NDTV 24 7 Disability Bill: Game-changer or a betrayal?

2014-02-10 Thread Rahul Gambhir
Respected all, Visit following link to access the video for debate on Disability Bill: Game-changer or a betrayal? Broadcasted on 9th of February on NDTV 24 7 at 9:00 PM. http://www.ndtv.com/video/player/the-buck-stops-here/disability-bill-game-changer-or-a-betrayal/308862?vod-related Also

[AI] Disabilities rights Bill retrograde: activists

2014-02-10 Thread Sanchit Katiyar
NEW DELHI, February 10, 2014 Updated: February 10, 2014 02:53 IST Disabilities rights Bill retrograde: activists Aarti Dhar It doesn't adopt UN convention in its true spirit The Rights of the Persons with Disabilities Bill, 2014, tabled in the Rajya Sabha, has evoked sharp reactions from

Re: [AI] Disabilities rights Bill retrograde: activists

2014-02-10 Thread lovely grover
Thanks for sharing.. On 2/10/14, Sanchit Katiyar katiyarsanchit...@gmail.com wrote: NEW DELHI, February 10, 2014 Updated: February 10, 2014 02:53 IST Disabilities rights Bill retrograde: activists Aarti Dhar It doesn't adopt UN convention in its true spirit The Rights of the Persons

Re: [AI] Any command to restart the windows?

2014-02-10 Thread Ashik
Yes, sir. It worked. I made a shortcut for shutting down the windows, and it worked perfectly. Thank you so much for the same. Ashik Hirani 9428855867 8000775222 - Original Message - From: Amiyo Biswas amiyo.bis...@gmail.com To: AccessIndia: a list for discussing accessibility and

[AI] BBC Hindi is not playing

2014-02-10 Thread Ashik
Dear Friends, Some the last few days, BBC Hindi is not playing live in my computer. Is it my individual problem or is it the problem which is faced by all? When I press Enter on the shortcut of BBC Hindi, the Window media player announces: Close button. When I try to play it on Tapin Radio,

[AI] Will the new Bill benefit the freshly included disabilities? : Amita Dhanda

2014-02-10 Thread Sanchit Katiyar
Will the new Bill benefit the freshly included disabilities? : Amita Dhanda February 10, 2014 Guest Post by AMITA DHANDA The Rights of Persons with Disabilities Bill 2014 has got caught in the crossfire of different disability groups. Whilst one body of opinion holds that the Bill is

Re: [AI] Exhibition at Accessindia convention

2014-02-10 Thread Preeti Monga
Thank you Prashant for this wonderful news. Will be there and really looking forward to being there. Have one question though: am going to be coming alone and will need assistance to get around and inside. Who may I call once I reach? Please give me some contact numbers so I can find help? Warmly

Re: [AI] Fw: Proposed amendments to the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Bill 2014

2014-02-10 Thread Asudani, Rajesh
No, Shireen Yu are right in all your assertions. They are surely needed. I had, and have been raising these and many more issues during consultations, in the meeting of legal experts in Vigyan bhavan in April 2012 which I had, kind of gatecrashed, and on other platforms. However most of them have

[AI] doubt regarding accessible mobile phone:

2014-02-10 Thread srinivas bangalore_11
Hi friends, Hope you are all doing good. Few days ago, I posted an query regarding accessible mobile phone with screen reader but not nokia. Fortunately, I got good response from this forum. When I went to buy phone on last sunday, one person asked a trickey question. Actually, he is sighted

[AI] Reading Newspaper and radio

2014-02-10 Thread Mohit Gupta
Dear friends I would like to know about reading newspaper, listening radio and watching TV on computer. I want to do so for news updates. Which online newspaper is accessible? How to listen radio or any news TV channel on computer? Kindly tell me about for the same. -- Thanks and Regards, Mohit

Re: [AI] Reading Newspaper and radio

2014-02-10 Thread Siddalingeshwar Ingalagi
to read latest news, visit, http://www.timesofindia.com/ to listen and watch any news in 7 languages, kannada, hindi, tamil, telugu, bengali, maliyalim visit from your mobile browser to http://www.yupptv.com/ On 2/10/14, Mohit Gupta mohitchan...@gmail.com wrote: Dear friends I would like to

Re: [AI] Exhibition at Accessindia convention

2014-02-10 Thread Nikita Jain
Once you reach you can call me and I will send someone. regards, Nikita On 11 February 2014 09:35, Preeti Monga preeti.mo...@silver-linings.co.inwrote: Thank you Prashant for this wonderful news. Will be there and really looking forward to being there. Have one question though: am going

Re: [AI] Exhibition at Accessindia convention

2014-02-10 Thread Preeti Monga
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Re: [AI] Exhibition at Accessindia convention

2014-02-10 Thread Nikita Jain
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