[AI] Making Mumbai a disability friendly City

2015-04-16 Thread Sagar Sodah
Hi friends, I am planning to put some time and understand the Mumbai Development Plan 2014 - 2034. MCGM is inviting suggestions and feedback from the public. Let's look at it and give suggestions on how to make the city more disability friendly. Anyone here who can help me in this, please do get

Re: [AI] Making Mumbai a disability friendly City

2015-04-16 Thread Ekinath Khedekar
Dear Sagar, I appreciate your concern for the field. What do you do and how do you wish to have an impact on the real-world mobility for disables? I've just been part of the wonderful attempt by few established technical guys to make bus travel accessible for blind. And it's been wonderful.

Re: [AI] Making Mumbai a disability friendly City

2015-04-16 Thread Dhananjay Bhole
Totally agreed Ketan! On 4/16/15, Ketan Kothari muktake...@gmail.com wrote: Dear Friends, I am already on the job and Subhashbhai thank you for those links. We need to remember that mere built environment is not our concern but everything from hawking zones, transport, leisure planning etc.

Re: [AI] Making Mumbai a disability friendly City

2015-04-16 Thread Dhananjay Bhole
Dear Sagar, I am accessibility consultant to government of Maharashtra. I am also conducting several accessibility awareness program through our Accessibility outreach and sensitization program. You can refer the guidelines given by ministry of urban development on socialjustice.nic.in website.

Re: [AI] Making Mumbai a disability friendly City

2015-04-16 Thread Ketan Kothari
Dear Friends, I am already on the job and Subhashbhai thank you for those links. We need to remember that mere built environment is not our concern but everything from hawking zones, transport, leisure planning etc. will have to be accessible. With best wishes, Ketan On 4/16/15, SC Vashishth

[AI] Not able to click on log in retail banking page of Yes Bank

2015-04-16 Thread Ekinath Khedekar
Hello Techies, I am finding it difficult to keep up with changing structures of banking and other site log in credentials page. For example, till some days back, Yes Bank's log in was accessible from 'continue log in' page but now no more. http://www.yesbank.in/retail-bankings.html Above page

Re: [AI] MUMBAI: 50% schools in state lack toilets for disabled students, a fifth lack ramps

2015-04-16 Thread Dhananjay Bhole
Dear Avinash, Same is the situation in higher education in Maharashtra. despite of Mumbai HC's order to all the colleges and universities, none of the institutions have taken cognizance of HC's order. They have budget. I can't understand how we should convince them. Regards 4/15/15, avinash

Re: [AI] Making Mumbai a disability friendly City

2015-04-16 Thread SC Vashishth
Dear Sagar, This is an opportune time to give inputs to Mumbai Development Plan 2014 - 2034. You may refer to Street design guidelines for ensuring a barrier free environment that are currently applicable to Delhi for guidance and comment where access issues have not been integrated.

[AI] Moderator: List guidelines

2015-04-16 Thread Kotian, H P
Dear Members of AccessIndia With new members joining all the time, and with a view to promote healthy discussion on the list, we shall be sending this guidelines periodically. Topics permitted: 1 Accessibility 2 Disability 3 Government policy effecting the disabled 4 Developments taking place

Re: [AI] Special education paper compulsory in BEd, MEd from upcoming academic session

2015-04-16 Thread Dhananjay Bhole
Dear all, I couldn't understand why government is focusing on special education. We need to work on inclusive education and create inclusive environment in the premises of academic institutions. UGC had also continued teacher preparation for special education (TPSE) scheme since IXth 5 year

Re: [AI] Special education paper compulsory in BEd, MEd from upcoming academic session

2015-04-16 Thread KALPANA KHARADE
Actually it is not special education. It is inclusive only in all the NCTE documents. - Original Message - From: Dhananjay Bhole dhananjay.bh...@gmail.com To: AccessIndia: a list for discussing accessibility and issues concerningthe disabled. accessindia@accessindia.org.in Cc:

Re: [AI] Special education paper compulsory in BEd, MEd from upcoming academic session

2015-04-16 Thread Dhananjay Bhole
We should request them that they should rectify the term. Because there are several differences between these 2 terms. Some time the meaning gos contradictory. Regards On 4/16/15, KALPANA KHARADE kkhar...@gmail.com wrote: Actually it is not special education. It is inclusive only in all the

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2015-04-16 Thread raju ravat
hello expert i am using jaws 15 on my system. i also use lekha for hindi. i want to set my jaws on auto synthisyger. i want that lekha read only hindi and elequence read english. how can set auto change. Register at the dedicated AccessIndia list for discussing accessibility of mobile

[AI] RBI revamps its website

2015-04-16 Thread Kotian, H P
All The Reserve Bank of India has revamped their website. Should anyone have any accessibility issue, please bring it to my notice. I shall take it up with the right authority. The url is: www.rbi.org.in Regards Harish Kotian Caution: The Reserve Bank of India

Re: [AI] Special education paper compulsory in BEd, MEd from upcoming academic session

2015-04-16 Thread KALPANA KHARADE
NCTE has not at all used the term special education. - Original Message - From: Dhananjay Bhole dhananjay.bh...@gmail.com To: AccessIndia: a list for discussing accessibility and issues concerningthe disabled. accessindia@accessindia.org.in Sent: 16 April, 2015 3:22 PM Subject: Re:

[AI] BGFI Session for April - An Interaction with a Diet Consultant on Nutrition Healthy Eating!

2015-04-16 Thread Blind Graduates' Forum of India (BGFI)
Dear All, Greetings from Blind Graduates' Forum of India (BGFI)! As part of our Knowledge-sharing Session, for the sultry month of April...we take pleasure in inviting you to an interaction with Consulting Dietician Hetal Shah, who will share information on nutrition and healthy eating. About

Re: [AI] Interesting article pl go through

2015-04-16 Thread rajasekhar
There is no link for the article you mentioned. Rajasekhar Hyderabad -Original Message- From: AccessIndia [mailto:accessindia-boun...@accessindia.org.in] On Behalf Of KALPANA KHARADE Sent: 16 April 2015 16:41 To: AccessIndia: a list for discussing accessibility and issuesconcerning the

Re: [AI] Regarding MBA in HRm notes

2015-04-16 Thread Sandeep Gautam
Dear Nithin, from which university u r doing MBA? don't they have soft copy study material available with them? Sandeep G - Original Message - From: Subham Arora arorasub...@gmail.com To: AccessIndia: a list for discussing accessibility and issues concerning the disabled.

Re: [AI] [Bulk] Re: Special education paper compulsory in BEd, MEd from upcoming academic session

2015-04-16 Thread sanjay
I think in this context, special education means special teaching techniques which can be adopted while teaching the children with special needs - blind, deaf, mentally retarded etc. - Original Message - From: Dhananjay Bhole dhananjay.bh...@gmail.com To: AccessIndia: a list for

[AI] computer trainer for blind.

2015-04-16 Thread Vikas Dabholkar
Dear Access Indian, This mail is for information purpose only as periodically we get enquiry mails on our list regard to computer trainer for blind. I am Vikas G. Dabholkar from Thane, Maharashtra. I have eight years long Computer Trainer for blind experience with different NGOs. Since 2012,

Re: [AI] RBI revamps its website

2015-04-16 Thread Mohib Anwar Rafay
I don't know about RBI, but Canara Bank website seems me inaccessible this time. Earlier I was able to select transfer menu with the help of jaws, but it is not possible this time. I had to switch to NVDA to do the task. While rest of the process was inaccessible with NVDA. On 4/16/15, Kotian, H

[AI] Interesting article pl go through

2015-04-16 Thread KALPANA KHARADE
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Re: [AI] FW: Accsex telecast on DD-I

2015-04-16 Thread अंशुल कपूर
Dear Nidhi, Do you have any idea about the repeat telecast of the show. Plz inform. I missed out the original one. With regards Anshul Kapoor Cell- 9958890358. “Misery loves company……. can we meet -Original Message- From: AccessIndia [mailto:accessindia-boun...@accessindia.org.in]

[AI] The alerts from the Eyeway Helpdesk

2015-04-16 Thread Eyeway Helpdesk
Hi All: IIT-Delhi will hold an event titled 'Open House' on Saturday to show innovative projects such as nanomaterial based water purification device, bad minton playing robots and a bus identification system for visually impaired persons*. *Some 100 laboratories at the institute will open their

Re: [AI] RBI revamps its website

2015-04-16 Thread bhawani shankar verma
sir, please also take initiative to make all the payment gateways and internet banking accessible. -Original Message- From: Kotian, H P Sent: Thursday, April 16, 2015 2:56 PM To: AccessIndia: a list for discussing accessibility and issues concerningthe disabled. Subject: [AI] RBI

[AI] Regarding Tamil PDF reader

2015-04-16 Thread Selva Kumar
Hi everyone, I want to get tamil PDF reader so Can anyone guide me to get it? Please? Because It is an Emergency. Thanks Regards, Selvakumar On 4/15/15, avinash shahi shahi88avin...@gmail.com wrote: Date and agenda,please? On 4/15/15, I.B. W.C. bnk...@yahoo.co.in wrote: Sir, Please

Re: [AI] Regarding MBA in HRm notes

2015-04-16 Thread nithin v
Dear Sir, No manipal university. On 4/16/15, Sandeep Gautam sandeepgau...@ntpc.co.in wrote: Dear Nithin, from which university u r doing MBA? don't they have soft copy study material available with them? Sandeep G - Original Message - From: Subham Arora arorasub...@gmail.com

Re: [AI] scanning with finereader.

2015-04-16 Thread Mohib Anwar Rafay
What I would suggest you, just start the scanning, stop where ever you want to stop, after 50 pages for instance. Now save the document as a tiff image, using save picture submenu. Next time whenever you need to start scanning, just open this image file, start your scanning. On 4/16/15, Vamshi. G

[AI] Fwd: 7 hindi films that changed the way we look at people with disabilities.

2015-04-16 Thread avinash shahi
Wonderful read -- Forwarded message -- From: Shireen Irani shireen@gmail.com Date: Thu, 16 Apr 2015 17:59:58 +0530 Subject: 7 hindi films that changed the way we look at people with disabilities. To: shahi88avinash shahi88avin...@gmail.com

[AI] Railway minister assurance to disabled people regarding ID is false?

2015-04-16 Thread vivek doddamani
Friends, as I have written in the subject is Railway Minister Sh.Suresh Prabhu said in his budget speech that ID cards will be issued to disabled persons for booking online tickets, this ID card will be for life time, today I got this speech detail it is clear here ID cards will be issued once

Re: [AI] scanning with finereader.

2015-04-16 Thread Vamshi. G
And how do you get it into readable formats like word or PDF? By again running the scan action on the image file? On 4/16/15, Mohib Anwar Rafay mohibra...@gmail.com wrote: What I would suggest you, just start the scanning, stop where ever you want to stop, after 50 pages for instance. Now save

Re: [AI] Railway minister assurance to disabled people regarding ID is false?

2015-04-16 Thread vishal sharma
moreover it is written in the new rail concession form that for people above the age of 35 years ,with permanent disability ,the validity would be for lifetime. but the id card rule is contradicting this statement. On 4/16/15, vivek doddamani vivekka...@gmail.com wrote: Friends, as I have

[AI] How to make jaws to read powerpoint slides during presentation

2015-04-16 Thread Mohib Anwar Rafay
That I wanted to know urgently, can jaws read powerpoint slides? If yes, whats the key command for that? As insurt+downarrow is not working. -- Mohib Anwar Rafay Phone: +919 555 555 765 / +9192 7879 Register at the dedicated AccessIndia list for discussing accessibility of mobile

Re: [AI] How to make jaws to read powerpoint slides during presentation

2015-04-16 Thread Sakthi TAB
Do you want to read the slide? Press TAB and press enter and then read text If you want to read the run time. Turn on JAWS cursor and read line by line On 4/16/15, Mohib Anwar Rafay mohibra...@gmail.com wrote: That I wanted to know urgently, can jaws read powerpoint slides? If yes, whats

Re: [AI] SBI PO recruitment 2015

2015-04-16 Thread Vamshi. G
What were the organisations working for the deaf doing at the time when the job identification was announced? I think they should take it up immediately. On 4/16/15, SC Vashishth subhashvashis...@gmail.com wrote: Rajesh, I just checked the Job Identification list of 2013 uploaded on the CCPD

Re: [AI] scanning with finereader.

2015-04-16 Thread Vamshi. G
Which format are you looking to save the document in after scanning? If it is in simple MS word, scan it as two files and join them. If it is in PDF, you should look for a merging software. On 4/16/15, Giri Prasad mgiriprasadma...@gmail.com wrote: Dear all, I required to scan a book using

Re: [AI] regarding RSS feeds

2015-04-16 Thread navneet dubey
dear Amiyo Biswas please also tell about firefox 36.0 keyboard shortcut to read r s s feeds. navneet On 4/13/15, Amiyo Biswas amiyo.bis...@gmail.com wrote: Simply go to the RSS link and it should be added to the feeds. Or, there should be a subscribe option. Windows live mail is a good rss

Re: [AI] How to make jaws to read powerpoint slides duringpresentation

2015-04-16 Thread Vikas Kapoor
Nothing special requires to be done... Just switch on to the slide show by pressing F5 and press the space bar to go the next slides and upon pressing the space bar, JAWS will automatically read out the slide, you can also navigate between the text with the basic reading commands. -

Re: [AI] Transfer/copy data between two computers

2015-04-16 Thread raaju
My laptop has wifi but my computer doesn't. and my computer also doesn't have ithernet card installed. So I'm using Bluetooth to connect to the computer and transfer file and printer sharing. -Original Message- From: AccessIndia [mailto:accessindia-boun...@accessindia.org.in] On Behalf

[AI] Good news for BEST users in Mumbai

2015-04-16 Thread NAFISA BUHARIWALA
MUMBAI: BEST has introduced on a trial basis a device which helps visually challenged persons board buses. The device helps users to identify the route number of buses at a bus stop and locate bus door, thereby enabling unsupervised boarding. Sources told TOI that trials were conducted for more

[AI] Mphasis - Job opening | ITO SD | Hyderabad - Franklin Pune- JPMC Glacier

2015-04-16 Thread Vishnu Ramchandani
1. Process Global Customer Solution Centre, Gachibowli, Hyderabad. Position: Technical Support Engineer (Level 2) Criteria / Technical Skills: * 1+ year of International Calling experience in IT Help Desk. * Should have experience on all the above mentioned areas. *

Re: [AI] FW: [The vOICe] Man with restored sight provides new insight into how vision develops

2015-04-16 Thread Pranav Lal
Hi, Yes, I use the vOICe quite regularly. I cannot comment on the version of IOS. Please select the option titled new method and then start experimenting. Please experiment in a safe environment such as your home. I am happy to answer more questions. Pranav -Original Message- From:

Re: [AI] Regarding MBA in HRm notes

2015-04-16 Thread Sandeep Gautam
Dear, you mean Sikkim Manipal University? correct me if I m wrong. - Original Message - From: nithin v vnithin...@gmail.com To: AccessIndia: a list for discussing accessibility and issues concerning the disabled. accessindia@accessindia.org.in Sent: Thu, 16 Apr 2015 19:16:22 +0530 (IST)

Re: [AI] scanning with finereader.

2015-04-16 Thread Giri Prasad
No No, there is a way to resume scanning. Someone described it on keyboard mailing list. We can scan in image format in a pdf file and OCR it later. That is what I am looking for. I will be glad if someone could explain it here. Thanks. On 16/04/2015, Vamshi. G gvamsh...@gmail.com wrote: And how

Re: [AI] regarding RSS feeds

2015-04-16 Thread Amiyo Biswas
RSS feature differs from site to site. For Telegraph India in firefox, go to www.telegraphindia.com Activate the RSS link. Activate the Subscribe now button. A dialogue box will come up with options for folder etc. Leave the default values and activate the Subscribe button on this dialogue

Re: [AI] scanning with finereader.

2015-04-16 Thread Giri Prasad
Yes sir, I will try it out and let you know. Thanks. On 17/04/2015, Giri Prasad mgiriprasadma...@gmail.com wrote: No No, there is a way to resume scanning. Someone described it on keyboard mailing list. We can scan in image format in a pdf file and OCR it later. That is what I am looking

[AI] OnBoard, a device to help visually impaired persons board buses

2015-04-16 Thread Xavier's Resource Centre for the Visuall St. Xavier's College
OnBoard: Bus Identification Device, Pilot Trials on BEST Mumbai, February – April 2015 Device to help visually impaired persons board buses We invite you for a demonstration of OnBoard -- a bus identification device in the presence of Dr Jagdish Patil, General Manager, BEST, and other