Re: [AI] CBSE-NET June 2015: Visually Challenged aspirants harassed to the Core

2015-07-01 Thread muruganandan.k
Dear Avinash and others, A visually impaired girl has been out rightly denied permission to take the exam at a center in Coimbatore, Tamilnadu. Ms.Barani, who has just passed out of her M.A in English from Pondicherry University, informed me the folowing yesterday: Those at the exam center in

[AI] Sub: Stern Action Sought Against The UGC for violating the Office Memorandum Issued by the Government of India for Conducting Examination for Persons with Disabilities

2015-07-01 Thread avinash shahi
Friends As a first procedural prerequisite, I've registered complaint against The UGC Interested candidates could also do the same to build pressure,then we will go to the High Court if need arises. To The Court of Chief Commissioner for Persons with Disabilities Ministry of Social Justice

[AI] Workshop for Beginners: Coming to Know Your Android!

2015-07-01 Thread Blind Graduates' Forum of India (BGFI)
Dear All, Greetings from the Blind Graduates' Forum of India (BGFI)! Acceding to the users' request once again, BGFI in association with the Xavier's Resource Center for the Visually Challenged (XRCVC) brings to you a beginners workshop titled as Coming to Know Your Android! coming to know your

[AI] Seek your help to spread the word about XRCVC-Viviana Extension

2015-07-01 Thread Xavier's Resource Centre for the Visuall St. Xavier's College
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Re: [AI] CBSE-NET June 2015: Visually Challenged aspirants harassed to the Core

2015-07-01 Thread kanchan Pamnani
Please ask this lady whether she had written anything in the column regarding Scribe. 1. I need to know what the column heading is. 2. What do you have to say if you want your own scribe and what do you have to say if you want Examiner to arrange for Scribe. 3. When do you have to inform the

[AI] Delhi: comptroller and auditor general (CAG) findings on the functioning of the schemes for the disabled

2015-07-01 Thread avinash shahi
The CAG report has found some disturbing facts about the schemes and projects for the disabled run by the department of social welfare. One major failure is the management of Asha Kiran complex for mentally disabled persons which have 970 resident patients as against a capacity of only 350. There

[AI] Oracle's accessibility

2015-07-01 Thread Eyeway Helpdesk
Dear Listers: Greetings from the Eyeway Helpdesk! Is somebody working on Oracle? We want to know it's accessibility with the screen readers as well as with magnifying softwares. The information is needed for one of our clients who is a low vision and is working with hotel industry as a Tech

Re: [AI] android mailing list.

2015-07-01 Thread Bhavya shah
Hi, In terms of Android accessibility Whatsapp groups, there are many others in abundance. I know of Android accessibility Whatsapp groups to cater to English, Hindi (and even Gujarati, and perhaps other regional languages as well) speakers. There are general assistive technology related Whatsapp

Re: [AI] CBSE-NET June 2015: Visually Challenged aspirants harassed to the Core

2015-07-01 Thread avinash shahi
Kanchan mam,its good you've been following this thread. Though,we are mulling to lodge formal protest/petition against UGC/CBSE in Delhi, however you are requested to take up issue of humiliation meted to the blind candidates in the June NET exam seriously in the next meeting. muruganandan,many

Re: [AI] CBSE-NET June 2015: Visually Challenged aspirants harassed to the Core

2015-07-01 Thread pankaj Singh kushwaha
Dear Kanchan Ma'am, It would be very good that if you would take up this issue forward. even in dehli they violated our rights like right to use own writer. according to CBSE notification, the candidate should contact with his or her respectivecentres. when, I called them, they told me on phone

[AI] Daily Eyeway Alerts

2015-07-01 Thread Eyeway Helpdesk
Dear Listers: Greetings from the Eyeway Helpdesk for the day! Kindly follow below the Daily Eyeway Alerts: 1. News Alerts- In a decade between two Censuses — that of 2001 and 2011 — the country’s disabled population has increased by 22.4 per cent even as the total households having disabled

[AI] Sexual professionalism: for whom? The case of sexual facilitation in Swedish personal assistance services

2015-07-01 Thread avinash shahi
Abstract Sexuality is a taboo subject in disability services, leading to insecurity for both service users and personnel about how to handle upcoming situations. In Sweden, there is also a lack of policy in this area, highlighting the need to study sexuality both as an individual and a political,

[AI] Inclusions and exclusions in law: experiences of women with disability in rural and war-affected areas in Sri Lanka

2015-07-01 Thread avinash shahi
Abstract Broad and inter-disciplinary inquiry into disability is at a nascent stage in Sri Lanka. This paper looks at the intersectionality of disability and gender in the specific contexts of ‘the rural’ and the armed conflict-affected areas of the country, particularly the interaction with the

[AI] O b c bank candidate in this mailing list

2015-07-01 Thread Kulwantj Singh
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Re: [AI] Converting non unicode to unicode

2015-07-01 Thread Him Prasad Gautam
hi, No mind, it Is a common matter that a user of any system may not be aware of its technicality. But you are stuck because you are putting the character code and the font in same footing. I have already told that character code is like your id number or your name and the font is like the dress

[AI] Webaims screen reader survey.

2015-07-01 Thread sidnc1986_gmail
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[AI] Fw: Applications for the posts of District Judges

2015-07-01 Thread kanchan Pamnani
Applications for the posts of District Judges In case someone is interested. - Original Message - From: Bombay Bar Association To: KANCHAN Sent: Wednesday, July 01, 2015 12:37 PM Subject: Applications for the posts of District Judges Applications for

Re: [AI] CBSE-NET June 2015: Visually Challenged aspirants harassed to the Core

2015-07-01 Thread muruganandan.k
hello kanchan mam, the particular girl has, all the blind candidates for that matter, have mentioned their category as PWD and category of PWD as Visually impaired. Other than that, there is no mention or separate column in the UGC NET application regarding the arrangement of scribes. Usually,

Re: [AI] Sub: Stern Action Sought Against The UGC for violating the Office Memorandum Issued by the Government of India for Conducting Examination for Persons with Disabilities

2015-07-01 Thread Mohib Anwar Rafay
1. Refer to the rules cited above: These candidates, on their request, will also be provided the services of a scribe who would be a graduate in a subject other than that of the candidate. What does this provision exactly provide? According to me Following may be the interpretations of this

Re: [AI] Sexual professionalism: for whom? The case of sexual facilitation in Swedish personal assistance services

2015-07-01 Thread Asudani, Rajesh
Even the title sounds hyperbolically utopian in Indian context! -Original Message- From: AccessIndia [mailto:accessindia-boun...@accessindia.org.in] On Behalf Of avinash shahi Sent: Thursday, July 02, 2015 1:02 AM To: accessindia Subject: [AI] Sexual professionalism: for whom? The case

Re: [AI] CBSE-NET June 2015: Visually Challenged aspirants harassed to the Core

2015-07-01 Thread Mohib Anwar Rafay
I think most of you are confused, MSJE writer guidelines have never been implemented in UGC exam. Therefore whatever are the guidelines issued by UGC/CBSE will be abided. The confusion is being created by referring to such guidelines that has never been into consideration of UGC/CBSE for arranging

[AI] Supreme Court Orders Compensation of Rs 1.8 Crore to Chennai Girl in Medical Negligence Case

2015-07-01 Thread Suryajyothimetlapalli
The Supreme Court today ordered one of the largest compensations so far in the country in a case of medical negligence - Rs 1.8 crore. The Tamil Nadu government has to pay the sum to a 18-year-old girl who lost her vision at birth due to medical negligence at a government-run hospital. July

Re: [AI] Oracle's accessibility

2015-07-01 Thread Asudani, Rajesh
Business objects, BO, which is, I suppose, an oracle based financial package, is totally inaccessible with JAWS. FS vouched for it. राजेश आसुदानी Rajesh Asudani AGM बाजार आसूचना ईकाई MIU Reserve Bank of India नागपुर Nagpur 0712 2806846 President VIBEWA Co-Moderator VIB-India A-pilll = Action

Re: [AI] about whatsap and facebook

2015-07-01 Thread sanjeev kumar
On 7/1/15, sanjeev kumar sanjeevkumar0...@gmail.com wrote: On 7/1/15, sanjeev kumar sanjeevkumar0...@gmail.com wrote: hai list members I want to use whatsap and facebook on my pc i don't have smart phone or phone that has net in it. which app or website is there by which I can use both the

Re: [AI] Visually Impaired appointed Vice Principal of Jail School

2015-07-01 Thread akshun mahajan
agreed with George sir. On 7/2/15, George Abraham geo...@eyeway.org wrote: In my view, blindness cannot be the criteria that determines whether he is fit for the job or not. His performance in previous postings can certainly shed light on his capability of delivering on the new post.

Re: [AI] Oracle's accessibility

2015-07-01 Thread Pranav Lal
George, What in Oracle? If the database, then yes, it is accessible. If a package like oracle financials, I do not know. Pranav Register at the dedicated AccessIndia list for discussing accessibility of mobile phones / Tabs on:

Re: [AI] Visually Impaired appointed Vice Principal of Jail School

2015-07-01 Thread George Abraham
In my view, blindness cannot be the criteria that determines whether he is fit for the job or not. His performance in previous postings can certainly shed light on his capability of delivering on the new post. -Original Message- From: AccessIndia

Re: [AI] Sub: Stern Action Sought Against The UGC for violating the Office Memorandum Issued by the Government of India for Conducting Examination for Persons with Disabilities

2015-07-01 Thread Asudani, Rajesh
All interpretations of point 1 are valid. A graduate scribe from another discipline, of candidates' choice is provided subject to prior verification by center incharges. We should only substitute verification with sanction. I fail to understand why such a hew and cry is being raised against the

[AI] Visually Impaired appointed Vice Principal of Jail School

2015-07-01 Thread Deepak Singla
Hi all Tribune News Service Patiala, July 1 A visually impaired officer has been appointed the vice-principal at the Punjab jail training school, Patiala, in an alleged violation of the Essential Services Maintenance Act (ESMA). Eyebrows were raised on Amarjit Singh’s appointment, ordered by

Re: [AI] CBSE-NET June 2015: Visually Challenged aspirants harassed to the Core

2015-07-01 Thread Mohib Anwar Rafay
However I hold the view that this girl has been wrongly denyed to appear in the exam. The condition of informing the exam centre one weak in advance is applicable where the candidate is asking the exam center to arrange the scribe, but where the scribe is being arranged by the candidate himself,

Re: [AI] Oracle's accessibility

2015-07-01 Thread Dhananjay Bhole
Sir/Madam, May i know which application of Oracle your client is using? There are several applications Oracle develop. Oracle financial services has banking solutions that banks like City bank, HDFC uses. I guess that the organization is using Oracle ERP system. Oracle has its Accessibility

Re: [AI] About Talks License.

2015-07-01 Thread Amiyo Biswas
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Re: [AI] O b c bank candidate in this mailing list

2015-07-01 Thread Surya Prakash Sharma
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[AI] Fwd: [WebAIM] WebAIM Screen Reader User Survey #6

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Re: [AI] about whatsap and facebook

2015-07-01 Thread sanjeev kumar
On 7/1/15, sanjeev kumar sanjeevkumar0...@gmail.com wrote: hai list members I want to use whatsap and facebook on my pc i don't have smart phone or phone that has net in it. which app or website is there by which I can use both the site properly. do I need to install some sort of scripts in my

[AI] West Bengal Cabinet decision: proposed recruitment of 2 lakh people to the vacant posts of teachers and Group C and Group D government employees.

2015-07-01 Thread avinash shahi
We have decided in the cabinet today that we will recruit 2 lakh people to the vacant posts of teachers and Group C and Group D government employees. There will be 70,000 teachers, 60,000 Group C employees and 60,000 Group D employees, the chief minister said at Nabanna. Read more:

Re: [AI] Number of disabled rises 18 pc in 10 years

2015-07-01 Thread avinash shahi
Why people with disabilities are undercounted in Census and NSSO surveys In the month of January last year,I put some light on the issue http://kafila.org/2014/01/08/enumerative-practices-of-the-indian-state-and-the-disabled-avinash-shahi/ On 7/1/15, avinash shahi shahi88avin...@gmail.com

[AI] about whatsap and facebook

2015-07-01 Thread sanjeev kumar
hai list members I want to use whatsap and facebook on my pc i don't have smart phone or phone that has net in it. which app or website is there by which I can use both the site properly. do I need to install some sort of scripts in my pc to use these sites properly. please guide my step by step I