Re: [AI] A dedicated teacher for people with special needs in every school: a solution or a new problem?

2015-08-10 Thread Kotian, H P
Dear Amar What about KV, can we get him in there. Or the government backed model schools. How about invoking the SSA? What if, despite without special teacher, can we help him by providing a Tab or such device and provide him the study material this way. Skype can also be thought of as a

Re: [AI] “What if a blind person tapping his way down the street prods a ferocious dog with his white cane?” in TOI:

2015-08-10 Thread Ajay Minocha
Not really On 8/11/15, George Abraham geo...@eyeway.org wrote: Not really sure! -Original Message- From: AccessIndia [mailto:accessindia-boun...@accessindia.org.in] On Behalf Of Vamshi. G Sent: 11 August 2015 07:38 To: AccessIndia: a list for discussing accessibility and issues

Re: [AI] Android / iphone classes

2015-08-10 Thread Shreedhar TS.
Disappointing indeed! When people near their location having such free workshop, and not turning up. When a platform is provided and folks are not utilising it is really disappointing. Hope next time people won't come up with such excuses like no bus, no auto/car, ect. For those who attended, hope

Re: [AI] TIps sought for purchase of lap top

2015-08-10 Thread sampath raj rao
Hi thank you friends, it's a good idea to go for tabs with external keypad but what about the battery life as the keypad may suck more battery due to blue tooth??? will it be reliable? On 8/10/15, Ekinath Khedekar ekin...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Guys, Thank you all for your inputs. @Ajay What

Re: [AI] any judgement from CCPD Railways to allow group d staff to write group C promotion test

2015-08-10 Thread Tajwar singh Rawat
As per rule u can appear for the test but still no particular is circulated by the ccpd/judgement On Aug 10, 2015 10:04 AM, sazid shaik ashwaqahmed@gmail.com wrote: hello family, can anyone please provide me the judgement given by CCPD giving permission for group d employees to attend

Re: [AI] Any update on backlog vacancies?

2015-08-10 Thread Kulwantj Singh
On 8/7/15, Amit Bhatt misterbh...@gmail.com wrote: No Government including current regime looks serious in this direction. Supreme Court of India was supposed to form a neutral committee in order to keep an eye on the progress of these backlog vacancies in case it was not satisfied with

Re: [AI] any judgement from CCPD Railways to allow group d staff to write group C promotion test

2015-08-10 Thread sazid shaik
two years back as the railways denies a disabled to write promotion test. One of our list member contacted CCPD and got an order for appearing that test. regards, sazid On 8/10/15, Tajwar singh Rawat tajwarrawat2...@gmail.com wrote: As per rule u can appear for the test but still no particular

Re: [AI] TIps sought for purchase of lap top

2015-08-10 Thread Austin Pinto
regarding windows 10. its mostly like windows 7 and a mix of windows 8.1 its fast and nvda works nicely on it. tablets are mostly powered by intel attem processers. and u mostly get windows rt with them. so if u get windows 8.1 32 bit u can go for a tablet. and then upgrade it to windows 10. the

Re: [AI] “What if a blind person tapping his way down the street prods a ferocious dog with his white cane?” in TOI:

2015-08-10 Thread Vamshi. G
Is the smart cane helpful in avoiding the danger of street dogs? On 8/10/15, sushmee...@voicevision.in sushmee...@voicevision.in wrote: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/This-IIT-Delhi-professor-has-blind-peoples-problems-in-his-gunsight/articleshow/48384623.cms NEW DELHI: What if a

Re: [AI] TIps sought for purchase of lap top

2015-08-10 Thread Amiyo Biswas
I don't know, it is just an idea for those looking for something small and handy. With best regards, Amiyo Biswas Cell: +91-9433464329 - Original Message - From: Ekinath Khedekar ekin...@gmail.com To: AccessIndia: a list for discussing accessibility and issues concerningthe

Re: [AI] NVDA 2015.2 fixes by Indian team

2015-08-10 Thread Aravind R
nice dinesh sir. there was a talk about making NVDA accessible with finacle. is there any significant step in that? in excel, there is no way to read comments, input messages as far as i experimented. is there any way to do those things? On 8/11/15, Lissy Verghese lvmalayatt...@gmail.com wrote:

Re: [AI] Any update on backlog vacancies?

2015-08-10 Thread pooja
today is the hearing in the SC. NFB is demanding that the whole process should be under the supervision of the SC. let's see. -- From: Kulwantj Singh kulwant...@gmail.com Sent: Monday, August 10, 2015 11:36 PM To: AccessIndia: a list for

Re: [AI] “What if a blind person tapping his way down the street prods a ferocious dog with his white cane?” in TOI:

2015-08-10 Thread George Abraham
Not really sure! -Original Message- From: AccessIndia [mailto:accessindia-boun...@accessindia.org.in] On Behalf Of Vamshi. G Sent: 11 August 2015 07:38 To: AccessIndia: a list for discussing accessibility and issues concerning the disabled. Subject: Re: [AI] “What if a blind person

Re: [AI] NVDA 2015.2 fixes by Indian team

2015-08-10 Thread Lissy Verghese
Great work! Thank you! Lissy Verghese On 8/10/15, Dinesh Kaushal dineshkaus...@hotmail.com wrote: Dear All, Apologies for somewhat late information. As you all know that NVDA 2015.2 was out a couple of months back. This email is update about the contributions made by NVDA India team. As

Re: [AI] Using Kindle on PC

2015-08-10 Thread Rahul Kelapure
In a related question, would like to know whether Kindle Pro device is accessible for visually challenged please? Thanks and warm regards, Rahul. On 8/9/15, Vamshi. G gvamsh...@gmail.com wrote: Dear friends, I downloaded Kindle for PC with accessibility pack. But I am not able to find the

[AI] South Korean Tech Company Announces World's First Braille Smartwatch

2015-08-10 Thread avinash shahi
http://www.iflscience.com/technology/south-korean-tech-company-announces-worlds-first-braille-smartwatch A start-up tech company recently announced that it is developing the world’s first Braille smartwatch. Based in South Korea, Dot wants to develop affordable technology for the visually

Re: [AI] Android / iphone classes

2015-08-10 Thread PAULMUDDHA
Bangaluru -Original Message- From: AccessIndia [mailto:accessindia-boun...@accessindia.org.in] On Behalf Of Kiran Baug Sent: Monday, August 10, 2015 11:24 AM To: AccessIndia: a list for discussing accessibility and issues concerning the disabled. Subject: Re: [AI] Android / iphone

Re: [AI] Android / iphone classes

2015-08-10 Thread PAULMUDDHA
Let us try on 23Rd August -Original Message- From: AccessIndia [mailto:accessindia-boun...@accessindia.org.in] On Behalf Of rajinder Sehgal Sent: Monday, August 10, 2015 11:41 AM To: AccessIndia: a list for discussing accessibility and issues concerning the disabled. Subject: Re: [AI]

[AI] “What if a blind person tapping his way down the street prods a ferocious dog with his white cane?” in TOI:

2015-08-10 Thread sushmee...@voicevision.in
  http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/This-IIT-Delhi-professor-has-blind-peoples-problems-in-his-gunsight/articleshow/48384623.cms   NEW DELHI: What if a blind person tapping his way down the street prods a ferocious dog with his white cane? The scenario came up in a conversation between

Re: [AI] TIps sought for purchase of lap top

2015-08-10 Thread Ekinath Khedekar
Hi Guys, Thank you all for your inputs. @Ajay What problem you faced with Lenovo Flex? @Amiyoda, Very good idea but anyone operating like that? Will the Dell tabs be equally powerful; I mean powered by Intel i5/7 and can come with 4/8 RAM? @Austin, My criteria are small light weight but

Re: [AI] Android / iphone classes

2015-08-10 Thread rajinder Sehgal
yess nice to here. but very fiew people can get advantage of this. then is it possible to record main convirsation for those who r not able to attend these classes? if can be done? On 8/10/15, Kiran Baug kiranbaug2...@gmail.com wrote: In which location cession has been conducted. On 8/10/15,

[AI] Ranchi: Prod on security at blind girls' hostel

2015-08-10 Thread avinash shahi
http://www.telegraphindia.com/1150808/jsp/jharkhand/story_35963.jsp#.VchI4xYVgmw Our Correspondent SCPCR member Manoj Kumar interacts with girls of St Michael's school in Ranchi on Friday. (Prashant Mitra) Ranchi, Aug. 7: State Commission for Protection of Child Rights (SCPCR) member Manoj

Re: [AI] [Bulk] South Korean Tech Company Announces World's First BrailleSmartwatch

2015-08-10 Thread sanjay
I wonder how fast we can read with 4 characters limit. - Original Message - From: avinash shahi shahi88avin...@gmail.com To: accessindia accessindia@accessindia.org.in Sent: Monday, August 10, 2015 11:37 AM Subject: [Bulk] [AI] South Korean Tech Company Announces World's First

Re: [AI] She got into IIM with 10% vision, little prep By Isha Jain

2015-08-10 Thread avinash shahi
Follow up: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/lucknow/Flicker-of-hope-for-visually-challenged-IIM-L-girl/articleshow/48416864.cms On 8/8/15, Ajay Minocha ajayminoc...@gmail.com wrote: Hi sir, Can say following from my experiences. 1. Though knowing math ML can be advantageous but

Re: [AI] Android / iphone classes

2015-08-10 Thread raaju
Yes yes. Itt would be very best, if the session is recorded. Lots of blind people including me would be benefitted. -Original Message- From: AccessIndia [mailto:accessindia-boun...@accessindia.org.in] On Behalf Of rajinder Sehgal Sent: Monday, August 10, 2015 11:41 AM To: AccessIndia: a

Re: [AI] Using Kindle on PC

2015-08-10 Thread Vedprakash
Kindle devices are not at all accessible. I just have bought one for my daughter. It has Wi FI facility but no sound card. It has all the touch keys axcept for the power button. Exciting Offers to Grab Vedprakash Sharma -Original Message- From: AccessIndia

[AI] Daily Eyeway Alerts

2015-08-10 Thread Eyeway Helpdesk
Dear All: Greetings from the Eyeway Helpdesk! Follow below the Daily Eyeway Alerts: 1. News- Documentary on Visually Challenged Chess Players. Proving that he was every bit the altruist that he was deemed to be, five-time World Champion and Grand Master Vishwanathan Anand on Sunday took time

Re: [AI] Using Kindle on PC

2015-08-10 Thread nupur.jain
How about accessibility if we use kindle on I phone? Regards, Nupur -Original Message- From: AccessIndia [mailto:accessindia-boun...@accessindia.org.in] On Behalf Of Vedprakash Sent: Monday, August 10, 2015 4:21 PM To: 'AccessIndia: a list for discussing accessibility and issues

Re: [AI] Using Kindle on PC

2015-08-10 Thread Subramani L
Kindle's accessibility on iPhone is excellent. I spend nearly three-four hrs a day reading books on Kindle on my iPhone. Please go ahead and use. Subramani On 8/10/15, nupur.j...@wipro.com nupur.j...@wipro.com wrote: How about accessibility if we use kindle on I phone? Regards, Nupur

[AI] youtube link of discussion on RPD bill.

2015-08-10 Thread Radio Udaan
youtube link of discussion on RPD bill. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HjlVb5bjMp8 Register at the dedicated AccessIndia list for discussing accessibility of mobile phones / Tabs on: http://mail.accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/mobile.accessindia_accessindia.org.in Search for old

[AI] A dedicated teacher for people with special needs in every school: a solution or a new problem?

2015-08-10 Thread Amar Jain
Dear Members, Would appreciate your inputs and guidance in the below matter. With the new circulars and guidelines which provide for one teacher in every school for people with special needs, are we moving towards a real solution or are we inviting new problems without an effective mechanism to

[AI] NVDA 2015.2 fixes by Indian team

2015-08-10 Thread Dinesh Kaushal
Dear All, Apologies for somewhat late information. As you all know that NVDA 2015.2 was out a couple of months back. This email is update about the contributions made by NVDA India team. As you would remember that on this list we had conducted a survey about the features that all of us