Re: [AI] escort allowance

2016-01-17 Thread manohar vaswani
hi soni the authorities cannot restrict your choice of escort. a colleague may not be willing to come as an escort try to convince the authorities that you need an escort not a companion On 1/18/16, Soni Jo wrote: > Dear All, > Seeking your advice: > I am a central govt. employee. I am going fo

[AI] escort allowance

2016-01-17 Thread Soni Jo
Dear All, Seeking your advice: I am a central govt. employee. I am going for a conference with my family member. I have claimed the fee which also includes escort's fee. The authorities have asked me to go to this conference with a colleague so that they can reimburse the amount. What should I do

Re: [AI] Double Conveyance Tax exemption for Blind

2016-01-17 Thread P. Subramani
could you pls post the full notification? E-Mail: subramani6...@gmail.com Mob: 9738150192 Facebook: facebook.com/subu.subramani.16 - Original Message - From: "bhawani shankar verma" To: "AccessIndia: a list for discussing accessibility and issuesconcerning thedisabled." Sent: Monday

Re: [AI] [Mobile.AI] How is KNFB Reader better than otherfree scan apps?

2016-01-17 Thread mukesh jain
don't understand why people directly jump over to comment like not worth etc. may be not worht for you but this may be necessity for others. yes, if you find it to be not worht after seeing it's functions as commited by the developers, then surely your views are welcomed. but if your views are mer

Re: [AI] Double Conveyance Tax exemption for Blind

2016-01-17 Thread bhawani shankar verma
here it is: The transport allowance granted to an employee to meet his expenditure for the purpose of commuting between the place of his residence and the place of duty is exempt to the extent of Rs. 1600 p. m. or Rs 3200 p.m. (for a person who is blind or deaf and dumb or is orthopaedically h

[AI] 22 Programming eBooks giveaway from PACKT–One book per day

2016-01-17 Thread Sinoj
Friends, This may be useful to some of you. PACKT is giving away one eBook related to programming everyday from January 11, 2016 to February 1, 2016. The previous book giveaways were Free Python 2.6 Text Processing By Jeff McNeil worth INR 249 Free Apache Kafka By Nishant Garg worth INR 193.

[AI] Help is needed to perform all the actions on laptop.

2016-01-17 Thread Kamal Kumar
Hi Friends, I am Kamal Kumar, I have recently bought a laptop, on which  I am unable to perform all the operations like activating link list in websites, and function keys in combination with other keys activating application key and so on. One of my friends told me that first I need to disable th

[AI] Singapore launches talking ATMs for people with vision disabilities

2016-01-17 Thread Sakthi e
Asia-Pacific Jan 15, 2016 SINGAPORE: In the past, Mr Danny Chia, who is low vision, had to be accompanied by a friend to help him out with basic transactions, such as cash withdrawals, at an automatic teller machine. ATM If he was alone and had to seek a stranger’s help, he had to tell the person h

[AI] Researchers Develop Prototype Braille Tablet

2016-01-17 Thread Sakthi e
Americas Jan 18, 2016 Researchers at the University of Michigan unveiled a new prototype Braille tablet that makes it possible for people who are blind or have low vision to read text on a full display. The tablet itself features fully refreshable pages containing raised bumps, a marked improvement

Re: [AI] [Mobile.AI] How is KNFB Reader better than otherfree scan apps?

2016-01-17 Thread raaju
Hmm? Huge price for stand? Oh my gosh, doesn't worth to pay! -Original Message- From: AccessIndia [mailto:accessindia-boun...@accessindia.org.in] On Behalf Of mukesh jain Sent: Friday, January 15, 2016 9:19 PM To: AccessIndia: a list for discussing accessibility and issues concerning the d

Re: [AI] Moderator: Re: accessible reader to read indian languages on the mobile is now launched!

2016-01-17 Thread Kotian, H P
All Pl continue this thread on the mobile list and not here please. Harish. -Original Message- From: AccessIndia [mailto:accessindia-boun...@accessindia.org.in] On Behalf Of Surya Prakash Sent: 17 January 2016 16:51 To: AccessIndia: a list for discussing accessibility and issues concerni

[AI] Double Conveyance Tax exemption for Blind

2016-01-17 Thread Archana Bhatia
Hi All, Let me know how much is the Conveyance tax exemption limit for Blind per month. In the recent budget of 2015-16, for normal employees it was raised from 800 INR to 1600INR per month Are we entitled for double conveyance tax exemption? I mean can we get 1600*2= 3200 INR per month? If yes th

[AI] Double Conveyance Tax exemption for Blind

2016-01-17 Thread archana
Hi All, Let me know how much is the Conveyance tax exemption limit for Blind per month. In the recent budget of 2015-16, for normal employees it was raised from 800 INR to 1600INR per month Are we entitled for double conveyance tax exemption? I mean can we get 1600*2= 3200 INR per month? If yes t

[AI] wishing indian cricket team for the blind all the best for asia t20 tournament regarding

2016-01-17 Thread SHANKAR DIGUVAPALLI
dear all i wish the players of t20 cricket asia tournament all the best. i feel that there is not much coverage by media to our tournament this hurts our feelings friends please post the updates on acces india so that it will be available to all its subscribers. once again my best wishes to our tea

Re: [AI] accessible reader to read indian languages on the mobile is now launched!

2016-01-17 Thread Surya Prakash
Hi Giri, I've tried this app and it isn't working on my Moto E and G phones at present. I've informed the developer and he is looking into this issue. He has informed me that the app will be launched on play store within a week. for any queries you may contact Mr. Abhinav at sparshprodu...@g

Re: [AI] accessible reader to read indian languages on the mobile is now launched!

2016-01-17 Thread Giri Prasad
Hi all, sounds grate. I have few queeries related to this app. Will we receive the updates after purchasing this App? Is book marking and editing options like select, copy, cut and paste options are available on this app? Are the developers responding to our queeries, comments andsuggestions? thank