Re: [AI] Notes of the first conversaion between netflix and mission accessibility

2022-08-02 Thread john clayton
Hi Rahul and others, Fantastic work indeed, I have always admired netflix for the kind of work they do, Especially for audio description, not only for AD in different languages but also in terms of audio quality which if you might not know, is usually in 5.1 dolby 5.1, which is very rare indeed,

Re: [AI] Confusion regarding whether to purchase smart cane/torchit or not

2022-08-02 Thread Satguru Rathi
Hi, I've been using Smart cane developed by IIT Delhi and Saksham when it was not even launched as a comercial product and has provided training to many users. Here are my thoughts: 1. No smart cane has the capability to alert about pits or potholes; it is tought when learning mobility to

Re: [AI] New Chess Board Design

2022-08-02 Thread john clayton
Absolutely fantastic, I'll probably end up writing to you soon asking for one of them  what I would have loved to see though are the chess pieces also differently designed, even with wood. Actual horses/ knights, castles/ elephants so on, so forth. But eh, maybe Version 2.0?  I've always

[AI] Job Alert

2022-08-02 Thread NAB Delhi Helpline
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Re: [AI] New Chess Board Design

2022-08-02 Thread BIKRAMADITYA BEHERA
Thank you sir for the confirmation. I was just typing my query for the same when your mail arrived. That mail arrived at 8:54 AM while I sent my query at 8:56 AM  So couldn’t check that mail. Sent from my iPhone > On 03-Aug-2022, at 8:54 AM, Nirmal Verma wrote: > > It comes with all the

Re: [AI] New Chess Board Design

2022-08-02 Thread BIKRAMADITYA BEHERA
Hello sir, Are the pieces also included with the chessboard, or it has to be purchased separately? Sent from my iPhone > On 02-Aug-2022, at 10:07 PM, Nirmal Verma wrote: > > Hello Friends, > > I have made a new chess board for the visually impaired. If you think chess > sets should always

Re: [AI] New Chess Board Design

2022-08-02 Thread Nirmal Verma
It comes with all the pieces. Nirmal On Wed, 3 Aug, 2022, 7:46 am Amiyo Biswas, wrote: > Ok, what about the kings, queens, pawns etc.? > > With best regards, > Amiyo Biswas > Cell: 6290527506 > > - Original Message - > *From:* Nirmal Verma > *To:* accessindia > *Sent:* Tuesday,

Re: [AI] Confusion regarding whether to purchase smart cane/torchit or not

2022-08-02 Thread Harish Kotian
Hi Agreed, using technology  the devices don't warn about any pits, however, the cane tells you the surface 2 steps ahead of you which includes any drops or obstacles which is a sufficient time to respond to it. Harish On 02/08/2022 23:13, Vaibhav Saraf wrote: Hi Ishan, There is no cane

Re: [AI] Confusion regarding whether to purchase smart cane/torchit or not

2022-08-02 Thread Aziz Minat
Hi there, Thank you so much for your replies and I think I have reached to t conclusion that the regular cane we use is good enough for me instead of going for the smart cane or torchit. Once again thank you so much people. On Tue, 2 Aug 2022, 22:50 anirudh rao, wrote: > although this is my

Re: [AI] Confusion regarding whether to purchase smart cane/torchit or not

2022-08-02 Thread Vaibhav Saraf
Hi Ishan, There is no cane which can tell you about pits as of now. Thanks, Vaibhav On Tue, 2 Aug 2022 at 13:09, ishan sangi wrote: > dear team > > i think we need good smart cane > > i used cane made by sakshem > and i found out > 1 don't work properly in campus or not on road > 2 keep

Re: [AI] Notes of the first conversaion between netflix and mission accessibility

2022-08-02 Thread BHAWANI SHANKAR VERMA
Also please try to connect with zee5.com if possible. On 8/2/2022 3:21 PM, George Abraham wrote: Encouraging indeed! *From:*accessindia@accessindia.org.in [mailto:accessindia@accessindia.org.in] *On Behalf Of *Rahul Bajaj *Sent:* Tuesday, August 2, 2022 3:03 PM *To:* AccessIndia: a list for

Re: [AI] Notes of the first conversaion between netflix and mission accessibility

2022-08-02 Thread Rahul Bajaj
Precisely, Asif. WHich is why we want to work with them to see how we can demystify what they have done for others in their field of work. Rahul On Tue, 2 Aug 2022 at 15:37, 'Mohammed Asif Iqbal (IN)' via AccessIndia < accessindia@accessindia.org.in> wrote: > Great, > but they were benchmark in

Re: [AI] Notes of the first conversaion between netflix and mission accessibility

2022-08-02 Thread shruti pushkarna
This is great! *Shruti* On Tue, Aug 2, 2022 at 3:37 PM 'Mohammed Asif Iqbal (IN)' via AccessIndia < accessindia@accessindia.org.in> wrote: > Great, > but they were benchmark in terms of digitally accessible. > This is my understanding . > > > > On 8/2/22, George Abraham wrote: > > Encouraging

Re: [AI] New Chess Board Design

2022-08-02 Thread Amiyo Biswas
Ok, what about the kings, queens, pawns etc.? With best regards, Amiyo Biswas Cell: 6290527506 - Original Message - From: Nirmal Verma To: accessindia Sent: Tuesday, August 2, 2022 10:07 PM Subject: [AI] New Chess Board Design Hello Friends, I have made a new chess

RE: [AI] Device for tracking Car

2022-08-02 Thread prashant.rv
I don’t think it takes much battery. And the device should remain active to detect car theft etc. From: 'Anshul Kapoor (अंशुल कपूर)' via AccessIndia Sent: Thursday, July 28, 2022 4:25 PM To: accessindia@accessindia.org.in Subject: RE: [AI] Device for tracking Car Dear Sir, If I

[AI] PAN Card issue- reg

2022-08-02 Thread Uma VR
Hello folks, Greetings! I want to alter my name in PAN Card. When I searched in Google, I got some guidance for filing request to ITD. After filling the required details, there is an image capture for which I have to take sighted assistance. Kindly suggest me how to solve this issue. --

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2022-08-02 Thread Amar Jain
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2022-08-02 Thread Ram
Dear Friends, Is there any circular issued by SEBI or any other competent authority directing broking firms to open Demat and Trading for VI persons without causing any harassment to them? If there is one, pls can anybody send it to me? Yesterday, I filled online form for opening Demat and

Re: [AI] Issues with the Make My Trip App and Website

2022-08-02 Thread Mahesh S. Panicker
Thanks for the great work, to the entire team. Haven't been on the MMT website of late, but the biggest accessibility problem on the Android app that I have encountered is that, when trying to book anything, it is absolutely impossible to select the dates with Talkback. The calendar is completely

Re: [AI] Prepairing tea

2022-08-02 Thread 'Saravanan K' via AccessIndia
Hai friend, Any how, there might be sink in your kitchen. prepare the tea by pouring & heating the necessary items in tea pot in your gas stove. Let it get rest for a while after switching off the stove. hold the glass in the sink, try to pour the tea in the glassby keeping them nearby If some

Re: [AI] History of medieval India- Audio Book from Disha NGO

2022-08-02 Thread A K Dua
Sir, Books recorded by Disha NGO are uploaded by sugamya pustakalaya, Periodically. The last 8-10 books are yet to be sent by Disha NGO to sugamya pustakalaya for posting. However, all the books uploaded are listed as-Disha NGO- under the category 'publisher'; in the search list. On-demand from

Re: [AI] Confusion regarding whether to purchase smart cane/torchit or not

2022-08-02 Thread anirudh rao
although this is my personal view that the smart cane is the waste of money and the regular canes are free of confusions. On 7/29/22, Minar Singh wrote: > Hi friends, > From which institute can i purchase smart cane prepaired by IIT India? > and what is the price? > > On 7/29/22, Pranav Lal

Re: [AI] Confusion regarding whether to purchase smart cane/torchit or not

2022-08-02 Thread 'Saravanan K' via AccessIndia
may I know about the smart can you have. Is it good for navigation in indoor & out door. Is it good in busy road also. Then what is your price to give How will yousend it Please furnish more details of the same On 7/29/22, Aman Preet Singh wrote: > Hi! If you have intention to purchase Smart

RE: [AI] Accessibility of the SonyLiv application

2022-08-02 Thread gufran
Hi team, I am using Samsung smart tv, modal no. is 5532. It’s run on tison OS. The apps from big giant like amazon prime, YouTube and Netflix is fairly accessible. Where as Sony live is completely in-accessible. Sent from Mail for Windows From: Mission AccessibilitySent: 30 July 2022 12:04 AMTo:

RE: [AI] Prepairing tea

2022-08-02 Thread Pranav Lal
Hi Saurav, There are several approaches. 1. Ensure that you are poring into a larger container. 2. Position the container before hand. 3. With tea, get a tea maker like what you get in hotels or a kettle which makes things much easier. Both these appliances have spouts which

Re: [AI] Confusion regarding whether to purchase smart cane/torchit or not

2022-08-02 Thread Mohib Anwar Rafay
I never use cane as i am partially sighted person. However, I always carry white cane in my backpack, as it helps a lot whenever i take it out and simply hold it in my hand. It is very helpful to me at railway station, airport, and busy streats as other people recognise me as a visually impaired

RE: [AI] Confusion regarding whether to purchase smart cane/torchit or not

2022-08-02 Thread 'suresh k kris' via AccessIndia
Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android On Fri, 29 Jul 2022 at 3:24 pm, Pranav Lal wrote: The smartcane designed by IIT in India does help. It has good obstacle detection and I have used it effectively in my former office to navigate avoiding people and filing cabinets.   From:

Re: [AI] Confusion regarding whether to purchase smart cane/torchit or not

2022-08-02 Thread ishan sangi
dear team i think we need good smart cane i used cane made by sakshem and i found out 1 don't work properly in campus or not on road 2 keep vibrating in empty haules ( haules means empty closed vide rooms same case in open areas to 3 low object recognition 4 don't recognise footpath or

Re: [AI] Confusion regarding whether to purchase smart cane/torchit or not

2022-08-02 Thread Aman Preet Singh
Hi! If you have intention to purchase Smart cane, I have Two units of Smart cane not used more than 1/2 times. They aren’t in my use at all. Sent from my iPhone > On 29-Jul-2022, at 3:24 PM, Pranav Lal wrote: > >  > The smartcane designed by IIT in India does help. It has good obstacle >

RE: [AI] Prepairing tea

2022-08-02 Thread Preeti Monga
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Re: [AI] RE: Accessibility of OLA App in IOS

2022-08-02 Thread Shek Mohammad Ali
When you turn on the screen recognition you have to perform explore by touch for the first time and then you can swipe around. Have done couple of booking on Ola app using screen recognition very recently Sent from my iPhone > On 02-Aug-2022, at 6:21 PM, Khandu Bhandare > wrote: > > Dear

[AI] New Chess Board Design

2022-08-02 Thread Nirmal Verma
Hello Friends, I have made a new chess board for the visually impaired. If you think chess sets should always be boring, lousy and traditional, you've obviously not seen this new chess board. This chess board has some major improvements over the old fashioned ones. The material used in this

Re: [AI] Notes of the first conversaion between netflix and mission accessibility

2022-08-02 Thread Maruti Paramwad
Hello Rahul,Keep up the good work! Audio description in multi language that is a very big achievement for us.Thanks,MarutiSent from my iPhoneOn 02-Aug-2022, at 3:03 PM, Rahul Bajaj wrote:Hi All,I had my first conversation with Netflix today, on behalf of Mission Accessibility. The notes are

Re: [AI] RE: Accessibility of OLA App in IOS

2022-08-02 Thread Khandu Bhandare
Dear friend, the thing is even though we use screen recognition the ola app do not responsive as it was. u have to struggle allot to get the booking done. On 8/2/22, Kunal Mehta wrote: > I agree that Uber is still the preference. This for me to a large extent is > due to the inaccessibility

Re: [AI] whats issue

2022-08-02 Thread Rahul Bajaj
How can one do that, Tejas? Rahul On Tue, 2 Aug 2022 at 16:29, tejas bendre wrote: > use whatsapp beta. > > On 7/29/22, Kunal Goel wrote: > > hello friends i am facing issue on whatsappweb when trying to access > > list of chats on whatsappweb it is not reading list of chats instead > > it is

[AI] Issues with the Make My Trip App and Website

2022-08-02 Thread Rahul Bajaj
Dear members of the Access India Family, Good afternoon. Mission Accessibility had a very positive hearing today against Make My Trip in the office of the CCPD. We are going to meet Make My Trip representatives next Tuesday [9th August]. Any inputs you have about accessibility barriers on the

Re: [AI] RE: Accessibility of OLA App in IOS

2022-08-02 Thread Kunal Mehta
I agree that Uber is still the preference. This for me to a large extent is due to the inaccessibility of Ola. As someone who relies on ride hailing apps, I do not think preferences always work and the use of Uber / Ola / Rapido / any other app is based on the need of the hour. Besides, I believe

Re: [AI] RE: Accessibility of OLA App in IOS

2022-08-02 Thread Amar Jain
I am actively thinking to take Ola to CCPD now. Multiple fruitful conversations have hit a roadblock and no progress whatsoever has happened over the years. But my larger question is that do we have enough users using Ola or Uber still is the preference? On 02/08/2022 13:27, Shek Mohammad

Re: [AI] whats issue

2022-08-02 Thread tejas bendre
use whatsapp beta. On 7/29/22, Kunal Goel wrote: > hello friends i am facing issue on whatsappweb when trying to access > list of chats on whatsappweb it is not reading list of chats instead > it is saying raw raw how to solve it i am using nvda whatsapp desktop > addon without this addon

Re: [AI] Notes of the first conversaion between netflix and mission accessibility

2022-08-02 Thread 'Mohammed Asif Iqbal (IN)' via AccessIndia
Great, but they were benchmark in terms of digitally accessible. This is my understanding . On 8/2/22, George Abraham wrote: > Encouraging indeed! > > > > From: accessindia@accessindia.org.in [mailto:accessindia@accessindia.org.in] > On Behalf Of Rahul Bajaj > Sent: Tuesday, August 2, 2022

RE: [AI] Notes of the first conversaion between netflix and mission accessibility

2022-08-02 Thread George Abraham
Encouraging indeed! From: accessindia@accessindia.org.in [mailto:accessindia@accessindia.org.in] On Behalf Of Rahul Bajaj Sent: Tuesday, August 2, 2022 3:03 PM To: AccessIndia: a list for discussing accessibility and issues concerning the disabled. Subject: [AI] Notes of the first

[AI] Notes of the first conversaion between netflix and mission accessibility

2022-08-02 Thread Rahul Bajaj
Hi All, I had my first conversation with Netflix today, on behalf of Mission Accessibility. The notes are attached. Please keep this within this group for now. It was a wonderful start to what, if done well, will hopefully be a long and fruitful association. Warmly, Rahul -- -- Rahul Bajaj

RE: [AI] RE: Accessibility of OLA App in IOS

2022-08-02 Thread Shek Mohammad Ali
Yes it is not accessible but you can use VoiceOver's screen recognition feature to read out your both pickup and drop locations. -Original Message- From: accessindia@accessindia.org.in On Behalf Of Jairam Balasubramanian Sent: Tuesday, August 2, 2022 1:07 PM To:

[AI] RE: Accessibility of OLA App in IOS

2022-08-02 Thread Jairam Balasubramanian
Dear all The OLA app is not accessible in I Phone 12. The fields such as pick up and drop destinations are not read out by the voice over. Tried updating the app but could not succeed. Please suggest any work around. Regards Jairam -- Disclaimer: 1. Contents of the mails, factual, or

[AI] Meet Hannah: CBSE topper with 99.2%

2022-08-02 Thread George Abraham
19-year-old Hannah Alice Simon who recently topped the disabled category with 99.2% in CBSE Class 12 exam is flying to the US to achieve her dreams. It has not been an easy journey but Hannah who was born blind has cruised through the highs and lows with the support of her parents. Hannah is much