Dear All,
We request everybody to send future national and international queries for SmartCane to smartc...@saksham.org and/or call Saksham’s helpline number: +91-11-64650655. We thank you for your interest in SmartCane. At present this device is available for sale only in India through Saksham, New Delhi and our 18 channel partners across the country. A SmartCane user can reap its full benefit by participating in the training session provided during the device handover. Within India, we have partnered with organizations to be able to provide training at various regions. In each partner institutes there are trainers who orient the user with this device. For information on our Channel Partners, kindly visit: http://smartcane.saksham.org/availability/ SmartCane comes as an attachment to a white cane.Currently the canes provided with the device are standard, popular white canes used by visually impaired in India. We are now working with International cane manufacturers to create canes suitable for the international market. The initial results have been very positive however the entire testing process would require a few more months. Once this is satisfactorily tested we may have versions of the product for international markets. Please be aware there would be a significant difference in price as these canes are considerably more expensive than the canes with which the product is currently supplied with. In the meantime, if you are aware of any welfare organizations, serving the visually impaired, in your local area and that would be interested in becoming our channel partner, we would be happy to talk to them. Their role is to interface with the user community including providing training to the users through already trained trainers. Please email us your queries and suggestions on the email provided above.We will be informing all individuals and organizations about the progress made and once SmartCane is ready for international dissemination. It is our aim to reach out to organizations and individuals in the visually impaired community. We actively seek partnerships to disseminate this device and spread our reach not just in the nation but globally as well. -- Regards, SmartCane Saksham 486 Double Storey, New Rajinder Nagar, New Delhi – 110 060, India Helpline : +91-11-64650655 Website : www.smartcane.saksham.org Email : smartc...@saksham.org 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 postings at: http://www.mail-archive.com/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/ To unsubscribe send a message to accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in Disclaimer: 1. Contents of the mails, factual, or otherwise, reflect the thinking of the person sending the mail and AI in no way relates itself to its veracity; 2. AI cannot be held liable for any commission/omission based on the mails sent through this mailing list..
