Re: [AI] NVDA extremely unresponsive on BBC website

2018-06-19 Thread Arijeet Patil
Dear list, I require an urgent response to the EMails I just sent regarding screenreaders, as my unit tests are going on and the problems which I stated in those mails are ongoing, hampering my use of Jaws and NVDA. Warmest regards, Arijeet Sent from my iPhone > On 08-Jun-2018, at 06:46,

[AI] scribe guidelines

2018-06-19 Thread Kanchan Pamnani
Has anyone seen the amount of trouble we are going to be in? K --- This email has been checked for viruses by AVG. https://www.avg.com Search for old postings at: http://www.mail-archive.com/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/ To unsubscribe send a message to

Re: [AI] Documents

2018-06-19 Thread Santosh Singh
Hi Vedika, Application status if showing submitted doesn't mean your application was rejected. My application was also showing as submitted for more than 6 months and after 6 months suddenly it started showing rejected due to hand written disability certificate. Santosh On 18 Jun 2018 11:28 pm,

Re: [AI] How TV and satellite channels became accessible in my home

2018-06-19 Thread P. Subramani
dear Prashant sir, your tv model choice much higher in terms of cost which many may not afford. However, I have selected sony kdl43w800d costing about 60k in flipcart. I request you and others learned members to advise whether this particular tv is good enough for us to work on in terms

Re: [AI] Scribe guidelines

2018-06-19 Thread Kanchan Pamnani
The framed guidelines are getting sabotaged. K -Original Message- From: AccessIndia [mailto:accessindia-boun...@accessindia.org.in] On Behalf Of sazid shaik Sent: 19 June 2018 17:02 To: AccessIndia: a list for discussing accessibility and issues concerning the disabled. Subject: Re: [AI]

[AI] Bat Travels' next trip: the unexplored land

2018-06-19 Thread Bat Travels
Hello-hello. We are Bat Travels and we have been formed to design sensorial tours for the visually impaired to travel with the sighted. On all our trips the group comprises of a fair number of visually impaired and sighted travellers. Together they travel as travelpals. The company was

Re: [AI] scribe guidelines

2018-06-19 Thread Kanchan Pamnani
The problem is manifold- 1. These guidelines are not restricted to UPSE. We have fought so hard to ensure that scribes will be brought by the candidates and not by the Examining Authority in the first place. Why has the sub-committee made us surrender? Tomorrows fight. -Original

[AI] Google's internal handbook instructs engineers to bury Natural News web pages from search results

2018-06-19 Thread pranaya rani
Google’s internal handbook instructs engineers to bury Natural News web pages from search results Sunday, June 10, 2018 by: Lance D Johnson Tags: brainwashing, Censorship, contrarian viewpoint, dictated search results, dissent, Glitch, internet, oppression, pharmaceutical propaganda, power,

Re: [AI] scribe guidelines

2018-06-19 Thread pranaya rani
Its not clear whether blind will be allowed their own scribes! In one para they say blind can take their own scribes while in some other para, they say commission will provide 100 percent scribes. Its ambigious whether we can take our own relatives as scribes (as its not easy to get scribes),

Re: [AI] scribe guidelines

2018-06-19 Thread Asudani, Rajesh
What I understand is that: 1. one step junior norm is going to be brought in again. 2. Primarily examination bodies will provide the writer, if they cannot, candidates will bring their own junior scribe. First is okay, as no percentage etc. is mentioned. We should clearly say second point is not

[AI] Free Bookshare memberships for Bangladesh, Bhutan, Nepal and Pakistan

2018-06-19 Thread zainab Chinikamwala
Dear friends in Bangladesh, Bhutan, Nepal and Pakistan. Bookshare [www.bookshare.org] announces its Free membership programme for all print disabled persons in the 4 South Asian countries. After its resounding success in India, where it has been serving more than 12000 print disabled persons,

Re: [AI] scribe guidelines

2018-06-19 Thread Shweta Mishra
hi experts! please explain, should the scribe be one grade junior to the candidate? or scribe should be junior to the minimum eligibility criteria? On 6/19/18, Adhimoolam Vetrivel Murugan wrote: > As I understand, both the recommendation from the sub-committee and > the response from UPSC are

Re: [AI] scribe guidelines

2018-06-19 Thread Kanchan Pamnani
Does anyone want the statement as an attachment. Please email me and I will send it. I still haven’t got my ticket and .. Its crazy. K -Original Message- From: AccessIndia [mailto:accessindia-boun...@accessindia.org.in] On Behalf Of Shweta Mishra Sent: 19 June 2018 15:30 To:

Re: [AI] Scribe guidelines

2018-06-19 Thread sazid shaik
dear experts, Is this guidelines had framed? Is this only for UPSC/ thanks and regards, sazid On 6/19/18, Kotian, H P wrote: > Hi > My comments are under: > > 3. IV. It is welcome that the commission agreed to meet the scribe a day in > advance. However, if the candidate is not happy with any

Re: [AI] Scribe guidelines

2018-06-19 Thread George Abraham
There is only one point I would like to emphasise. The blind candidate must be given the definite opportunity to write exams using computers. This should not be dependent on Govt. facilities being available. -Original Message- From: AccessIndia

Re: [AI] scribe guidelines

2018-06-19 Thread Adhimoolam Vetrivel Murugan
As I understand, both the recommendation from the sub-committee and the response from UPSC are stated here for our understanding. UPSC's claim to be lacking resources in providing alternate writing mode for differently abled is simply unbelievable and they can always approach the Central gov for