[AI] HT Editorial today: Differently-abled people don't recieve the dignity they deserve

2015-07-02 Thread avinash shahi
http://www.hindustantimes.com/comment/differently-abled-people-don-t-recieve-the-dignity-they-deserve/article1-1364973.aspx India is Known to discriminate on the basis of caste, colour and creed, the heart-rending plight of people like Rameshbhai Damar should not occasion surprise.

[AI] Census update: Census shows 68k disabled people are homeless

2015-07-02 Thread avinash shahi
Over 68,400 disabled people in India do not have a roof over their head while majority of them are found in urban areas, latest Census figures reveal. The figure might be a fraction of the 2.68 crore disabled persons in the country, but activists say it could still be alarming as a sizable chunk

[AI] Need assistance regarding LIC:

2015-07-02 Thread jyothi
Hi folks, I'm residing in Bangalore and decided to take jeevan anand LIC insurance. But I'm denied on the ground of disability. Anybody taken policy successfully? If so, please guide me how to go about it. DISCLAIMER: This email may contain privileged information and is intended solely for the

[AI] Data recovery softwares

2015-07-02 Thread Kotian, H P
All Came across this interesting article on data recovery tools. http://pcsupport.about.com/od/filerecovery/fl/will-data-recovery-program-undelete-anything.htm?utm_source=cn_nlutm_medium=emailutm_term=Computers%20Channel%20Newsletterutm_campaign=computerslutm_content=20150625 Regards Harish

Re: [AI] Sub: Stern Action Sought Against The UGC for violating the Office Memorandum Issued by the Government of India for Conducting Examination for Persons with Disabilities

2015-07-02 Thread akshun mahajan
well we must support avinash on it because a lot of candidates were harassed to the core and he is fighting for all on this issue. On 7/2/15, avinash shahi shahi88avin...@gmail.com wrote: I don't understand why few of us who are arm-chair activists don't understand the gravity of the problem.

Re: [AI] Sub: Stern Action Sought Against The UGC for violating the Office Memorandum Issued by the Government of India for Conducting Examination for Persons with Disabilities

2015-07-02 Thread avinash shahi
One has no problem in obtaining sanction for using the scribe. But why to visit day prior to the exam Centre along with the scribe? One of my friends studies in Jammu University has informed that his Exam Centre was 70 Kms from his villege. And he couldn't visit the Centre multiple times due to

Re: [AI] Visually Impaired appointed Vice Principal of Jail School

2015-07-02 Thread Deepak Singla
Yes sure...and moreover the name has been recommended by the department itself (and nobody from outside) after considering his eligibility for the post in question. On 7/2/15, akshun mahajan akshunmahajan...@gmail.com wrote: agreed with George sir. On 7/2/15, George Abraham

Re: [AI] Sub: Stern Action Sought Against The UGC for violating the Office Memorandum Issued by the Government of India for Conducting Examination for Persons with Disabilities

2015-07-02 Thread avinash shahi
I don't understand why few of us who are arm-chair activists don't understand the gravity of the problem. What is principle law and actual law and effectuating law just leave it. I am not here to put forward my legal reasoning and deposition on Access India that's preserved for the CCPD Office.

[AI] Odisha: Dept boon for special citizens

2015-07-02 Thread avinash shahi
Chief minister Naveen Patnaik today inaugurated the social security and empowerment of persons with disabilities department. For the moment, it would function from the premises of state institute of disability rehabilitation at the Capital Hospital.

Re: [AI] Need assistance regarding LIC:

2015-07-02 Thread P. Subramani
Yes, I have successfully taken Jeevan Anand with Accident Benefit policy about 10 years. I am in bangalore. Basically, it depends on the agent to get the desired policy - Original Message - From: jyothi jyoth...@canarabank.com To: 'AccessIndia: a list for discussing accessibility and

Re: [AI] Workshop for Beginners: Coming to Know Your Android!

2015-07-02 Thread Tanya
Hi, This is wonderful. Eagerly awaiting a similar workshop for I-phone users. They seem to be neglected, smiles. Cheers! Tanya On Wed, 7/1/15, Blind Graduates' Forum of India (BGFI) contact.b...@gmail.com wrote: Subject: [AI]

Re: [AI] Sub: Stern Action Sought Against The UGC for violating the Office Memorandum Issued by the Government of India for Conducting Examination for Persons with Disabilities

2015-07-02 Thread Asudani, Rajesh
Dear Avinash I endorse fighting non implementation of the provisions. However, taking prior sanction for a graduate scribe of another stream by producing documents is a reasonable conditionality, me thinks. Its non implementation of course has to be fought. But if you say, they should provide the

Re: [AI] Workshop for Beginners: Coming to Know Your Android!

2015-07-02 Thread Tanya
Hi, This is wonderful. Eagerly awaiting a similar workshop for I-phone users. They seem to be neglected, smiles. Cheers! Tanya On Wed, 7/1/15, Blind Graduates' Forum of India (BGFI) contact.b...@gmail.com wrote: Subject: [AI]

Re: [AI] Need assistance regarding LIC:

2015-07-02 Thread Sandeep Gautam
Hello, Is visually Impaired word mentioned on your policy document stating that the policy holder is visually impaired or blind? How can you be sure that your agent has submitted your proof of visual impairment to LIC while enrolling you for the policy Jeevan Anand Sandeep - Original

Re: [AI] Class 12 exam: Scribe issue

2015-07-02 Thread Asudani, Rajesh
fears are real. A science student of of eleventh should do. राजेश आसुदानी Rajesh Asudani AGM बाजार आसूचना ईकाई MIU Reserve Bank of India नागपुर Nagpur 0712 2806846 President VIBEWA Co-Moderator VIB-India A-pilll = Action coupled with Positivity, Interest, Love, Logic and laughter.

Re: [AI] Sub: Stern Action Sought Against The UGC for violating the Office Memorandum Issued by the Government of India for Conducting Examination for Persons with Disabilities

2015-07-02 Thread avinash shahi
You're right,last time We had to seek permission from the College of vocational Studies. But this time, The UGC outsourced the responsibility to the CBSE for the June examination and one was directed to seek permission from his-her allotted Centre. And that particular decision caused enormous

Re: [AI] query regarding indian railways ID card

2015-07-02 Thread Aaruni Sharma
Hello, There are no such limitations for booking a ticket online under handicapped concession. One can book a ticket without escort, with escort and also for persons upto a maximum of 6 on one ticket including the VI, escort and general. On 1 July 2015 at 10:06, vivek doddamani

Re: [AI] Sub: Stern Action Sought Against The UGC for violating the Office Memorandum Issued by the Government of India for Conducting Examination for Persons with Disabilities

2015-07-02 Thread Mohib Anwar Rafay
My observations and questions may look uncumfirtable to you, but this is the reality when you enter into the court room. Perhaps you don't have any idea how things work on practical ground. As I shared erlier on this mailing lis about my case, where I was arbitrarily denyed to appear in UP Public

Re: [AI] Class 12 exam: Scribe issue

2015-07-02 Thread Mahesh Narasimhan
Dear George Sir, Greetings! The fear of parents is true. As you are aware that I am doing MBA, I also faced similar fear before the exams. My sincere suggestion is that the scribe must be from 11th class and of Science stream. Please do convey my best wishes to the child. Have a great evening!

Re: [AI] Need assistance regarding LIC:

2015-07-02 Thread li...@srinivasu.org
Is it that LIC has denied or your agent? Regards, Srinivasu Chakravarthula | @csrinivasu Sent from my iPhone 5C On 02-Jul-2015, at 13:27, jyothi jyoth...@canarabank.com wrote: Hi folks, I'm residing in Bangalore and decided to take jeevan anand LIC insurance. But I'm denied on the ground

[AI] REGARDING BANKING FACILITIES

2015-07-02 Thread yogesh dubey
Hello friends recently I have opened a bank account in panjaab national bank in Meerut up. I had applied for check book and atm facility. They denied me for check book there reason was that there bank rools don’t allow check book facility to visually impaired customers and regarding atm they told

Re: [AI] Sexual professionalism: for whom? The case of sexual facilitation in Swedish personal assistance services

2015-07-02 Thread avinash shahi
Paper also provides an interesting example from the UK. Sexual needs of the disabled are recognized in the British social policy. And the phrase 'architecture of intimacy' is very thought-provoking in the paper. On 7/2/15, Vedprakash vedprakash.sha...@gmail.com wrote: The term Sexual rights in

[AI] Class 12 exam: Scribe issue

2015-07-02 Thread George Abraham
Hi, Just received a call from a parent of a boy who is preparing for his 12th CBSE boards in March 2016. He is in the science stream and is anxious if he has to use a scribe from a non science stream. His apprehension is that his scribe will not understand the various signs and equations that

Re: [AI] Class 12 exam: Scribe issue

2015-07-02 Thread ajit able
Sir CBSE guidline 2014 says ' suitable scribe', but one grade below than candidate E.Q.Msje guildline is differ it On 2 Jul 2015 16:08, George Abraham geo...@eyeway.org wrote: Hi, Just received a call from a parent of a boy who is preparing for his 12th CBSE boards in March 2016. He is in

Re: [AI] Sexual professionalism: for whom? The case of sexual facilitation in Swedish personal assistance services

2015-07-02 Thread Vedprakash
The term Sexual rights in this article is note-worthy. What do we mean by the term? Is there a law that gives us the right to sexual act? The answer is surely not. In every society, males and females alike, need to grab the right to sexual act. Most of the women use the tool of beauty to fulfil

Re: [AI] Sub: Stern Action Sought Against The UGC for violating the Office Memorandum Issued by the Government of India for Conducting Examination for Persons with Disabilities

2015-07-02 Thread अंशुल कपूर
I don't know the reason why such irregularities in scribe conditions were prevalent. I appeared in the UGC NET in Dec. 2014 and no such condition was laid out. The only condition was to take prior permission for the scribe by producing his mark sheets/ certificate of the last exam passed along

Re: [AI] Class 12 exam: Scribe issue

2015-07-02 Thread S R Mittal
It is quite likely that he may suffer if he is given a writer from arts/commerce. It is advisable to go with a writer from science stream. Mittal -Original Message- From: AccessIndia [mailto:accessindia-boun...@accessindia.org.in] On Behalf Of George Abraham Sent: Thursday, July 02, 2015

Re: [AI] Sub: Stern Action Sought Against The UGC for violating the Office Memorandum Issued by the Government of India for Conducting Examination for Persons with Disabilities

2015-07-02 Thread pankaj Singh kushwaha
after reading the debate, it has been emerged that there are some people who want lot of restriction on the scribe and other facilities. but they are not concern that we shoulc achieve a equal condition like others. this is completely arbitrary that the candidates has to produce writer along

Re: [AI] Oracle's accessibility

2015-07-02 Thread Eyeway Helpdesk
Dear Listers: Thanks for the responses. As per suggestions mentioned in the below email I've found out the facts: The client told that he works on Oracle platform and Opera software. As shared earlier, he is a Tech Support Executive in a hotel industry and his job is to check financial as

Re: [AI] Need assistance regarding LIC:

2015-07-02 Thread bsvsurs
Hi jyothi i know one one person who does lic policies in bengaluru. If you want his assistance do call me on my number so that i will also talk to him and try to help you out. My number is 9880095499. -original message- Subject: [AI] Need assistance regarding LIC: From: jyothi

[AI] About Project Starfish

2015-07-02 Thread Anandhi Viswanathan
Hi All, What is Project Starfish and How can It Empower you? Project Starfish is a visionary socio-economic business model that enables blind and disabled professionals to learn, earn, augment resume , gain contemporary work experience and become employable. In short, its an experiential

Re: [AI] Oracle's accessibility

2015-07-02 Thread Dhananjay Bhole
Sir, Please ask exact name of the Oracle application that the client is using. Oracle platform is common name. Regards On 7/2/15, Eyeway Helpdesk helpd...@eyeway.org wrote: Dear Listers: Thanks for the responses. As per suggestions mentioned in the below email I've found out the facts:

Re: [AI] REGARDING BANKING FACILITIES

2015-07-02 Thread Aravind R
show RBI latest 2012 circular to your manager and give a letter to give debit card. if he still denies then issue can be raised. On 7/2/15, yogesh dubey yogeshdube...@gmail.com wrote: Hello friends recently I have opened a bank account in panjaab national bank in Meerut up. I had applied for

Re: [AI] Oracle's accessibility

2015-07-02 Thread Him Prasad Gautam
hi, Oracle is a multilateral application. From accessibility perspective, the nature of work is less concern but the nature of the built system governs the outcome. When talking about oracle, it must be clear that there are two major segments. 1. The front in. 2. The back in. In case of the

Re: [AI] Class 12 exam: Scribe issue

2015-07-02 Thread pankaj Singh kushwaha
Dear George sir, thankyou for sharing this concern. as for my knowledge is concern, the boy who is preparing for twelth class can use any writer without worrying about education, age and streme of writer. as we are aware that the CBSE has implemented CCPD guideline, where there is no criteria

Re: [AI] Converting non unicode to unicode

2015-07-02 Thread sampath raj rao
Hi sir, Thank you, I am able to understand now... You mean that the font info aswell as the code of the characters are stored in the same file. Can I perceive it this way as how the text surrounded by tags in html is written in a text pad as .html and when displayed by the web browsing app it

Re: [AI] Converting non unicode to unicode

2015-07-02 Thread Him Prasad Gautam
hi, yes your perception is almost to reality. But be clear that the category of memory of font and the character code is not in same status. On 7/2/15, sampath raj rao sampath.4...@gmail.com wrote: Hi sir, Thank you, I am able to understand now... You mean that the font info aswell as the code

Re: [AI] Oracle's accessibility

2015-07-02 Thread Pranav Lal
George, You mention opera software. Opera is a browser so I suspect the application is a web-based front-end. You may want to check if super nova and or Magic work with this browser. They should but check. Pranav Register at the dedicated AccessIndia list for discussing accessibility of

[AI] Info about 100% blind engineering students/graduates

2015-07-02 Thread Vamshi. G
Dear friends, I need information in the form of documentary support about 100 % blind persons studying/studied engineering courses. It would be great if the same is from the states of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana. I wrote 100% blind as I am looking for those who have 100% in their certificates.

[AI] About Scanning Books with Lex.

2015-07-02 Thread Amiyo Biswas
Hello, I am going to scan an office manual using a Lex scanner in my organisation. I have never used it before and I have very limited time. Can you help me with some quick tips so that I can scan the book successfully? Please note that I have to scan a book, page by page and the splits

[AI] My Post Retirement Plan

2015-07-02 Thread Arup Chakraborty
Dear Accesindia friends, I am going to retire on 31st March 2016. In addition to my NGO works I want to spend my free time by doing something which will give me some extra income. Please help me with your suggestion and advice. Arup Chakraborty Register at the dedicated AccessIndia list for

Re: [AI] About Scanning Books with Lex.

2015-07-02 Thread Asudani, Rajesh
How much does lex cost? Which OCR engine it uses? राजेश आसुदानी Rajesh Asudani AGM बाजार आसूचना ईकाई MIU Reserve Bank of India नागपुर Nagpur 0712 2806846 President VIBEWA Co-Moderator VIB-India A-pilll = Action coupled with Positivity, Interest, Love, Logic and laughter. -Original

Re: [AI] Oracle's accessibility

2015-07-02 Thread Dhananjay Bhole
George, As you mention Opra browser and Oracle platform means it is web application which might be developed in Oracle application design framework(Oracle ADF). It might provide good level of accessibility to screen readers as Oracle ADF consider accessibility of user interfaces for screen reader

Re: [AI] Info about 100% blind engineering students/graduates

2015-07-02 Thread George Abraham
There is someone called L Pavan from Hyderabad who is or was doing Engineering. I think he is on this list. -Original Message- From: AccessIndia [mailto:accessindia-boun...@accessindia.org.in] On Behalf Of Vamshi. G Sent: 03 July 2015 07:51 To: accessindia Subject: [AI] Info about 100%

Re: [AI] About Scanning Books with Lex.

2015-07-02 Thread Sakshi Agrawal
Hello, 1. If the book is small in size A5, then both the pages can be scanned in a single snapshot. Enable multiple scanning command Shift + Enter. Keep on turning the pages and they will be scanned and recognized. Keep the single column recognition off. Command is Shift+S. Keep the split book

[AI] MphasiS - Exclusive walk-in Drive | today and tomorrow | Pune | ISEUSS

2015-07-02 Thread Vishnu Ramchandani
Exclusive Employee Referral Drive: ISEUSS - Pune. Position: Technical Support Associate - Level 1, Technical Support Engineer - Level 2, Sr. Technical Support Engineer - Level 3 (Voice - Technical support).  Eligibility Criteria: · Fresher/work experienced - Diploma Holders/Graduates/PG from

[AI] Invitation to the Launch of a monthly magazine 'unspoken' for Disability issues in India at JNU!

2015-07-02 Thread avinash shahi
-- Forwarded message -- From: Saquib Salim saqibsalim...@gmail.com Date: Thu, 2 Jul 2015 20:58:28 +0530 Subject: {Disability Studies India} Launch of a monthly magazine for Disability issues in India To: disability-studies-in...@googlegroups.com Dear all group members,

[AI] nokia E63 default enhancement headset

2015-07-02 Thread Nirmal Verma
Dear list members My mobile gives the message default enhancement headset in nokia e63. what is the solution. has anybody faced this kind of error. Nirmal Register at the dedicated AccessIndia list for discussing accessibility of mobile phones / Tabs on:

Re: [AI] Sub: Stern Action Sought Against The UGC for violating the Office Memorandum Issued by the Government of India for Conducting Examination for Persons with Disabilities

2015-07-02 Thread Mohib Anwar Rafay
Even I want that these rules/guidelines be implemented in their true sence. Even I have been victim of their excessive attitude many times. I have faced the similar issue in three different states. Once I was appearing in Uttar Pradesh higher education commission exam, the examination in-charge

[AI] Fwd :Student with Disabilities of Chittagong bangladesh demanding the Ratification of Marrakesh Treaty

2015-07-02 Thread Sruti disAbility Rights Centre
Forwarding news of interest from Bangladesh. Shampa Sengupta Press Release: Student with Disabilities of Chittagong demanding the Ratification of Marrakesh Treaty http://ypsa.org/2015/07/student-with-disabilities-of-chittagong-demanding-the-ratification-of-marrakesh-treaty/ Last Thursday, 25th

[AI] Fwd: New eBook on JAWS

2015-07-02 Thread Bhavesh
very useful for beginers. Sent from my iPhone Begin forwarded message: From: George Calvert via Jfw j...@lists.the-jdh.com Date: 2 July 2015 4:05:49 am IST To: j...@lists.the-jdh.com Cc: George Calvert gcalv...@kc.rr.com Subject: New eBook on JAWS Reply-To: The Jaws for Windows support

Re: [AI] Sub: Stern Action Sought Against The UGC for violating the Office Memorandum Issued by the Government of India for Conducting Examination for Persons with Disabilities

2015-07-02 Thread avinash shahi
Dear Mohib Let me start with the judgment I was talking about. block quote 15. The two petitions are disposed of issuing the mandamus as above with emphasis on the fact that the decision taken by the Chief Commissioner for disabled persons would be implemented without demur by the User

Re: [AI] Sub: Stern Action Sought Against The UGC for violating the Office Memorandum Issued by the Government of India for Conducting Examination for Persons with Disabilities

2015-07-02 Thread avinash shahi
Nop,that's a way to give in. They don't want us as IAS. They don't want us as Vice-Chancellors. What to do then? carry on struggle. Study and struggle... We'll have to be united and will have to compel them to follow the laws of the land. Our scattered political stands bolster these officials