Re: [AI] help regarding my pen drive!

2008-01-14 Thread Manish Agrawal
What exact model of pen drive do you have? Look for similar problems for that model on Google. The safe mode suggestion is good but may not help with problems other than formatting. Some of the u3 drives come with a software utility that installs when you use the drive for the first time on an XP

Re: [AI] Using spoons, forks, knives and other such cutleries

2007-12-14 Thread Manish Agrawal
One such sanitizer comes by the brand name of pure hands and is usually available at all chemist stores. I try to carry it around in a small bottle when we go out somewhere because in generally going around also, we tend to touch walls and doors etc. a lot more and cleaning the hands with the

Re: [AI] Draft policy for exams urgent

2007-11-29 Thread Manish Agrawal
Kanchan, snip a. Visually Disabled candidates can appear in examination on the computer only if students are computer literate and can type at least at the speed of 30 words per minute. /snip The 30 words per minute restriction is not required. A student may elect not to use a computer

Re: [AI] need help finding a talking calculator!

2007-11-29 Thread Manish Agrawal
Is available on almost every low vision equipment vendor on the Web. E.g. the first Google result for talking calculator is pasted below: http://www.dynamic-living.com/talking_calculators.htm The Saksham people at NAB Delhi should have one as well. HTH ~Manish -Original Message- From:

Re: [AI] Your views on the following configuration

2007-11-21 Thread Manish Agrawal
Bottom line: not very good. A Celeron processor just doesn't have the power to drive vista. 1 gb ram is not sufficient for vista either (or for a lot of new software) - go for 2 gb. 80 gb hard disk is something most vendors replace with 120 or 160 gb for free these days. Look at lenovo R series

Re: [AI] Here's Your Diwali Gift!

2007-11-16 Thread Manish Agrawal
I completely agree with Dipendra on this. We get what we deserve and the reason we don't get any development of accessibility solutions in India is because we think we can get away with stealing while someone else does the hard work. ...or maybe we are so used to living off of charity that we

[AI] Refreshable Braille displays

2007-09-29 Thread Manish Agrawal
Hi, I am looking for information on 80 cell refreshable Braille displays: 1. Do you know of the most popular/commonly used displays (I am currently going by the list of displays supported in jaws)? 2. Have you been on a forum that has recently discussed Braille displays and which one to buy

[AI] Take care of your ears

2007-09-29 Thread Manish Agrawal
Hi, Please add to this list of tips, if you have come across any: A few tips, if you are also spending long hours on your computer like me: 1. take frequent brakes. 2. keep the volume down 3. Use varying pitches in your synthesizer (constant exposure to the same pitch seems to damage hearing in

Re: [AI] Virtual worlds open up to blind

2007-09-18 Thread Manish Agrawal
snipI do not think we are missing out much by not having access to these virtual worlds./snip I would like to think this is not really true. There is a lot of useful stuff happening in these virtual worlds these days and it has moved on from the realm of just online gaming. Grady Booch, for

Re: [AI] error in installing java access bridge

2007-09-06 Thread Manish Agrawal
The problem here is that the access bridge installer is not able to find where your java run time files are installed. The solution is to ensure that you include the path of the folder where the java run time is installed in your path environment variable. You can use the following steps to do

Re: [AI] Experiences with Wayfinder GPS

2007-08-11 Thread Manish Agrawal
Of Manish Agrawal Sent: Friday, August 10, 2007 11:02 PM To: accessindia@accessindia.org.in Subject: [AI] Experiences with Wayfinder GPS Hi all, I've been using the wayfinder GPS over the last few weeks and thought will share some experiences with the group: My wife and I are in Boston these days

[AI] Experiences with Wayfinder GPS

2007-08-10 Thread Manish Agrawal
Hi all, I've been using the wayfinder GPS over the last few weeks and thought will share some experiences with the group: My wife and I are in Boston these days. The city is also called the walking city...and as the name suggests, we also end up doing a lot of walking everyday for things like

Re: [AI] Exclusive PwD walk in interviews at IBM - 17th June -Sunday

2007-06-19 Thread Manish Agrawal
Yes Kanchan, The totally blind can do all these jobs. I can say that because I do a lot of what is described below. The only exception being a small percentage of work that involves testing UI look and feel. The only concern I have is given the very few blind people in real software jobs where

Re: [AI] insurance policy

2007-05-29 Thread Manish Agrawal
Hi, I recently purchased a life insurance and did a lot of research/asking around for that. Here are some of the things I found: 1. Information about which policy can be granted to people with vision problems is not available with insurance agents (even if there are any guidelines issued by the

[AI] A disabled not-so-well-known achiever

2007-04-26 Thread Manish Agrawal
Source: http://space.newscientist.com/article/mg18925331.200-take-a-leap-into-hyperspace.html Who was Burkhard Heim? Burkhard Heim had a remarkable life. Born in 1925 in Potsdam, Germany, he decided at the age of 6 that he wanted to become a rocket scientist. He disguised his designs in code

[AI] Good source for free fiction audio books

2007-03-20 Thread Manish Agrawal
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Re: [AI] head phones

2007-03-16 Thread Manish Agrawal
The bose noise canceling headphones cost about $ 300 (The Delhi Bose store sells them for rs. 24000). I recently bought a Phillips noise canceling headset for $ 22. (available in Delhi for around rs. 1300). They are obviously not as good as Bose but are good enough for my purpose. Noise canceling

Re: [AI] Handicap Provision in the railway budget

2007-02-26 Thread Manish Agrawal
I heard of a special coach for handicapped being mentioned briefly on some news channel. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ar T S Kansara~~ Sent: Tuesday, February 27, 2007 11:09 AM To: accessindia@accessindia.org.in Subject: Re: [AI]

Re: [AI] Writer

2006-12-15 Thread Manish Agrawal
Couldn't understand the phrase purely mathematical in point 17 below: snip 17. Purely mathematical questions should be eliminated as per Section 30 (f) it would be logical to eliminate those sections from the written test which are purely visual in nature such as graphs, pictures or maps. /snip

[AI] Headphones or speakers

2006-09-30 Thread Manish Agrawal
I use speakers in office (my ears also hurt if I use headphones for long). I try to take a corner seat so that fewer people are surrounding me and use a very low volume. People around me become used to the robotic sound in less than a day or so. The key is to keep the speaker volume sufficiently

[AI] Life insurance | does blindness cause us to pay higher premiums?

2006-09-25 Thread Manish Agrawal
Hi, I'm interested in hearing people's experiences/views on the following: 1. If a blind person wants to insure his/her life, is the perceived threat to life higher because of the vision condition? - this will result in a higher premium. 2. Is there a circular/guideline from the government or any

Re: [AI] DGCA Guidelines for Blind passengers travelling by Air

2006-08-08 Thread Manish Agrawal
I have also been blind late in life, haven't yet had any mobility training and still need to travel frequently within india and internationally. With the kinds of facilities and assistance offered by airlines on almost all airlines and airports, I have traveled to, I have never felt the need for

Re: [AI] Guide Dog

2006-07-03 Thread Manish Agrawal
(replying to the original thread) Hi All, From the guide dog programs I have read about, almost all have been residential programs with the dog owner having to stay in the training institute because they say that using a guide dog requires the dog owner to have almost as much training with that

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