Re: [AI] Some doubts regarding braille

2013-04-05 Thread Ankit rajiv Jindal
Hi Ajay, As our friends in the groups advise, learning new skill will always put you better than the others. Coming to ppt, for making ppt I use jaws and can create fairly reasonable ppts using ppt templates. However, makigng complex ppt is certainly a challenge... If you are looking at using

Re: [AI] Some doubts regarding braille

2013-04-04 Thread Ekinath Khedekar
Hi Ajay, Braille certainly becomes handy during ppts as you don’t have to hear and then speak. Also you are utilizing one more of your senses; touch. Listening and then speaking breaks the rhythm of the presentation. Learning Braille is not a big deal, but it takes time to use it speedily. Also

Re: [AI] Some doubts regarding Braille.

2013-04-03 Thread Ajay Minocha
? - Original Message - From: Ajay Minocha ajayminoc...@gmail.com To: accessindia@accessindia.org.in Sent: Wednesday, April 03, 2013 8:49 AM Subject: Re: [AI] Some doubts regarding Braille. Hi bro, Thanks a lot for cutting the short story long. My story has been allmost similar to you the only

Re: [AI] Some doubts regarding braille

2013-04-03 Thread Ajay Minocha
Hello sir, I haven't planned to use a braille display atleast till 4 to 5 years from now. Because of their cost smile. I generally travel alone. and yes, The idea of buying a vireless keyboard for my phone sounds really nice to me but can it work with my e5? I know that it has it's own keypad but

Re: [AI] Some doubts regarding braille

2013-04-03 Thread Kotian, H P
Hi You do get blue-tooth wireless keyboard which supports phones / desktops. Harish. -Original Message- From: AccessIndia [mailto:accessindia-boun...@accessindia.org.in] On Behalf Of Ajay Minocha Sent: 03 April 2013 17:17 To: accessindia@accessindia.org.in Subject: Re: [AI] Some doubts

Re: [AI] Some doubts regarding Braille

2013-04-03 Thread Shyam M. Sayanekar
Dear members, Braille is a very logical script, and one can easily learn it if taught properly. I have taught Braille to two sighted persons and both of them learned it in 16 sittings. Learning is not difficult but one has to keep practicing, otherwise one tends to forget whatever one has

Re: [AI] Some doubts regarding braille

2013-04-03 Thread Pranav Lal
Hi Ajay, I cannot comment on the Nokia E5. If it is a querty phone, then it is unlikely that it will have the keyboard drivers required to run a wireless keyboard. This was the situation with my E72. Pranav Register at the dedicated AccessIndia list for discussing accessibility of mobile

Re: [AI] Some doubts regarding Braille

2013-04-03 Thread Asudani, Rajesh
anywhere! Bumps and dots are cool to read. With this Braille we will succeed! -Original Message- From: AccessIndia [mailto:accessindia-boun...@accessindia.org.in] On Behalf Of Shyam M. Sayanekar Sent: Wednesday, April 03, 2013 11:51 PM To: accessindia@accessindia.org.in Subject: Re: [AI] Some

Re: [AI] Some doubts regarding Braille

2013-04-03 Thread Asudani, Rajesh
...@accessindia.org.in] On Behalf Of Shyam M. Sayanekar Sent: Wednesday, April 03, 2013 11:51 PM To: accessindia@accessindia.org.in Subject: Re: [AI] Some doubts regarding Braille Dear members, Braille is a very logical script, and one can easily learn it if taught properly. I have taught Braille

Re: [AI] Some doubts regarding braille

2013-04-02 Thread Ajay Minocha
Hello, Bhivani sir, Harish sir, Sandeep sir Many many thanks. Your opinions have given me a new path to explore. I want some more members to speak on this matter. Some younger ones as well. Thanks and regards On 4/2/13, Sandeep Singh sandeepsingh...@gmail.com wrote: Dear Ajay, You can easily

Re: [AI] Some doubts regarding Braille

2013-04-02 Thread Nikita Vaid
, -Original Message- From: AccessIndia [mailto:accessindia-boun...@accessindia.org.in] On Behalf Of Ajay Minocha Sent: Tuesday, April 02, 2013 2:26 PM To: accessindia@accessindia.org.in Subject: Re: [AI] Some doubts regarding braille Hello, Bhivani sir, Harish sir, Sandeep sir Many many thanks. Your

Re: [AI] Some doubts regarding Braille

2013-04-02 Thread Ajay Minocha
@accessindia.org.in Subject: Re: [AI] Some doubts regarding braille Hello, Bhivani sir, Harish sir, Sandeep sir Many many thanks. Your opinions have given me a new path to explore. I want some more members to speak on this matter. Some younger ones as well. Thanks and regards On 4/2/13

Re: [AI] Some doubts regarding braille

2013-04-02 Thread Ankit rajiv Jindal
Dear Ajay, Firstly, congratulations for having short-listed in IIMS. All the best for the process ahead. Just to give a different perspective, While braille does have some great usage, Personally, I have never used it. I have been able to manage without having any knowledge of braille. I have

Re: [AI] Some doubts regarding braille

2013-04-02 Thread Ajay Minocha
Hi ankit, How do you handle presentations? I had some vision when I talked to you but now I can barely identify bigger objects. That is the reason of thinking about braille. regards On 4/2/13, Ankit rajiv Jindal ankitjinda...@gmail.com wrote: Dear Ajay, Firstly, congratulations for having

Re: [AI] Some doubts regarding braille

2013-04-02 Thread Srinivasu Chakravarthula
Ajay, Care you referring to making presentations or attending presentations? For making presentations, you can take the help of screen reader using head phone on one ear. For attending presentations, you may ask presenter to email you deck in advance so that you can view it using your

Re: [AI] Some doubts regarding Braille

2013-04-02 Thread jaisonay...@gmail.com
Not only for deaf blind but also for blind. If we have to listen to someone while using computer, braille displays are of better help than screan readers. With regards, Jaison Bellarmine -Original message- From: bhawani shankar verma Sent: 02/04/2013, 7:12 pm To:

Re: [AI] Some doubts regarding braille

2013-04-02 Thread Geetha Shamanna
Hi Ajay, I learned braille at school but never used it for many years. My current job with a bank here in the UK however requires me to constantly deal with figures, and doing this job would be impossible without braille. Listening to Jaws say 1238483 is very different from having this figure

Re: [AI] Some doubts regarding Braille.

2013-04-02 Thread Amar Jain
Hey Champ, First, I am not talking of advantages or disadvantages of Braille or technology. Lot of it has been already said. Second, to others lot of things may sound irrelevant, but for you, its just to give you experience of all situations which I have been in. For busy bosses, read it while

Re: [AI] Some doubts regarding Braille

2013-04-02 Thread Pranav Lal
Hi Nikita, snipp 2. for noting the phone numbers: I have made a telephone diary of all our offices in India whom aim suppose to call frequently from my desk phone. Of course I can take the number from the computer or my mobile but some time this diary is more handy. PL] Could you elaborate on when

Re: [AI] Some doubts regarding braille

2013-04-02 Thread Pranav Lal
Hi Ajay, I have been thinking along similar lines. Does Braille give me any additional information that speech can't? I do not have an answer to this question. Much depends on the kinds of documents you right and your learning style that is, do you learn better by speech or by touch? Yes, it may

Re: [AI] Some doubts regarding Braille

2013-04-02 Thread Himanshu Sahu
Subject: Re: [AI] Some doubts regarding braille Hello, Bhivani sir, Harish sir, Sandeep sir Many many thanks. Your opinions have given me a new path to explore. I want some more members to speak on this matter. Some younger ones as well. Thanks and regards On 4/2/13, Sandeep Singh

Re: [AI] Some doubts regarding Braille.

2013-04-02 Thread Ajay Minocha
Hi bro, Thanks a lot for cutting the short story long. My story has been allmost similar to you the only difference was, I didn't have any thing for note taking in my 12th standard. I generally use jaws at a speed of 70 to 75% while reading a document or studying. Otherwise, it is 85+. But I have

Re: [AI] Some doubts regarding Braille.

2013-04-02 Thread Padmanabham
is it possible to under stand the document at 70 to 75 speed? - Original Message - From: Ajay Minocha ajayminoc...@gmail.com To: accessindia@accessindia.org.in Sent: Wednesday, April 03, 2013 8:49 AM Subject: Re: [AI] Some doubts regarding Braille. Hi bro, Thanks a lot for cutting

Re: [AI] Some doubts regarding braille

2013-04-01 Thread bhawani shankar verma
this will help you to take short notes on your study. also to take handouts of your study matterials. anything you want to note instantly. any paragraph or part of a book, which you have to quote and unable to remember, you can right down it on braille and can read. unfortunately, computing

Re: [AI] Some doubts regarding braille

2013-04-01 Thread Kotian, H P
Dear Ajay In a corporate scenario, you will have to make many presentation and provide information or take notes. Taking notes can be done by alternative modes like taking it on laptops, recorders etc. you may have to go to your seniors and taking laptop all the time may not be feasible. It

Re: [AI] Some doubts regarding braille

2013-04-01 Thread Sandeep Singh
Dear Ajay, You can easily learn braille in a month. You can of course keep practicing later on and improve your reading and writing speeds. Learning writing is easier than reading but you can certainly do it in the specified time period and as Harish said it would be quite handy in many