Re: [Ai] 188-year-old Kerala State Central library to be blind-friendly
Friends, Now a blind person can read almost all indian languages using a scanner. Real improvement should be in that direction and not the other way. tesseract engine with the support of lios can gives access to any library to the visually impaired totally free. On 9/27/17, r k sarin via Ai wrote: > Good news and even your previous posting regarding the blind girl in > Himachal Pradesh as an Icon. But, still both carry a sense of traditional > outlook about the blind persons and its programmes. I have no reservation > about music but blind person and music is in 21st century forces to think > why not anything else. Section for the library for the blind with the audio > > library again a traditional view which sincerely fails to involve the blind > > person too much--a lopsided way of facilitating the blind without involving > > him. I personally feel, may be wrong, mere hearing e-text without taking > notes in Braille so far the academic work is concerned, perhapes won't help > > much and I have to ask myself where I am. (purely perrsonal comments out of > > sheer personal experiences). > - Original Message - > From: "avinash shahi via Ai" > To: "ai" ; "jnuvision" > > Cc: "avinash shahi" > Sent: Monday, September 25, 2017 12:55 PM > Subject: [Ai] 188-year-old Kerala State Central library to be > blind-friendly > > >> http://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/188-year-old-kerala-state-central-library-to-be-blind-friendly-117092500286_1.html >> The 188-year-old Kerala State Central Library here, one of the oldest >> book houses in the country will soon have a separate wing for visually >> challenged bibliophiles. >> >> An exclusive 'Braille wing' will be opened soon adjacent to the main >> library building, located in the heart of the state capital, as part >> of the authorities' plans to make the 19th century institution >> differently-abled friendly. >> >> >> >> >> >> Popularly known as 'Trivandrum Public Library,' the heritage >> structure, housing one of the finest collections of rare titles >> starting from 16th century, was established in the year 1829. >> >> According to authorities, steps are already on to convert a room of >> the three-storey new building, being set up in front of the heritage >> Gothic style main structure, into the Braille wing. >> >> The Braille wing is envisaged to provide all modern amenities to help >> make visually impaired visitors comfortable. >> >> State librarian P K Sobhana said they would join hands with various >> outfits and organisations including Dehradun-based National Institute >> for the Visually Handicapped and Kerala Blind Association for the >> initiative. >> >> "Our new building is getting ready.. One of the major features of it >> will be the Braille section.. We are planning to open it in a room in >> the ground floor of the building," she told PTI. >> >> Besides books in Braille format, the new wing would also have an >> impressive collection of talking and audio books in various languages >> including English and Hindi besides Malayalam. >> >> "We think, the audio books will be more useful for the visually >> challenged people.. Not only that, it will also be a solution for the >> space constraints issues.. Usually Braille books will consume more >> space which we cannot afford," she said. >> >> The official said she would soon visit institutions including the >> National Association for the Blind in New Delhi which offer advanced >> facilities before giving a final shape to the plan. >> >> "In future, we also have plans to prepare audio books in Malayalam >> with the support of outfits in this regard," Sobhana added. >> >> An integral part of the state's cultural landscape, the Central >> Library has over five lakh titles and subscribe 300 periodicals. >> >> The book house had amazed several people including world renowned >> English writer William Somerset Maugham. >> >> Astonished by seeing the wide collection of world classics and >> continental literature, including his own works there, the writer, >> during his visit to the princely state of Tranvacore in 1938 had >> scribbled in the visitors' book that he was 'pleased and flattered.' >> >> Historians say, the library was ordered to be set up in 1829 by the >> Travancore royal Swathi Tirunal and renamed as State Central Library >> in 1958. >> >> Interestingly, the visionary ruler took the initiative to build one of >> the first public libraries in India, before even the famed Imperial >> Library of Calcutta was established. >> >> The task of organising the library was assigned to Col Edward Cadogan, >> the then British Resident and the grand son of Sir Hans Sloan, the >> founder of British Museum. >> >> The library was shifted to the present building in 1900 under the >> reign of Sri Moolam Thirunal, who built a structure of architectural >> beauty in the Gothic style in commemoration of the Diamond Jubilee of >> Queen Victoria. >> >> While the Public Library was handed ov
Re: [Ai] Dealing with inaccurately converted inaccessible PDFs
Dear friend, We use a totally free and open source platform. accessible coconut is an operating system like windows and that you can install it along with windows and can select which one you want. We have given accessibility even in installation process. lios will work only in linux platform. I will send you the details of its potentials if you wish so. As you have to use it on a new platform I asked you to the send for testing. On 8/22/17, tejas bendre via Ai wrote: > why not you meck a titorieal to how to use this engen with any screen > reader? > so all can try at own. > late me tell you I try already but I confuse. > so please make any audio for this. > thanks > Tejas > > On 8/21/17, Sath Linux via Ai wrote: >> Could you please send some of your images.There is tesseract engine >> which can read 11 languages of india including English and hindi. It >> works with free platform Ubuntu. My email is sath.li...@gmail.com >> >> On 8/20/17, shankar shan via Ai >> wrote: >>> hi rahul, >>> I can suggest you to open the pdf file from microsoft image viewer and >>> increase the font size and, save it. >>> then try converting the text document using find reader. >>> >>> this is not a solution, but, its just workaround. >>> >>> >>> >>> On 8/20/17, Rahul Bajaj via Ai >>> wrote: >>>> Hi Everyone, >>>> >>>> A large portion of the documents that I receive are in the form of >>>> inaccessible image-based PDFs. I use Fine Reader 11 to convert them >>>> into word documents. >>>> While the end product in some circumstances is more than 90% accurate, >>>> in some cases it is not more than 60-65%. >>>> As a result, at best, I am only able to understand the gist of what I >>>> am reading as opposed to the actual content. >>>> >>>> As lawyers, we are expected to pay a lot of attention to detail and it >>>> becomes difficult to make sense of documents whose level of accuracy >>>> is so less. >>>> At the same time, it is not feasible to get these documents, which run >>>> into tens of pages, read by human readers and I can typically read >>>> them twice as fast with a screen reader. >>>> So I'd be grateful if anyone could suggest ways of dealing with this >>>> problem. >>>> >>>> I have used Robo braille, and the level of accuracy that it offers is >>>> even lesser than what you get with Fine Reader. >>>> Will migrating to Fine Reader 14 or a different software help? >>>> >>>> Best, >>>> Rahul >>>> 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.. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> To check if the post reached the list or to search for old posting, >>>> reach: >>>> https://www.mail-archive.com/ai@accessindia.inclusivehabitat.in/maillist.html >>>> ___ >>>> >>>> >>>> Ai mailing list >>>> Ai@accessindia.inclusivehabitat.in >>>> http://accessindia.inclusivehabitat.in/mailman/listinfo/ai >>>> >>> 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.. >>> >>> >>> >>> To check if the post reached the list or to search for old posting, >>> reach: >>> https://www.mail-archive.com/ai@accessindia.inclusivehabitat.in/maillist.html >>> ___ >>> >>> >>> Ai mailing list >>> Ai@accessindia.inclusivehabitat.in >>> http://accessindia.inclusivehabitat.in/mailman/listinfo/ai >>> >> >> >> -- >> *Mob : +919446012215 >> FREE SOFTWARE FREE SOCIETY * >> 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 i
Re: [Ai] Reading pdf files
Are you talking of pdf image or text pdf. If it is pdf images there is free solution called lios which can read 11 languages of india including hindi English, .. Your daughter can use the printed books itself and again pdf also.My mail sath.li...@gmail.com Send some of your images so that I can convert them if you wish. On 8/10/17, jain_kanchan via Ai wrote: > > Hi, My daughter who is totally blind, gets her notes in printed form from > her college. Their printers are ready to provide me soft copy of the same. > But it is in pdf format as they prepare the material using coreldraw. Please > someone guide me how she can read pdf files. She is using jaws 18 in her > laptop.Regards, Kanchan Jain > > Sent from my Samsung Galaxy smartphone. -- *Mob : +919446012215 FREE SOFTWARE FREE SOCIETY * 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.. To check if the post reached the list or to search for old posting, reach: https://www.mail-archive.com/ai@accessindia.inclusivehabitat.in/maillist.html ___ Ai mailing list Ai@accessindia.inclusivehabitat.in http://accessindia.inclusivehabitat.in/mailman/listinfo/ai
Re: [Ai] Dealing with inaccurately converted inaccessible PDFs
Could you please send some of your images.There is tesseract engine which can read 11 languages of india including English and hindi. It works with free platform Ubuntu. My email is sath.li...@gmail.com On 8/20/17, shankar shan via Ai wrote: > hi rahul, > I can suggest you to open the pdf file from microsoft image viewer and > increase the font size and, save it. > then try converting the text document using find reader. > > this is not a solution, but, its just workaround. > > > > On 8/20/17, Rahul Bajaj via Ai wrote: >> Hi Everyone, >> >> A large portion of the documents that I receive are in the form of >> inaccessible image-based PDFs. I use Fine Reader 11 to convert them >> into word documents. >> While the end product in some circumstances is more than 90% accurate, >> in some cases it is not more than 60-65%. >> As a result, at best, I am only able to understand the gist of what I >> am reading as opposed to the actual content. >> >> As lawyers, we are expected to pay a lot of attention to detail and it >> becomes difficult to make sense of documents whose level of accuracy >> is so less. >> At the same time, it is not feasible to get these documents, which run >> into tens of pages, read by human readers and I can typically read >> them twice as fast with a screen reader. >> So I'd be grateful if anyone could suggest ways of dealing with this >> problem. >> >> I have used Robo braille, and the level of accuracy that it offers is >> even lesser than what you get with Fine Reader. >> Will migrating to Fine Reader 14 or a different software help? >> >> Best, >> Rahul >> 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.. >> >> >> >> To check if the post reached the list or to search for old posting, >> reach: >> https://www.mail-archive.com/ai@accessindia.inclusivehabitat.in/maillist.html >> ___ >> >> >> Ai mailing list >> Ai@accessindia.inclusivehabitat.in >> http://accessindia.inclusivehabitat.in/mailman/listinfo/ai >> > 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.. > > > > To check if the post reached the list or to search for old posting, reach: > https://www.mail-archive.com/ai@accessindia.inclusivehabitat.in/maillist.html > ___ > > > Ai mailing list > Ai@accessindia.inclusivehabitat.in > http://accessindia.inclusivehabitat.in/mailman/listinfo/ai > -- *Mob : +919446012215 FREE SOFTWARE FREE SOCIETY * 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.. To check if the post reached the list or to search for old posting, reach: https://www.mail-archive.com/ai@accessindia.inclusivehabitat.in/maillist.html ___ Ai mailing list Ai@accessindia.inclusivehabitat.in http://accessindia.inclusivehabitat.in/mailman/listinfo/ai
[Ai] I have become sighted that too with no cost.
Dear friends, now I can read my printed books and I have the perfect access to any library.I can read Malayalam, Hindi, English, Tamil, kannada and many other languages. I for the first time brought a weekly purchased and read it.a dream has become true. The most attractive thing is that I am not to spennd a single paise for it. Again, I have nobody to thank for supporting in such a fasion.. an open source ocr engine has helped me for it. It is revolutionary. thanking you Sathyan. -- *Mob : +919446012215 FREE SOFTWARE FREE SOCIETY * 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.. To check if the post reached the list or to search for old posting, reach: https://www.mail-archive.com/ai@accessindia.inclusivehabitat.in/maillist.html ___ Ai mailing list Ai@accessindia.inclusivehabitat.in http://accessindia.inclusivehabitat.in/mailman/listinfo/ai
Re: [Ai] purchasing a scanner and printer
Dear friend, It is most advised that you may select a linux accessible scanner so that you shall be able to read ordinary printed books using lios linux intellegent ocr solution. An excellent ocr solution for many languages including malayalam hindi tamil gujarathi etc is availablle in ubuntu latest.cannon lide 220 is one such scanner. Thanking you. sathyan On 6/17/17, Umesha S E via Ai wrote: > Dear friends, > > I want to buy a good quality scanner in reasonable price as my old > scanner is beyond repair. I have 2 models in my mind hp laserjet m1005 > and canon mf3010. both are multifunction i.e. scanner and printer and > laser printers. why I chose these is due to fact that they can scan > faster than my earlier hp scanjet 2400. also, the printer > functionality can be useful occasionally to print few pages and take > xerox instead of wandering to dtp and xerox shops. any other model can > also be suggested. > > Umesha S E > ___ > Ai mailing list > Ai@accessindia.inclusivehabitat.in > http://accessindia.inclusivehabitat.in/mailman/listinfo/ai > -- *Mob : +919446012215 FREE SOFTWARE FREE SOCIETY * To check if the post reached the list or to search for old posting, reach: https://www.mail-archive.com/ai@accessindia.inclusivehabitat.in/maillist.html___ Ai mailing list Ai@accessindia.inclusivehabitat.in http://accessindia.inclusivehabitat.in/mailman/listinfo/ai
