it is not sure that dog will bite from front only, I have seen here in delhi dogs where ever they be when they listen the sound of white cane they come running & bark hevealy at the blind person,. it is very difficult to safe by white cane from dogs atleast here in Delhi.
On 8/11/15, Ajay Minocha <ajayminoc...@gmail.com> wrote: > Not really > > On 8/11/15, George Abraham <geo...@eyeway.org> wrote: >> Not really sure! >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: AccessIndia [mailto:accessindia-boun...@accessindia.org.in] On >> Behalf >> Of Vamshi. G >> Sent: 11 August 2015 07:38 >> To: AccessIndia: a list for discussing accessibility and issues concerning >> the disabled. >> Subject: Re: [AI] “What if a blind person tapping his way down the street >> prods a ferocious dog with his white cane?” in TOI: >> >> Is the smart cane helpful in avoiding the danger of street dogs? >> >> On 8/10/15, sushmee...@voicevision.in <sushmee...@voicevision.in> wrote: >>> >>> http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/This-IIT-Delhi-professor-has-blind-peoples-problems-in-his-gunsight/articleshow/48384623.cms >>> >>> NEW DELHI: What if a blind person tapping his way down the street prods a >>> ferocious dog with his white cane? >>> >>> The scenario came up in a conversation between Dipendra Manocha, then >>> director of IT and services with National Association for the Blind, and >>> M >>> Balakrishnan, professor of computer science at IIT Delhi and an expert in >>> assistive technologies, back in 2005. It opened Balakrishnan's eyes to >>> the >>> dangers the visually-challenged face and he has been trying to create >>> smarter technologies for them ever since. >>> >>> Two of Balakrishnan's innovations — SmartCane and OnBoard — are hits >>> already >>> and his research group, AssisTech, has recently created books that let >>> blind >>> students "feel" figures and diagrams. For his efforts to improve the >>> lives >>> of visually chal lenged people, the professor has received Accessibility >>> Award 2015 in Category B for serving persons with disabilities. >>> >>> Balakrishnan's first efforts were directed at addressing the problem of >>> mobility, for which he started developing affordable devices that could >>> detect obstacles without contact. "Mobility is a vital aspect of access >>> to >>> education and work," he says. >>> >>> While developing OnBoard, for instance, he tried to make buses easily and >>> safely usable by the visually impaired. The handheld radio >>> frequency-based >>> system announces bus route numbers and guides users to the bus door. The >>> user presses one button to hear the route number, and another to select >>> it. >>> The 'select' button activates a speaker fitted near the bus door that >>> helps >>> the user board by following a voice. >>> >>> Balakrishnan's team tested On Board on IIT buses with schoolchildren from >>> National Association for Blind and women from Centre for Blind Women >>> before >>> a trial run in Mumbai that involved 25 BEST buses. "About 90% of the >>> users >>> were able to board the first bus on the route," he says. The team is >>> arranging funds to extend the trial to 1,000 more buses. >>> >>> Equally innovative are the three tactile books AssisTech has produced for >>> blind students. Until now, no Braille textbook in India had diagrams or >>> figures. Blind students learned Pythagoras' theorem without ever feeling >>> a >>> triangle."While there are Braille presses to print text, there are no >>> printing processes to make diagrams and figures. Learning happens by >>> rote," >>> says Balakrishnan. >>> >>> The Centre of Excellence in Tactile Graphics, set up as a part of >>> AssisTech, >>> has printed three books, one on physiology and anatomy , another on yoga, >>> and a collection of Indian maps showing political boundaries and terrain >>> for >>> NCERT.The books are being tried out in some schools and if they are found >>> useful, AssisTech will print more. >>> >>> "In countries like Japan, the visually impaired are trained in >>> physiotherapy >>> because their tactile sensation is brilliant. The country taps into this >>> potential, we don't," Balakrishnan says. >>> >>> His most popular creation to date is SmartCane, a device that can be >>> fitted >>> to white canes to detect obstacles in a three-metre range. 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