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Follow below the Daily Eyeway Alerts: A 42 year old visually-impaired research scholar created a minor tension at the 23rd convocation function of Manomaniam Sundaranar University(MSU) by returning the degree certificate back to Governor, Rosaiah, on Saturday. As soon as the distribution of certificates begun R.Periyadurai, from Cheranmahadevi, who had completed his research on Folklore arrived at the stage with his certificate and returned the certificate back to the Governor. Officials at the stage were shocked for a moment but the security men of the Governor were quick to react and took him back. The tension subsided for a time being but after the convocation function he met the media and alleged that though the Supreme Court had ordered to provide 3 percentage reservation for differently-abled candidates the order has not been implemented by the University so far. Source: http://www.newindianexpress.com/states/tamil_nadu/Visually-impaired-Ph.D-Scholar-Returns-Back-Degree/2016/02/13/article3275317.ece. More at http://eyeway.org/?q=visually-impaired-phd-scholar-returns-back-degree A blind school teacher from India’s Jharkhand state surprised everyone by writing the Holy Qur'an in Braille language, Dunya News reported citing BBC Hindi news service. While pursuing her B.A, Nafees Tareen desired to read Holy Qur’an but none of the masters showed interest to educate her as she was blind. Later, a person identified as Hafiz Mohammad Taslim agreed to teach her the Qur’an. While reading the Qur’an she developed the intention of writing the Qur'an in Braille language to assist other blind people. Source: http://ummid.com/news/2016/February/11.02.2016/blind-woman-writes-hindi-translation-of-quran.html. More at http://eyeway.org/?q=blind-school-teacher-jharkhand-writes-hindi-translation-holy-qur%E2%80%99-braille With the entire new range of mobile phone sets coming without keypads which the visually impaired are finding a bit difficult to use, newer hardware and software are being evolved for their aid. Saksham, an NGO for the visually impaired, today distributed mobile phones to 33 students of Class XI. The phones were loaded with talking software Talkback loaded on them and a tactile screen guard on it for knowing the tentative location of the keys on the touch screen phone. Also, a three-day workshop was started by the NGO today at Mehr Chand Polytechnic wherein resource persons from Android had come to impart training to the students on using the software. Resource persons Sunil and Pradeep too are visually impaired. Source: http://www.tribuneindia.com/news/jalandhar/talking-software-tactile-screens-for-visually-impaired/195269.htmlMore at http://eyeway.org/?q=talking-software-tactile-screens-visually-impaired -- With warm regards, Helpdesk Team! Toll free: 1800 300 20469 Working days: Monday-Friday 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Website: www.eyeway.org Helpdesk id for queries: e...@eyeway.org What'sApp:Eyeway-9968329329 “There are no great people in this world, only great challenges which ordinary people rise to meet.”—William Frederick Halsey, Jr. Register at the dedicated AccessIndia list for discussing accessibility of mobile phones / Tabs on: http://mail.accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/mobile.accessindia_accessindia.org.in Search for old postings at: http://www.mail-archive.com/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/ To unsubscribe send a message to accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in 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..
