Source: Newz Hook <https://newzhook.com/story/22285>
A conversation with friends about the challenges faced by blind people in accessing education led Rakesh Kashyap to launch Kannada Pustaka, the first digital library of accessible Kannada textbooks. The library is empowering thousands of visually impaired students in Karnataka. Over the years, technology has proved to be of immense help to people with disabilities. New gadgets and assistive devices aid disabled people to do things independently in their day to day lives. When it comes to education, many people with disabilities, especially visually impaired have access to technology that helps them to pursue higher education without any hassles. Kannada Pustaka, an open online library of accessible Kannada audio textbooks, has come out with a text-to-speech project that aims to empower more visually impaired students. It's the brainchild of Rakesh Kashyap, who lives in Leeds, United Kingdom, and is an eco-physiologist. Read on to know more: https://newzhook.com/story/22285 Thanks & Regards Ramya Venkitesh |Head New Initiatives Newz Hook <http://www.newzhook.com/> Newz Hook is now on WhatsApp <https://newzhook.com/whatsapp> Celebrating Global accessibility Awareness day- May 16 2019 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..
