Please guide for how to register for diwanayan Narenfra
On Fri, 13 Sep 2019, 4:48 pm A K Dua, <akdu...@gmail.com> wrote: > Dear Friends, some friends have shown interest to know about Divya Nayan. I > am sure every V I person would want to know more about the device. Since i > have been associated with a demonstration of the device by C.S.I.O; here is > a clarification in simple language: > > > > Divya Nayan is a device with a shape of a pencil box, having sensors at the > bottom and two keypads on the top. The device is to be slid from to bottom > of the printed page, book or any other printed material. It takes a few > seconds to convert the scanned text into audio output. The text is read out > to you. The device supports ten languages including Hindi and Punjabi. > There are ports to insert USB drive and micro SD card. WiFi connectivity is > available for streaming news over radio, etc. you can call it a daisy/media > player with converting text to speech capabilities. > > > > The device will be made available after giving initial training/orientation > at major locations in the country. Since it is C.S.I.R project under the > Government of India; large scale production is likely to be entrusted after > seeing the response, through registration. No charges to be paid during > registration. You have the choice to return the device within a month, if > you purchase it after the training. > > > > Here is an excerpt from the latest communication received from C.S.I.O: > > > > CSIO, Chandigarh invites the participation of visually impaired people > and/or their associated institutions in Technology Intervention and > Validation for Inclusiveness (TIVI) programme via a portal, aligned with > the CSIR’s Harnessing Appropriate Rural Interventions and Technologies > (HARIT). > > This programme aims at Rural Intervention of Divya Nayan, to the > unprivileged such people in aspirational districts of various majorly > Indian states but not limited to Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan, and Bihar. It > would be implemented through a series of dedicated workshops designed to > train the users, making them familiar with the device functionality and > capable of using the device independently. > > Since there is a limited pilot production at first instance, therefore > users who register themselves for device training workshop will be > preferred for the initial distribution of devices. > > Further programme details are available at > https://divyanayan.csio.res.in/registration.php > > This portal allows visually impaired individuals and institutions > associated with such people for active participation in this activity. > > While a lot of other technical information including Audio Tutorials are > available at the same website's other pages at > https://divyanayan.csio.res.in/ > > > > Hope this will clarify most of the doubts about the usability and > functionality of the device, as well as payment terms. > > > 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.. > > 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..
