The sad thing is that, due to the dependence of help from far areas, often
the learning gets interupted and students forget what they have learned due
to the lack of practice. So, with the introduction of the new technology,
technical support should also be easily available.
Renuka E.,
Section Officer,
ICT Center for the Visually Challenged,
CHMKLibrary,
University of Calicut,
Kerala.
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From: "avinash shahi" <shahi88avin...@gmail.com>
To: "accessindia" <accessindia@accessindia.org.in>; "jnuvision"
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Sent: Sunday, February 05, 2012 12:08 PM
Subject: [AI] Software to aid visually impaired learn
Its a matter of great releif that some emancipatory news has been
covered from Nort east.
Software to aid visually impaired learn
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, February 03, 2012: Thanks to an innovative software
development, visually impaired students can now aspire to be
computer-savvy and compete with their visually unimpaired peers.
Speaking to The Sangai Express Hijam Kirankumar of Ideal Blind School,
Takyelpat expressed elation that recent introduction of Duxbury (JAWS)
software Braillo 440 Model Capacity at the School will enable the
visually impaired students to get acquainted with computer knowledge.
Hailing from Hailakandi of Assam and the elder of two male siblings
born to Hijam Khambaton, Kirankumar said he was introduced to the
Blind School by noted singer Sunita Nepram, herself visually impaired.
Informing that the Takyelpat School is the only institute in the North
East region out of 10 such institutes of the country enlisted by the
Union Ministry of Information for imparting computer education, the
Assam native confided that being visually impaired he often cursed
himself whenever his friends talked about computer and importance of
the technology in everyday life.
With his dream to be computer-literate about to materialise as minor
adjustments to the new software is still in the process, Kirankumar
conveyed gratitude to Sunita Nepram introducing him to the ideal Blind
School.
JAWS, which stands for Job Access With Speech, is said to be a
computer screen reader programme in Microsoft Windows that allows the
blind and visually impaired users to read the screen either with a
text-to-speech output or by a refreshable Braille display.
The software is produced by the Blind and Low Vision group of Freedom
Scientific, USA.
According to the School headmistress Y Durgabati Devi, the Institute
has six computers under the provision of the Union Ministry since 2003
but the gadgets were of insignificant use to the students as there is
paucity of fund for upgrading the technology.
Even though Braille 440 Model Capacity software was introduced to the
School in February 2010 and students were initially familiarised with
its usage the learning process is currently put on hold due to
technical error, said the headmistress adding that a computer expert
from New Delhi would be arriving soon to check the technical snag.
http://www.e-pao.net/GP.asp?src=6..040212.feb12
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"The best things and most beautiful things in the world Cannot be seen
or even touched. They must be felt within the heart." — Helen Keller
Avinash Shahi
M.A. Political Science
CPS JNU
New Delhi India
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