Thanks Kakarla sir for sharing across your district's happy saga. But in majority of mini districts across India, story is far from satisfactory. Specially, in northern and eastern India, fellow beings are far behind in availing internet facility. Further, it might sound as joke given acute poverty and other inescapable harsh realities in second most populated country like ours, But can't we lobby for fundamental entitlement of internet usage for visually challenged in India?
On 2/18/12, Kakarla Nageswaraiah <nageswara1...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hello, > Thanks to screen readers [some of them free and portable] and local > language TTS engines for computers and mobile phones, many visually > challenged are able to access the Net. In my District Kadapa, there's > a training centre for the blind, where the inmates experiment with > computers and cellphones, screen readers and TTS engines; watch TV on > the mobile and chat using Fring and Skype, etc. > Government employees make use of the office computers with internet > connectivity depending upon its availability and accessibility. > Regards. > > On 2/18/12, avinash shahi <shahi88avin...@gmail.com> wrote: >> Dear Listers >> >> I don't know exactly how many VI people living in India. >> But some statistics revealed, around 10 million. >> But in this age of global information and knowledge dissimination >> Shouldn't we have data available about how many people of us use internet? >> I would like to know people, >> is there any study has been undertaken to capture this fact for >> further fostering of internet usage among visually challenged? >> And respected moderator, can we know how many Indian visually >> challenged have joined this mailing list so far? >> digital divide causing them a lot. >> Thank you. >> >> >> >> -- >> "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 >> >> >> 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 >> >> > > > -- > కాకర్ల నాగేశ్వరయ్య > > > 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 > > -- "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 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
