Great! Folks, while providing suggestions, please be practical and think from everyone's prospective and not just visually impaired.
Regards, Srinivasu Chakravarthula | PayPal | @csrinivasu Sent from my iPhone 5C > On 19-Aug-2014, at 11:21, AICB <aicbdelhi.110...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Dear Colleagues, > > We are happy to inform you that yet again, > one of the initiatives taken by this Confederation for facilitating > accessibility to persons with visual impairment, is receiving active attention > from the concerned authorities. This > initiative launched by us relates to enabling visually impaired persons to > recognize with ease various currency notes and coins. We had moved > the office of the Chief > Commissioner for Persons with Disabilities for getting appropriate affirmative > action in the matter. > > As a result, we have now received the good > news that a meeting is being convened by the Ministry of Finance, Department > of > Economic Affairs under the Chairmanship of the Joint Secretary (C & > C). The meeting will take place on 21st August, 2014 at 11.00 a.m. > and will deliberate upon the following issues: > > i. Introduce Braille-like > signs/blind marks in currency; > and > ii. Review of the shape and size of coins. > > It will be a great help if you would kindly > let us have your suggestions/inputs on the above two issues by email so as to > reach us by 11.00 a.m. on 20th August. While doing so, you should not > forget a large > number of illiterate blind persons living in rural as well as urban areas. > Please send your comments to aicbde...@yahoo.com > > With Kind Regards > > J. L. Kaul > Recipient of Padma Shri Award 2014 > Secretary General > All India Confederation of the Blind > Braille Bhawan, > Sector-5, Rohini, > Delhi-110085 > Mob: 9810684208 > website: www.aicb.org.in > > > -- > BE HAPPY AND MAKE OTHERS HAPPY > M.Muthu Selvi > Officer, Allahabad Bank and Secretary, All India Confederation of the blind. > Email: muthump2...@gmail.com > Skype: muthump2007 > > > > 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.. 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..
