Re: [AI] First Look at Dragon NaturallySpeaking
I can testify to the increased accuracy of version 9 over version 8. Pranav To unsubscribe send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] 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
Re: [AI] most of the mails going to junk mail box
The usual procedure in such a case is to mark one of the e-mails has not junk. The program then remembers this and sends all subsequent e-mail from that source to the relevant folders. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of muffi Sent: Saturday, March 10, 2007 5:38 PM To: dattu agarwal; accessindia@accessindia.org.in Subject: Re: [AI] most of the mails going to junk mail box hi there, i am facing a similar problem. also all mails are being recieved by outlook express in dual copies as opposed to single copies. i too would like to get some help on this. cheers, Muffi - Original Message - From: "dattu agarwal" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Saturday, March 10, 2007 4:52 AM Subject: [AI] most of the mails going to junk mail box Hi members, most of the mails i receive are going to junk mail box. can anyone tell me the reason and how to avoid it? regards Dattu Agarwal. To unsubscribe send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] 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 To unsubscribe send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] 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 To unsubscribe send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] 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
Re: [AI] Prune your PC
No. The wizard will allow you to choose what data to delete. Also, it searches specific locations on the hard disk. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Salman Khalid Sent: Sunday, March 11, 2007 12:48 AM To: accessindia@accessindia.org.in Subject: Re: [AI] Prune your PC if we hit on disk clean up button, aren't we going to lose the all data in hard disk drives? - Original Message - From: "vishnu ramchandani" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Saturday, March 10, 2007 4:46 PM Subject: [AI] Prune your PC Prune your PC 1. Computers sometimes create temporary files as you're working or surfing the Internet. Temp files are usually created by programmes that need to store chunks of information (on a temporary basis) in order to function. To get rid of these files, open My Computer, select Properties, and click the Disk Cleanup button. Here. check the boxes for Temporary Files and Recycle Bin. Then just Click OK. Your computer will start up faster and launch programmes more quickly. 2. The cache is where your computer stores copies of websites you've visited. It helps to clear it out every four months. Otherwise, when you try to access a site, your machine first checks the cache to compare the stored version of the web page to the current page. Meanwhile, you have twiddle your thumbs, waiting for the site to load. To clear the cache and history files, go to Start menu, choose Settings, Control Panel, Internet Options. Under Temporary Internet Files, click Delete Files and Clear History. 3. Get rid of programmes you don't use. Go to Windows Start menu, choose Settings, select Control Panel. Choose Add/Remove to delete programmes you no longer use, or games you're tired of playing. 4. Sift through spyware. If you (and/or your kids) indulge a lot of net-surfing, chances are, you've picked up some spyware and adware along the way. These programmes track your actions and inundate you with annoying pop-up windows. To get rid of them, download a reputed spyware removal programme and run it regularly. __ Yahoo! India Answers: Share what you know. Learn something new http://in.answers.yahoo.com/ To unsubscribe send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] 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 To unsubscribe send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] 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 To unsubscribe send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] 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
Re: [AI] Prune your PC
Nor in any other operating system where this facility is available. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Vetrivel Murugan, Adhimoolam Sent: Sunday, March 11, 2007 3:49 AM To: accessindia@accessindia.org.in Subject: Re: [AI] Prune your PC Not in Windows XP. - Original Message - From: "Salman Khalid" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Saturday, March 10, 2007 11:17 AM Subject: Re: [AI] Prune your PC if we hit on disk clean up button, aren't we going to lose the all data in hard disk drives? - Original Message - From: "vishnu ramchandani" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Saturday, March 10, 2007 4:46 PM Subject: [AI] Prune your PC Prune your PC 1. Computers sometimes create temporary files as you're working or surfing the Internet. Temp files are usually created by programmes that need to store chunks of information (on a temporary basis) in order to function. To get rid of these files, open My Computer, select Properties, and click the Disk Cleanup button. Here. check the boxes for Temporary Files and Recycle Bin. Then just Click OK. Your computer will start up faster and launch programmes more quickly. 2. The cache is where your computer stores copies of websites you've visited. It helps to clear it out every four months. Otherwise, when you try to access a site, your machine first checks the cache to compare the stored version of the web page to the current page. Meanwhile, you have twiddle your thumbs, waiting for the site to load. To clear the cache and history files, go to Start menu, choose Settings, Control Panel, Internet Options. Under Temporary Internet Files, click Delete Files and Clear History. 3. Get rid of programmes you don't use. Go to Windows Start menu, choose Settings, select Control Panel. Choose Add/Remove to delete programmes you no longer use, or games you're tired of playing. 4. Sift through spyware. If you (and/or your kids) indulge a lot of net-surfing, chances are, you've picked up some spyware and adware along the way. These programmes track your actions and inundate you with annoying pop-up windows. To get rid of them, download a reputed spyware removal programme and run it regularly. __ Yahoo! India Answers: Share what you know. Learn something new http://in.answers.yahoo.com/ To unsubscribe send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] 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 To unsubscribe send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] 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 To unsubscribe send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] 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 To unsubscribe send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] 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
[AI] web accessibility
friends my office intranet page does not have link for next and previous pages. I want to suggest the needful technical adaptations to them. I know about w3c guidelines but plz specifically mention few of understandable changes to be incorporated. since I as a non technical person need to communicate with the technical people in the matter so would want to understand how to explain to them. 1. what should they do to make a link on the graphic of the icon for next and previous page? 2. how to provide for an edit box for comments? of course they will themselves be able to understand what I need, but in the process I want to learn. hope to get feedback from you all thanks and regards To unsubscribe send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] 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
Re: [AI] Prune your PC
You are not going to loose your any safe data while hitting disk clean up in any window system. - Original Message - From: "Vetrivel Murugan, Adhimoolam" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Sunday, March 11, 2007 3:48 AM Subject: Re: [AI] Prune your PC > Not in Windows XP. > > - Original Message - > From: "Salman Khalid" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: > Sent: Saturday, March 10, 2007 11:17 AM > Subject: Re: [AI] Prune your PC > > > if we hit on disk clean up button, aren't we going to lose the all data > in > hard disk drives? > > - Original Message - > From: "vishnu ramchandani" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: > Sent: Saturday, March 10, 2007 4:46 PM > Subject: [AI] Prune your PC > > > Prune your PC > > 1. Computers sometimes create temporary files as > you're working or surfing the Internet. Temp files are > usually created by programmes that need to store > chunks of information (on a temporary basis) in order > to function. To get rid of these files, open My > Computer, select Properties, and click the Disk > Cleanup > button. Here. check the boxes for Temporary Files and > Recycle Bin. > > Then just Click OK. Your computer will start up faster > and launch programmes more quickly. > > 2. The cache is where your computer stores copies of > websites you've visited. It helps to clear it out > every four months. Otherwise, when you try to access > a site, your machine first checks the cache to compare > the stored version of the web page to the current > page. Meanwhile, you have twiddle your thumbs, > waiting for the site to load. To clear the cache and > history files, go to Start menu, choose Settings, > Control Panel, Internet Options. Under Temporary > Internet Files, click Delete Files and Clear History. > > 3. Get rid of programmes you don't use. Go to Windows > Start menu, choose Settings, select Control Panel. > Choose Add/Remove to delete programmes you no longer > use, or games you're tired of playing. > > 4. Sift through spyware. If you (and/or your kids) > indulge a lot of net-surfing, chances are, you've > picked up some spyware and adware along the way. These > programmes track your actions and inundate you with > annoying pop-up windows. To get rid of them, download > a reputed spyware removal programme and run it > regularly. > > > > __ > Yahoo! India Answers: Share what you know. Learn something new > http://in.answers.yahoo.com/ > > To unsubscribe send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > 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 > > > To unsubscribe send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > 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 > > > To unsubscribe send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > 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 Send instant messages to your online friends http://in.messenger.yahoo.com To unsubscribe send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] 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
Re: [AI] First Look at Dragon NaturallySpeaking
It would be uncommonly good for our exams if permitted, I believe. Shadab Husain On 3/10/07, vishnu ramchandani <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > First Look at Dragon NaturallySpeaking > > Nuance Software's Dragon NaturallySpeaking Version 9 > improves accuracy of the voice recognition program. > > Keith Shaw, Network World > > The scoop: Dragon NaturallySpeaking Version 9, from > Nuance Software, pricing from US$100 to $200 (or > higher), depending on edition offered (basic, > preferred > or professional). > > What it is: The latest speech-recognition software > from Nuance, Version 9 of Dragon NaturallySpeaking > includes improved speech accuracy (company claims > 20 percent more accuracy than Version 8), support for > additional applications (including Mozilla Firefox and > Thunderbird), and less training required than > previous versions. With the software, users can > dictate letters and e-mails (with Outlook support, > among others), and conduct Web browsing by using their > voice instead of a keyboard. The professional version > came with an Andrea Electronics anti-noise headset > (microphone and headphone combination), so we > didn't need to use a third-party microphone (this may > vary with the other editions). > > Why it's cool: It's been a while since I looked at > speech-recognition software, and accuracy was > important to me. After a quick training session, in > which > I read some text and the software scanned some of my > columns and e-mails to assess my writing style, I was > ready to go. As long as I spoke relatively clear > and at a normal pace (Nuance recommends not speaking > slowly or too quickly), the software figured out what > I was saying. I also enjoyed being able to scan, > reply to and delete e-mails without having to use a > mouse and keyboard. When mistakes were made, I could > easily correct them. For heavy-duty users, the > advanced features, including letting you create custom > voice commands (macros) and specialized vocabulary > additions, were impressive. > > Some caveats: I think and type at the same time, so > when I write a column there are stretches when nothing > happens because I'm trying to think of the right > word or phrase. With speech, you have to know what you > want to say before you say it. While the editing > functions let you change words and phrases after > you're done with the initial dictation, it takes time > to get comfortable with the software. > > This version seemed to work only with Windows 2000 and > XP; we couldn't try this on a new Windows Vista > system, and it looked like Version 9 wouldn't be > available for Vista. > > > > __ > Yahoo! India Answers: Share what you know. Learn something new > http://in.answers.yahoo.com/ > > To unsubscribe send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] 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 > To unsubscribe send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] 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
Re: [AI] Prune your PC
Not in Windows XP. - Original Message - From: "Salman Khalid" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Saturday, March 10, 2007 11:17 AM Subject: Re: [AI] Prune your PC if we hit on disk clean up button, aren't we going to lose the all data in hard disk drives? - Original Message - From: "vishnu ramchandani" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Saturday, March 10, 2007 4:46 PM Subject: [AI] Prune your PC Prune your PC 1. Computers sometimes create temporary files as you're working or surfing the Internet. Temp files are usually created by programmes that need to store chunks of information (on a temporary basis) in order to function. To get rid of these files, open My Computer, select Properties, and click the Disk Cleanup button. Here. check the boxes for Temporary Files and Recycle Bin. Then just Click OK. Your computer will start up faster and launch programmes more quickly. 2. The cache is where your computer stores copies of websites you've visited. It helps to clear it out every four months. Otherwise, when you try to access a site, your machine first checks the cache to compare the stored version of the web page to the current page. Meanwhile, you have twiddle your thumbs, waiting for the site to load. To clear the cache and history files, go to Start menu, choose Settings, Control Panel, Internet Options. Under Temporary Internet Files, click Delete Files and Clear History. 3. Get rid of programmes you don't use. Go to Windows Start menu, choose Settings, select Control Panel. Choose Add/Remove to delete programmes you no longer use, or games you're tired of playing. 4. Sift through spyware. If you (and/or your kids) indulge a lot of net-surfing, chances are, you've picked up some spyware and adware along the way. These programmes track your actions and inundate you with annoying pop-up windows. To get rid of them, download a reputed spyware removal programme and run it regularly. __ Yahoo! India Answers: Share what you know. Learn something new http://in.answers.yahoo.com/ To unsubscribe send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] 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 To unsubscribe send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] 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 To unsubscribe send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] 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
Re: [AI] Prune your PC
if we hit on disk clean up button, aren't we going to lose the all data in hard disk drives? - Original Message - From: "vishnu ramchandani" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Saturday, March 10, 2007 4:46 PM Subject: [AI] Prune your PC Prune your PC 1. Computers sometimes create temporary files as you're working or surfing the Internet. Temp files are usually created by programmes that need to store chunks of information (on a temporary basis) in order to function. To get rid of these files, open My Computer, select Properties, and click the Disk Cleanup button. Here. check the boxes for Temporary Files and Recycle Bin. Then just Click OK. Your computer will start up faster and launch programmes more quickly. 2. The cache is where your computer stores copies of websites you've visited. It helps to clear it out every four months. Otherwise, when you try to access a site, your machine first checks the cache to compare the stored version of the web page to the current page. Meanwhile, you have twiddle your thumbs, waiting for the site to load. To clear the cache and history files, go to Start menu, choose Settings, Control Panel, Internet Options. Under Temporary Internet Files, click Delete Files and Clear History. 3. Get rid of programmes you don't use. Go to Windows Start menu, choose Settings, select Control Panel. Choose Add/Remove to delete programmes you no longer use, or games you're tired of playing. 4. Sift through spyware. If you (and/or your kids) indulge a lot of net-surfing, chances are, you've picked up some spyware and adware along the way. These programmes track your actions and inundate you with annoying pop-up windows. To get rid of them, download a reputed spyware removal programme and run it regularly. __ Yahoo! India Answers: Share what you know. Learn something new http://in.answers.yahoo.com/ To unsubscribe send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] 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 To unsubscribe send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] 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
Re: [AI] off topic but good
excellent, thanks kanchan for this posting. Even though as you say, I am afraid it would be very difficult to object to this. - Original Message - From: "Pamnani" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Thursday, March 08, 2007 3:41 PM Subject: [AI] off topic but good > Yes I know its off topic but I will take my chances by apolagising before > you read this but do read it. > Kanchan > On Nov. 18, 1995, Itzhak Perlman, the >>violinist, came on stage to give a concert at Avery >>Fisher Hall at Lincoln Center in New York City. If >>you have ever been to a Perlman concert, you know >>that getting on stage is no small achievement for >>him. He was stricken with polio as a child, and so >>he has braces on both legs and walks with the aid of >>two crutches. To see him walk across the stage one >>step at a time, painfully a nd slowly, is an awesome >>sight. >> >> He walks painfully, yet majestically, until he >>reaches his chair. Then he sits down, slowly, puts >>his crutches on the floor, undoes the clasps on his >>legs, tucks one foot back and extends the other foot >>forward. Then he bends down and picks up the violin, >>puts it under his chin, nods to the conductor and >>proceeds to play. >> >> By now, the audience is used to this ritual. >>They sit quietly while he makes his way across the >>stage to his chair. They remain reverently silent >>while he undoes the clasps on his legs. They wait >>until he is ready to play. >> >>But this time, something went wrong. Just as >>the finished the first few bars, one of the strings >>on his violin broke. You could hear it snap - it >>went off like gunfire across the room. There was no >>mistaking what that sound meant. There was no >>mistaking what he had to do. We figured that he >>would have to get up, put on the clasps again, pick >>up the crutches and limp his way off stage - to >>either find another violin or else find another >>string for this one. But he didn't. Instead, he >>waited a moment, closed his eyes and then signaled >>the conductor to begin again. >> >> The orchestra began, and he played from where >>he had left off. And he played with such passion and >>such power and such purity as they had never heard >>before. >> >> Of course, anyone knows that it is impossible >>to play a symphonic work with just three strings. I >>know that, and you know that, but that night Itzhak >>Perlman refused to know that. You could see him >> modulating, changing,re-composing the piece in his head. >>At one point, itsounded like he was de-tuning the strings to get new >>sounds from them that they had never made before. >>When he finished, there was an awesome silence in >>the room. And then people rose and cheered. There >>was an extraordinary outburst of applause from every >>corner of the auditorium. We were all on our feet, >>screaming and cheering, doing everything we could to >>show how much we appreciated what he had done. >> >> He smiled, wiped the sweat from this brow, >>raised his bow to quiet us, and then he said - not >>boastfully, but in a quiet, pensive, reverent tone - >>"You know, sometimes it is the artist's task to find >>out how much music you can still make with what you >>have left." >> >> What a powerful line that is. It has stayed in >>my mind ever since I heard it. And who knows? >>Perhaps that is the definition of life - not just >>for artists but for all of us. Here is a man who has >>prepared all his life to make music on a violin of >>four strings, who, all of a sudden, in the middle of >>a concert, finds himself with only three strings; so >>he makes music with three strings, and the music he >>made that night with just three strings was more >>beautiful, more sacred, more memorable, than any >>that he had ever made before, when he had four >>strings. >> >> So, perhaps our task in this shaky, >>fast-changing, bewildering world in which we live is >>to make music, at first with all that we have, and >>then, when that is no longer possible, to make music >>with what we have left. > Kanchan Pamnani > Advocate & Solicitor > 9, Suleman Chambers, > Battery Street, Colaba, > Mumbai - 400 039. > > > To unsubscribe send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > 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 To unsubscribe send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] 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
[AI] (no subject)
This is a real incident that happened in a local hospital in Bangalore, India. A 4 year old girl was admitted due to leg fracture. As it was an open fracture, she had to undergo an operation to stitch the protruding bone back in place. Though it was quite a minor operation, she was hooked on to life support system, as a part of the process. The doctors had to input some data prior to the operation to suit different conditions. Thereafter, the operation proceeded. Half way through the process, the life support system suddenly went dead. The culprit: - Some one was using his/her hand-phone outside the operation theatre. And the frequency had affected the system. They tried to track the fellow but to no avail. The little girl, young and innocent as she was, died soon after. * Message*: "Be compassionate! Do not use your hand phone /mobiles especially at any hospitals or within the Aircraft or any places where you are told not to use it.. You might not be caught in the act, but you might have killed someone without knowing". Sometimes it's a matter of Life & Death Please pass this to as many, since most of us are just not aware of the seriousness of this issue. Please Don't Delete. Please Send this to all your contacts and help save a life. To unsubscribe send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] 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
Re: [AI] about talking typing tutor
Dear Pranav, Thanks a lot. i will download and get back to you. regards, rajesh. - Original Message - From: "Pranav Lal" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Monday, March 05, 2007 6:00 AM Subject: Re: [AI] about talking typing tutor > www.aph.org > > > To unsubscribe send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > 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 Send instant messages to your online friends http://in.messenger.yahoo.com To unsubscribe send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] 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
[AI] Govt plans web-based translation facility to overcome linguistic limitations
Govt plans web-based translation facility to overcome linguistic limitations NEW DELHI: Internet users will soon be able to utilise the virtual world to overcome their linguistic limitations with the Department of Information Technology planning a Web-based translation facility next year. The facility, to be launched in October 2008, would not only help people to translate from English to regional languages, but also edit scanned or handwritten documents on tablet personal computers. The Department of Information Technology is working on the web-based machine translation facility for English to Indian and in between local languages, which it hopes to complete by October 2008, DIT Joint Secretary Pankaj Agrawala said. "The five mission mode projects to enable machine translation facility will be complete in 18 months from now. In six months we will launch some version of it," Agrawala said. The domains of the five mission mode projects are tourism and health, he said, adding the project on completion can be customised for individuals and can be used through internet by common man. These mission mode projects include development of machine translation from English to six Indian languages and bi-directional translation of nine Indian languages. It also includes 'cross lingual information access', in which query results would be available in Hindi, English and one of the six Indian languages. With the help of the machine further modules would be developed that would, with artificial intelligence technology, enable a person speaking one language to converse with a person with the knowledge of another language. As many as 23 academic, R&D institutions and private corporates are working in a consortium, which includes Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC), an autonomous scientific society, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) and Indian Institute of Science. The facility would also contain optical character recognition for ten Indian scripts enabling editing of scanned document and online handwriting recognition system for six Indian scripts. __ Yahoo! India Answers: Share what you know. Learn something new http://in.answers.yahoo.com/ To unsubscribe send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] 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
Re: [AI] most of the mails going to junk mail box
hi there, i am facing a similar problem. also all mails are being recieved by outlook express in dual copies as opposed to single copies. i too would like to get some help on this. cheers, Muffi - Original Message - From: "dattu agarwal" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Saturday, March 10, 2007 4:52 AM Subject: [AI] most of the mails going to junk mail box Hi members, most of the mails i receive are going to junk mail box. can anyone tell me the reason and how to avoid it? regards Dattu Agarwal. To unsubscribe send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] 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 To unsubscribe send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] 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
[AI] Prune your PC
Prune your PC 1. Computers sometimes create temporary files as youre working or surfing the Internet. Temp files are usually created by programmes that need to store chunks of information (on a temporary basis) in order to function. To get rid of these files, open My Computer, select Properties, and click the Disk Cleanup button. Here. check the boxes for Temporary Files and Recycle Bin. Then just Click OK. Your computer will start up faster and launch programmes more quickly. 2. The cache is where your computer stores copies of websites youve visited. It helps to clear it out every four months. Otherwise, when you try to access a site, your machine first checks the cache to compare the stored version of the web page to the current page. Meanwhile, you have twiddle your thumbs, waiting for the site to load. To clear the cache and history files, go to Start menu, choose Settings, Control Panel, Internet Options. Under Temporary Internet Files, click Delete Files and Clear History. 3. Get rid of programmes you dont use. Go to Windows Start menu, choose Settings, select Control Panel. Choose Add/Remove to delete programmes you no longer use, or games youre tired of playing. 4. Sift through spyware. If you (and/or your kids) indulge a lot of net-surfing, chances are, youve picked up some spyware and adware along the way. These programmes track your actions and inundate you with annoying pop-up windows. To get rid of them, download a reputed spyware removal programme and run it regularly. __ Yahoo! India Answers: Share what you know. Learn something new http://in.answers.yahoo.com/ To unsubscribe send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] 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
[AI] Search Mash
Search Mash Keith Shaw, Network World Google is passé. Yes, you heard me right. The day of the Google search engine is nearly over. Says who, you may ask? Well, it wasn't me, but it was actually Google themselves. Yes, that's right. Unknown to most of us, Google for some time now has been trying out a new format for their next generation search engine. No, it's no longer Google. For whatever reasons, they have named it SearchMash. In fact, unless you go to their Terms of Service page, you won't be able to figure out that it has anything to do with Google at all. Okay, so what's so different about this new search engine? Well, let's find out! The basic idea is the same. There is a text box in which you type in your query and press Enter. Notice there's no "I am feeling lucky" button anymore. Once the results come up, to start with, you won't see all those adsense ads that cram up toward the right when you search for something on Google. This page is totally ad free. Secondly, this is quite an improvement over the Google search engine. A search in SearchMash won't bring up tons of irrelevant results like it happens in Google, especially for searches with longer queries. The good thing for tenured Google users is that the syntax and the way of Googling works the same on SearchMash. You can use wildcards, quotes plus signs and the other operators that you presently use to customize your Google searches. In the image below, you can see how it all works. As you can see, it goes along with the tried and trusted Google search results format. Click on the link that says "Hide Details" and it will hide all the text in an instant, showing you only the links and the Web sites from where the links are originating. This is really cool, especially if you know the exact Web site you are looking for. Since the link and the Web site addresses are color coded, it's even easier to go through the page in a jiffy. Now, one feature I really love about SearchMash is the little panel to the right. Remember those tabs up on top of the Google search box? Yes, the ones that let you search the images and new Google groups, etc. Well, the same functionality is presented here too, however, it's in a different, much more friendlier format. As you can see, along with the regular search results that were pulled up, there is also a small panel where you can see other related material. For instance, if you click on the plus sign next to the images, another small panel will drop down with pictures related to your search query, which in this case was "Goo Goo Dolls" (the band). Similarly, if you click on the plus sign next to the blogs, you will be presented with links to some blogs whose primary content is about the Goo Goo Dolls. I clicked on the plus sign next to videos and it showed me a screenshot from the videos, which also links to that particular video. To see more video results about the search query you put in, you can click on the "See Video Results" link. Another cool thing about this panel is the Wikipedia link. It shows you all of the Wikipedia pages related to your search query. Is that cool or what?! You don't need to click on another tab or wait for a new page to load. Simply click on the plus sign and you'll see instant results. Since this is a new venture from Google and it is in its test stages, you can also give your feedback on its performance. At the bottom right, there's another panel where you can give a positive or a negative feedback to the efficiency of this system. This is beneficial to Google, as it will help them develop SearchMash into an even better finished product. As much as I love Google, I am truly enjoying this new search engine and the new, much more friendly format. I can't wait for Google to unveil the final product. Until then, go give it a spin. Maybe you'll love it as much as I do! __ Yahoo! India Answers: Share what you know. Learn something new http://in.answers.yahoo.com/ To unsubscribe send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] 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
Re: [AI] Needed braille diagram printing drawings.
Hello Prashant, I have been sent such braille diagrams by Hadley School for the Blind, Winnetka in 1989, after I successfully completed my certificate course in 'GENERAL SCIENCE' from there, as gift. Actually these books are in 10 volumes and much bulky to send or carry it anywhere. You may forward your request there. [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Original Message - From: "Prashant Naik" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Friday, March 09, 2007 6:25 PM Subject: [AI] Needed braille diagram printing drawings. > Hello, > > > > Does any of the A I member has got images or diagrams in science and > mathematics for Braille diagram printing? These diagrams can be properly > outlined images or drawings of different science practicals, > geometrical/mathematical explanation images and different maps. If it is > available with anyone or with any institute, please let us know. Images > can > be in .bmp, .jpeg or any image files. > > > > Thank and regards, > > Prashant Naik > To unsubscribe send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > 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 Send instant messages to your online friends http://in.messenger.yahoo.com To unsubscribe send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] 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
[AI] Your personal computer, on the web
Your personal computer, on the web Reuters Heres another option for road warriors that believe in travelling light: Operating systems that run within the confines of your web browser (Internet Explorer, Firefox). With such a service, you could access your data from any internet-connected device, anywhere in the world since everything would be online. An online operating system (OLOS), also known as webOSs, is one that runs inside your web browser and can contain various features and functions within it, like online storage space, chat clients, calendar, MP3 player, RSS reader and so on. Most of these online operating systems are built using Flash, which makes the whole experience very intuitive. Here are three of the most promising ones: DesktopTwo: Though DesktopTwo (www.desktoptwo.com) is in the beta stage, you will be astonished with the features it offers. What you have at your disposal is 1 GB of online space, website editor, and support for POP email, blogging and MP3 player to name a few. You can also read your documents, including file formats such as pdf, doc (Word files), xls and ppt (PowerPoint files) and chat directly with other DesktopTwo users using the chat client, Live. Once you sign up at the site you can straightway make use of your new email address, @desktoptwo.com. To access your page, simply log in. Here you can choose to either go in for a windowed, full screen or a current window view. Unfortunately, each time we tried to log in while using both Firefox and IE, we were greeted only by an error message. Glide: Glide (www.glidedigital.com) is another Flash-based online OS that offers features almost similar to DesktopTwo. As far as registration goes there are different options to choose from, including ones that will cost you money. The free plans include the Free Individual and the Free Family plans. While the former offers 300 MB of online space, the latter offers 1 GB of online space and supports four users. The plans go all the way up to Family Premium yearly, where you are offered 8 GB of online space and support for up to eight users for $149.95 a year. For free users, during the registration process, you will need to provide your cellphone number on which you will receive a six-digit code via SMS. Goowy: As the site (www.goowy.com) mentions, the creators chose to call this webOS Goowy so that it can be playful and easy to remember at the same time. This is another neat looking web-based operating system with useful applications and games. Other features include file-uploading facility, RSS reader, instant messaging, bookmarks and so on. To register, you simply need to fill in a few details on the main page. The whole process is real quick and within seconds you can access your online OS page. Of all the three online OSs we took a look at, we found this one to be most rich and easy to operate. But there are a few interface glitches that hopefully will be fixed soon. __ Yahoo! India Answers: Share what you know. Learn something new http://in.answers.yahoo.com/ To unsubscribe send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] 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
[AI] So much data, so little space
So much data, so little space AP Boston: A new study that estimates how much digital information the world is generating (hint: a lot) finds that for the first time, theres not enough storage space to hold it all. Good thing we delete some stuff. The report, by the technology research firm IDC, sought to account for all the ones and zeros that make up photos, videos, e-mails, Web pages, instant messages, phone calls and other digital content zipping around. The researchers also assumed that on average, each digital file gets replicated three times. Add it all up and IDC determined that the world generated 161 billion gigabytes - 161 exabytes - of digital information last year. Oh, the equivalents! Thats like 12 stacks of books that each reach from the Earth to the sun. Or you might think of it as 3 million times the information in all the books ever written, according to IDC. Youd need more than 2 billion of the most capacious iPods on the market to get 161 exabytes. What they calculated The IDC numbers included content as it was created and as it was reproduced - for example, as a digital TV file was made and every time it landed on a screen. If IDC tracked original data only, its result would have been 40 exabytes. For one thing, said IDC analyst John Gantz, its important to understand the effects of the factors behind the information explosion - such as the profusion of surveillance cameras and regulatory rules for corporate data retention. In fact, the supply of data technically outstrips the supply of places to put it. IDC estimates that the world had 185 exabytes of storage available last year and will have 601 exabytes in 2010. But the amount of stuff generated is expected to jump from 161 exabytes last year to 988 exabytes in 2010. Two researchers, James Short and Roger Bohn of the University of California, who were not involved in the study said that because IDC used many of its own internal market analyses, the work will be hard to replicate and confirm. Bohn said it would be wise to take IDCs figures with a certain grain of salt, but he added: I dont think the numbers are going to turn out to be wildly off target. __ Yahoo! India Answers: Share what you know. Learn something new http://in.answers.yahoo.com/ To unsubscribe send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] 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
[AI] Rediff offers free unlimited storage
Rediff offers free unlimited storage Email users the world over have never had it so good. The days of limited and paid email storage appear to be finally coming to an end. While Yahoo, Google, AOL and others have been offering their members paid unlimited email storage, Rediff.com today announced it will offer its users free unlimited storage space on Rediffmail with immediate effect. This means that existing and new Rediffmail users need not worry about deleting messages and can download video or music files to their hearts content. Of course, the US-based mail2world.com and Korean email services provider DreamWiz are among the few that already offer free unlimited email. The business logic is simple. Hook the users with the unlimited storage carrot (since users seldom like to pay for email usage - remember what happened to the VSNL paid email accounts), increase the hits on the website and demand more bang for the advertising buck. Rediff.com, for instance, has about 50.66 million users (as of December 31, 2006) - a 23 per cent increase over the corresponding periods figure last year. The company believes the number of hits on the site will increase substantially. Ajit Balakrishnan, chairman and founder, Rediff.com, said, With the phenomenal growth of broadband penetration, usage for storage and sharing of multimedia files has increased. We have solved the problem of storage and capacity and hope that bandwidth availability will also follow. With this announcement, we are aiming to make Rediffmail as the preferred email for users rather than the second or the third choice, added Manish Agarwal, VP-marketing, Rediff.com. A few months ago, in order to attract consumers, it had announced Rediffmail Plus, a subscription-based service that offers a variety of premium features with 2GB of storage space. The free version users had 1GB of free storage space. However, theres a cost attached to the plan. This means Rediff.com will need to have a storage and back-up infrastructure that will be capable of handling the increasing data. We have been working on this for the last two years and have created a sturdy infrastructure and invested enough in servers and storage systems, adds Balakrishnan. To provide continuous back-up (data redundancy) to users, Rediff.com portal has tied-up with service providers such as VSNL, Reliance, Sify, and Bharti. Each of these rooms, which is being rented out by Rediff.com, will have high-tech server racks and the requisite security systems. Back-up will be done periodically either daily or weekly which will be again stored on discs and kept in some other area, said Balakrishnan. The technology is built using web services, self-managed storage control units and large distributed storage clusters. While the management is not ready to discuss figures, a back-of-the-envelope calculation reveals that it will require terabytes of storage capacity (costing crores of rupees) to make this happen. And they have competition on hand. Google is already said to be testing a new storage service codenamed Gdrive or Platypus. Others are sure to follow suit soon. __ Yahoo! India Answers: Share what you know. Learn something new http://in.answers.yahoo.com/ To unsubscribe send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] 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
[AI] Password protected
Password protected If youve got too many passwords and usernames to remember and your brain cant take this data overload, RoboForm developed by Siber Systems might just be the answer to your problems. Its a free software that does the remembering for you. It memorises your login id and password the first time you log onto an account, and then automatically fills in the details when you visit the site again. the data is stored as a passcard that can be accessed and changed easily. All you have to remember is one master password that you key in when you log on to your PC. RoboForm can also fill in those tedious online registration forms. Security is pretty air-tight - all data is encrypted on your PC. Youre less likely to fall for phishing scams as the software does not fill in passwords on imposter websites, and youre safe from keystroke Trojans as you wont be manually typing in the data. The software costs about Rs1,300 ($30) and has a free 30-day trial. After that, you can still use it, though there are some limitations - the main one being that it will store only 10 passcards. Even then its a good deal. You can download it at www.roboform.com. Once installed, it creates a taskbar on the internet browser from where you operate. If youre on Gmail, a tab on the taskbar will read Google. When you click on it your login box gets filled. Its compatible with Internet Explorer, but Firefox users will need to install a plug-in. __ Yahoo! India Answers: Share what you know. Learn something new http://in.answers.yahoo.com/ To unsubscribe send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] 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
[AI] HC cancels blind mans typing test
HC cancels blind mans typing test Mumbai Mirror Directs J J Hospital board to re-examine Gajanan Sonawane according to Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment guidelines Sonawane claims his job application was rejected stating that he was 100 per cent blind when his handicap was just 75 per cent Gajanan Sonawanes perseverence has got the better of his handicap. The Bombay High Court, in his case against Maharashtra Housing and Development Authority (MHADA), ruled that he wont be made to type in the courtroom. The court also directed Sonawane to be sent for re-examination to the medical board of J J Hospital again with added instructions. The division bench of Justices J N Patel and S C Dharmadhikari ruled that while evaluating Sonawanes eligibility, the board shall keep in mind the guidelines issued by the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment in this regard. The bench also directed that Sonawane should be classified in a particular category as per the terms given in the notification. This is to ensure the correct percentage of vision in each eye. The court also directed the respondents to reconsider the case of the petitioner on humanitarian grounds. In case the board, on re-examination, finds him suitable for the post and potentially capable of using vision for execution of a task with the aid an appropriate device, then it must consider reccommending Sonawanes case for appointment to this post. Im relieved that the court has accepted my plea for re-examination. Im sure that with the set guidelines, I will definitely get a clearance this time from the medical board, said Sonawane. Petitioners advocate Nitin Vhatkar said, Im glad Sonawane has got justice. With the instruction added to his re-examination order, he will get this job. The court has asked the board to submit a fresh medical report within two weeks. The case so far Gajanan Sonawane, a student of Siddharth College, applied for a job with MHADA in October 2006. He carried a certificate from Sion Hospital saying he was 75 per cent blind. He also cleared the government commercial certificate examination for typing with a speed of 30/40 words in Marathi/English. Sonawane appeared for the written test and oral interview in November and cleared both. On seeing an advertisement in January 2007 in which MHADA sought applications for the same post, he sought a clarification. MHADA said he had been disqualified on the basis of a medical report submitted by a three-member board headed by Dr T P Lahane, head of the opthalmic department, J J Hospital. Sonawane immediately moved court. The case came up for hearing on February 12, before a division bench comprising justices J N Patel and S C Dharmadhikari. During the proceedings, Dr Lahane filed an affidavit saying Sonawane is 100 per cent blind and not fit for the post. The petitioners advocate Nitin Vhatkar, however, pointed out that the affidavit did not explain what 100 per cent blind meant. __ Yahoo! India Answers: Share what you know. Learn something new http://in.answers.yahoo.com/ To unsubscribe send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] 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
[AI] From floppy to flash
>From floppy to flash The 3½-inch black square is no more. The floppy disk, the system administrators long-forgotten pet, was recently shelved from the counters of superstores in the developed world. At the end of its short lifespan, just over a decade long, the humble floppy was overthrown by an all-out assault. Its bits began to be stretched to pieces by mp3s and video files. Physically it was lynched by the compact disc, left in the dust by the DVD and is now nothing but a relic as high-capacity USB thumb drives proliferate. The USB flash drive may be as small as a locket, but can carry 1,000 times more information than a floppy disk. Often called, jump, pocket or pen drives, most of them can hold about 2GB of data. But even these nifty storage devices had their limitations. While they can store hundreds of audio files, Word documents, etc, they cannot run applications. This has changed with the smart drive - using U3 technology developed by SanDisk and M-Systems - that lets you launch applications from one computer to another with minimum hassles. Smart drives have storage capacity ranging from 256MB to 4GB, and will run on Windows 2000, XP and newer operating systems like Vista. As of 2006, 3½-inch drives are still available on many desktop PC systems, although it is usually now an optional extra or has to be bought and installed separately. __ Yahoo! India Answers: Share what you know. Learn something new http://in.answers.yahoo.com/ To unsubscribe send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] 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
[AI] Google Mail Gets a "Mail Fetcher
Google Mail Gets a "Mail Fetcher Google has announced a new innovative feature called "Mail Fetcher" that allows Gmail to fetch mail from any of the user's other non Gmail accounts. With "Mail Fetcher," multiple email account users will find it easier and more convenient to manage all their mails from one place. The feature needs to be configured before use, and the user needs to follow a few simple steps: 1) Click 'Settings' on any Gmail page 2) Click 'Accounts' 3) Click 'Add another mail account' in the 'Get mail from other accounts' section 4) Enter full email address of the account/s to be accessed 5) Click 'Next Step' 6) Enter Password (Gmail will populate Username and POP Server fields when possible, based on email address) 7) Decide on: leaving a copy of retrieved messages on the server; always using a secure connection (SSL) when retrieving mail; labeling incoming messages; and archiving incoming messages 8) Click 'Add Account' 9) Once the account has been added successfully, there is an option for setting it as a custom 'From Address' As of now, users can add up to 5 email accounts to their Gmail account. Meanwhile, there could be skepticism with respect to privacy issues while using this feature. __ Yahoo! India Answers: Share what you know. Learn something new http://in.answers.yahoo.com/ To unsubscribe send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] 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
[AI] Gmail finally opens to all
Gmail finally opens to all Google dropped the invitation-only restriction for its Gmail e-mail service on Wednesday, one of its linchpin applications complementing its popular search engine. Google launched Gmail in April 2004, and the company has been steadily integrating new features, but the service is still labeled a beta release. It includes Google Talk, an instant messaging program, and a calendar, plus other features such as spam filtering. Gmail users previously had to pass along invitations to others so they could register for the service. The company has positioned Gmail as a gateway to other online offerings by displaying links to its Picasa photo sharing service and Docs and Spreadsheets, a word processing and spreadsheet application. Google has concentrated on building its infrastructure for its service-based offerings. As of Wednesday, Gmail offered users about 2.8GB of storage space for e-mail, one of the more generous limits for free services. __ Yahoo! India Answers: Share what you know. Learn something new http://in.answers.yahoo.com/ To unsubscribe send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] 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
[AI] Fring brings cheap voice to mobile phones
Fring brings cheap voice to mobile phones Reuters TEL AVIV: An Israeli start-up company called Fring has beaten Skype to the market with a recently launched mobile phone and chat service that enables callers to make free or very cheap Internet calls around the world. Fring gives away a free software package that uses the wireless Internet connection on advanced mobile phones to establish a phone call, similar to how Skype brought free Internet calls to personal computers. Fring works with any wireless broadband connection on a phone, including short-range Wi-Fi networks or third generation (3G) cellular networks. Fring callers can connect to users of other services like Skype, Google Talk and MSN Messenger sitting behind a computer. "We are an open communications platform," Avi Shechter, co-founder and chief executive of Fring, a company founded in 2004, said. The application poses a threat to mobile operators, just like fixed line operators have felt the impact from Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) over fixed broadband Internet. Market research group Analysys said Skype and similar services would rob the traditional telephony market of as much as $18.2 billion of revenues by 2011, equivalent to 5.4 per cent of the global fixed telephony market. Fring currently works with a range of Nokia handsets only. The company said it will be on other branded phones soon. The start-up comes from some of the people who helped set off the instant messaging revolution with ICQ in the 1990s. Shechter was co-general manager of Israeli start-up Mirabilis, the maker of ICQ which was bought by AOL in 1998. One of the investors in Fring is high-tech veteran Yossi Vardi, the founding investor in Mirabilis. Other investors in Fring are Israeli venture capital firms Veritas and Pitango. Shechter would not say how much the company has raised in its first round of investment but said it would likely raise more money later this year. Shechter said he has already used Fring to talk on his cell phone on airplanes, saying that anyone with a Wi-Fi enabled phone can talk for free to other Fring users from anywhere a Wi-Fi wireless broadband connection is available, such as in the office or at a public hotspot. Otherwise, users can utilise 3G data packages instead of GSM talk minutes. Fring consumes 10.8 mb for 60 minutes of mobile VoIP. Depending on the price of a wireless Internet broadband package from mobile operators, Fring estimates that on average a Fring call is 97 percent cheaper than a local GSM call. As with ICQ, Fring users can see which of their friends are online and who is talking on the phone. "This presence indication is one of the most important things that ICQ brought to the Internet," Shechter said. Launched without much fanfare in late January, Fring already has users in 141 countries, Shechter said. "The amount is far above expectations," he said. "We have a lot of users in Italy, Spain, Russia and England." Typical for a free Internet application, Fring depends on word of mouth to bring in users. It has 30 employees, most of them engineers. Shechter does not expect the company to see revenues right away. This year, it will concentrate on product building and eventually will offer revenue-yielding applications such as "Fringout", similar to SkypeOut that allows Skype users to call regular phones for a modest fee. Skype was acquired by eBay for up to $4.1 billion. What may hold back Fring is the sometimes excessive cost of broadband Internet data packages from certain operators, especially when roaming outside the home market when 1 Megabyte may cost as much as 10 euros. Shechter said operators are increasingly offering cheap packages. "There is demand and it is being answered," he said. Fring has pipped British start-up Truphone which also offers Internet calling software, but only on a few Nokia phone models and designed strictly for the Wi-Fi connection on a phone. Shechter said other companies offered similar services to Truphone. "The main difference is that they are Wi-Fi-centric, we are network agnostic, as long as it has Internet," he said. __ Yahoo! India Answers: Share what you know. Learn something new http://in.answers.yahoo.com/ To unsubscribe send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] 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
[AI] First Look at Dragon NaturallySpeaking
First Look at Dragon NaturallySpeaking Nuance Software's Dragon NaturallySpeaking Version 9 improves accuracy of the voice recognition program. Keith Shaw, Network World The scoop: Dragon NaturallySpeaking Version 9, from Nuance Software, pricing from US$100 to $200 (or higher), depending on edition offered (basic, preferred or professional). What it is: The latest speech-recognition software from Nuance, Version 9 of Dragon NaturallySpeaking includes improved speech accuracy (company claims 20 percent more accuracy than Version 8), support for additional applications (including Mozilla Firefox and Thunderbird), and less training required than previous versions. With the software, users can dictate letters and e-mails (with Outlook support, among others), and conduct Web browsing by using their voice instead of a keyboard. The professional version came with an Andrea Electronics anti-noise headset (microphone and headphone combination), so we didn't need to use a third-party microphone (this may vary with the other editions). Why it's cool: It's been a while since I looked at speech-recognition software, and accuracy was important to me. After a quick training session, in which I read some text and the software scanned some of my columns and e-mails to assess my writing style, I was ready to go. As long as I spoke relatively clear and at a normal pace (Nuance recommends not speaking slowly or too quickly), the software figured out what I was saying. I also enjoyed being able to scan, reply to and delete e-mails without having to use a mouse and keyboard. When mistakes were made, I could easily correct them. For heavy-duty users, the advanced features, including letting you create custom voice commands (macros) and specialized vocabulary additions, were impressive. Some caveats: I think and type at the same time, so when I write a column there are stretches when nothing happens because I'm trying to think of the right word or phrase. With speech, you have to know what you want to say before you say it. While the editing functions let you change words and phrases after you're done with the initial dictation, it takes time to get comfortable with the software. This version seemed to work only with Windows 2000 and XP; we couldn't try this on a new Windows Vista system, and it looked like Version 9 wouldn't be available for Vista. __ Yahoo! India Answers: Share what you know. Learn something new http://in.answers.yahoo.com/ To unsubscribe send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] 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
[AI] Digital vision
Digital vision Amazing scientific breakthroughs promise sight for the blind in the near future David Twiddy/AP In Star Trek: The Next Generation, Geordi La Forge is a blind character who can see through the assistance of special implants in his eyes. While the Star Trek character lives in the 24th century, people living in the 21st century may not have to wait that long for the illuminating technology. Dr Kristina Narfstrom poses with one of her cats used in the recent surgeries that implanted a microchip into the cats eye. The working proof of this concept is a humble cinnamon-coloured, 4-year-old Abyssinian cat called Gingersnap. Gingersnap is fighting a losing battle with a disorder that is slowly killing her retinas. By the time shed be 5, shed probably be blind, said Kristina Narfstrom, a veterinary ophthalmologist at the University of Missouri-Columbia. But a thin film at the back of the eyeball makes sight possible. Gingersnaps condition is similar to retinitis pigmentosa, an incurable genetic disease in humans that strikes one out of every 3,500 people around the world, often causing blindness by attacking the photoreceptor cells that register light and colour. Narfstrom, who discovered the feline version of the disease among Abyssinians in her native Sweden, is implanting special silicon chips in partially blind cats in a bid to help replace or possibly repair diseased retinas in humans. Encouraging results The chips, which provide their own energy, have shown encouraging results in clinical human trials, in some cases improving sight in people with retinitis pigmentosa or at least slowing the diseases development. Narfstrom said chips have been implanted in 30 people. Narfstroms cats will help researchers fine-tune the chips performance and train physicians on surgical techniques to implant the devices, because the structure of cat eyes is similar to human eyes. Dr Narfstrom and a colleague carrying out the procedure for microchip implantation. The 2-millimeter-wide chips, developed by Optobionics of Illinois, USA, are surgically implanted in the back of eye. Each chip is covered with 5,000 microphotodiodes that react to light, sending electric signals along the optic nerve to the brain. Were placing it right where the photoreceptors are and, if theyre lacking, this is supposed to replace what theyre doing, she said. At this point, its impulses of light theyre seeing (as opposed to images), but the aim of the research is to get more information out of the chip. Besides helping slow the advance of the disease, studies suggest that the electric currents generated by the chips may be regenerating damaged photoreceptors surrounding the implants. Narfstrom said she should know in about two years whether the implants are actually encouraging retinal cells in her cats to grow. Not the only cure... The Optobionics chip is just one of many research paths now swarming with scientists looking for ways to protect and restore sight. Besides genetic therapy, which is seen as a good tool to fight hereditary disorders, researchers are also looking to use stem cells to rebuild damaged retinal cells. Others are looking for substances that could trick healthy retinal cells surrounding the photoreceptors to take over for their diseased counterparts. Then there are the many attempts, like Optobionics, of creating artificial sight. Some efforts include miniature video cameras that pipe images straight to the brain, devices that send signals to a network of miniature electrodes attached to the retina or chips that eventually could graft themselves to retinal cells, creating a cyborg-like system for producing images. An enlarged photo of the actual microchip that is implanted A French company is conducting trials for an implant that would release proteins in the eyeball to offset the damage done to retinal cells, perhaps indefinitely. Tim Schoen, Director of research development for the Foundation Fighting Blindness, said technology to provide prosthetic sight is especially encouraging. This offers great hope to individuals who have completely lost vision, said Schoen, whose group is not involved in the Optobionics chip. We can treat these patients with gene therapy, but once the photoreceptors die, we have to replace them with stem cells or one of these artificial methods. Machelle Pardue, a researcher at Emory University and the Veterans Administration Hospital in Atlanta who is working with Narfstrom on the Optobionics chip, said shes glad shes not the only one doing such research. __ Yahoo! India Answers: Share what you know. Learn something new http://in.answers.yahoo.com/ To unsubscribe send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] 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/mailma
Re: [AI] Needed braille diagram printing drawings.
Hello Prashant I understand, NIVH, Dehra dun also produce embossed diagrams. Harish. - Original Message - From: "Vetrivel Murugan, Adhimoolam" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Saturday, March 10, 2007 4:21 AM Subject: Re: [AI] Needed braille diagram printing drawings. > As for as I know, Ramakrishna mission at Coimbatore have been producing > brail books with science/mathematical drawings for the past 10-15 years or > so and henceforth they might be useful in this regard. Another, although > expensive option is the ETS in the US and they make GRE text materials > available in brail if requested. Of course I am not sure whether they will > be willing to share their materials with other organizations in the name > of > copyright, but these are the two organizations that I can think of. > > Best Regards, > > Vetri. > > - Original Message - > From: "Pranav Lal" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: > Sent: Friday, March 09, 2007 10:43 AM > Subject: Re: [AI] Needed braille diagram printing drawings. > > > Why do you need this material? I ask since I need a significant amount of > such material transcribed. > > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Prashant Naik > Sent: Friday, March 09, 2007 6:25 PM > To: accessindia@accessindia.org.in > Subject: [AI] Needed braille diagram printing drawings. > > Hello, > > > > Does any of the A I member has got images or diagrams in science and > mathematics for Braille diagram printing? These diagrams can be properly > outlined images or drawings of different science practicals, > geometrical/mathematical explanation images and different maps. If it is > available with anyone or with any institute, please let us know. Images > can > be in .bmp, .jpeg or any image files. > > > > Thank and regards, > > Prashant Naik > To unsubscribe send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > 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 > > > To unsubscribe send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > 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 > > > To unsubscribe send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > 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 > To unsubscribe send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] 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
