[AI] A new digital smartpen and paper
Mightier than the words A new digital smartpen and paper that records lectures in a classroom and works with touch to give tactile feedback could go a long way in improving education, especially for visually impaired students Posted On Sunday, December 09, 2007 Mumbai Mirror Bureau Subjects like physics, calculus and biology are challenging for most students. But imagine tackling these topics without being able to see the graphs and figures used to teach them, and you will know the plight of blind students. Now, scientists in the US have developed a new smartpen and paper technology that works with touch and records classroom audio, aiming to bring these subjects to life for the visually impaired. Mainstream approaches to teaching STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) courses all rely strongly on diagrams, graphs, charts and other figures, putting students with visual disabilities at a significant disadvantage, said Andy Van Schaack, a lecturer in Vanderbilt University's Peabody College of education and human development. Our goal is to enable students and teachers to produce and explore diagrams and figures through touch and sound by using a smartpen and paper technology that is low-cost, portable and easy to use. Van Schaack worked with Joshua Miele, a blind researcher at the Smith-Kettlewell Eye Research Institute. Together, they applied the new technology, created by technology firm Livescribe, to this effort. Van Schaack is Livescribe's senior science adviser. My area of expertise is instructional technology. I spend a lot of my time trying to figure out how to use technology to make teaching and learning more effective, efficient and accessible, Van Schaack said. A new world of possibilities has opened for the creation of portable, low-cost, high-quality accessible graphics enhanced with audio, he said. For example, a visually impaired psychology student could learn neuroanatomy by exploring a diagram of the brain, with each lobe, gyrus and sulcus's name spoken as the smartpen touches it. The smartpen recognises handwritten marks through a camera inside its tip that focuses on a minute pattern of dots printed on paper. It captures over 100 hours of audio through a built-in microphone and plays back audio through a built-in speaker or 3-D recording headset. The pen also has a USB connection, allowing for recorded files to be uploaded to a student's computer for future use. One of the key aspects of this gadget is that it will be much more affordable and portable than previous products used for this purpose. Students can simply put it in their backpacks with the rest of their books and notebooks. The researchers will be using a prototype of the Livescribe smartpen with a Sewell Raised Line Drawing Kit – a Mylar-like film that is deformed when a student writes on it with a pen, creating raised drawings. The students will thus be able to touch a hand-drawn figure with their smartpen to hear audio explanations of its features. As for other uses of the smartpen, Van Schaack believes the possibilities are endless. It really is a new computer platform. It has most of the technology found in a laptop, but gets its information from handwriting rather than a keyboard, he said. One of its most immediate uses that I see will be for college students. It will allow them to spend more time listening in class while taking more of an outline form of notes and revise them later, giving them the opportunity to annotate for accuracy and additional detail. The smartpen is expected to hit stores in 2008 at a cost of less than $200 (Rs 7,900 approx). The Livescribe interactive notebooks will cost about the same as a good quality notebook, the researchers say. End of topic 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] NEED GUIDANCE!
Thanks alot to those helpful members who have sent me their suggestions. I request to the group once again, to kindly send me their suggestion regarding my query of medical transcription. On 12/9/07, Praful Vyas [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Delhi is the best place for that training. With warm regards, Praful Vyas, Hon. Secretary, Andhjan Kalyan Trust, Dhoraji. E-mail : [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mobile : 91-9426201837 Phone : 91-2824-223502 - Original Message - From: RAJ VASWANI [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: accessindia@accessindia.org.in Sent: Saturday, December 08, 2007 4:41 PM Subject: [AI] NEED GUIDANCE! Hello dear members, I need a suggestion from this group about Medical transcription, if anyone can help me in this regard. My query is below Currently I am doing diploma in new economy skills from Venu institute of universal education and I want to join Medical transcription course in the coming month of April. However my Priority is Ahmedabad. Anyone can tell me about Delhi or Ahmedabad. In which institute I should take admission for the above course? I will be highly thankful to you for your guidance and help. Wait for the encouraging reply. Raj vaswani. 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] Accessible firewall
The Windows XP firewall does not allow any port scans. It is an example of a personal firewall. 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] Ubuntu 7.10 Live CD.
The slowness may be due to the configuration of RAM. Ubuntu and Orca needs at least 256 MP of RAM. 512 will be much better and 1 GB, perfect. After having inserted the CD into the rom and restarted the PC, wait for the CD to spin. When you feel it rotating, press f5 to activate accessability screen then the number 3 on the main keyboard to start orca and press enter twice. Orca will start speaking after you have reached the desktop. If Orfca does not start, press alt+f2 to activate the run command, type orca and press enter. hope this helps. One has to be a bit patient to overcome these initial issues. Before installing, you can run the Ubuntu live CD and test the ubuntu environment. - Original Message - From: Amiyo Biswas [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: accessindia@accessindia.org.in Sent: Sunday, December 09, 2007 11:39 PM Subject: Re: [AI] Ubuntu 7.10 Live CD. Hello, I have changed the subject line though this is a reply, or rather a question on an old thread. I have downloaded the Ubuntu 7.10 live cd image. I have burned the cd also. How can I run it? It takes too much time to load. I have also failed to activate the speech in Orca. Please help. Best regards, Amiyo. Cell: +91-9433464329 - Original Message - From: Balaram [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: accessindia@accessindia.org.in Sent: Monday, December 10, 2007 8:37 AM Subject: Re: [AI] Files not visible ubuntu itself is absolutely free and the screen reader Orca is bundled with it. You can download the latest version of ubuntu by going to ubuntu.com or you can request for a free CD. If you prefer to download Ubuntu, you should then write it to a CD which you can use to install Ubuntu. - Original Message - From: FARHAN [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: accessindia@accessindia.org.in Sent: Wednesday, December 05, 2007 8:05 AM Subject: Re: [AI] Files not visible o!,i want one thing from you,that the screan reader which is running in yabuntu absolutely free? and where i can get yabuntu?/linix? please help me so that i can tried it out. - Original Message - From: Balaram [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: accessindia@accessindia.org.in Sent: Wednesday, December 05, 2007 6:38 PM Subject: Re: [AI] Files not visible Dear friends, adding on the joke, if not today tomorrow, Microsoft can really become murda. Ubuntu and the bundled screen reader orca is making good progress and are on their way to really threatening Windows and the screen readers. The problem that I have faced on Ubuntu and orca is brousing internet. The most positive aspect of Ubuntu is that, we don't have to depend anybody to install it and we don't have to search for motherboard drivers to enhance audio and video performance. Indeed, it has to make progress on scanning and sound editing. Though, there are more than useful software packages to fulfil these needs, accessability is a problem at least for now. So, if we try to get in terms with ubuntu and orca, I don't think, it will take too long to throw away the ever bug producing and virus vulnerable windows. Dear folks, here, I would like to know how much of you have tasted Ubuntu and orca. Important! I am not writing these words to offend any ideologies or to fume any argumentative debate on the list. - Original Message - From: FARHAN [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: access india accessindia@accessindia.org.in Sent: Tuesday, December 04, 2007 9:16 AM Subject: Re: [AI] Files not visible ha ha ha ha ha. how is microsoft is murdhaubaudh? has Windows Xp been created from microsoft? if yes,then how is microsoft is murdhaubaudh ha ha ha ha ha ha ha. please do not say this words again. otherwise windows xp,which is elder sister of vista,will tell about these words. ha ha ha ha this is just like a joke! ha ha ha. - Original Message - From: Vetrivel Adhimoolam [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: accessindia@accessindia.org.in Sent: Tuesday, December 04, 2007 9:15 AM Subject: [AI] Files not visible Hi everyone, Here is the tricky question: Some of my MP3 files that I burnt to CD with XP is not visible in my new vista computer. The folder looks like empty. But those CDS are perfectly all right and I can use them very well with XP. I even tried copying those files to the flash disk, but the situation is basically the same. Any solution? I used so many previous versions of windows, but never encountered so much of troubles like vista. Microsoft Murdhaubaudh! Vetri. 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 __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best
[AI] RBI warns against tempting fund offers on e-mails
I know our list members will not fall in these types of traps. But since the RBI itself has clarified it, I thought this is worth posting. Renuka The Hindu News Update Service News Update Service Monday, December 10, 2007 : 1520 Hrs National RBI warns against tempting fund offers on e-mails Mumbai (PTI): The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has advised the public not to succumb to the temptation of fictitious offers of large funds through e-mails from unknown entities. Members of public should also not make any remittance towards participation in such schemes/offers from unknown entities, the central bank said while clarifying that sending money abroad to participate in lottery or similar schemes is not permitted under Foreign Exchange Management Act (FEMA). The RBI has issued the warning to caution individuals who initially receive tempting offers of large funds on various pretexts from unknown overseas entities through e-mails and letters and are later requested to remit a small amount as commission for transfer of money. The RBI clarified that under FEMA restrictions on transfer of funds also apply to lottery-like schemes functioning in different names such as money circulation scheme or remittances for the purpose of securing prize money/awards etc. Describing the usual modus operandi of such operators, the RBI said that once the contact is established, the offer is followed by a request seeking details of bank account of the individuals and a demand for some initial deposit/ commission for transfer of money. The central bank, it said, has been receiving references from individuals in the past seeking approvals for effecting remittances in foreign currency towards commission/fees for receiving prizes won in overseas lottery schemes. The central bank has also asked the people not to be swayed by copies of certificates/deposit schemes, purported to have been issued by the RBI, which some operators produce to substantiate their claims. 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] Files not visible
Of course, Ubuntu is an OS baised on linux. - Original Message - From: Subramani L [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: accessindia@accessindia.org.in Sent: Sunday, December 09, 2007 9:05 PM Subject: Re: [AI] Files not visible Another small doubt though --is Ubuntu the OS or is it something that functions on Linux? Clarify pl. Subramani -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Balaram Sent: Monday, December 10, 2007 8:37 AM To: accessindia@accessindia.org.in Subject: Re: [AI] Files not visible ubuntu itself is absolutely free and the screen reader Orca is bundled with it. You can download the latest version of ubuntu by going to ubuntu.com or you can request for a free CD. If you prefer to download Ubuntu, you should then write it to a CD which you can use to install Ubuntu. - Original Message - From: FARHAN [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: accessindia@accessindia.org.in Sent: Wednesday, December 05, 2007 8:05 AM Subject: Re: [AI] Files not visible o!,i want one thing from you,that the screan reader which is running in yabuntu absolutely free? and where i can get yabuntu?/linix? please help me so that i can tried it out. - Original Message - From: Balaram [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: accessindia@accessindia.org.in Sent: Wednesday, December 05, 2007 6:38 PM Subject: Re: [AI] Files not visible Dear friends, adding on the joke, if not today tomorrow, Microsoft can really become murda. Ubuntu and the bundled screen reader orca is making good progress and are on their way to really threatening Windows and the screen readers. The problem that I have faced on Ubuntu and orca is brousing internet. The most positive aspect of Ubuntu is that, we don't have to depend anybody to install it and we don't have to search for motherboard drivers to enhance audio and video performance. Indeed, it has to make progress on scanning and sound editing. Though, there are more than useful software packages to fulfil these needs, accessability is a problem at least for now. So, if we try to get in terms with ubuntu and orca, I don't think, it will take too long to throw away the ever bug producing and virus vulnerable windows. Dear folks, here, I would like to know how much of you have tasted Ubuntu and orca. Important! I am not writing these words to offend any ideologies or to fume any argumentative debate on the list. - Original Message - From: FARHAN [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: access india accessindia@accessindia.org.in Sent: Tuesday, December 04, 2007 9:16 AM Subject: Re: [AI] Files not visible ha ha ha ha ha. how is microsoft is murdhaubaudh? has Windows Xp been created from microsoft? if yes,then how is microsoft is murdhaubaudh ha ha ha ha ha ha ha. please do not say this words again. otherwise windows xp,which is elder sister of vista,will tell about these words. ha ha ha ha this is just like a joke! ha ha ha. - Original Message - From: Vetrivel Adhimoolam [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: accessindia@accessindia.org.in Sent: Tuesday, December 04, 2007 9:15 AM Subject: [AI] Files not visible Hi everyone, Here is the tricky question: Some of my MP3 files that I burnt to CD with XP is not visible in my new vista computer. The folder looks like empty. But those CDS are perfectly all right and I can use them very well with XP. I even tried copying those files to the flash disk, but the situation is basically the same. Any solution? I used so many previous versions of windows, but never encountered so much of troubles like vista. Microsoft Murdhaubaudh! Vetri. 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.i n __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.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.i n 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.i n __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.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
[AI] Sponsorship available for student with disabilities to attend Techshare India 2008 - India's first Conference Exhibition on Accessibility Assistive Technology
Hello all: As you may be aware Techshare India 2008 - Breaking the Barriers is the first ever accessibility conference and exhibition bringing the entire ecosystem; the government, the corporate, the NGOs, the disabled, the product companies, and the education providers under one roof. Techshare India 2008 will be held on 4th and 5th February, 2008 at New Delhi, India. As its CSR initiative, BarrierBreak Technologies announces sponsorship of 50% of the registration cost for students with disabilities to attend Techshare India 2008. Student with disabilities will now have to pay only Rs. 2500/- + Service Tax. Students with disabilities studying in universities / colleges / schools / vocational training centres are eligible to avail this sponsorship. Students will have to submit Certificate of disability and admission sheet of current study / training. Sponsorship will be given on first-cum-first serve basis. For further information, please contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] or call us on +91 22 26860485 / 86 To view more information on Techshare India 2008 - please visit http://www.barrierbreak.com/techshareindia.php Thanks Regards, Vasu | Account Manager BarrierBreak Technologies India: +91 (22) 2686 0485 / 86 Cell: +91 99202 29081 USA: +1 (781) 452 0677 Web: http://www.barrierbreak.com http://www.barrierbreak.com http://www.barrierbreak.com/ BarrierBreak | http://www.barrierbreak.com/techshareindia.php Techshare India 2008 | http://www.barrierbreak.com/blog Accessibility Blog BarrierBreak Technologies a subsidiary of http://www.n-syst.com/ Net Systems Informatics 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] Appropriate subject line Re: Files not visible
Hello all Please take care to change the subject line whenever the thread has changed. To answer your query, Ubuntu is a flavour of Linex like Red Hat etc. Harish. - Original Message - From: Subramani L [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: accessindia@accessindia.org.in Sent: Monday, December 10, 2007 10:35 AM Subject: Re: [AI] Files not visible Another small doubt though --is Ubuntu the OS or is it something that functions on Linux? Clarify pl. Subramani -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Balaram Sent: Monday, December 10, 2007 8:37 AM To: accessindia@accessindia.org.in Subject: Re: [AI] Files not visible ubuntu itself is absolutely free and the screen reader Orca is bundled with it. You can download the latest version of ubuntu by going to ubuntu.com or you can request for a free CD. If you prefer to download Ubuntu, you should then write it to a CD which you can use to install Ubuntu. - Original Message - From: FARHAN [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: accessindia@accessindia.org.in Sent: Wednesday, December 05, 2007 8:05 AM Subject: Re: [AI] Files not visible o!,i want one thing from you,that the screan reader which is running in yabuntu absolutely free? and where i can get yabuntu?/linix? please help me so that i can tried it out. - Original Message - From: Balaram [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: accessindia@accessindia.org.in Sent: Wednesday, December 05, 2007 6:38 PM Subject: Re: [AI] Files not visible Dear friends, adding on the joke, if not today tomorrow, Microsoft can really become murda. Ubuntu and the bundled screen reader orca is making good progress and are on their way to really threatening Windows and the screen readers. The problem that I have faced on Ubuntu and orca is brousing internet. The most positive aspect of Ubuntu is that, we don't have to depend anybody to install it and we don't have to search for motherboard drivers to enhance audio and video performance. Indeed, it has to make progress on scanning and sound editing. Though, there are more than useful software packages to fulfil these needs, accessability is a problem at least for now. So, if we try to get in terms with ubuntu and orca, I don't think, it will take too long to throw away the ever bug producing and virus vulnerable windows. Dear folks, here, I would like to know how much of you have tasted Ubuntu and orca. Important! I am not writing these words to offend any ideologies or to fume any argumentative debate on the list. - Original Message - From: FARHAN [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: access india accessindia@accessindia.org.in Sent: Tuesday, December 04, 2007 9:16 AM Subject: Re: [AI] Files not visible ha ha ha ha ha. how is microsoft is murdhaubaudh? has Windows Xp been created from microsoft? if yes,then how is microsoft is murdhaubaudh ha ha ha ha ha ha ha. please do not say this words again. otherwise windows xp,which is elder sister of vista,will tell about these words. ha ha ha ha this is just like a joke! ha ha ha. - Original Message - From: Vetrivel Adhimoolam [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: accessindia@accessindia.org.in Sent: Tuesday, December 04, 2007 9:15 AM Subject: [AI] Files not visible Hi everyone, Here is the tricky question: Some of my MP3 files that I burnt to CD with XP is not visible in my new vista computer. The folder looks like empty. But those CDS are perfectly all right and I can use them very well with XP. I even tried copying those files to the flash disk, but the situation is basically the same. Any solution? I used so many previous versions of windows, but never encountered so much of troubles like vista. Microsoft Murdhaubaudh! Vetri. 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.i n __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.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.i n 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.i n __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com To unsubscribe send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the
Re: [AI] Accessible firewall
Steps to solve this problem: Just read this once carefully without doing anything at this moment in your computer. After pressing enter once you type address in location edit combo in Firefox, 1) Open Sigate personal firewall and go to application list box. With little or no difference, It is like this: Tab, Hide Windows Services check box not checked Tab, Hide Broadcast Traffic checkbox not checked Tab, listbox. NT curnal and When you get there, reclass that custom type window, if you've not done so. If, however, it is reclassed, then continue: 1) Choose firefox from that listbox and activate context menu (application key) If you are not able to find firefox option, then make sure firefox is active on your computer and it is displaying problem loading page. 2) after activating context menu, press enter on: allow Smart tip: instead of doing all this, if you are displayed with a diolog box that says firefox is trying to connect to ..., do the following: Select the checkbox that says somethingdo not ask me again or something similar and press space bar on yes button. this will always allow firefox to access internet. If you have any problem, what so ever with firefox, your best bet is to write to me. Thank you Syed Imran - Original Message - From: Arup Chakrraborty [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: accessindia@accessindia.org.in Sent: Sunday, December 09, 2007 11:08 PM Subject: Re: [AI] Accessible firewall I am using Firefox. I am unable to connect to internet after installing this firewall. How to solve this problem? - Original Message - From: Syed Imran [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: accessindia@accessindia.org.in Sent: Sunday, December 09, 2007 4:48 AM Subject: Re: [AI] Accessible firewall No, no need to do that. Just after installing SPF, consider Re-classing the SPF list view window, so as to make it more Jaws friendly. - Original Message - From: Arup Chakrraborty [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: accessindia@accessindia.org.in Sent: Friday, December 07, 2007 8:09 PM Subject: Re: [AI] Accessible firewall I am using Windows XP. Should I disable the Windows Firewall before installing SPF? - Original Message - From: Syed Imran [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Geetha Shamanna [EMAIL PROTECTED]; accessindia@accessindia.org.in Sent: Friday, December 07, 2007 7:47 AM Subject: Re: [AI] Accessible firewall As I said the other day, you may checkout Sigate personal firewall from http://chariot.tucows.com/files3/spf.exe I believe they have stopped releasing updates for this personal firewall, but I don't think that this is less secure, especially for a home-user. I hurd Zone-alarm is one of the best in terms of security, although its accessibility is bit challenging. With best regards Syed Imran - Original Message - From: Geetha Shamanna [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Access india accessindia@accessindia.org.in Sent: Thursday, December 06, 2007 10:03 PM Subject: [AI] Accessible firewall Hello all, I am on the lookout for an accessible firewall that works well with Jaws. Any recommendations? Thanks, Geetha 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 -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.503 / Virus Database: 269.16.15/1173 - Release Date: 12/5/2007 9:29 PM 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 -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.503 / Virus Database: 269.16.17/1177 - Release Date: 12/7/2007 1:11 PM 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
[AI] OCR software for mobile
Hello list,Can anyone suggest me and OCR software for simbian mobile phones if available . I'll be highly obliged if anyone helps me in this regard. Expecting a suggestion Abdul 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] Ubuntu 7.10 Live CD.
Hi Amiyo Incidently, I too tried it today on a live CD. It did not speak. I guess we need to install it first. Interesting with this version, we can start the installation process from the Ubuntu desktop. I did not go ahead with it, do to lack of time for it. Harish. - Original Message - From: Amiyo Biswas [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: accessindia@accessindia.org.in Sent: Monday, December 10, 2007 1:09 PM Subject: Re: [AI] Ubuntu 7.10 Live CD. Hello, I have changed the subject line though this is a reply, or rather a question on an old thread. I have downloaded the Ubuntu 7.10 live cd image. I have burned the cd also. How can I run it? It takes too much time to load. I have also failed to activate the speech in Orca. Please help. Best regards, Amiyo. Cell: +91-9433464329 - Original Message - From: Balaram [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: accessindia@accessindia.org.in Sent: Monday, December 10, 2007 8:37 AM Subject: Re: [AI] Files not visible ubuntu itself is absolutely free and the screen reader Orca is bundled with it. You can download the latest version of ubuntu by going to ubuntu.com or you can request for a free CD. If you prefer to download Ubuntu, you should then write it to a CD which you can use to install Ubuntu. - Original Message - From: FARHAN [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: accessindia@accessindia.org.in Sent: Wednesday, December 05, 2007 8:05 AM Subject: Re: [AI] Files not visible o!,i want one thing from you,that the screan reader which is running in yabuntu absolutely free? and where i can get yabuntu?/linix? please help me so that i can tried it out. - Original Message - From: Balaram [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: accessindia@accessindia.org.in Sent: Wednesday, December 05, 2007 6:38 PM Subject: Re: [AI] Files not visible Dear friends, adding on the joke, if not today tomorrow, Microsoft can really become murda. Ubuntu and the bundled screen reader orca is making good progress and are on their way to really threatening Windows and the screen readers. The problem that I have faced on Ubuntu and orca is brousing internet. The most positive aspect of Ubuntu is that, we don't have to depend anybody to install it and we don't have to search for motherboard drivers to enhance audio and video performance. Indeed, it has to make progress on scanning and sound editing. Though, there are more than useful software packages to fulfil these needs, accessability is a problem at least for now. So, if we try to get in terms with ubuntu and orca, I don't think, it will take too long to throw away the ever bug producing and virus vulnerable windows. Dear folks, here, I would like to know how much of you have tasted Ubuntu and orca. Important! I am not writing these words to offend any ideologies or to fume any argumentative debate on the list. - Original Message - From: FARHAN [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: access india accessindia@accessindia.org.in Sent: Tuesday, December 04, 2007 9:16 AM Subject: Re: [AI] Files not visible ha ha ha ha ha. how is microsoft is murdhaubaudh? has Windows Xp been created from microsoft? if yes,then how is microsoft is murdhaubaudh ha ha ha ha ha ha ha. please do not say this words again. otherwise windows xp,which is elder sister of vista,will tell about these words. ha ha ha ha this is just like a joke! ha ha ha. - Original Message - From: Vetrivel Adhimoolam [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: accessindia@accessindia.org.in Sent: Tuesday, December 04, 2007 9:15 AM Subject: [AI] Files not visible Hi everyone, Here is the tricky question: Some of my MP3 files that I burnt to CD with XP is not visible in my new vista computer. The folder looks like empty. But those CDS are perfectly all right and I can use them very well with XP. I even tried copying those files to the flash disk, but the situation is basically the same. Any solution? I used so many previous versions of windows, but never encountered so much of troubles like vista. Microsoft Murdhaubaudh! Vetri. 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 __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.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
[AI] Fw: Discrimination against disabled still rife, says report
- Original Message - From: BlindNews Mailing List [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, December 10, 2007 8:10 AM Subject: Discrimination against disabled still rife, says report Personnel Today (UK) Monday, December 03, 2007 Discrimination against disabled still rife, says report By Jo Faragher Shut out: Our exclusive online survey shows that employers are happy to make practical changes to the way they work to open up access to the disabled, but prejudice is still rife, as Jo Faragher reports Despite years of making changes to the way we work and several drafts of legislation, prejudice around employing disabled people is still rife. In our survey of just under 700 businesses, carried out in conjunction with disability charity Leonard Cheshire, 86% agreed that employers would pick a non-disabled candidate over a disabled candidate, while 92% said there was still discrimination against disabled people in employment and recruitment. Yet paradoxically, employers are more ready than they have ever been to welcome the disabled into the workplace. When it came to the Disability Discrimination Act (DDA), almost 80% of respondents felt their knowledge of the legislation was either reasonable or good, although only 5% felt it was 'excellent'. The majority of respondents employed more than 25 disabled people in their organisation. Loyal workers The level of discrimination disabled people still face is all the more surprising given the perception among most respondents that they are more loyal workers. Almost 90% of respondents did not agree that the average turnover rate for disabled workers would be higher than that for non-disabled workers. And, 43% did not think that disabled people would be more likely to be frequently absent - so the preconception that disabled people take more time off does not necessarily hold true. Many employers have made adjustments to their work environments to accommodate disabled employees. Three-quarters of those questioned in our survey had been asked to make adjustments to the workplace, and almost all were able to honour those requests. Of those that couldn't accommodate the changes, the most common reason was because they were 'unreasonable'. Other factors included cost (27% felt it was too expensive) and disruption to other staff (a further 27%). Rights and obligations Some of the difficulties employers have in employing disabled workers seem to lie in knowing their precise rights and obligations. While most respondents felt they had a good grasp of the DDA, there was some confusion about who it applies to. For example, when asked whether someone who'd been diagnosed with cancer, but was not yet showing signs of the disease, would be covered by the DDA, 79% agreed(this has been the case since December 2005). However, respondents were split over whether someone who had recently been diagnosed with depression would qualify - 41% said they would, while 50% said they wouldn't. In fact, if a mental illness (including depression) has a substantial, adverse and long-term effect on their ability to carry out normal day-to-day activities, then the worker is covered by the DDA. There is also a need for clarity over how employers and workers gain government assistance. Awareness of the government's Access to Work scheme was high, with more than three-quarters of respondents conscious of it, and more than half supporting disabled workers through the scheme. However, almost one-quarter said they found the scheme, which offers practical support to disabled people who are in or looking for paid employment, 'not very easy' to use. Our survey suggests that awareness of the challenges facing disabled employees, not to mention practical adjustments to accommodate them, are high up on the corporate agenda. Where the real work needs to be done is in overcoming the discrimination that continues to stifle the progress of the disabled at work. Making adjustments Accommodating the needs of disabled workers extends way beyond installing a ramp or adapting toilet facilities. Many of the respondents to our survey had gone out of their way to make the jobs of disabled employees easier and fit in more flexibly to the business. Some of the changes included: Employing signers to enable deaf people to attend important meetings. Identifying products by colour codes rather than numbers. Flashing lights for deaf employees and vibrating alerts for blind workers. Alterations to heavy doors for multiple sclerosis sufferers. Assisting with costs for wheelchairs, hearing aids, etc. Allowing dyslexic employees to dictate reports rather than write them down. Disabled car parking adjacent to the office. Providing an appropriate environment for hearing dogs/guide dogs. Painting doorways in bright colours for the visually impaired. Jo Faragher
[AI] FW: Invitation to participate to the beta program of Mobile Daisy Player
Logo Code Factory http://www.codefactory.es/images/newsletter_cab.gif Caroline Ragot - Marketing Director Tel. +34 93 733 70 66 - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mobile Daisy Player v2.0 Terrassa, Barcelona Invitation to participate to the beta program of Mobile Daisy Player v2.0 Code Factory announces upcoming release of new version of Mobile Daisy Player, with enhanced format support and industry-leading usability features Terrassa (Barcelona), December 5, 2007 Code Factory, the global leader in mobile accessibility solutions, today announces the upcoming release of the 2.0 version of its Mobile Daisy Player product and invites users to participate to the beta program which will start during Q1 2008. This new version represents a leap forward in functionality over the previous version, including several new features designed to streamline usability and support a wider set of formats. Some of the highlighted features of Mobile Daisy Player 2.0 include: * Support for both Daisy 2.0 and Daisy 3.0 books, opening up a wider selection of content from even more sources than before. * The ability to access text-only, audio-only, and mixed-mode books, thanks to Code Factory's support of the widest array of text-to-speech engines in the industry. * Variable-speed playback, allowing the audio content of the book to be listened to at either faster or slower than normal speed, without changing the pitch of the audio. * Direct-to-phone book installation allows you to copy the Daisy book contents directly to your memory card, without requiring a separate installation step as in previous versions. * Complete bookmarking capability allows you to store and jump to specific locations within a book for easy access * Auto-resume feature creates a bookmark when stopping playback or closing a book, allowing you to pick up exactly where you left off * Essential navigation functions, such as accessing the table of contents, or skipping backward or forward by sections, pages, or chapters. Mobile Daisy Player 2.0 will be available for both Symbian and Windows Mobile platforms. If you are interested in participating in the beta test of Mobile Daisy Player 2.0, please send your information (name, email address, phone model and IMEI number) to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Note that Code Factory will also be presenting a seminar on the use of electronic books, including Mobile Daisy Player, at the 2008 ATIA conference in Orlando, Florida. For more information, please visit www.atia.org. Update your subscriptions, modify your password or e-mail address, or stop subscriptions at any time on your Subscriber Preferences Page at http://www.codefactory.es/en/services.asp?id=84 You will need to use your e-mail address to log in. You also can send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] for any request related to your subscription. About Code Factory Founded in 1998 and headquartered in Terrassa/Barcelona, Spain, Code Factory is the global leader committed to the development of products designed to eliminate barriers to the accessibility of mobile technology for the blind and visually impaired. Today, Code Factory is the leading provider of screen readers, screen magnifiers, and Braille interfaces for the widest range of mainstream mobile devices including Symbian-based and Windows Mobile-powered Smartphones as well as Pocket PC phones and PDAs. Its product line is the only one to support phones working on the GSM, CDMA and WCDMA networks. Code Factory's success lies in giving excellent customer support and in responding immediately to the needs of its end users. Among Code Factory's customers are well known organizations like ONCE, and carriers such as TMN, Vodafone, SFR, Bouygues Telecom and ATT. The company also collaborated with leading TTS providers and Braille manufacturers, thus enabling Code Factory to provide excellent text-to-speech technology in many languages for Mobile Speak products, and to incorporate support for over twenty wireless Braille devices into the software. For more information, feel free to contact Code Factory S.L.: Code Factory, S.L., Rambla d'Egara 148 2-2, 08221 Terrassa (Barcelona) Tel. +34 93 733 70 66, [EMAIL PROTECTED], www.codefactory.es Code Factory, S.L. - 2007 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] Draft policy for exams urgent
Sorry was travelling. 9821013644 preferably after 9pm. Kanchan - Original Message - From: Rohiet A. Patil [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: accessindia@accessindia.org.in Sent: Saturday, December 08, 2007 23:15 Subject: Re: [AI] Draft policy for exams urgent dear kanchan madum! I would like to talk with you personally on this matter. Can you mail me your cell number of list? PLS mail me on [EMAIL PROTECTED] or [EMAIL PROTECTED] thanks and regards, Rohiet Patil - Original Message - From: Pamnani [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: accessindia@accessindia.org.in Sent: Thursday, November 29, 2007 12:53 PM Subject: Re: [AI] Draft policy for exams urgent Vetry I have taken the suggestion of the talking calculator as point d. in clause 8 the first point of computer malfunction I dont know what to do about it. I have mentioned the UPS and the Scribe and 2 printers and 2 computers. and the extra time Any other suggestio is welcome in case the above mentioned is not enough. n Kanchan Pamnani Advocate Solicitor 9, Suleman Chambers, Battery Street, Colaba, Mumbai - 400 039. - Original Message - From: Vetrivel Adhimoolam [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: pamnani [EMAIL PROTECTED]; accessindia@accessindia.org.in Sent: Thursday, November 29, 2007 8:56 AM Subject: Re: [AI] Draft policy for exams urgent Hello Kanchan, It is certainly a well drafted policy. It pretty much covers everything. But a couple of suggestions though: The policy also should include sufficient guidelines describing what should be done in the event of certain delays as the result of computer problems or the malfunctioning of the software. Because things can go wrong on that front and visually challenged candidates should not suffer as the result of such issues. So in my view, the software/hardware requirements should be amended to be inclusive of this issue. Second, visually impaired candidates are also increasingly appearing on various exams that require solving of extensive mathematical problems. Some of those exams may actually allow regular students to use calculator and in such circumstances, visually challenged candidates also should be allowed to bring talking calculator in to the examination hall. Vetri. - Original Message - From: pamnani To: accessindia@accessindia.org.in Sent: Wednesday, November 28, 2007 9:04 PM Subject: [AI] Draft policy for exams urgent Hi Friends Have drafted a Policy for Examinations of the Visually disabled in India thanks to the input from Anjali, Asif, Dipendra, Harish, Ketan, Neha, Pranav, Rajesh, Sam and SGS Sisodia and numerous others who helped when the Maharashtra Guidelines were being framed. Please let me have your comments on this draft urgently and no later than this evening. I need to send it to the Disability commission. thanks Kanchan Policy for Examination of the Visually Disabled The need for a standard and comprehensive Policy throughout India for the examination of the Visually Disabled has been growing since: a.. Every year more and more Visually Disabled candidates are appearing for various examinations. b.. Number of examining bodies has been increasing over the years a.. Various orders/judgments/directions have been passed by various Courts/Commissions/Authorities and deal with the problem in piecemeal. a.. Various examination conducting authorities have different rules and/or implement the rules in different ways. a.. Technology is improving and needs to be taken into account a.. The anxiety suffered by the examinees before and during the examination has to be removed a.. Questions asked at written examinations and the examinations themselves are varied and need to be answered in various ways. a.. Competition is increasing and the Visually Disabled have to be given a level playing field This Policy will apply to all examinations being conducted in India generally and specifically to examinations conducted by Educational institutions- schools and colleges (both internal and external), School and College Boards, universities and deemed universities, autonomous bodies conducting entrance or promotional examinations as well as all recruiting/promoting authorities and any other authorities or bodies under which a Visually Disabled examinee wishes to appear for an examination for any purpose whatsoever. The paramount purpose of the Policy is to alleviate the hardship being caused to the Visually disabled candidate due to uncertainty in policy and to mitigate the effects of a disability. 1. Scribe a. The Visually Disabled candidate must be allowed the use of a Scribe who will read the question papers and write/type the answers dictated by the Visually disabled candidate. b. Since one of the important factors while doing an examination is speed, adequate practice is necessary, Visually Disabled persons should be allowed to
[AI] Can a blind be a police man? shure.
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Dear list,
I#8217;ve read this message and got surprised ,so I wouldlike to share the
article with you.
Regards
Vinod Benjamin
ModernGhana.com, Ghana
Wednesday, December 05, 2007
It's Not A Joke: The NeedFor Blind Officers In GhanaPolice Service
By Kwaku Adu-Gyamfi, NJ, USA
Feature Article - Wed, 05Dec 2007
ARE YOU AWARE THAT THE BLINDPOLICE OFFICERS HAVE UNIQUE GIFTS TO FIGHT CRIMES?
For surveillance andforensic purposes, Ghana Police Service needs blind police
officers in its rankand file to enable it to fight crimes effectively.
Those in the law enforcementand crime fighting businesses know that ninety-five
percent of crimescommitted, or about to be committed are solved by using
ninety-five percent ofthe three basic human senses-the nose, the ear and
the eye. The rest isjust a raw gut and personal intuition. These have been the
arsenals in thetrade since crimes were invented by humankind. However, losing
one of thesesenses doesn't and shouldn't necessarily disqualify one from being
an activeand effective crime fighter.
In fact, a blind person iscompensated by nature to filter information more
accurately with the ear than asighted person. The blind sense of smelling is
higher than those of us who havesight.
The upsurge andproliferation of global illicit- drug trafficking and terrorism,
increase inorganized intercontinental crimes and the quest of some few selfish
individualswho want to get rich quicker without any sweat , are making Ghana to
have morethan its share of criminal activities than anticipated. The effect of
this isthat, our State security apparatus have been stretched to an
unprecedentedlimit.
The fact on hand now is thatusing the natural weapons like: the ears, the eyes,
the nose and personalintuition are just as effective as the modern day
technologies. These old, butjust discovered natural crime fighting techniques
have been tried in Belgium and the Netherlands. These countries areusing
specialized blind officers in transcribing and analyzing
surveillancerecordings-wiretapping and eavesdropping. It is believed that the
blind arevery good in linguistic and have the capability to learn different
languagesand sounds with much ease. They have very superb abilities to hear
like anelephant and can also have a memory comparable to the computer and
ability toretain and recall information at a faster speed. It's believed that
hearing isthe fastest vehicle for memorization of detailed events.
Ghanahas many brilliant blind persons in its higher institutions of learning.
Thoseof you who have had the opportunity to share learning environment with
theblind will realize that they are very powerful in the use of their
othersenses.
This article is to challengethe Ghana Police Service (GPS) to effectively
harness this abundance resourceto fight local and international crimes. In
these days and age, it will be easyto recruit and set-up a blind officers unit,
with very reliable Global Positionsystem (GPS) and voice -activated devices.
There are also specially equippedcomputers with Braille key boards and software
that translates images on thecomputer screen into sound with the aim of
reducing the blind officers'physical limitations.
Come next January, a lot offoreigners and all kinds of criminal elements will
descend on Ghana for thegames. Wouldn't it be prudent for the Ghana Police
Service to plantblind police officers at our stadiums, to monitor criminal
activities withtheir listening devices? In the dog-eat-dog crime
-fightingbusiness world any little advantage over the perpetuator would worth
more thantons of gold.
The use of blind officers'challenges and rewards:
1) Most surveillancerecordings have loud background noise; a typical example
was the tape in thealleged cocaine case. Analyzing such tapes requires highly
trained ears toprocess and screen out the voices and valued evidential
contents. Blindofficers can make this task very easy and cost effective.
2) Blind officers would bevery dedicated to their jobs assignments because they
would be compelled toprove their skills to their sighted colleagues.
3) Using the blind officersin the administrative work in the service would
ultimately free up the sightedmanpower, so that GPS can deploy the sighted cops
in other physically demandingtasks, such as crowd control, patrols and many
other critical proactive andreactive modules.
4) Forensic police workwould be enhanced if the blind police officers are used.
5) Most major crimes aresolved with forensic and surveillance tools, therefore
using the blind policeofficers would be a win, win situation for the nation and
the Police Service.
The challenges of usingblind police officers are more of social problems than
physical one. Somesighted officers would find it hard to work with the blind
officers because ofthe fear of not
[AI] Flirty computer program raises ID theft fears
The Hindu News Update Service News Update Service Tuesday, December 11, 2007 : 0940 Hrs Sci. Tech. Flirty computer program raises ID theft fears London, (GUARDIAN NEWS SERVICE) By Bobbie Johnson A computer program that poses as a flirtatious internet surfer is being used to steal people's identities from online chatrooms, experts claim. According to analysts at online security company PC Tools, the robot - known as CyberLover - is being used by criminals to gather information on internet chatters. Intended for use by lonely hearts with no time to talk, CyberLover takes on a series of different identities and fools chatters into believing they are talking with a real person. Users can direct the nature of the questions, and the program will then compile a report on the person it has been talking to and deliver it back to its owner. Although the system is aimed at lovelorn Russians, experts at PC Tools claim criminals are using CyberLover to ask victims a series of targeted personal questions which can be used in identity theft. The potential number of victims could be very substantial, said PC Tools analyst Sergei Shevchenko. As a tool that can be used by hackers to conduct identity fraud, CyberLover demonstrates an unprecedented level of social engineering. The ability to fool a person into believing they are talking with a human rather than a computer is held as one of the cornerstones of artificial intelligence. Although experts do not believe CyberLover would pass the Turing test, designed by mathematician Alan Turing as a measure of machine intelligence, it is one of the more sophisticated tools in circulation. 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] FW: Invitation to participate to the beta program of MobileDaisy Player
Does this player works with mobile speak or it is independent of mobile screen reader? to put it simply, will it work with talks also? - Original Message - From: Dinesh Kaushal [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: accessindia@accessindia.org.in Sent: Tuesday, December 11, 2007 7:41 AM Subject: [AI] FW: Invitation to participate to the beta program of MobileDaisy Player Logo Code Factory http://www.codefactory.es/images/newsletter_cab.gif Caroline Ragot - Marketing Director Tel. +34 93 733 70 66 - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mobile Daisy Player v2.0 Terrassa, Barcelona Invitation to participate to the beta program of Mobile Daisy Player v2.0 Code Factory announces upcoming release of new version of Mobile Daisy Player, with enhanced format support and industry-leading usability features Terrassa (Barcelona), December 5, 2007 Code Factory, the global leader in mobile accessibility solutions, today announces the upcoming release of the 2.0 version of its Mobile Daisy Player product and invites users to participate to the beta program which will start during Q1 2008. This new version represents a leap forward in functionality over the previous version, including several new features designed to streamline usability and support a wider set of formats. Some of the highlighted features of Mobile Daisy Player 2.0 include: * Support for both Daisy 2.0 and Daisy 3.0 books, opening up a wider selection of content from even more sources than before. * The ability to access text-only, audio-only, and mixed-mode books, thanks to Code Factory's support of the widest array of text-to-speech engines in the industry. * Variable-speed playback, allowing the audio content of the book to be listened to at either faster or slower than normal speed, without changing the pitch of the audio. * Direct-to-phone book installation allows you to copy the Daisy book contents directly to your memory card, without requiring a separate installation step as in previous versions. * Complete bookmarking capability allows you to store and jump to specific locations within a book for easy access * Auto-resume feature creates a bookmark when stopping playback or closing a book, allowing you to pick up exactly where you left off * Essential navigation functions, such as accessing the table of contents, or skipping backward or forward by sections, pages, or chapters. Mobile Daisy Player 2.0 will be available for both Symbian and Windows Mobile platforms. If you are interested in participating in the beta test of Mobile Daisy Player 2.0, please send your information (name, email address, phone model and IMEI number) to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Note that Code Factory will also be presenting a seminar on the use of electronic books, including Mobile Daisy Player, at the 2008 ATIA conference in Orlando, Florida. For more information, please visit www.atia.org. Update your subscriptions, modify your password or e-mail address, or stop subscriptions at any time on your Subscriber Preferences Page at http://www.codefactory.es/en/services.asp?id=84 You will need to use your e-mail address to log in. You also can send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] for any request related to your subscription. About Code Factory Founded in 1998 and headquartered in Terrassa/Barcelona, Spain, Code Factory is the global leader committed to the development of products designed to eliminate barriers to the accessibility of mobile technology for the blind and visually impaired. Today, Code Factory is the leading provider of screen readers, screen magnifiers, and Braille interfaces for the widest range of mainstream mobile devices including Symbian-based and Windows Mobile-powered Smartphones as well as Pocket PC phones and PDAs. Its product line is the only one to support phones working on the GSM, CDMA and WCDMA networks. Code Factory's success lies in giving excellent customer support and in responding immediately to the needs of its end users. Among Code Factory's customers are well known organizations like ONCE, and carriers such as TMN, Vodafone, SFR, Bouygues Telecom and ATT. The company also collaborated with leading TTS providers and Braille manufacturers, thus enabling Code Factory to provide excellent text-to-speech technology in many languages for Mobile Speak products, and to incorporate support for over twenty wireless Braille devices into the software. For more information, feel free to contact Code Factory S.L.: Code Factory, S.L., Rambla d'Egara 148 2-2, 08221 Terrassa (Barcelona) Tel. +34 93 733 70 66, [EMAIL PROTECTED], www.codefactory.es Code Factory, S.L. - 2007 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
Re: [AI] FW: Invitation to participate to the beta program of MobileDaisy Player
Hai... Could you pl let me know how or where we can get hold of DAISY payers or if there are any trials available as to how one can use them? Subramani -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dinesh Kaushal Sent: Tuesday, December 11, 2007 7:41 AM To: accessindia@accessindia.org.in Subject: [AI] FW: Invitation to participate to the beta program of MobileDaisy Player Logo Code Factory http://www.codefactory.es/images/newsletter_cab.gif Caroline Ragot - Marketing Director Tel. +34 93 733 70 66 - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mobile Daisy Player v2.0 Terrassa, Barcelona Invitation to participate to the beta program of Mobile Daisy Player v2.0 Code Factory announces upcoming release of new version of Mobile Daisy Player, with enhanced format support and industry-leading usability features Terrassa (Barcelona), December 5, 2007 Code Factory, the global leader in mobile accessibility solutions, today announces the upcoming release of the 2.0 version of its Mobile Daisy Player product and invites users to participate to the beta program which will start during Q1 2008. This new version represents a leap forward in functionality over the previous version, including several new features designed to streamline usability and support a wider set of formats. Some of the highlighted features of Mobile Daisy Player 2.0 include: * Support for both Daisy 2.0 and Daisy 3.0 books, opening up a wider selection of content from even more sources than before. * The ability to access text-only, audio-only, and mixed-mode books, thanks to Code Factory's support of the widest array of text-to-speech engines in the industry. * Variable-speed playback, allowing the audio content of the book to be listened to at either faster or slower than normal speed, without changing the pitch of the audio. * Direct-to-phone book installation allows you to copy the Daisy book contents directly to your memory card, without requiring a separate installation step as in previous versions. * Complete bookmarking capability allows you to store and jump to specific locations within a book for easy access * Auto-resume feature creates a bookmark when stopping playback or closing a book, allowing you to pick up exactly where you left off * Essential navigation functions, such as accessing the table of contents, or skipping backward or forward by sections, pages, or chapters. Mobile Daisy Player 2.0 will be available for both Symbian and Windows Mobile platforms. If you are interested in participating in the beta test of Mobile Daisy Player 2.0, please send your information (name, email address, phone model and IMEI number) to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Note that Code Factory will also be presenting a seminar on the use of electronic books, including Mobile Daisy Player, at the 2008 ATIA conference in Orlando, Florida. For more information, please visit www.atia.org. Update your subscriptions, modify your password or e-mail address, or stop subscriptions at any time on your Subscriber Preferences Page at http://www.codefactory.es/en/services.asp?id=84 You will need to use your e-mail address to log in. You also can send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] for any request related to your subscription. About Code Factory Founded in 1998 and headquartered in Terrassa/Barcelona, Spain, Code Factory is the global leader committed to the development of products designed to eliminate barriers to the accessibility of mobile technology for the blind and visually impaired. Today, Code Factory is the leading provider of screen readers, screen magnifiers, and Braille interfaces for the widest range of mainstream mobile devices including Symbian-based and Windows Mobile-powered Smartphones as well as Pocket PC phones and PDAs. Its product line is the only one to support phones working on the GSM, CDMA and WCDMA networks. Code Factory's success lies in giving excellent customer support and in responding immediately to the needs of its end users. Among Code Factory's customers are well known organizations like ONCE, and carriers such as TMN, Vodafone, SFR, Bouygues Telecom and ATT. The company also collaborated with leading TTS providers and Braille manufacturers, thus enabling Code Factory to provide excellent text-to-speech technology in many languages for Mobile Speak products, and to incorporate support for over twenty wireless Braille devices into the software. For more information, feel free to contact Code Factory S.L.: Code Factory, S.L., Rambla d'Egara 148 2-2, 08221 Terrassa (Barcelona) Tel. +34 93 733 70 66, [EMAIL PROTECTED], www.codefactory.es Code Factory, S.L. - 2007 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.i n To
