Re: [AI] camp for enrollment of unique identity card [aadhaar]
Hi friends, This is an excellent news: a couple of clarifications please: Are the family members of the blind and visually impaired who are not disabled permitted to utilize this service? Also, what are the documents that are required as address proofs and is it necessary to pre-register with NAB authorities for the same? Thanks and all the best, Ketan On 8/14/12, NAB India Advocacy nabadvocac...@gmail.com wrote: Dear all, Subject: 4 days Aadhaar camp for the visually impaired persons at NAB premises Worli Sea Face. We are happy to inform you that the NAB Department of Advocacy is organizing a Aadhar camp for obtaining unique Identity Card in collaboration with the BMC (Brihan Mumbai Mahanagar Palika ) and Unique Identification Authority Of India Aadhaar which will empower visually impaired people in accessing services such as the formal banking system and give them the opportunity to easily avail various other services provided by the Government and the private sector. It is observed that many visually impaired persons are being denied for this card because of blindness; hence we approached the Unique Identification Authority of India for this Camp. The details are as follows: Date : 29th August 2012 to 1st September 2012 Time : 9:30 am to 5:00 pm. Venue :National Association for the Blind (India) 11 khan abdul Gaffar Khan Road Worli Seaface Mumbai 400030 Mandatory Documents : Proof of address Proof of Identity Those who are resident of India and have not enrolled for this Unique Identity card can come to enroll themselves. We would request all the Hon. Secretaries, Head of the Departments, individuals and the institutes working for the welfare of the visually challenged to spread this news and take maximum advantage of this camp For any further queries/information kindly contact on tel. no. 24932539/24988134. Thanking you, Yours sincerely, Poonam Pardesi Advocacy Manager Search for old postings at: http://www.mail-archive.com/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/ To unsubscribe send a message to accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in -- Ketan Kothari Phone: [r] 24223281, Cell: 9987550614 MSN ID: muktake...@hotmail.com Skype ID: Ketan Search for old postings at: http://www.mail-archive.com/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/ To unsubscribe send a message to accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in
Re: [AI] Congratulations Dipendra Manocha!
congratulation to Manocha Sir you are a such personalty to to inspire to all v.h. and other social disabilities. sir I hope sir you will be do well not only in your life but in social life of society. congratulation to you sir. again and again. On 8/14/12, Jeevan Reddy jeevan.anupa...@gmail.com wrote: Congrats Dipendra, Keep the good Work up. On 8/14/12, Srinivasu Chakravarthula li...@srinivasu.org wrote: Friends, Please join me and congratulate our very own Mr. Dipendra Manocha for receiving NCPEDP - MphasiS Universal Design Award. Congrats Dipendra! You have done a lot and keep up the good work. Undoubtedly, you are an inspiration to not just people with disabilities but to everyone. Good luck, -Vasu -- Regards, Srinivasu Chakravarthula - Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/VasuTweets Website: http://www.srinivasu.org | http://www.learnaccessibility.org Let's create an inclusive web! Search for old postings at: http://www.mail-archive.com/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/ To unsubscribe send a message to accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in -- Best Regards, Jeevan Reddy, Accessibility Consultant, Onya Digital Solutions, Bangalore. Mob: +91 8050761380. Search for old postings at: http://www.mail-archive.com/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/ To unsubscribe send a message to accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in Search for old postings at: http://www.mail-archive.com/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/ To unsubscribe send a message to accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in
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Friends Please don't send congratulation messages on the list. It should be sent to the person concerned directly. I do extend hearty congratulations to Dipendra manucha being honoured with one more feather in the cap on behalf of the AccessIndia family. Harish Kotian. -Original Message- From: accessindia-boun...@accessindia.org.in [mailto:accessindia-boun...@accessindia.org.in] On Behalf Of Srinivasu Chakravarthula Sent: 14 August 2012 11:03 To: accessindia@accessindia.org.in; dipendra.mano...@gmail.com Cc: c...@nabkarnataka.org; na...@vsnl.com Subject: [AI] Congratulations Dipendra Manocha! Friends, Please join me and congratulate our very own Mr. Dipendra Manocha for receiving NCPEDP - MphasiS Universal Design Award. Congrats Dipendra! You have done a lot and keep up the good work. Undoubtedly, you are an inspiration to not just people with disabilities but to everyone. Good luck, -Vasu -- Regards, Srinivasu Chakravarthula - Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/VasuTweets Website: http://www.srinivasu.org | http://www.learnaccessibility.org Let's create an inclusive web! Search for old postings at: http://www.mail-archive.com/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/ To unsubscribe send a message to accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in Warning: Reserve Bank of India never maintains private accounts nor asks for details of account, password, etc. Notice: This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you are not the intended recipient, any dissemination, use, review, distribution, printing or copying of the information contained in this e-mail message and/or attachments to it are strictly prohibited. If you have received this email by error, please notify us by return e-mail or telephone and immediately and permanently delete the message and any attachments. The recipient should check this email and any attachments for the presence of viruses. The Reserve Bank of India accepts no liability for any damage caused by any virus transmitted by this email. Search for old postings at: http://www.mail-archive.com/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/ To unsubscribe send a message to accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in
Re: [AI] camp for enrollment of unique identity card [aadhaar]
Is this camp open to challenged folks under corporations other than BMC like KDMC (Kalyan Dombivli Municipal Corporation), TMC (Thane Municipal Corporation), etc? On 8/14/12, Ketan Kothari muktake...@gmail.com wrote: Hi friends, This is an excellent news: a couple of clarifications please: Are the family members of the blind and visually impaired who are not disabled permitted to utilize this service? Also, what are the documents that are required as address proofs and is it necessary to pre-register with NAB authorities for the same? Thanks and all the best, Ketan On 8/14/12, NAB India Advocacy nabadvocac...@gmail.com wrote: Dear all, Subject: 4 days Aadhaar camp for the visually impaired persons at NAB premises Worli Sea Face. We are happy to inform you that the NAB Department of Advocacy is organizing a Aadhar camp for obtaining unique Identity Card in collaboration with the BMC (Brihan Mumbai Mahanagar Palika ) and Unique Identification Authority Of India Aadhaar which will empower visually impaired people in accessing services such as the formal banking system and give them the opportunity to easily avail various other services provided by the Government and the private sector. It is observed that many visually impaired persons are being denied for this card because of blindness; hence we approached the Unique Identification Authority of India for this Camp. The details are as follows: Date : 29th August 2012 to 1st September 2012 Time : 9:30 am to 5:00 pm. Venue :National Association for the Blind (India) 11 khan abdul Gaffar Khan Road Worli Seaface Mumbai 400030 Mandatory Documents : Proof of address Proof of Identity Those who are resident of India and have not enrolled for this Unique Identity card can come to enroll themselves. We would request all the Hon. Secretaries, Head of the Departments, individuals and the institutes working for the welfare of the visually challenged to spread this news and take maximum advantage of this camp For any further queries/information kindly contact on tel. no. 24932539/24988134. Thanking you, Yours sincerely, Poonam Pardesi Advocacy Manager Search for old postings at: http://www.mail-archive.com/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/ To unsubscribe send a message to accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in -- Ketan Kothari Phone: [r] 24223281, Cell: 9987550614 MSN ID: muktake...@hotmail.com Skype ID: Ketan Search for old postings at: http://www.mail-archive.com/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/ To unsubscribe send a message to accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in -- Best Regards, Zujar... An optimist laughs to forget, whereas a pessimist forgets to laugh! Search for old postings at: http://www.mail-archive.com/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/ To unsubscribe send a message to accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in
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Don't disable her right to go to school The Hindu The Convention sees disability as part of human diversity and therefore persons with disabilities as equally valued members of society. It underscores the fact that disability is not just a medical issue. People become disabled because of all the ... http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/lead/article3765413.ece?homepage=true See all stories on this topic: http://news.google.co.in/news/story?ncl=http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/lead/article3765413.ece%3Fhomepage%3Dtruehl=engeo=in Assistant Manager UCO BANK email: harish.kapoor1...@gmail.com ph.: 8882289259 Search for old postings at: http://www.mail-archive.com/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/ To unsubscribe send a message to accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in
Re: [AI] Is there any oppertunity to complete gratuation in a year?
No, No, University presently in India provide graduation in one year, As said by Renuka Madam Usmenia University used to provide one year graduation before 2003 but presently no university provides this. On 8/14/12, Renuka Warriar eren...@gmail.com wrote: But, when I was working in the Pareeksha Bhavan Enquiry Office, students used to ask whether one year degree program of the Osmania University is recognised or not. Renuka. On 8/13/12, padmanabham padmanabam.mu...@gmail.com wrote: no osmania university doesn't conduct such programmes. - Original Message - From: Renuka Warriar eren...@gmail.com To: accessindia@accessindia.org.in Sent: Monday, August 13, 2012 3:35 PM Subject: Re: [AI] Is there any oppertunity to complete gratuation in a year? If my memmory is correct, Osmania University conducts such courses. Renuka. On 8/13/12, Phen Varghese phenvargh...@gmail.com wrote: Inquire with IGNOU http://www.ignou.ac.in With regard's, Phen Varghese On 8/13/12, PRASHANTH prashanthmn1...@gmail.com wrote: Enquire in annamalai university http://annamalaiuniversity.ac.in/index1.php With Regards: Prashanth Mobile#:9480555815 Education is a progressive discovery of our own ignorance. Will Durant - Original Message - From: prathusha lingam lingam.prathu...@gmail.com To: accessindia@accessindia.org.in Sent: Monday, August 13, 2012 12:18 PM Subject: [AI] Is there any oppertunity to complete gratuation in a year? Dear all, Hope every1 are doing fine. As the subject line states i want to complete my Degree in 1year. So,accessindians if any1 of u have idea regarding this means, Please help me. Worm regards, Lingam. -- If you try anything, if you try to lose weight, or to improve yourself, or to love, or to make the world a better place, you have already achieved something wonderful, before you even begin. Forget failure. If things don't work out the way you want, hold your head up high and be proud. And try again. And again. And again! lingam. Search for old postings at: http://www.mail-archive.com/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/ To unsubscribe send a message to accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in Search for old postings at: http://www.mail-archive.com/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/ To unsubscribe send a message to accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in Search for old postings at: http://www.mail-archive.com/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/ To unsubscribe send a message to accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in Search for old postings at: http://www.mail-archive.com/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/ To unsubscribe send a message to accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in Search for old postings at: http://www.mail-archive.com/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/ To unsubscribe send a message to accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in Search for old postings at: http://www.mail-archive.com/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/ To unsubscribe send a message to accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in -- vivek, Ph.919868954833, New Delhi Search for old postings at: http://www.mail-archive.com/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/ To unsubscribe send a message to accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in
Re: [AI] camp for enrollment of unique identity card [aadhaar]
Hi In my opinion this will be a facilitation camp. Meaning, those who had difficulty registration at the regular registration sites, where the personal were not aware of handling cases of disability they could come here. Otherwise, any citizen who is otherwise eligible to get registered could come as well. I don't think they would debar anyone. Harish Kotian -Original Message- From: accessindia-boun...@accessindia.org.in [mailto:accessindia-boun...@accessindia.org.in] On Behalf Of Zujar Shabbir Kanchwala Sent: 14 August 2012 14:44 To: accessindia@accessindia.org.in Subject: Re: [AI] camp for enrollment of unique identity card [aadhaar] Is this camp open to challenged folks under corporations other than BMC like KDMC (Kalyan Dombivli Municipal Corporation), TMC (Thane Municipal Corporation), etc? On 8/14/12, Ketan Kothari muktake...@gmail.com wrote: Hi friends, This is an excellent news: a couple of clarifications please: Are the family members of the blind and visually impaired who are not disabled permitted to utilize this service? Also, what are the documents that are required as address proofs and is it necessary to pre-register with NAB authorities for the same? Thanks and all the best, Ketan On 8/14/12, NAB India Advocacy nabadvocac...@gmail.com wrote: Dear all, Subject: 4 days Aadhaar camp for the visually impaired persons at NAB premises Worli Sea Face. We are happy to inform you that the NAB Department of Advocacy is organizing a Aadhar camp for obtaining unique Identity Card in collaboration with the BMC (Brihan Mumbai Mahanagar Palika ) and Unique Identification Authority Of India Aadhaar which will empower visually impaired people in accessing services such as the formal banking system and give them the opportunity to easily avail various other services provided by the Government and the private sector. It is observed that many visually impaired persons are being denied for this card because of blindness; hence we approached the Unique Identification Authority of India for this Camp. The details are as follows: Date : 29th August 2012 to 1st September 2012 Time : 9:30 am to 5:00 pm. Venue :National Association for the Blind (India) 11 khan abdul Gaffar Khan Road Worli Seaface Mumbai 400030 Mandatory Documents : Proof of address Proof of Identity Those who are resident of India and have not enrolled for this Unique Identity card can come to enroll themselves. We would request all the Hon. Secretaries, Head of the Departments, individuals and the institutes working for the welfare of the visually challenged to spread this news and take maximum advantage of this camp For any further queries/information kindly contact on tel. no. 24932539/24988134. Thanking you, Yours sincerely, Poonam Pardesi Advocacy Manager Search for old postings at: http://www.mail-archive.com/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/ To unsubscribe send a message to accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in -- Ketan Kothari Phone: [r] 24223281, Cell: 9987550614 MSN ID: muktake...@hotmail.com Skype ID: Ketan Search for old postings at: http://www.mail-archive.com/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/ To unsubscribe send a message to accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in -- Best Regards, Zujar... An optimist laughs to forget, whereas a pessimist forgets to laugh! Search for old postings at: http://www.mail-archive.com/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/ To unsubscribe send a message to accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in Warning: Reserve Bank of India never maintains private accounts nor asks for details of account, password, etc. Notice: This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you are not the intended recipient, any dissemination, use, review, distribution, printing or copying of the information contained in this e-mail message and/or attachments to it are strictly prohibited. If you have received this email by error, please notify us by return e-mail or telephone and immediately and permanently delete the message and any attachments.
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On 2/23/12, Wahid Raza wahid...@gmail.com wrote: Hi all, Folks: hope all are doing fine pasting below a intrusting article, which get from another list. Regards Wahid -- Forwarded message -- Braille comes unbound from the book: how technology can stop a literary crisis Apple is at the vanguard of a push behind technology that's helping old-fashioned Braille replace text-to-speech audio for the blind - and it couldn't have come at a more critical time By Saabira Chaudhuri guardian.co.uk 14 February 2012 http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2012/feb/14/technology-brings-braille-back -apple On a lazy Sunday afternoon, Chancey Fleet reads the menu of Bombay Garden to four friends gathered at the back of the Chelsea-based Indian restaurant in New York City. Although she is reading aloud, there are no menus on the table. They aren't necessary, because Fleet is blind. Instead, she reads using a Braille display that sits unobtrusively on her lap and connects to her iPhone via Bluetooth, electronically converting the onscreen text into different combinations of pins. She reads by gently but firmly running her fingers over the pins with her left hand while navigating the phone with her right. The iPhone is the official phone of blindness, she told the Guardian. Until recently, technology, especially that which converts text to audio, has been hastening the demise of Braille, which educators say is a bad thing. Students who can read Braille tend on average to acquire higher literacy rates and fare better professionally later on. But Apple's push into the field - coupled with increasingly affordable Braille displays - has the potential to bring Braille back in a big way. Fleet's iPhone has a built-in screen reader called VoiceOver that works with all native applications. It tells Fleet what her finger is touching, allowing her to download the restaurant menu and read it, access her email, and do anything else she needs to with the phone, either by converting text into Braille on the separate display or by reading out loud to her. (Here's a video of the process at work.) Fleet also uses her display to type, rather than navigate with her iPhone or computer keyboard. It has a spacebar and with eight thumb-sized keys - one that works as a backspace key, another as an enter key, and the remainder that function as the six dot positions that comprise a Braille character. When Apple released the first accessible iPhone in 2009, it took the blind community by storm, said Fleet. We didn't know, nobody knew, that Apple was planning an accessible device. The device went from being an infuriating brick to a fluid, usable, opportunity-levelling device in one iteration. Apple has shown that devices aren't inaccessible because they have to be, but because companies made them with a lack of imagination, said Fleet. Apple proved that a blind person could use an interface that didn't have physical buttons. Anne Taylor, director of access technology for the National Federation of the Blind, agrees. Apple has set the bar very high, she said. No other mobile OS provider, such as Google or Microsoft, has made Braille available on their mobile platform. Apple's iPad, iPhone 4, iPhone 3GS, and third generation iPod Touch already support more than 30 Bluetooth wireless Braille displays. And the company's recent push into digital textbooks could greatly reduce the time it takes for Braille textbooks to be available to students, not to mention reduce their cost and size: a single print textbook must be transformed into several volumes of Braille. Ebooks can be a game changer if they're properly designed because it would allow us to get access to the same books at the same time at the same price as everyone else, said Christopher Danielsen, spokesman for the NFB. Publishers and manufacturers have to ensure they are designed to be accessible to work with braille displays. That's what Apple has done. Apple is not perfect but they're way, way ahead of everybody else in this area. The benefits of Braille Apple's accessibility efforts come at a pivotal time. For decades now, the number of Braille users has been on the decline. Data from the American Printing House for the Blind's annual registry of legally blind students shows that in 1963, 51% of legally blind children in public and residential schools used Braille as their primary reading medium. In 2007 this number fell to just 10%, while in 2011 it stood at under 9%. While there are many reasons for the decline of Braille, technology that converts text to speech has been identified as a major factor. In a nationwide sample of 1,663 teachers of visually impaired and blind students conducted in the early 1990s, 40% chose reliance on technology as a reason behind Braille's decline. When we experienced the
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Why is this mail send with a different subjectline and a different content? On 8/14/12, faiz hussain faiz...@gmail.com wrote: On 2/23/12, Wahid Raza wahid...@gmail.com wrote: Hi all, Folks: hope all are doing fine pasting below a intrusting article, which get from another list. Regards Wahid -- Forwarded message -- Braille comes unbound from the book: how technology can stop a literary crisis Apple is at the vanguard of a push behind technology that's helping old-fashioned Braille replace text-to-speech audio for the blind - and it couldn't have come at a more critical time By Saabira Chaudhuri guardian.co.uk 14 February 2012 http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2012/feb/14/technology-brings-braille-back -apple On a lazy Sunday afternoon, Chancey Fleet reads the menu of Bombay Garden to four friends gathered at the back of the Chelsea-based Indian restaurant in New York City. Although she is reading aloud, there are no menus on the table. They aren't necessary, because Fleet is blind. Instead, she reads using a Braille display that sits unobtrusively on her lap and connects to her iPhone via Bluetooth, electronically converting the onscreen text into different combinations of pins. She reads by gently but firmly running her fingers over the pins with her left hand while navigating the phone with her right. The iPhone is the official phone of blindness, she told the Guardian. Until recently, technology, especially that which converts text to audio, has been hastening the demise of Braille, which educators say is a bad thing. Students who can read Braille tend on average to acquire higher literacy rates and fare better professionally later on. But Apple's push into the field - coupled with increasingly affordable Braille displays - has the potential to bring Braille back in a big way. Fleet's iPhone has a built-in screen reader called VoiceOver that works with all native applications. It tells Fleet what her finger is touching, allowing her to download the restaurant menu and read it, access her email, and do anything else she needs to with the phone, either by converting text into Braille on the separate display or by reading out loud to her. (Here's a video of the process at work.) Fleet also uses her display to type, rather than navigate with her iPhone or computer keyboard. It has a spacebar and with eight thumb-sized keys - one that works as a backspace key, another as an enter key, and the remainder that function as the six dot positions that comprise a Braille character. When Apple released the first accessible iPhone in 2009, it took the blind community by storm, said Fleet. We didn't know, nobody knew, that Apple was planning an accessible device. The device went from being an infuriating brick to a fluid, usable, opportunity-levelling device in one iteration. Apple has shown that devices aren't inaccessible because they have to be, but because companies made them with a lack of imagination, said Fleet. Apple proved that a blind person could use an interface that didn't have physical buttons. Anne Taylor, director of access technology for the National Federation of the Blind, agrees. Apple has set the bar very high, she said. No other mobile OS provider, such as Google or Microsoft, has made Braille available on their mobile platform. Apple's iPad, iPhone 4, iPhone 3GS, and third generation iPod Touch already support more than 30 Bluetooth wireless Braille displays. And the company's recent push into digital textbooks could greatly reduce the time it takes for Braille textbooks to be available to students, not to mention reduce their cost and size: a single print textbook must be transformed into several volumes of Braille. Ebooks can be a game changer if they're properly designed because it would allow us to get access to the same books at the same time at the same price as everyone else, said Christopher Danielsen, spokesman for the NFB. Publishers and manufacturers have to ensure they are designed to be accessible to work with braille displays. That's what Apple has done. Apple is not perfect but they're way, way ahead of everybody else in this area. The benefits of Braille Apple's accessibility efforts come at a pivotal time. For decades now, the number of Braille users has been on the decline. Data from the American Printing House for the Blind's annual registry of legally blind students shows that in 1963, 51% of legally blind children in public and residential schools used Braille as their primary reading medium. In 2007 this number fell to just 10%, while in 2011 it stood at under 9%. While there are many reasons for the decline of Braille, technology that converts text to speech has been identified as a major factor. In a nationwide sample of 1,663 teachers of visually impaired and blind students
Re: [AI] Congratulations Dipendra Manocha!
wonderful, My Hearty Congratulations! Please Keep it up! With Regards B. R. Nautial Mobile: +91-9915073368 - Original Message - From: Srinivasu Chakravarthula li...@srinivasu.org To: accessindia@accessindia.org.in; dipendra.mano...@gmail.com Cc: c...@nabkarnataka.org; na...@vsnl.com Sent: Tuesday, August 14, 2012 11:03 AM Subject: [AI] Congratulations Dipendra Manocha! Friends, Please join me and congratulate our very own Mr. Dipendra Manocha for receiving NCPEDP - MphasiS Universal Design Award. Congrats Dipendra! You have done a lot and keep up the good work. Undoubtedly, you are an inspiration to not just people with disabilities but to everyone. Good luck, -Vasu -- Regards, Srinivasu Chakravarthula - Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/VasuTweets Website: http://www.srinivasu.org | http://www.learnaccessibility.org Let's create an inclusive web! Search for old postings at: http://www.mail-archive.com/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/ To unsubscribe send a message to accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in Search for old postings at: http://www.mail-archive.com/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/ To unsubscribe send a message to accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in
Re: [AI] camp for enrollment of unique identity card [aadhaar]
Good news indeed. Is it possible to give appointments especially for persons who have other health issues like heart ailments,diabetic complications etc who cannot wait for a long time in thequeue? Thanks and await response. Regards. Vishwanathan K.S. - Original Message - From: Ketan Kothari muktake...@gmail.com To: accessindia@accessindia.org.in Sent: Tuesday, August 14, 2012 12:36 PM Subject: Re: [AI] camp for enrollment of unique identity card [aadhaar] Hi friends, This is an excellent news: a couple of clarifications please: Are the family members of the blind and visually impaired who are not disabled permitted to utilize this service? Also, what are the documents that are required as address proofs and is it necessary to pre-register with NAB authorities for the same? Thanks and all the best, Ketan On 8/14/12, NAB India Advocacy nabadvocac...@gmail.com wrote: Dear all, Subject: 4 days Aadhaar camp for the visually impaired persons at NAB premises Worli Sea Face. We are happy to inform you that the NAB Department of Advocacy is organizing a Aadhar camp for obtaining unique Identity Card in collaboration with the BMC (Brihan Mumbai Mahanagar Palika ) and Unique Identification Authority Of India Aadhaar which will empower visually impaired people in accessing services such as the formal banking system and give them the opportunity to easily avail various other services provided by the Government and the private sector. It is observed that many visually impaired persons are being denied for this card because of blindness; hence we approached the Unique Identification Authority of India for this Camp. The details are as follows: Date : 29th August 2012 to 1st September 2012 Time : 9:30 am to 5:00 pm. Venue :National Association for the Blind (India) 11 khan abdul Gaffar Khan Road Worli Seaface Mumbai 400030 Mandatory Documents : Proof of address Proof of Identity Those who are resident of India and have not enrolled for this Unique Identity card can come to enroll themselves. We would request all the Hon. Secretaries, Head of the Departments, individuals and the institutes working for the welfare of the visually challenged to spread this news and take maximum advantage of this camp For any further queries/information kindly contact on tel. no. 24932539/24988134. Thanking you, Yours sincerely, Poonam Pardesi Advocacy Manager Search for old postings at: http://www.mail-archive.com/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/ To unsubscribe send a message to accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in -- Ketan Kothari Phone: [r] 24223281, Cell: 9987550614 MSN ID: muktake...@hotmail.com Skype ID: Ketan Search for old postings at: http://www.mail-archive.com/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/ To unsubscribe send a message to accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in Search for old postings at: http://www.mail-archive.com/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/ To unsubscribe send a message to accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in
Re: [AI] unsubscribe
On 8/14/12, Phen Varghese phenvargh...@gmail.com wrote: Why is this mail send with a different subjectline and a different content? On 8/14/12, faiz hussain faiz...@gmail.com wrote: On 2/23/12, Wahid Raza wahid...@gmail.com wrote: Hi all, Folks: hope all are doing fine pasting below a intrusting article, which get from another list. Regards Wahid -- Forwarded message -- Braille comes unbound from the book: how technology can stop a literary crisis Apple is at the vanguard of a push behind technology that's helping old-fashioned Braille replace text-to-speech audio for the blind - and it couldn't have come at a more critical time By Saabira Chaudhuri guardian.co.uk 14 February 2012 http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2012/feb/14/technology-brings-braille-back -apple On a lazy Sunday afternoon, Chancey Fleet reads the menu of Bombay Garden to four friends gathered at the back of the Chelsea-based Indian restaurant in New York City. Although she is reading aloud, there are no menus on the table. They aren't necessary, because Fleet is blind. Instead, she reads using a Braille display that sits unobtrusively on her lap and connects to her iPhone via Bluetooth, electronically converting the onscreen text into different combinations of pins. She reads by gently but firmly running her fingers over the pins with her left hand while navigating the phone with her right. The iPhone is the official phone of blindness, she told the Guardian. Until recently, technology, especially that which converts text to audio, has been hastening the demise of Braille, which educators say is a bad thing. Students who can read Braille tend on average to acquire higher literacy rates and fare better professionally later on. But Apple's push into the field - coupled with increasingly affordable Braille displays - has the potential to bring Braille back in a big way. Fleet's iPhone has a built-in screen reader called VoiceOver that works with all native applications. It tells Fleet what her finger is touching, allowing her to download the restaurant menu and read it, access her email, and do anything else she needs to with the phone, either by converting text into Braille on the separate display or by reading out loud to her. (Here's a video of the process at work.) Fleet also uses her display to type, rather than navigate with her iPhone or computer keyboard. It has a spacebar and with eight thumb-sized keys - one that works as a backspace key, another as an enter key, and the remainder that function as the six dot positions that comprise a Braille character. When Apple released the first accessible iPhone in 2009, it took the blind community by storm, said Fleet. We didn't know, nobody knew, that Apple was planning an accessible device. The device went from being an infuriating brick to a fluid, usable, opportunity-levelling device in one iteration. Apple has shown that devices aren't inaccessible because they have to be, but because companies made them with a lack of imagination, said Fleet. Apple proved that a blind person could use an interface that didn't have physical buttons. Anne Taylor, director of access technology for the National Federation of the Blind, agrees. Apple has set the bar very high, she said. No other mobile OS provider, such as Google or Microsoft, has made Braille available on their mobile platform. Apple's iPad, iPhone 4, iPhone 3GS, and third generation iPod Touch already support more than 30 Bluetooth wireless Braille displays. And the company's recent push into digital textbooks could greatly reduce the time it takes for Braille textbooks to be available to students, not to mention reduce their cost and size: a single print textbook must be transformed into several volumes of Braille. Ebooks can be a game changer if they're properly designed because it would allow us to get access to the same books at the same time at the same price as everyone else, said Christopher Danielsen, spokesman for the NFB. Publishers and manufacturers have to ensure they are designed to be accessible to work with braille displays. That's what Apple has done. Apple is not perfect but they're way, way ahead of everybody else in this area. The benefits of Braille Apple's accessibility efforts come at a pivotal time. For decades now, the number of Braille users has been on the decline. Data from the American Printing House for the Blind's annual registry of legally blind students shows that in 1963, 51% of legally blind children in public and residential schools used Braille as their primary reading medium. In 2007 this number fell to just 10%, while in 2011 it stood at under 9%. While there are many reasons for the decline of Braille, technology that converts text to speech has been identified as a major factor. In a nationwide sample of
[AI] can we create mp3 into text doc by open book
hello list members, i am having a doubt can we convert mp3 into text by using open book. regards, sk.sazid Search for old postings at: http://www.mail-archive.com/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/ To unsubscribe send a message to accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in
Re: [AI] camp for enrollment of unique identity card [aadhaar]
It is indeed a good news, because since long time, all the Adhar centres in Dombivali have been stopped. Only one quary - will NAB arrange for volunteers to help the blind in filling up their forms? Thanking you, yours, Professor Shyam M. Sayanekar Telephone: 0251-2438457 Mobile: +91 9920410788 Skype ID- sayanekar - Original Message - From: NAB India Advocacy nabadvocac...@gmail.com To: accessindia accessindia@accessindia.org.in Sent: Tuesday, August 14, 2012 11:50 AM Subject: [AI] camp for enrollment of unique identity card [aadhaar] Dear all, Subject: 4 days Aadhaar camp for the visually impaired persons at NAB premises Worli Sea Face. We are happy to inform you that the NAB Department of Advocacy is organizing a Aadhar camp for obtaining unique Identity Card in collaboration with the BMC (Brihan Mumbai Mahanagar Palika ) and Unique Identification Authority Of India Aadhaar which will empower visually impaired people in accessing services such as the formal banking system and give them the opportunity to easily avail various other services provided by the Government and the private sector. It is observed that many visually impaired persons are being denied for this card because of blindness; hence we approached the Unique Identification Authority of India for this Camp. The details are as follows: Date : 29th August 2012 to 1st September 2012 Time : 9:30 am to 5:00 pm. Venue :National Association for the Blind (India) 11 khan abdul Gaffar Khan Road Worli Seaface Mumbai 400030 Mandatory Documents : Proof of address Proof of Identity Those who are resident of India and have not enrolled for this Unique Identity card can come to enroll themselves. We would request all the Hon. Secretaries, Head of the Departments, individuals and the institutes working for the welfare of the visually challenged to spread this news and take maximum advantage of this camp For any further queries/information kindly contact on tel. no. 24932539/24988134. Thanking you, Yours sincerely, Poonam Pardesi Advocacy Manager Search for old postings at: http://www.mail-archive.com/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/ To unsubscribe send a message to accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in Search for old postings at: http://www.mail-archive.com/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/ To unsubscribe send a message to accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in
[AI] info needed on entrepreneurs among differently able women.
dear access indians, as one of my colleagues is proposing to pursue her doctoral research on differently able women entrepreneurs, kindly let me know if you knew any women entrepreneurs among our differently able community irrespective of any disability. -- COMING TOGETHER IS A BEGINNING, KEEPING TOGETHER IS A PROGRESS AND WORKING TOGETHER IS A SUCCESS. With best regards, Dr. D, Ramkumar, Assistant Professor and Head, Department of English, Kasthurba Govt College for Women, Puducherry, affiliated to Pondicherry university (a central University). Mobile: 09626663382 home: 0413 3290383, 6500233 skipe name: ramkumarpondicherry Search for old postings at: http://www.mail-archive.com/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/ To unsubscribe send a message to accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in
Re: [AI] Free Books In Daily Bit-Size Chunks By Email
Dear Friend, I have been receiving books from this website for the past two years without any problems. You can also ask for immediate delivery of the next instalment if you want. Regards Mr. Sameer Latey Mumbai, India - Original Message - From: Kakarla Nageswaraiah nageswara1...@gmail.com To: accessindia@accessindia.org.in Cc: Avi Sir aviratsh...@gmail.com; Bhavesh Khalasi jas...@gmail.com Sent: Tuesday, August 14, 2012 8:09 AM Subject: Re: [AI] Free Books In Daily Bit-Size Chunks By Email Great if it really works. On 8/14/12, Hozefa Tambawala starh...@gmail.com wrote: Free Books In Daily Bit-Size Chunks By Email Don't have time to read books? Now's your chance to discover a great solution. This web site is free to join, and once you've signed up you can choose from hundreds of free books to subscribe to. The books you choose are delivered daily, in a number of parts, straight to your nominated email address. Some books are in as few as 5 parts, while others could take you 2 years or more to get through. You can choose which days you receive your instalments, and which time of day they get sent. So for a daily dose of fiction or literary entertainment, check it out. Visit hear: http://www.dailylit.com -- You are subscribed to email updates from Gizmo's Freeware: Top selections. To stop receiving these emails, you may unsubscribe now: http://feedburner.google.com/fb/a/mailunsubscribe?k=DlX28wo02qWnJX5As3uEUtjmO1E Email delivery powered by Google. Google Inc., 20 West Kinzie, Chicago IL USA 60610 -- Life is like a piano. White keys are happy moments Black keys are sad moments. But remember both keys are played together to give sweet music. Focus on your abilities, not your disability. Follow me on facebook: https://www.facebook.com/starhoze Warm Regards, Have a nice day Hozefa... Search for old postings at: http://www.mail-archive.com/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/ To unsubscribe send a message to accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in -- కాకర్ల నాగేశ్వరయ్య Search for old postings at: http://www.mail-archive.com/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/ To unsubscribe send a message to accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in Search for old postings at: http://www.mail-archive.com/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/ To unsubscribe send a message to accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in
[AI] Happy Independence Day
Hi Access Indians, I wish you a very happy independence day. On this independence day I have just posted an article. Please find time to read it and share.. http://accessibilityindia.wordpress.com/2012/08/15/on-dependence-day/ Thanks Regards Rakesh Search for old postings at: http://www.mail-archive.com/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/ To unsubscribe send a message to accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in
Re: [AI] regarding connecting my laptop 2 projector lab network for internet
Dear Shreyas, If you are trying to connect your laptop with the projector for the first time, here is a step you may want to try. After connecting your laptop with the projector using VGA cable, boot your laptop up. Once you made sure that it is ready to go, press Function key + F8 to get your screen projected on the board/ display. Hope it helps. Thanks. Cheers, Sathiyaprakash. On 8/14/12, Shreyas N Reddy n.shreyas.re...@gmail.com wrote: hi all hope u all r fine I have some problem today I don't know how to overcome it So, the problem was, I had to connect my laptop for projecting something on the projector presenting some explaination for my co classmates but this was not possible. So, how is this possible? I am not sure that whether the board used is active board,, smart board or the projector. In fact, I my self, don't know this and another problem is I had to use internet in order to get some information. The school has the net as well, but I wasn't able to use it. I don't know for what reason I wasn't able to use. In fact, I plugged the lan cable which was there in one of the computer connected to the net in my school lab-- That too, I plugged to my laptop but I wasn't able to access net in my laptop So, any suggestion please help me in regards Shreyas Nagaraj Reddy Search for old postings at: http://www.mail-archive.com/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/ To unsubscribe send a message to accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in Search for old postings at: http://www.mail-archive.com/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/ To unsubscribe send a message to accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in
[AI] Individuals, groups working to empower the disabled awarded
Thaindian News www.thaindian.com/newsportal/health/individuals-group New Delhi, Aug 14 (IANS) Individuals and organisations working towards accessibility and ensuring a life of equality and dignity for the disabled were awarded here Tuesday. Mphasis Universal Design awards were organised by the National Centre for Promotion of Employment for Disabled People (NCPEDP) in association with AccessAbility and BarrierBreak Technologies. Dipendra Manocha, working with DAISY (Digital Accessible Information System) consortium - an international association that develops standards for production, exchange, and use of digital talking books, told IANS: For the last two decades, I have been working to provide publications in accessible formats to those who cannot read normal print. Manocha, who is visually impaired, also runs the Saksham Trust for the blind. Manocha had been awarded for his untiring efforts to assist blind people with the help of technology to read books, magazines, newspapers etc. Apart from converting reading material to audio format, we also offer Samarth tools, an application that can be used by the blind to operate a computer easily, he said. Prabhat Ranjan, a professor and scientist at the Dhirubhai Ambani Institute of Information and Communication Technology in Gandhinagar, Gujarat, was also awarded under the working professional category. He has developed an environment control system using body, voice and brainwave sensors to allow severely disabled people to operate a computer, TV, electric switches, etc. Ranjan has recently developed an application for touchscreen phones and tablets which can be used in innovative ways. A child can touch an icon on the phone depicting food, games, toilet et cetera, and the phone will read it aloud, letting the parent know, Ranjan told IANS. People can choose the language they want. We have distributed 200 such tablets in Ahmedabad and are waiting for the feedback, he added. Search for old postings at: http://www.mail-archive.com/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/ To unsubscribe send a message to accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in
Re: [AI] regarding robots
For starters, robots have to be programmed. Every single action that a robot does have to be programmed into its system. Its very difficult job. After doing such difficult work, the inventers won't just sell robots for affordable prices. They would have spent a lot of money on building the robots, so they can't just sell them at lower prices. Which also means that people who are in need of robots cannot afford to buy them. And besides, if robots replaced humans, what would we do to earn money. Every job we can do can be done by a robot more efficiently, right? Just offering my opinions:) On 8/15/12, Shreyas N Reddy n.shreyas.re...@gmail.com wrote: hi all why should v have very very expensive things like different equipments instead of all this, can't have the roborts substitute for humans? other tecks Please could u people tell me that what r the prose cons of it as pals, u r all more experienced than me -- in regards Shreyas Nagaraj Reddy Search for old postings at: http://www.mail-archive.com/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/ To unsubscribe send a message to accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in -- Aishwarya Search for old postings at: http://www.mail-archive.com/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/ To unsubscribe send a message to accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in
