Re: [AI] Limca Certificate to blind person
Wow what a great job. Excelent. On 10/7/12, surendra tripathi moorti...@gmail.com wrote: On 10/6/12, Umesha Economics umesha@gmail.com wrote: what is a karaoke? pardon my ignorance. Umesha - Original Message - From: amit patel amitpatel1...@gmail.com To: accessindia@accessindia.org.in Sent: Saturday, 06 October, 2012 1:38 PM Subject: Re: [AI] Limca Certificate to blind person actually he performed with karaoke on one laptop. while kept another one for lyrics. he has huge collection of karaoke tracks. fortunatlly i heard his concert. and it was more then great effort. many many congratulation to him. On 10/6/12, Praful Vyas prafulnv...@gmail.com wrote: On first laptop, he play the music and on other, he listen the words of songs for singing. Praful Vyas. - Original Message - From: Umesha Economics umesha@gmail.com To: accessindia@accessindia.org.in Sent: Friday, October 05, 2012 8:57 PM Subject: Re: [AI] Limca Certificate to blind person congrats to him. but, I really did not understand what is singing with 2 laptops. Umesha - Original Message - From: Praful Vyas prafulnv...@gmail.com To: A. K. Trust aktr...@googlegroups.com Cc: accessindia accessindia@accessindia.org.in Sent: Friday, 05 October, 2012 4:50 PM Subject: [AI] Limca Certificate to blind person Dear Friends, I am very pleased to inform all of you, Our blind friend Mr. atul Mehta With the grace of god, finally He has received the certificate from Limca Book of Records for his marathon performance of singing non-stop for 12 hours with two laptops. This performance was done on 10th June, 2012 at Hemu Gadhvi hall, Rajkot, Gujarat. They have certified that a visually challenged person has given marathon performance by using latest technology and that too without anyone's help. With warm regards, Praful Vyas, Hon. Secretary, Andhjan Kalyan Trust, Amba wadi, Junagadh road, Dhoraji 360410, Dist. Rajkot, Gujarat, India. Phone : +912824223502 Mobile : +919428261878 E-mail : aktrust@gmail.com Website : http://www.aktrust.org For donation visit at : http://www.giveindia.org/m-116-andhjan-kalyan-trust.aspx 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 -- When you are aspiring to the highest place, it is honorable to the second or even the third rank. ameet mobile: 9979904466 email: patelam...@gmail.com skype: patelamitt1 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
[AI] Using gestures in Android
Hi In android, the navigation is primarily by touch / gestures. I have listed some of them, which will help in quickly learn it. http://support.google.com/nexus/bin/answer.py?hl=enanswer=2692469#content Accessibility gestures for Android 4.1 (Jelly Bean) When Talkback and explore by Touch are turned on, you can use simple gestures to navigate your Nexus 7: •Drag one finger. Explore your screen and hear audible feedback for what is being touched. •Double-tap anywhere on the screen. Opens or activates the item that you last touched. •Swipe up or down using two fingers. Scroll within lists. •Swipe left or right using two fingers. Change pages and screens. •Swipe right (or down) using one finger. Move to the next item. •Swipe left (or up) using one finger. Move to the previous item. •Swipe down then up using a single motion. Transition to the next reading level when reading blocks of text, then swipe right to read forward or left to go back. •Swipe up then down using a single motion. Transition to the previous reading level when reading blocks of text, then swipe right to read forward or left to go back. •Swipe right then left using a single motion. Move to the next page. •Swipe left then right using a single motion. Move to the previous page. While you’re exploring with one finger, you can use another finger to double-tap to open an app, widget, and so on. IMPORTANT: The way these gestures are interpreted is specific to TalkBack. Other accessibility services may use the same gestures for different actions. Shortcut gestures in TalkBack Note: These gestures work only when Explore by Touch is turned on. TalkBack has shortcut gestures to help you get to your Home screen, go back, and more. To try these shortcuts, swipe using a single motion: •Up then right: Open notifications •Up then left: Home button •Down then right: Recent apps button •Down then left: Back button You can modify your shortcut gestures and the corresponding actions in TalkBack by going to Settings Accessibility TalkBack Settings Manage shortcut gestures. 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] Using gestures in Android
Hi What is most important to us to eat the cake and not be bothered how it is made. Some android users were not aware of how to use these gestures and hence I posted for their convenience. Harish. -Original Message- From: AccessIndia [mailto:accessindia-boun...@accessindia.org.in] On Behalf Of Phen Varghese Sent: 09 October 2012 13:08 To: accessindia@accessindia.org.in Subject: Re: [AI] Using gestures in Android Dear sir, Isn't this the same in I phone? i guess that Android as coppied from I phone. Because I phone had this first and then android had applyed on their phones to have a competition right? What do you say? With best regard's, Phen Varghese On 10/9/12, Kotian, H P hpkot...@rbi.org.in wrote: Hi In android, the navigation is primarily by touch / gestures. I have listed some of them, which will help in quickly learn it. http://support.google.com/nexus/bin/answer.py?hl=enanswer=2692469#content Accessibility gestures for Android 4.1 (Jelly Bean) When Talkback and explore by Touch are turned on, you can use simple gestures to navigate your Nexus 7: *Drag one finger. Explore your screen and hear audible feedback for what is being touched. *Double-tap anywhere on the screen. Opens or activates the item that you last touched. *Swipe up or down using two fingers. Scroll within lists. *Swipe left or right using two fingers. Change pages and screens. *Swipe right (or down) using one finger. Move to the next item. *Swipe left (or up) using one finger. Move to the previous item. *Swipe down then up using a single motion. Transition to the next reading level when reading blocks of text, then swipe right to read forward or left to go back. *Swipe up then down using a single motion. Transition to the previous reading level when reading blocks of text, then swipe right to read forward or left to go back. *Swipe right then left using a single motion. Move to the next page. *Swipe left then right using a single motion. Move to the previous page. While you're exploring with one finger, you can use another finger to double-tap to open an app, widget, and so on. IMPORTANT: The way these gestures are interpreted is specific to TalkBack. Other accessibility services may use the same gestures for different actions. Shortcut gestures in TalkBack Note: These gestures work only when Explore by Touch is turned on. TalkBack has shortcut gestures to help you get to your Home screen, go back, and more. To try these shortcuts, swipe using a single motion: *Up then right: Open notifications *Up then left: Home button *Down then right: Recent apps button *Down then left: Back button You can modify your shortcut gestures and the corresponding actions in TalkBack by going to Settings Accessibility TalkBack Settings Manage shortcut gestures. 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
Re: [AI] My first two weeks with Samsung S3
Hi, I sent a twitter message to Kiran asking him for clarification.. Requested him to post on the list, if he can... Vasu Sent from my iPad On Oct 8, 2012, at 10:18 PM, Ketan Kothari muktake...@gmail.com wrote: Dear Friends, I am surprised too. I think Kiran or someone who uses Iphone must intervene and let us know. I did find chinese, Korean and whatever but not Hindi. Of course, there is another possibility in that maybe it may be downloadable. So Kiran if you are seeing this, please do clarify as I am seriously thinking to shift sooner than later. Ketan On 10/9/12, Srinivasu Chakravarthula li...@srinivasu.org wrote: Dear Ketan - I just checked on my iPhone 4S as well by calling Apple support here in the US, sadly there is no Hindi support for VoiceOver... -Vasu Sent from my iPad On Oct 8, 2012, at 1:33 AM, Ketan Kothari muktake...@gmail.com wrote: Dear All, Is there any way of using Hindi TTS on Iphone? I know that there is a way of writing Hindi for sighted users on Iphone. Please do throw some light. With best wishes, Ketan On 10/8/12, Prashant Ranjan Verma pr_ve...@hotmail.com wrote: Dear Ketan and others, This may add to your disappointment. Hindi TTS is not available for Android yet which means Hindi reading or writing is not possible for the blind. The business cards from NOKIA sent to android are generally not supported and vice versa. I am adding to the list so that you take the informed decision.smile -Original Message- From: AccessIndia [mailto:accessindia-boun...@accessindia.org.in] On Behalf Of Rahul Kelapure Sent: 08 October 2012 11:05 To: accessindia@accessindia.org.in Subject: Re: [AI] My first two weeks with Samsung S3 Answer to your first question is Yes. Talk is not preloaded in my phone. Internet, I haven't used it. On 10/8/12, ashook kumar ashokkumaaa...@gmail.com wrote: r battary and sound quality good? can i use internet easily in it? does talk back preloaded on it?ashok kumar. On 10/8/12, Rahul Kelapure rkelap...@gmail.com wrote: Dear Ketan, My phone has Icecreeme Sandwitch, however, I hear, you may upgrade the same to JB if your phone allows to I.E. if the specifications are good enough. Mine are good enough I hear. All those apps you refered can be used easyly. I also have a Tablet which has IC Android in that I use Talkback. In my phone, I am yet to explore things, as screenreading software is not inbuilt, I need to download first. Will let know when I actually use them and problems faced if any. Thanks and warm regards, Rahul On 10/8/12, Ketan Kothari muktake...@gmail.com wrote: Dear Rahul, Actually, I am looking for either Iphone (prohibitively expensive) or Android 4.1 Jelly bean phone. Does your Carbon have talkback or spiel? Are you able to use apps? FB, Twitter etc? Do share so that I can make my decision. With regards, Ketan On 10/8/12, ashook kumar ashokkumaaa...@gmail.com wrote: hello friends is there any person who is using carbonn a18? If yes then pls share your comments. Because i m looking for this thanks. ashok kumar. On 10/8/12, Ketan Kothari muktake...@gmail.com wrote: Dear Accessindians, Interesting discussion, but the more I read the more depressed I get as I love to use my phone beyond mere phone. Since Android and Iphone have no keyboard, I am actually feeling very insecure. Are there any Android phones at the higher end with keyboard? Is there any blind/low vision friend who is using Iphone? I think the learning curve in Iphone and Android devices is very steep. Do comment please and try and lift this veil of depression. With best wishes, Ketan On 10/3/12, Prashant Ranjan Verma pr_ve...@hotmail.com wrote: Hello, I recently bought Samsung galaxy S3 android phone. You will know that along with iPhone it is touted as the best smart phone and the internet is full of comparisons. I chose to buy this instead of iPhone 5 because first in India iPhone 5 will arrive only in November or December and secondly the new Maps application is not likely to work in India until further few months on the iPhone. In addition to this I wanted to test book reading apps on android as a part of my professional work. With Talkback, eyes free keyboard and few other apps this phone has become accessible. Despite no physical keys it is possible to do everything on the phone although several things take much more time as compared to a phone with full keypad. The voice recognition feature is much improved and I am eagerly waiting for its Jelly bean update after which it will be possible to do more with voice. Even now I am able to search contacts and send sms with the voice recognition app. This phone is a delight for a person with low vision. The fantastic big screen with the option of increasing the font size to large or huge makes the screen readable. The digital
Re: [AI] Products from RNIB
i phoned up to saksham today morning. While I was asking about the details about the blood pressure moniter, a lady said it is not in stock. Now I'm confused. whether someone is just lying about the availability of things? Or the lady is the one rambling? Please make sure people. - Original Message - From: Prashant Ranjan Verma pr_ve...@hotmail.com To: accessindia@accessindia.org.in Sent: Tuesday, October 09, 2012 9:00 AM Subject: Re: [AI] Products from RNIB Many people take their weight in the privacy of the bathroom. Not everyone wants to let people know their bodyweight! In the top hotels I have seen the weighing scale kept in the bathroom. So, the manufacturer decided to name it bathroom scale. -Original Message- From: AccessIndia [mailto:accessindia-boun...@accessindia.org.in] On Behalf Of Umesha Economics Sent: 09 October 2012 04:38 To: accessindia@accessindia.org.in Subject: Re: [AI] Products from RNIB why is it called so? Umesha - Original Message - From: mahendra gal...@chello.at To: accessindia@accessindia.org.in Sent: Monday, 08 October, 2012 9:48 PM Subject: Re: [AI] Products from RNIB Hi all with that we can weigh ourselves. At 04:02 PM 10/8/2012, you wrote: Dear Anubhav, I don't understand what is mean by Bathroom scale? What is the product used for? -Original Message- From: Ekinath Khedekar Sent: Monday, October 08, 2012 12:53 PM To: surendra.salgaonk...@gmail.com ; accessindia@accessindia.org.in Subject: Re: [AI] Products from RNIB Hi Anubhav, How are you. I am looking for an accessible long measuring tape. I can pick it up when m there in Delhi Nov 7-12 Thank you On 10/8/12, Surendra Salgaonkar) surendra.salgaonk...@gmail.com wrote: Dear one, When the talking caller ID landline phones are available? I am waiting for it. Please make it available... Thank you good luck! Surendra Salgaonkar Phones. :+919867645933 :+912226473918 Emails. Link surendra.salgaon...@sbi.co.in Link salgaonkarconce...@rediffmail.com Skype. Link salgaonkarskype -Original message- From: Anubhav Mitra Sent: 08.10.2012, 12.26 pm To: accessindia@accessindia.org.in Subject: [AI] Products from RNIB Hello friends Following products from RNIB are available from Saksham Liquid level indicator Rate 830 Bathroom scale Rate 2600 Blood Pressure monitor Rate 5400 Small tactile leather watch useful for female Price 2150 The stalk is limited Thanks Anubhav 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 -- The waves breaking on the surface draw all the attention, but it is the current beneath the water that determines your direction. 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 with warm regards Mahendra Galani skype ID chintu3886 phone +4314943149 mobile +4369910366055, address Herbst strasse 101.16.1 Vienna Austria Europe - 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
Re: [AI] Limca Certificate to blind person
hello, congratulatory messges! till when and for what! where the moderators comments respected! that too by well known members for rules and who themselves found to warned others! On 10/9/12, Phen Varghese phenvargh...@gmail.com wrote: Wow what a great job. Excelent. On 10/7/12, surendra tripathi moorti...@gmail.com wrote: On 10/6/12, Umesha Economics umesha@gmail.com wrote: what is a karaoke? pardon my ignorance. Umesha - Original Message - From: amit patel amitpatel1...@gmail.com To: accessindia@accessindia.org.in Sent: Saturday, 06 October, 2012 1:38 PM Subject: Re: [AI] Limca Certificate to blind person actually he performed with karaoke on one laptop. while kept another one for lyrics. he has huge collection of karaoke tracks. fortunatlly i heard his concert. and it was more then great effort. many many congratulation to him. On 10/6/12, Praful Vyas prafulnv...@gmail.com wrote: On first laptop, he play the music and on other, he listen the words of songs for singing. Praful Vyas. - Original Message - From: Umesha Economics umesha@gmail.com To: accessindia@accessindia.org.in Sent: Friday, October 05, 2012 8:57 PM Subject: Re: [AI] Limca Certificate to blind person congrats to him. but, I really did not understand what is singing with 2 laptops. Umesha - Original Message - From: Praful Vyas prafulnv...@gmail.com To: A. K. Trust aktr...@googlegroups.com Cc: accessindia accessindia@accessindia.org.in Sent: Friday, 05 October, 2012 4:50 PM Subject: [AI] Limca Certificate to blind person Dear Friends, I am very pleased to inform all of you, Our blind friend Mr. atul Mehta With the grace of god, finally He has received the certificate from Limca Book of Records for his marathon performance of singing non-stop for 12 hours with two laptops. This performance was done on 10th June, 2012 at Hemu Gadhvi hall, Rajkot, Gujarat. They have certified that a visually challenged person has given marathon performance by using latest technology and that too without anyone's help. With warm regards, Praful Vyas, Hon. Secretary, Andhjan Kalyan Trust, Amba wadi, Junagadh road, Dhoraji 360410, Dist. Rajkot, Gujarat, India. Phone : +912824223502 Mobile : +919428261878 E-mail : aktrust@gmail.com Website : http://www.aktrust.org For donation visit at : http://www.giveindia.org/m-116-andhjan-kalyan-trust.aspx 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 -- When you are aspiring to the highest place, it is honorable to the second or even the third rank. ameet mobile: 9979904466 email: patelam...@gmail.com skype: patelamitt1 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:
Re: [AI] Info Required-Accessible Ante Virus
Hi, Go with Microsoft security essentials. It is lightwait and stays out of the way. Nod32is another good one. Pranav 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] Some good news... Apple - Accessibility - VoiceOver - In Depth
All, I just came across this and seems VoiceOver 3 has support for Hindi... I will check on this during my day and write back... Stay tuned... http://www.apple.com/accessibility/voiceover/ Regards, Srinivasu Sent from my iPad 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] Some good news... Apple - Accessibility - VoiceOver - In Depth
Yes Brawboy summer support Cindy have a nice day Sent from my iPhone On 09/10/2012, at 16:04, Srinivasu Chakravarthula li...@srinivasu.org wrote: All, I just came across this and seems VoiceOver 3 has support for Hindi... I will check on this during my day and write back... Stay tuned... http://www.apple.com/accessibility/voiceover/ Regards, Srinivasu Sent from my iPad 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] Monthly Program - Talk and Felicitations
Dear friends, Breaking away from the convention of conducting the monthly programs on third Saturdays, this time, we will gather on Sunday October 14, 3:00 PM at Jai Hind College, A Road, Churchgate. We have the privilage of organizing an interactive talk with Ashish Goyal, an individual with many firsts to his credit. For a glimpse of his accomplishments , please read his brief profile given below. BGFI presents this platform for Students, budding professionals, and all of you to chat with an inspiring person and learn more about his challenges and achievements, with the hope of motivating you to dream big and make a difference. In addition, we have two more programmes scheduled: -Continuing our tradition of celebrating the Readers Day in October, we will express our appreciation and gratitude to readers who have been selflessly opening up the printed world to us. - As an encouragement, we will felicitate the new visually impaired graduates. For any querries please contact: Dinesh Sarayia on 9969029700 or Sanjeev Chaodhari on 9820637390 We look forward to your participation. Ashish Goyal's Profile Ashish Goyal is a portfolio manager at a leading macro hedge fund based out of London. He has been investing for the last 10 years in the global financial markets with a focus on Asia. He is also a keen investor in start-ups across the world, and looks for zealous entrepreneurs with innovative ideas. Ashish was the first visually impaired student to graduate with an MBA from The Wharton School. He went on to work at JP Morgan's Chief investment Office, becoming the first visually impaired trader in the world. In 2010, he was honoured by the President of India with the nation's highest civilian award--the National Award for the Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities. Outside of global markets, Ashish is very active in philanthropy. In the last three years, he has raised more than $50,000 for causes ranging from education of poor children in India to medical research on blindness, and International Peace and Leadership. His fundraising activities have involved hikes in Southern England, a run in Battersey Park, and various speaking and dinner engagements. He is on the Retinitis Pigmentosa Young Professionals committee for Fighting Blindness--a leading Blind charity based in the UK. Ashish is passionate about theatre and supports The Print Room, a new theatre based in Notting Hill in West London. He plays blind cricket for the Metro London cricket team and is an active member of the Serpentine running club in Hyde Park. For the last year and a half, he has been working to perfect his moves dancing the Argentinian tango. 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] My first two weeks with Samsung S3
Thanks to Vasu for bringing this thread to my attention. There is a Hindi TTS on iOS. I do not think you can change the entire interface of the iPhone or iPad to Hindi. But if there is web content in Hindi like bbc.co.uk/Hindi, if you have enabled it, the iPhone switches to Hindi TTS for reading the text. Hindi is one of the options in Settings General Accessibility VoiceOver Language Rotor. And the TTS quality is very good in my opinion. I am probably chipping in too late in this discussion but for blind users requiring screen reader support, Talkback really falls way behind VoiceOver. I did a couple of blog posts about my experience with Talkback and Android JellyBean here http://kirankaja12.wordpress.com/2012/08/02/random-thoughts-on-android-jelly bean-and-google-nexus-7-accessibility/ and http://kirankaja12.wordpress.com/2012/08/12/android-jellybean-accessibility- continued-books-music-movies-and-youtube/. And the Android JellyBean version hasn't hit the Samsung Galaxy S3 yet. if as a screen reader user, you still want to buy an Android handset, you may be better off buying one of the Google branded devices such as the Galaxy Nexus. This is because they are stock Android and do not have any additional skins/customised interfaces which usually do not work with Talkback. I believe there are also ways to install unofficial Android firmware on devices like Galaxy S3 but do it at your own risk. One other reason for selecting Android is the price. There are a lot of cheaper Android devices than either the iPhone and Galaxy S3. On the other hand if you are a partially sighted user, you may appreciate the large 4.8 inch display of the Galaxy S3. And I heard that text enlargement/screen magnification features will be improved in Android soon. I don't know if it will be as good as the Zoom feature on iOS however. Just my two cents worth... -Original Message- From: AccessIndia [mailto:accessindia-boun...@accessindia.org.in] On Behalf Of Srinivasu Chakravarthula Sent: 09 October 2012 10:29 To: accessindia@accessindia.org.in Cc: accessindia@accessindia.org.in Subject: Re: [AI] My first two weeks with Samsung S3 Hi, I sent a twitter message to Kiran asking him for clarification.. Requested him to post on the list, if he can... Vasu Sent from my iPad On Oct 8, 2012, at 10:18 PM, Ketan Kothari muktake...@gmail.com wrote: Dear Friends, I am surprised too. I think Kiran or someone who uses Iphone must intervene and let us know. I did find chinese, Korean and whatever but not Hindi. Of course, there is another possibility in that maybe it may be downloadable. So Kiran if you are seeing this, please do clarify as I am seriously thinking to shift sooner than later. Ketan On 10/9/12, Srinivasu Chakravarthula li...@srinivasu.org wrote: Dear Ketan - I just checked on my iPhone 4S as well by calling Apple support here in the US, sadly there is no Hindi support for VoiceOver... -Vasu Sent from my iPad On Oct 8, 2012, at 1:33 AM, Ketan Kothari muktake...@gmail.com wrote: Dear All, Is there any way of using Hindi TTS on Iphone? I know that there is a way of writing Hindi for sighted users on Iphone. Please do throw some light. With best wishes, Ketan On 10/8/12, Prashant Ranjan Verma pr_ve...@hotmail.com wrote: Dear Ketan and others, This may add to your disappointment. Hindi TTS is not available for Android yet which means Hindi reading or writing is not possible for the blind. The business cards from NOKIA sent to android are generally not supported and vice versa. I am adding to the list so that you take the informed decision.smile -Original Message- From: AccessIndia [mailto:accessindia-boun...@accessindia.org.in] On Behalf Of Rahul Kelapure Sent: 08 October 2012 11:05 To: accessindia@accessindia.org.in Subject: Re: [AI] My first two weeks with Samsung S3 Answer to your first question is Yes. Talk is not preloaded in my phone. Internet, I haven't used it. On 10/8/12, ashook kumar ashokkumaaa...@gmail.com wrote: r battary and sound quality good? can i use internet easily in it? does talk back preloaded on it?ashok kumar. On 10/8/12, Rahul Kelapure rkelap...@gmail.com wrote: Dear Ketan, My phone has Icecreeme Sandwitch, however, I hear, you may upgrade the same to JB if your phone allows to I.E. if the specifications are good enough. Mine are good enough I hear. All those apps you refered can be used easyly. I also have a Tablet which has IC Android in that I use Talkback. In my phone, I am yet to explore things, as screenreading software is not inbuilt, I need to download first. Will let know when I actually use them and problems faced if any. Thanks and warm regards, Rahul On 10/8/12, Ketan Kothari muktake...@gmail.com wrote: Dear Rahul, Actually, I am looking for either Iphone (prohibitively expensive) or Android 4.1 Jelly bean phone. Does your Carbon
[AI] Eyeway Alerts
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Re: [AI] a glad news
Co -Original message- From: Ram Kumar Sent: 06/10/2012, 10:24 pm To: accessindia@accessindia.org.in Subject: Re: [AI] a glad news congradulations. Wish you best of luck for your future. congrats and all the best. On 10/5/12, josey john josey.joh...@gmail.com wrote: hello friends! i have a glad news for you. i am pass out my m a music vocal. 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 -- 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 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] My first two weeks with Samsung S3
Dear Kiran I was eagerly awaiting your intervention. I am now confused about whether I will ever learn touch phones. Could you throw light on Ketantricks for this? On 10/9/12, Kiran Kaja kirankaj...@gmail.com wrote: Thanks to Vasu for bringing this thread to my attention. There is a Hindi TTS on iOS. I do not think you can change the entire interface of the iPhone or iPad to Hindi. But if there is web content in Hindi like bbc.co.uk/Hindi, if you have enabled it, the iPhone switches to Hindi TTS for reading the text. Hindi is one of the options in Settings General Accessibility VoiceOver Language Rotor. And the TTS quality is very good in my opinion. I am probably chipping in too late in this discussion but for blind users requiring screen reader support, Talkback really falls way behind VoiceOver. I did a couple of blog posts about my experience with Talkback and Android JellyBean here http://kirankaja12.wordpress.com/2012/08/02/random-thoughts-on-android-jelly bean-and-google-nexus-7-accessibility/ and http://kirankaja12.wordpress.com/2012/08/12/android-jellybean-accessibility- continued-books-music-movies-and-youtube/. And the Android JellyBean version hasn't hit the Samsung Galaxy S3 yet. if as a screen reader user, you still want to buy an Android handset, you may be better off buying one of the Google branded devices such as the Galaxy Nexus. This is because they are stock Android and do not have any additional skins/customised interfaces which usually do not work with Talkback. I believe there are also ways to install unofficial Android firmware on devices like Galaxy S3 but do it at your own risk. One other reason for selecting Android is the price. There are a lot of cheaper Android devices than either the iPhone and Galaxy S3. On the other hand if you are a partially sighted user, you may appreciate the large 4.8 inch display of the Galaxy S3. And I heard that text enlargement/screen magnification features will be improved in Android soon. I don't know if it will be as good as the Zoom feature on iOS however. Just my two cents worth... -Original Message- From: AccessIndia [mailto:accessindia-boun...@accessindia.org.in] On Behalf Of Srinivasu Chakravarthula Sent: 09 October 2012 10:29 To: accessindia@accessindia.org.in Cc: accessindia@accessindia.org.in Subject: Re: [AI] My first two weeks with Samsung S3 Hi, I sent a twitter message to Kiran asking him for clarification.. Requested him to post on the list, if he can... Vasu Sent from my iPad On Oct 8, 2012, at 10:18 PM, Ketan Kothari muktake...@gmail.com wrote: Dear Friends, I am surprised too. I think Kiran or someone who uses Iphone must intervene and let us know. I did find chinese, Korean and whatever but not Hindi. Of course, there is another possibility in that maybe it may be downloadable. So Kiran if you are seeing this, please do clarify as I am seriously thinking to shift sooner than later. Ketan On 10/9/12, Srinivasu Chakravarthula li...@srinivasu.org wrote: Dear Ketan - I just checked on my iPhone 4S as well by calling Apple support here in the US, sadly there is no Hindi support for VoiceOver... -Vasu Sent from my iPad On Oct 8, 2012, at 1:33 AM, Ketan Kothari muktake...@gmail.com wrote: Dear All, Is there any way of using Hindi TTS on Iphone? I know that there is a way of writing Hindi for sighted users on Iphone. Please do throw some light. With best wishes, Ketan On 10/8/12, Prashant Ranjan Verma pr_ve...@hotmail.com wrote: Dear Ketan and others, This may add to your disappointment. Hindi TTS is not available for Android yet which means Hindi reading or writing is not possible for the blind. The business cards from NOKIA sent to android are generally not supported and vice versa. I am adding to the list so that you take the informed decision.smile -Original Message- From: AccessIndia [mailto:accessindia-boun...@accessindia.org.in] On Behalf Of Rahul Kelapure Sent: 08 October 2012 11:05 To: accessindia@accessindia.org.in Subject: Re: [AI] My first two weeks with Samsung S3 Answer to your first question is Yes. Talk is not preloaded in my phone. Internet, I haven't used it. On 10/8/12, ashook kumar ashokkumaaa...@gmail.com wrote: r battary and sound quality good? can i use internet easily in it? does talk back preloaded on it?ashok kumar. On 10/8/12, Rahul Kelapure rkelap...@gmail.com wrote: Dear Ketan, My phone has Icecreeme Sandwitch, however, I hear, you may upgrade the same to JB if your phone allows to I.E. if the specifications are good enough. Mine are good enough I hear. All those apps you refered can be used easyly. I also have a Tablet which has IC Android in that I use Talkback. In my phone, I am yet to explore things, as screenreading software is not inbuilt, I need to download first. Will let know when I actually use them and problems faced if any.
[AI] Fw: [VV] your questions? and our answers about android
Can be of any help to some members of this list. - Original Message - From: Jaan Ali jaanalibal...@live.com To: keyboardus...@googlegroups.com Sent: Monday, October 08, 2012 10:17 PM Subject: [MA] Fw: [VV] your questions? and our answers about android hi all. as most of you know my self jaan ali,my friend austin and his other friend sunil singtani are holding a live event on skype whare we will introduce android to new users or to thoes who have not used android and also answer all your questions and confeusions that u may have regarding android. with this regard we have made a google group called android symplified so all thoes who are interested to attend this event please join this group we will post the date and time for this event on this group only along with joining this group thoes who are interested and have not done so please add 1 of us on skype so it will be better to call u on the day and time of the event our skype ids are. jaan skype id.jaan.ali austin pinto skype id. austinpinto.3 u can join the group by visiting. https://groups.google.com/d/forum/android-symplified if the link doesnt work then send mail to android-symplified+subscr...@googlegroups.com for all thoes who dont know about this event the breaffing of the event is as under pass it to all you know dear all. android is a open source flexible easy to use os for boath the visually chalenged and the sighted people and it is the top 2 platforms along with the iphone after the death of symbian how ever there are lot of misconseptions and confeusions regarding android so we have planned to hold a live event on skype whare we will demonstrate android and also u can ask questions this event will be of 2 parts. the 1st part will be for all who have never used android phone or tablets in this part we will introduce android and talk about its accessability features that come preinstalled and are free then we will show some of the preinstalled apps like navigation app which is a grate app for all then we will talk about why android is better then symbian and part1 concludes with all your questions part2 is for all who have used android and for all who have attended part1 and are interested to attend part2 hear will talk something advansed android. looking forword for all to join us in learning android! please contect us and tell us what are your prefered date and time so that we can make it known to all! -- send from my samsung galaxy y pro duos b5512 android bassed phone ___ Share your inputs, get your questions answered and participate in our online forum Ask the experts at http://voicevision.in/forums/ask-experts/sexuality-intimacy Visit our website at http://www.voicevision.in Join us on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/voicevisionfans Or follow us on Twitter at http://www.twitter.com/voicevision_in List mailing list l...@voicevision.in For list guidelines other subscription changes visit http://voicevision.in/mailman/listinfo/list_voicevision.in When your work speaks for itself, don't interrupt. with best regards jaan ali program manager of radio freedom for life www.f4life.net skype: jaan.ali facebook fan page: www.facebook.com/djjanali follow me on twitter! www.twitter.com/jaanali66 ___ ma_mailing mailing list ma_mail...@codefactory.cat http://list.codefactory.cat/mailman/listinfo/codefactory.cat.ma_mailing 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] a glad news
co? what u mean by this? - Original Message - From: bsvs...@gmail.com To: accessindia@accessindia.org.in Sent: Tuesday, October 09, 2012 6:09 PM Subject: Re: [AI] a glad news Co -Original message- From: Ram Kumar Sent: 06/10/2012, 10:24 pm To: accessindia@accessindia.org.in Subject: Re: [AI] a glad news congradulations. Wish you best of luck for your future. congrats and all the best. On 10/5/12, josey john josey.joh...@gmail.com wrote: hello friends! i have a glad news for you. i am pass out my m a music vocal. 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 -- 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 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] My first two weeks with Samsung S3
does voice over come with iphone or ipad? or one has to download and install it separately. - Original Message - From: Kiran Kaja kirankaj...@gmail.com To: accessindia@accessindia.org.in Sent: Tuesday, October 09, 2012 4:54 PM Subject: Re: [AI] My first two weeks with Samsung S3 Thanks to Vasu for bringing this thread to my attention. There is a Hindi TTS on iOS. I do not think you can change the entire interface of the iPhone or iPad to Hindi. But if there is web content in Hindi like bbc.co.uk/Hindi, if you have enabled it, the iPhone switches to Hindi TTS for reading the text. Hindi is one of the options in Settings General Accessibility VoiceOver Language Rotor. And the TTS quality is very good in my opinion. I am probably chipping in too late in this discussion but for blind users requiring screen reader support, Talkback really falls way behind VoiceOver. I did a couple of blog posts about my experience with Talkback and Android JellyBean here http://kirankaja12.wordpress.com/2012/08/02/random-thoughts-on-android-jelly bean-and-google-nexus-7-accessibility/ and http://kirankaja12.wordpress.com/2012/08/12/android-jellybean-accessibility- continued-books-music-movies-and-youtube/. And the Android JellyBean version hasn't hit the Samsung Galaxy S3 yet. if as a screen reader user, you still want to buy an Android handset, you may be better off buying one of the Google branded devices such as the Galaxy Nexus. This is because they are stock Android and do not have any additional skins/customised interfaces which usually do not work with Talkback. I believe there are also ways to install unofficial Android firmware on devices like Galaxy S3 but do it at your own risk. One other reason for selecting Android is the price. There are a lot of cheaper Android devices than either the iPhone and Galaxy S3. On the other hand if you are a partially sighted user, you may appreciate the large 4.8 inch display of the Galaxy S3. And I heard that text enlargement/screen magnification features will be improved in Android soon. I don't know if it will be as good as the Zoom feature on iOS however. Just my two cents worth... -Original Message- From: AccessIndia [mailto:accessindia-boun...@accessindia.org.in] On Behalf Of Srinivasu Chakravarthula Sent: 09 October 2012 10:29 To: accessindia@accessindia.org.in Cc: accessindia@accessindia.org.in Subject: Re: [AI] My first two weeks with Samsung S3 Hi, I sent a twitter message to Kiran asking him for clarification.. Requested him to post on the list, if he can... Vasu Sent from my iPad On Oct 8, 2012, at 10:18 PM, Ketan Kothari muktake...@gmail.com wrote: Dear Friends, I am surprised too. I think Kiran or someone who uses Iphone must intervene and let us know. I did find chinese, Korean and whatever but not Hindi. Of course, there is another possibility in that maybe it may be downloadable. So Kiran if you are seeing this, please do clarify as I am seriously thinking to shift sooner than later. Ketan On 10/9/12, Srinivasu Chakravarthula li...@srinivasu.org wrote: Dear Ketan - I just checked on my iPhone 4S as well by calling Apple support here in the US, sadly there is no Hindi support for VoiceOver... -Vasu Sent from my iPad On Oct 8, 2012, at 1:33 AM, Ketan Kothari muktake...@gmail.com wrote: Dear All, Is there any way of using Hindi TTS on Iphone? I know that there is a way of writing Hindi for sighted users on Iphone. Please do throw some light. With best wishes, Ketan On 10/8/12, Prashant Ranjan Verma pr_ve...@hotmail.com wrote: Dear Ketan and others, This may add to your disappointment. Hindi TTS is not available for Android yet which means Hindi reading or writing is not possible for the blind. The business cards from NOKIA sent to android are generally not supported and vice versa. I am adding to the list so that you take the informed decision.smile -Original Message- From: AccessIndia [mailto:accessindia-boun...@accessindia.org.in] On Behalf Of Rahul Kelapure Sent: 08 October 2012 11:05 To: accessindia@accessindia.org.in Subject: Re: [AI] My first two weeks with Samsung S3 Answer to your first question is Yes. Talk is not preloaded in my phone. Internet, I haven't used it. On 10/8/12, ashook kumar ashokkumaaa...@gmail.com wrote: r battary and sound quality good? can i use internet easily in it? does talk back preloaded on it?ashok kumar. On 10/8/12, Rahul Kelapure rkelap...@gmail.com wrote: Dear Ketan, My phone has Icecreeme Sandwitch, however, I hear, you may upgrade the same to JB if your phone allows to I.E. if the specifications are good enough. Mine are good enough I hear. All those apps you refered can be used easyly. I also have a Tablet which has IC Android in that I use Talkback. In my phone, I am yet to explore things, as screenreading software is not inbuilt, I need to download first. Will let know when I actually use them and problems faced if any.
Re: [AI] My first two weeks with Samsung S3
Ketan, Knowing you, I am sure you can learn quickly but you will be more happy with iPhone than android... Vasu Sent from my iPad On Oct 9, 2012, at 5:52 AM, Ketan Kothari muktake...@gmail.com wrote: Dear Kiran I was eagerly awaiting your intervention. I am now confused about whether I will ever learn touch phones. Could you throw light on Ketantricks for this? On 10/9/12, Kiran Kaja kirankaj...@gmail.com wrote: Thanks to Vasu for bringing this thread to my attention. There is a Hindi TTS on iOS. I do not think you can change the entire interface of the iPhone or iPad to Hindi. But if there is web content in Hindi like bbc.co.uk/Hindi, if you have enabled it, the iPhone switches to Hindi TTS for reading the text. Hindi is one of the options in Settings General Accessibility VoiceOver Language Rotor. And the TTS quality is very good in my opinion. I am probably chipping in too late in this discussion but for blind users requiring screen reader support, Talkback really falls way behind VoiceOver. I did a couple of blog posts about my experience with Talkback and Android JellyBean here http://kirankaja12.wordpress.com/2012/08/02/random-thoughts-on-android-jelly bean-and-google-nexus-7-accessibility/ and http://kirankaja12.wordpress.com/2012/08/12/android-jellybean-accessibility- continued-books-music-movies-and-youtube/. And the Android JellyBean version hasn't hit the Samsung Galaxy S3 yet. if as a screen reader user, you still want to buy an Android handset, you may be better off buying one of the Google branded devices such as the Galaxy Nexus. This is because they are stock Android and do not have any additional skins/customised interfaces which usually do not work with Talkback. I believe there are also ways to install unofficial Android firmware on devices like Galaxy S3 but do it at your own risk. One other reason for selecting Android is the price. There are a lot of cheaper Android devices than either the iPhone and Galaxy S3. On the other hand if you are a partially sighted user, you may appreciate the large 4.8 inch display of the Galaxy S3. And I heard that text enlargement/screen magnification features will be improved in Android soon. I don't know if it will be as good as the Zoom feature on iOS however. Just my two cents worth... -Original Message- From: AccessIndia [mailto:accessindia-boun...@accessindia.org.in] On Behalf Of Srinivasu Chakravarthula Sent: 09 October 2012 10:29 To: accessindia@accessindia.org.in Cc: accessindia@accessindia.org.in Subject: Re: [AI] My first two weeks with Samsung S3 Hi, I sent a twitter message to Kiran asking him for clarification.. Requested him to post on the list, if he can... Vasu Sent from my iPad On Oct 8, 2012, at 10:18 PM, Ketan Kothari muktake...@gmail.com wrote: Dear Friends, I am surprised too. I think Kiran or someone who uses Iphone must intervene and let us know. I did find chinese, Korean and whatever but not Hindi. Of course, there is another possibility in that maybe it may be downloadable. So Kiran if you are seeing this, please do clarify as I am seriously thinking to shift sooner than later. Ketan On 10/9/12, Srinivasu Chakravarthula li...@srinivasu.org wrote: Dear Ketan - I just checked on my iPhone 4S as well by calling Apple support here in the US, sadly there is no Hindi support for VoiceOver... -Vasu Sent from my iPad On Oct 8, 2012, at 1:33 AM, Ketan Kothari muktake...@gmail.com wrote: Dear All, Is there any way of using Hindi TTS on Iphone? I know that there is a way of writing Hindi for sighted users on Iphone. Please do throw some light. With best wishes, Ketan On 10/8/12, Prashant Ranjan Verma pr_ve...@hotmail.com wrote: Dear Ketan and others, This may add to your disappointment. Hindi TTS is not available for Android yet which means Hindi reading or writing is not possible for the blind. The business cards from NOKIA sent to android are generally not supported and vice versa. I am adding to the list so that you take the informed decision.smile -Original Message- From: AccessIndia [mailto:accessindia-boun...@accessindia.org.in] On Behalf Of Rahul Kelapure Sent: 08 October 2012 11:05 To: accessindia@accessindia.org.in Subject: Re: [AI] My first two weeks with Samsung S3 Answer to your first question is Yes. Talk is not preloaded in my phone. Internet, I haven't used it. On 10/8/12, ashook kumar ashokkumaaa...@gmail.com wrote: r battary and sound quality good? can i use internet easily in it? does talk back preloaded on it?ashok kumar. On 10/8/12, Rahul Kelapure rkelap...@gmail.com wrote: Dear Ketan, My phone has Icecreeme Sandwitch, however, I hear, you may upgrade the same to JB if your phone allows to I.E. if the specifications are good enough. Mine are good enough I hear. All those apps you refered can be used easyly. I also have
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It comes with all I devices... No need to download... Sent from my iPad On Oct 9, 2012, at 6:18 AM, bhawani shankar verma bsvermad...@gmail.com wrote: does voice over come with iphone or ipad? or one has to download and install it separately. - Original Message - From: Kiran Kaja kirankaj...@gmail.com To: accessindia@accessindia.org.in Sent: Tuesday, October 09, 2012 4:54 PM Subject: Re: [AI] My first two weeks with Samsung S3 Thanks to Vasu for bringing this thread to my attention. There is a Hindi TTS on iOS. I do not think you can change the entire interface of the iPhone or iPad to Hindi. But if there is web content in Hindi like bbc.co.uk/Hindi, if you have enabled it, the iPhone switches to Hindi TTS for reading the text. Hindi is one of the options in Settings General Accessibility VoiceOver Language Rotor. And the TTS quality is very good in my opinion. I am probably chipping in too late in this discussion but for blind users requiring screen reader support, Talkback really falls way behind VoiceOver. I did a couple of blog posts about my experience with Talkback and Android JellyBean here http://kirankaja12.wordpress.com/2012/08/02/random-thoughts-on-android-jelly bean-and-google-nexus-7-accessibility/ and http://kirankaja12.wordpress.com/2012/08/12/android-jellybean-accessibility- continued-books-music-movies-and-youtube/. And the Android JellyBean version hasn't hit the Samsung Galaxy S3 yet. if as a screen reader user, you still want to buy an Android handset, you may be better off buying one of the Google branded devices such as the Galaxy Nexus. This is because they are stock Android and do not have any additional skins/customised interfaces which usually do not work with Talkback. I believe there are also ways to install unofficial Android firmware on devices like Galaxy S3 but do it at your own risk. One other reason for selecting Android is the price. There are a lot of cheaper Android devices than either the iPhone and Galaxy S3. On the other hand if you are a partially sighted user, you may appreciate the large 4.8 inch display of the Galaxy S3. And I heard that text enlargement/screen magnification features will be improved in Android soon. I don't know if it will be as good as the Zoom feature on iOS however. Just my two cents worth... -Original Message- From: AccessIndia [mailto:accessindia-boun...@accessindia.org.in] On Behalf Of Srinivasu Chakravarthula Sent: 09 October 2012 10:29 To: accessindia@accessindia.org.in Cc: accessindia@accessindia.org.in Subject: Re: [AI] My first two weeks with Samsung S3 Hi, I sent a twitter message to Kiran asking him for clarification.. Requested him to post on the list, if he can... Vasu Sent from my iPad On Oct 8, 2012, at 10:18 PM, Ketan Kothari muktake...@gmail.com wrote: Dear Friends, I am surprised too. I think Kiran or someone who uses Iphone must intervene and let us know. I did find chinese, Korean and whatever but not Hindi. Of course, there is another possibility in that maybe it may be downloadable. So Kiran if you are seeing this, please do clarify as I am seriously thinking to shift sooner than later. Ketan On 10/9/12, Srinivasu Chakravarthula li...@srinivasu.org wrote: Dear Ketan - I just checked on my iPhone 4S as well by calling Apple support here in the US, sadly there is no Hindi support for VoiceOver... -Vasu Sent from my iPad On Oct 8, 2012, at 1:33 AM, Ketan Kothari muktake...@gmail.com wrote: Dear All, Is there any way of using Hindi TTS on Iphone? I know that there is a way of writing Hindi for sighted users on Iphone. Please do throw some light. With best wishes, Ketan On 10/8/12, Prashant Ranjan Verma pr_ve...@hotmail.com wrote: Dear Ketan and others, This may add to your disappointment. Hindi TTS is not available for Android yet which means Hindi reading or writing is not possible for the blind. The business cards from NOKIA sent to android are generally not supported and vice versa. I am adding to the list so that you take the informed decision.smile -Original Message- From: AccessIndia [mailto:accessindia-boun...@accessindia.org.in] On Behalf Of Rahul Kelapure Sent: 08 October 2012 11:05 To: accessindia@accessindia.org.in Subject: Re: [AI] My first two weeks with Samsung S3 Answer to your first question is Yes. Talk is not preloaded in my phone. Internet, I haven't used it. On 10/8/12, ashook kumar ashokkumaaa...@gmail.com wrote: r battary and sound quality good? can i use internet easily in it? does talk back preloaded on it?ashok kumar. On 10/8/12, Rahul Kelapure rkelap...@gmail.com wrote: Dear Ketan, My phone has Icecreeme Sandwitch, however, I hear, you may upgrade the same to JB if your phone allows to I.E. if the specifications are good enough. Mine are good enough I hear. All those apps you refered can be used
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Dear Vasu and Kiran, I am looking for some specific tricks and do's and don'ss. Please do help. Ketan -Original Message- From: Srinivasu Chakravarthula Sent: Tuesday, October 09, 2012 6:56 PM To: accessindia@accessindia.org.in Cc: accessindia@accessindia.org.in Subject: Re: [AI] My first two weeks with Samsung S3 Ketan, Knowing you, I am sure you can learn quickly but you will be more happy with iPhone than android... Vasu Sent from my iPad On Oct 9, 2012, at 5:52 AM, Ketan Kothari muktake...@gmail.com wrote: Dear Kiran I was eagerly awaiting your intervention. I am now confused about whether I will ever learn touch phones. Could you throw light on Ketantricks for this? On 10/9/12, Kiran Kaja kirankaj...@gmail.com wrote: Thanks to Vasu for bringing this thread to my attention. There is a Hindi TTS on iOS. I do not think you can change the entire interface of the iPhone or iPad to Hindi. But if there is web content in Hindi like bbc.co.uk/Hindi, if you have enabled it, the iPhone switches to Hindi TTS for reading the text. Hindi is one of the options in Settings General Accessibility VoiceOver Language Rotor. And the TTS quality is very good in my opinion. I am probably chipping in too late in this discussion but for blind users requiring screen reader support, Talkback really falls way behind VoiceOver. I did a couple of blog posts about my experience with Talkback and Android JellyBean here http://kirankaja12.wordpress.com/2012/08/02/random-thoughts-on-android-jelly bean-and-google-nexus-7-accessibility/ and http://kirankaja12.wordpress.com/2012/08/12/android-jellybean-accessibility- continued-books-music-movies-and-youtube/. And the Android JellyBean version hasn't hit the Samsung Galaxy S3 yet. if as a screen reader user, you still want to buy an Android handset, you may be better off buying one of the Google branded devices such as the Galaxy Nexus. This is because they are stock Android and do not have any additional skins/customised interfaces which usually do not work with Talkback. I believe there are also ways to install unofficial Android firmware on devices like Galaxy S3 but do it at your own risk. One other reason for selecting Android is the price. There are a lot of cheaper Android devices than either the iPhone and Galaxy S3. On the other hand if you are a partially sighted user, you may appreciate the large 4.8 inch display of the Galaxy S3. And I heard that text enlargement/screen magnification features will be improved in Android soon. I don't know if it will be as good as the Zoom feature on iOS however. Just my two cents worth... -Original Message- From: AccessIndia [mailto:accessindia-boun...@accessindia.org.in] On Behalf Of Srinivasu Chakravarthula Sent: 09 October 2012 10:29 To: accessindia@accessindia.org.in Cc: accessindia@accessindia.org.in Subject: Re: [AI] My first two weeks with Samsung S3 Hi, I sent a twitter message to Kiran asking him for clarification.. Requested him to post on the list, if he can... Vasu Sent from my iPad On Oct 8, 2012, at 10:18 PM, Ketan Kothari muktake...@gmail.com wrote: Dear Friends, I am surprised too. I think Kiran or someone who uses Iphone must intervene and let us know. I did find chinese, Korean and whatever but not Hindi. Of course, there is another possibility in that maybe it may be downloadable. So Kiran if you are seeing this, please do clarify as I am seriously thinking to shift sooner than later. Ketan On 10/9/12, Srinivasu Chakravarthula li...@srinivasu.org wrote: Dear Ketan - I just checked on my iPhone 4S as well by calling Apple support here in the US, sadly there is no Hindi support for VoiceOver... -Vasu Sent from my iPad On Oct 8, 2012, at 1:33 AM, Ketan Kothari muktake...@gmail.com wrote: Dear All, Is there any way of using Hindi TTS on Iphone? I know that there is a way of writing Hindi for sighted users on Iphone. Please do throw some light. With best wishes, Ketan On 10/8/12, Prashant Ranjan Verma pr_ve...@hotmail.com wrote: Dear Ketan and others, This may add to your disappointment. Hindi TTS is not available for Android yet which means Hindi reading or writing is not possible for the blind. The business cards from NOKIA sent to android are generally not supported and vice versa. I am adding to the list so that you take the informed decision.smile -Original Message- From: AccessIndia [mailto:accessindia-boun...@accessindia.org.in] On Behalf Of Rahul Kelapure Sent: 08 October 2012 11:05 To: accessindia@accessindia.org.in Subject: Re: [AI] My first two weeks with Samsung S3 Answer to your first question is Yes. Talk is not preloaded in my phone. Internet, I haven't used it. On 10/8/12, ashook kumar ashokkumaaa...@gmail.com wrote: r battary and sound quality good? can i use internet easily in it? does talk back preloaded on it?ashok kumar. On 10/8/12, Rahul Kelapure rkelap...@gmail.com wrote: Dear Ketan, My phone
Re: [AI] information about school
Development and Welfare Association of the Blind, Andhra Pradesh (Reg. No. Mc 4460 / 1996) Affiliated to All India Confederation of the Blind ,New Delhi SURDAS BHAVAN, DEENDAYAL NAGAR, GOLLAGUDA, NALGONDA, (A.p), pin- 508001 Phone: 08682 227920, Telefax: 08682 229654, E-mail: dwab_...@yahoo.com Web: www.helpblind.org _ The DWAB (Development and Welfare Association of the Blind) started a hostel in 1996 for the children of integrated education system at Nalgonda. In 1999 it was converted in to a secondary residential school as Nalgonda School for the Blind. We had constructed a four storied building with 42 rooms in DWAB own land with the donations from the patrons. We have Administrative Block and Class Rooms in Ground Floor. We also have Braille type learning centre, Braille printer for preparation of brail notes, one Dinning Hall, Kitchen and separate dormitory for girls are in the first floor. In the second floor we have Computer Learning Centre, Boys dormitory, Braily Books Library and store room and at third floor a well furnished auditorium with 500 seating capacity and one small guest house for care taker is constructed. We can proudly claim for fame that no such blind school is functioning in entire Andhra Pradesh with such excellent amenities and infrastructure. Today there are about 146 blind students with separate facilities for boys and girls. We are providing Hostel facility with Education totally free for blind. This school is running by DWAB-Nalgonda with partial aid by the Government of India through the Ministry of Social Justice and empowerment since 1999 and donations from NRIs philanthropists. The school is recognized by the Government, having higher standards of Braille education. The school has been fetching 100% results since its inception in 1996. We have 22 well trained Teachers and 15 members as supporting staff. As you all know, these disabled children need more no. of supporting staff than able children. Several dignitaries from Government and eminent personalities from public life visited our school and expressed their utmost satisfaction and happiness over the functioning of the school. We appeal to all the people to direct parents of the blind children in the age group of 6 to 16 years to admit in our school. They will be provided school and hostel facilities free of cost from classes 1st to 10th. Call for all queries: 098496 43534 or 09490589531 or send mail to srinivas.carn...@gmail.com visit www.helpblind.org - Original Message - From: pankaj Singh kushwaha justicewith...@gmail.com To: accessindia@accessindia.org.in Sent: Tuesday, October 09, 2012 12:01 AM Subject: [AI] information about school hi friends please tell me any boarding blind school in south India . my friends want to admition there. so kindly provide me information . 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] My first two weeks with Samsung S3
Comes build-in on all iPhones, iPads and iPods. What's more, if you have a new device, you can start VoiceOver on your own to setup the device. -Original Message- From: AccessIndia [mailto:accessindia-boun...@accessindia.org.in] On Behalf Of bhawani shankar verma Sent: 09 October 2012 14:19 To: accessindia@accessindia.org.in Subject: Re: [AI] My first two weeks with Samsung S3 does voice over come with iphone or ipad? or one has to download and install it separately. - Original Message - From: Kiran Kaja kirankaj...@gmail.com To: accessindia@accessindia.org.in Sent: Tuesday, October 09, 2012 4:54 PM Subject: Re: [AI] My first two weeks with Samsung S3 Thanks to Vasu for bringing this thread to my attention. There is a Hindi TTS on iOS. I do not think you can change the entire interface of the iPhone or iPad to Hindi. But if there is web content in Hindi like bbc.co.uk/Hindi, if you have enabled it, the iPhone switches to Hindi TTS for reading the text. Hindi is one of the options in Settings General Accessibility VoiceOver Language Rotor. And the TTS quality is very good in my opinion. I am probably chipping in too late in this discussion but for blind users requiring screen reader support, Talkback really falls way behind VoiceOver. I did a couple of blog posts about my experience with Talkback and Android JellyBean here http://kirankaja12.wordpress.com/2012/08/02/random-thoughts-on-android-jelly bean-and-google-nexus-7-accessibility/ and http://kirankaja12.wordpress.com/2012/08/12/android-jellybean-accessibility- continued-books-music-movies-and-youtube/. And the Android JellyBean version hasn't hit the Samsung Galaxy S3 yet. if as a screen reader user, you still want to buy an Android handset, you may be better off buying one of the Google branded devices such as the Galaxy Nexus. This is because they are stock Android and do not have any additional skins/customised interfaces which usually do not work with Talkback. I believe there are also ways to install unofficial Android firmware on devices like Galaxy S3 but do it at your own risk. One other reason for selecting Android is the price. There are a lot of cheaper Android devices than either the iPhone and Galaxy S3. On the other hand if you are a partially sighted user, you may appreciate the large 4.8 inch display of the Galaxy S3. And I heard that text enlargement/screen magnification features will be improved in Android soon. I don't know if it will be as good as the Zoom feature on iOS however. Just my two cents worth... -Original Message- From: AccessIndia [mailto:accessindia-boun...@accessindia.org.in] On Behalf Of Srinivasu Chakravarthula Sent: 09 October 2012 10:29 To: accessindia@accessindia.org.in Cc: accessindia@accessindia.org.in Subject: Re: [AI] My first two weeks with Samsung S3 Hi, I sent a twitter message to Kiran asking him for clarification.. Requested him to post on the list, if he can... Vasu Sent from my iPad On Oct 8, 2012, at 10:18 PM, Ketan Kothari muktake...@gmail.com wrote: Dear Friends, I am surprised too. I think Kiran or someone who uses Iphone must intervene and let us know. I did find chinese, Korean and whatever but not Hindi. Of course, there is another possibility in that maybe it may be downloadable. So Kiran if you are seeing this, please do clarify as I am seriously thinking to shift sooner than later. Ketan On 10/9/12, Srinivasu Chakravarthula li...@srinivasu.org wrote: Dear Ketan - I just checked on my iPhone 4S as well by calling Apple support here in the US, sadly there is no Hindi support for VoiceOver... -Vasu Sent from my iPad On Oct 8, 2012, at 1:33 AM, Ketan Kothari muktake...@gmail.com wrote: Dear All, Is there any way of using Hindi TTS on Iphone? I know that there is a way of writing Hindi for sighted users on Iphone. Please do throw some light. With best wishes, Ketan On 10/8/12, Prashant Ranjan Verma pr_ve...@hotmail.com wrote: Dear Ketan and others, This may add to your disappointment. Hindi TTS is not available for Android yet which means Hindi reading or writing is not possible for the blind. The business cards from NOKIA sent to android are generally not supported and vice versa. I am adding to the list so that you take the informed decision.smile -Original Message- From: AccessIndia [mailto:accessindia-boun...@accessindia.org.in] On Behalf Of Rahul Kelapure Sent: 08 October 2012 11:05 To: accessindia@accessindia.org.in Subject: Re: [AI] My first two weeks with Samsung S3 Answer to your first question is Yes. Talk is not preloaded in my phone. Internet, I haven't used it. On 10/8/12, ashook kumar ashokkumaaa...@gmail.com wrote: r battary and sound quality good? can i use internet easily in it? does talk back preloaded on it?ashok kumar. On 10/8/12, Rahul Kelapure rkelap...@gmail.com wrote: Dear Ketan, My
Re: [AI] My first two weeks with Samsung S3
After reading the I Phone reviews, I wish it had physical keypad! I am partially blind but the idea of having fully screen tuch phone is scary for me. On 10/9/12, Kiran Kaja kirankaj...@gmail.com wrote: Comes build-in on all iPhones, iPads and iPods. What's more, if you have a new device, you can start VoiceOver on your own to setup the device. -Original Message- From: AccessIndia [mailto:accessindia-boun...@accessindia.org.in] On Behalf Of bhawani shankar verma Sent: 09 October 2012 14:19 To: accessindia@accessindia.org.in Subject: Re: [AI] My first two weeks with Samsung S3 does voice over come with iphone or ipad? or one has to download and install it separately. - Original Message - From: Kiran Kaja kirankaj...@gmail.com To: accessindia@accessindia.org.in Sent: Tuesday, October 09, 2012 4:54 PM Subject: Re: [AI] My first two weeks with Samsung S3 Thanks to Vasu for bringing this thread to my attention. There is a Hindi TTS on iOS. I do not think you can change the entire interface of the iPhone or iPad to Hindi. But if there is web content in Hindi like bbc.co.uk/Hindi, if you have enabled it, the iPhone switches to Hindi TTS for reading the text. Hindi is one of the options in Settings General Accessibility VoiceOver Language Rotor. And the TTS quality is very good in my opinion. I am probably chipping in too late in this discussion but for blind users requiring screen reader support, Talkback really falls way behind VoiceOver. I did a couple of blog posts about my experience with Talkback and Android JellyBean here http://kirankaja12.wordpress.com/2012/08/02/random-thoughts-on-android-jelly bean-and-google-nexus-7-accessibility/ and http://kirankaja12.wordpress.com/2012/08/12/android-jellybean-accessibility- continued-books-music-movies-and-youtube/. And the Android JellyBean version hasn't hit the Samsung Galaxy S3 yet. if as a screen reader user, you still want to buy an Android handset, you may be better off buying one of the Google branded devices such as the Galaxy Nexus. This is because they are stock Android and do not have any additional skins/customised interfaces which usually do not work with Talkback. I believe there are also ways to install unofficial Android firmware on devices like Galaxy S3 but do it at your own risk. One other reason for selecting Android is the price. There are a lot of cheaper Android devices than either the iPhone and Galaxy S3. On the other hand if you are a partially sighted user, you may appreciate the large 4.8 inch display of the Galaxy S3. And I heard that text enlargement/screen magnification features will be improved in Android soon. I don't know if it will be as good as the Zoom feature on iOS however. Just my two cents worth... -Original Message- From: AccessIndia [mailto:accessindia-boun...@accessindia.org.in] On Behalf Of Srinivasu Chakravarthula Sent: 09 October 2012 10:29 To: accessindia@accessindia.org.in Cc: accessindia@accessindia.org.in Subject: Re: [AI] My first two weeks with Samsung S3 Hi, I sent a twitter message to Kiran asking him for clarification.. Requested him to post on the list, if he can... Vasu Sent from my iPad On Oct 8, 2012, at 10:18 PM, Ketan Kothari muktake...@gmail.com wrote: Dear Friends, I am surprised too. I think Kiran or someone who uses Iphone must intervene and let us know. I did find chinese, Korean and whatever but not Hindi. Of course, there is another possibility in that maybe it may be downloadable. So Kiran if you are seeing this, please do clarify as I am seriously thinking to shift sooner than later. Ketan On 10/9/12, Srinivasu Chakravarthula li...@srinivasu.org wrote: Dear Ketan - I just checked on my iPhone 4S as well by calling Apple support here in the US, sadly there is no Hindi support for VoiceOver... -Vasu Sent from my iPad On Oct 8, 2012, at 1:33 AM, Ketan Kothari muktake...@gmail.com wrote: Dear All, Is there any way of using Hindi TTS on Iphone? I know that there is a way of writing Hindi for sighted users on Iphone. Please do throw some light. With best wishes, Ketan On 10/8/12, Prashant Ranjan Verma pr_ve...@hotmail.com wrote: Dear Ketan and others, This may add to your disappointment. Hindi TTS is not available for Android yet which means Hindi reading or writing is not possible for the blind. The business cards from NOKIA sent to android are generally not supported and vice versa. I am adding to the list so that you take the informed decision.smile -Original Message- From: AccessIndia [mailto:accessindia-boun...@accessindia.org.in] On Behalf Of Rahul Kelapure Sent: 08 October 2012 11:05 To: accessindia@accessindia.org.in Subject: Re: [AI] My first two weeks with Samsung S3 Answer to your first question is Yes. Talk is not preloaded in my phone. Internet, I haven't used it. On 10/8/12, ashook kumar
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Hi, Ism low vision person too and find it with no difficulty.. Best, Vasu Sent from my iPad On Oct 9, 2012, at 10:54 AM, Shona Man shonam...@gmail.com wrote: After reading the I Phone reviews, I wish it had physical keypad! I am partially blind but the idea of having fully screen tuch phone is scary for me. On 10/9/12, Kiran Kaja kirankaj...@gmail.com wrote: Comes build-in on all iPhones, iPads and iPods. What's more, if you have a new device, you can start VoiceOver on your own to setup the device. -Original Message- From: AccessIndia [mailto:accessindia-boun...@accessindia.org.in] On Behalf Of bhawani shankar verma Sent: 09 October 2012 14:19 To: accessindia@accessindia.org.in Subject: Re: [AI] My first two weeks with Samsung S3 does voice over come with iphone or ipad? or one has to download and install it separately. - Original Message - From: Kiran Kaja kirankaj...@gmail.com To: accessindia@accessindia.org.in Sent: Tuesday, October 09, 2012 4:54 PM Subject: Re: [AI] My first two weeks with Samsung S3 Thanks to Vasu for bringing this thread to my attention. There is a Hindi TTS on iOS. I do not think you can change the entire interface of the iPhone or iPad to Hindi. But if there is web content in Hindi like bbc.co.uk/Hindi, if you have enabled it, the iPhone switches to Hindi TTS for reading the text. Hindi is one of the options in Settings General Accessibility VoiceOver Language Rotor. And the TTS quality is very good in my opinion. I am probably chipping in too late in this discussion but for blind users requiring screen reader support, Talkback really falls way behind VoiceOver. I did a couple of blog posts about my experience with Talkback and Android JellyBean here http://kirankaja12.wordpress.com/2012/08/02/random-thoughts-on-android-jelly bean-and-google-nexus-7-accessibility/ and http://kirankaja12.wordpress.com/2012/08/12/android-jellybean-accessibility- continued-books-music-movies-and-youtube/. And the Android JellyBean version hasn't hit the Samsung Galaxy S3 yet. if as a screen reader user, you still want to buy an Android handset, you may be better off buying one of the Google branded devices such as the Galaxy Nexus. This is because they are stock Android and do not have any additional skins/customised interfaces which usually do not work with Talkback. I believe there are also ways to install unofficial Android firmware on devices like Galaxy S3 but do it at your own risk. One other reason for selecting Android is the price. There are a lot of cheaper Android devices than either the iPhone and Galaxy S3. On the other hand if you are a partially sighted user, you may appreciate the large 4.8 inch display of the Galaxy S3. And I heard that text enlargement/screen magnification features will be improved in Android soon. I don't know if it will be as good as the Zoom feature on iOS however. Just my two cents worth... -Original Message- From: AccessIndia [mailto:accessindia-boun...@accessindia.org.in] On Behalf Of Srinivasu Chakravarthula Sent: 09 October 2012 10:29 To: accessindia@accessindia.org.in Cc: accessindia@accessindia.org.in Subject: Re: [AI] My first two weeks with Samsung S3 Hi, I sent a twitter message to Kiran asking him for clarification.. Requested him to post on the list, if he can... Vasu Sent from my iPad On Oct 8, 2012, at 10:18 PM, Ketan Kothari muktake...@gmail.com wrote: Dear Friends, I am surprised too. I think Kiran or someone who uses Iphone must intervene and let us know. I did find chinese, Korean and whatever but not Hindi. Of course, there is another possibility in that maybe it may be downloadable. So Kiran if you are seeing this, please do clarify as I am seriously thinking to shift sooner than later. Ketan On 10/9/12, Srinivasu Chakravarthula li...@srinivasu.org wrote: Dear Ketan - I just checked on my iPhone 4S as well by calling Apple support here in the US, sadly there is no Hindi support for VoiceOver... -Vasu Sent from my iPad On Oct 8, 2012, at 1:33 AM, Ketan Kothari muktake...@gmail.com wrote: Dear All, Is there any way of using Hindi TTS on Iphone? I know that there is a way of writing Hindi for sighted users on Iphone. Please do throw some light. With best wishes, Ketan On 10/8/12, Prashant Ranjan Verma pr_ve...@hotmail.com wrote: Dear Ketan and others, This may add to your disappointment. Hindi TTS is not available for Android yet which means Hindi reading or writing is not possible for the blind. The business cards from NOKIA sent to android are generally not supported and vice versa. I am adding to the list so that you take the informed decision.smile -Original Message- From: AccessIndia [mailto:accessindia-boun...@accessindia.org.in] On Behalf Of Rahul Kelapure Sent: 08 October 2012 11:05 To: accessindia@accessindia.org.in Subject: Re:
Re: [AI] My first two weeks with Samsung S3
Hi all, I think all of us can use the touch screen devices efficiently. Even I was also scared from the touch screen devices when I was given An I phone for the first time at my company (Barrierbreak technologies). However with some practice, I can now use it without hezitency! I can even demo if required to sighted folks. even for those who are scared from android, there are a few softwares like eyes-free keyboard to help you out. or if your budget is a little higher, you can go for eyescrem sandwhich devices, which has touch and explore feature built in talkback. and with the powerfull GPS accuracy, android shines! I think if a totally blind person like me can use the touch screen, then why cant you all use it?? All the best! Bhavesh. On 10/9/12, Srinivasu Chakravarthula li...@srinivasu.org wrote: Hi, Ism low vision person too and find it with no difficulty.. Best, Vasu Sent from my iPad On Oct 9, 2012, at 10:54 AM, Shona Man shonam...@gmail.com wrote: After reading the I Phone reviews, I wish it had physical keypad! I am partially blind but the idea of having fully screen tuch phone is scary for me. On 10/9/12, Kiran Kaja kirankaj...@gmail.com wrote: Comes build-in on all iPhones, iPads and iPods. What's more, if you have a new device, you can start VoiceOver on your own to setup the device. -Original Message- From: AccessIndia [mailto:accessindia-boun...@accessindia.org.in] On Behalf Of bhawani shankar verma Sent: 09 October 2012 14:19 To: accessindia@accessindia.org.in Subject: Re: [AI] My first two weeks with Samsung S3 does voice over come with iphone or ipad? or one has to download and install it separately. - Original Message - From: Kiran Kaja kirankaj...@gmail.com To: accessindia@accessindia.org.in Sent: Tuesday, October 09, 2012 4:54 PM Subject: Re: [AI] My first two weeks with Samsung S3 Thanks to Vasu for bringing this thread to my attention. There is a Hindi TTS on iOS. I do not think you can change the entire interface of the iPhone or iPad to Hindi. But if there is web content in Hindi like bbc.co.uk/Hindi, if you have enabled it, the iPhone switches to Hindi TTS for reading the text. Hindi is one of the options in Settings General Accessibility VoiceOver Language Rotor. And the TTS quality is very good in my opinion. I am probably chipping in too late in this discussion but for blind users requiring screen reader support, Talkback really falls way behind VoiceOver. I did a couple of blog posts about my experience with Talkback and Android JellyBean here http://kirankaja12.wordpress.com/2012/08/02/random-thoughts-on-android-jelly bean-and-google-nexus-7-accessibility/ and http://kirankaja12.wordpress.com/2012/08/12/android-jellybean-accessibility- continued-books-music-movies-and-youtube/. And the Android JellyBean version hasn't hit the Samsung Galaxy S3 yet. if as a screen reader user, you still want to buy an Android handset, you may be better off buying one of the Google branded devices such as the Galaxy Nexus. This is because they are stock Android and do not have any additional skins/customised interfaces which usually do not work with Talkback. I believe there are also ways to install unofficial Android firmware on devices like Galaxy S3 but do it at your own risk. One other reason for selecting Android is the price. There are a lot of cheaper Android devices than either the iPhone and Galaxy S3. On the other hand if you are a partially sighted user, you may appreciate the large 4.8 inch display of the Galaxy S3. And I heard that text enlargement/screen magnification features will be improved in Android soon. I don't know if it will be as good as the Zoom feature on iOS however. Just my two cents worth... -Original Message- From: AccessIndia [mailto:accessindia-boun...@accessindia.org.in] On Behalf Of Srinivasu Chakravarthula Sent: 09 October 2012 10:29 To: accessindia@accessindia.org.in Cc: accessindia@accessindia.org.in Subject: Re: [AI] My first two weeks with Samsung S3 Hi, I sent a twitter message to Kiran asking him for clarification.. Requested him to post on the list, if he can... Vasu Sent from my iPad On Oct 8, 2012, at 10:18 PM, Ketan Kothari muktake...@gmail.com wrote: Dear Friends, I am surprised too. I think Kiran or someone who uses Iphone must intervene and let us know. I did find chinese, Korean and whatever but not Hindi. Of course, there is another possibility in that maybe it may be downloadable. So Kiran if you are seeing this, please do clarify as I am seriously thinking to shift sooner than later. Ketan On 10/9/12, Srinivasu Chakravarthula li...@srinivasu.org wrote: Dear Ketan - I just checked on my iPhone 4S as well by calling Apple support here in the US, sadly there is no Hindi support for VoiceOver... -Vasu Sent from my iPad On Oct 8, 2012, at 1:33 AM, Ketan Kothari muktake...@gmail.com wrote:
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couple of tips for starters: It is important to understand the basic concepts of touchscreen accessibility. The idea is that you explore the items on the screen by touching them with one finger. The device reads out the item currently under your finger. It just reads it out and doesn't activate it. If you want to activate the item, you would then double tap the screen. Double tapping the screen involves tapping the screen with one finger twice quickly. You don't have to precisely double tap on the item. Once you have selected the item buy touching it, you can double tap anywhere on the screen to activate it. There are a number of additional gestures which do a lot of things. I suggest going through the iPhone user manual at http://help.apple.com/iphone/5/voiceover/en/ and particularly reading the VoiceOver section under Accessibility section in the manual at http://help.apple.com/iphone/5/voiceover/en/iph3e2e4218.html. Also, during the initial stages of learning, it is important to remember that when exploring the screen, you should try not to touch the screen with 2 fingers simultaneously. This may accidentally activate things. the easiest way to avoid this is to close all your fingers in a fist and just open the index finger and explore the screen. Hope this helps. Regards, Kiran -Original Message- From: AccessIndia [mailto:accessindia-boun...@accessindia.org.in] On Behalf Of BHAVESH Sent: 09 October 2012 19:35 To: accessindia@accessindia.org.in Subject: Re: [AI] My first two weeks with Samsung S3 Hi all, I think all of us can use the touch screen devices efficiently. Even I was also scared from the touch screen devices when I was given An I phone for the first time at my company (Barrierbreak technologies). However with some practice, I can now use it without hezitency! I can even demo if required to sighted folks. even for those who are scared from android, there are a few softwares like eyes-free keyboard to help you out. or if your budget is a little higher, you can go for eyescrem sandwhich devices, which has touch and explore feature built in talkback. and with the powerfull GPS accuracy, android shines! I think if a totally blind person like me can use the touch screen, then why cant you all use it?? All the best! Bhavesh. On 10/9/12, Srinivasu Chakravarthula li...@srinivasu.org wrote: Hi, Ism low vision person too and find it with no difficulty.. Best, Vasu Sent from my iPad On Oct 9, 2012, at 10:54 AM, Shona Man shonam...@gmail.com wrote: After reading the I Phone reviews, I wish it had physical keypad! I am partially blind but the idea of having fully screen tuch phone is scary for me. On 10/9/12, Kiran Kaja kirankaj...@gmail.com wrote: Comes build-in on all iPhones, iPads and iPods. What's more, if you have a new device, you can start VoiceOver on your own to setup the device. -Original Message- From: AccessIndia [mailto:accessindia-boun...@accessindia.org.in] On Behalf Of bhawani shankar verma Sent: 09 October 2012 14:19 To: accessindia@accessindia.org.in Subject: Re: [AI] My first two weeks with Samsung S3 does voice over come with iphone or ipad? or one has to download and install it separately. - Original Message - From: Kiran Kaja kirankaj...@gmail.com To: accessindia@accessindia.org.in Sent: Tuesday, October 09, 2012 4:54 PM Subject: Re: [AI] My first two weeks with Samsung S3 Thanks to Vasu for bringing this thread to my attention. There is a Hindi TTS on iOS. I do not think you can change the entire interface of the iPhone or iPad to Hindi. But if there is web content in Hindi like bbc.co.uk/Hindi, if you have enabled it, the iPhone switches to Hindi TTS for reading the text. Hindi is one of the options in Settings General Accessibility VoiceOver Language Rotor. And the TTS quality is very good in my opinion. I am probably chipping in too late in this discussion but for blind users requiring screen reader support, Talkback really falls way behind VoiceOver. I did a couple of blog posts about my experience with Talkback and Android JellyBean here http://kirankaja12.wordpress.com/2012/08/02/random-thoughts-on-android-jelly bean-and-google-nexus-7-accessibility/ and http://kirankaja12.wordpress.com/2012/08/12/android-jellybean-accessibility- continued-books-music-movies-and-youtube/. And the Android JellyBean version hasn't hit the Samsung Galaxy S3 yet. if as a screen reader user, you still want to buy an Android handset, you may be better off buying one of the Google branded devices such as the Galaxy Nexus. This is because they are stock Android and do not have any additional skins/customised interfaces which usually do not work with Talkback. I believe there are also ways to install unofficial Android firmware on devices like Galaxy S3 but do it at your own risk. One other reason for selecting Android is the price. There are a lot of cheaper Android devices than either
Re: [AI] My first two weeks with Samsung S3
I always compare accessibility against the average user with sight. Since a sighted user doesn't need to have the 'explore by touch' or any other similar feature on, he or shee can quickly access the functionality of the phone, be it iPhone or an Android phone. Therefore, the touchscreen technology must undergo further changes to support tactical feedback on the screen. I'm not saying the blind folks cannot operate the touchscreen phones with existing solutions we have, all I'm saying is, it is very unreliable at times. Imagine your in a very noisy environment and you've forgotten your earphones and you want to use your phone. How will you deal with this situation? No matter how big of an expert you are, you'll find it bewildering to operate your phone. Isn't this a major drawback of whatever existing solutions we have in dealing with touchscreen devices? I'm not against this technology, but I'm concerned with our existing solutions / approach to deal with touchscreens. -Original Message- From: AccessIndia [mailto:accessindia-boun...@accessindia.org.in] On Behalf Of Kiran Kaja Sent: 10 October 2012 02:59 To: accessindia@accessindia.org.in Subject: Re: [AI] My first two weeks with Samsung S3 couple of tips for starters: It is important to understand the basic concepts of touchscreen accessibility. The idea is that you explore the items on the screen by touching them with one finger. The device reads out the item currently under your finger. It just reads it out and doesn't activate it. If you want to activate the item, you would then double tap the screen. Double tapping the screen involves tapping the screen with one finger twice quickly. You don't have to precisely double tap on the item. Once you have selected the item buy touching it, you can double tap anywhere on the screen to activate it. There are a number of additional gestures which do a lot of things. I suggest going through the iPhone user manual at http://help.apple.com/iphone/5/voiceover/en/ and particularly reading the VoiceOver section under Accessibility section in the manual at http://help.apple.com/iphone/5/voiceover/en/iph3e2e4218.html. Also, during the initial stages of learning, it is important to remember that when exploring the screen, you should try not to touch the screen with 2 fingers simultaneously. This may accidentally activate things. the easiest way to avoid this is to close all your fingers in a fist and just open the index finger and explore the screen. Hope this helps. Regards, Kiran -Original Message- From: AccessIndia [mailto:accessindia-boun...@accessindia.org.in] On Behalf Of BHAVESH Sent: 09 October 2012 19:35 To: accessindia@accessindia.org.in Subject: Re: [AI] My first two weeks with Samsung S3 Hi all, I think all of us can use the touch screen devices efficiently. Even I was also scared from the touch screen devices when I was given An I phone for the first time at my company (Barrierbreak technologies). However with some practice, I can now use it without hezitency! I can even demo if required to sighted folks. even for those who are scared from android, there are a few softwares like eyes-free keyboard to help you out. or if your budget is a little higher, you can go for eyescrem sandwhich devices, which has touch and explore feature built in talkback. and with the powerfull GPS accuracy, android shines! I think if a totally blind person like me can use the touch screen, then why cant you all use it?? All the best! Bhavesh. On 10/9/12, Srinivasu Chakravarthula li...@srinivasu.org wrote: Hi, Ism low vision person too and find it with no difficulty.. Best, Vasu Sent from my iPad On Oct 9, 2012, at 10:54 AM, Shona Man shonam...@gmail.com wrote: After reading the I Phone reviews, I wish it had physical keypad! I am partially blind but the idea of having fully screen tuch phone is scary for me. On 10/9/12, Kiran Kaja kirankaj...@gmail.com wrote: Comes build-in on all iPhones, iPads and iPods. What's more, if you have a new device, you can start VoiceOver on your own to setup the device. -Original Message- From: AccessIndia [mailto:accessindia-boun...@accessindia.org.in] On Behalf Of bhawani shankar verma Sent: 09 October 2012 14:19 To: accessindia@accessindia.org.in Subject: Re: [AI] My first two weeks with Samsung S3 does voice over come with iphone or ipad? or one has to download and install it separately. - Original Message - From: Kiran Kaja kirankaj...@gmail.com To: accessindia@accessindia.org.in Sent: Tuesday, October 09, 2012 4:54 PM Subject: Re: [AI] My first two weeks with Samsung S3 Thanks to Vasu for bringing this thread to my attention. There is a Hindi TTS on iOS. I do not think you can change the entire interface of the iPhone or iPad to Hindi. But if there is web content in Hindi like bbc.co.uk/Hindi, if you have enabled it, the iPhone switches to Hindi TTS for reading the text. Hindi is one of the
Re: [AI] My first two weeks with Samsung S3
here is my experience and hope this could help someone. Android 4.0, Ice Cream Sandwich, was launched in November 2011. It includes two accessibility features from previous Android versions: Talkback, the native screen reader (1.6), and Enhanced Web Access, a set of scripts for handling web views (3.0). It also introduces two important accessibility features: systemwide font size adjustments for low-vision users and Explore by Touch for blind users. All of these features are found in Settings under Accessibility, near the bottom of the list. Talkback is a screen reader. When enabled, it speaks the contents of the screen. If only the screen reader is enabled, on-screen controls are activated in the usual way. This means that, when a Bluetooth keyboard is paired to the device, blind users hear items spoken as they arrow around the screen, but if they touch the screen, they hear the items spoken and activate them at the same time-not ideal. To enable Talkback, go to Settings/Accessibility/Talkback. Touch the Enable checkbox, and when the confirmation screen asks if you're sure you want to give the accessibility service access to all your information, touch OK. Talkback should automatically download a TTS engine, but if it doesn't, plan to get one (ESpeak or Acapella) from the Play Store. Web scripts have been developed to make webviews accessible. In previous versions of Android, web views--found in many apps, browsers, and email readers-don't communicate with screen readers, so any information or controls presented in this way are not available to blind users. While the scripts are buggy, they increase the number of apps usable by blind individuals. To enable Web scripts, go to Settings/Accessibility, and check Enhanced Web Accessibility. Then touch Back or Home. With this item checked, the device runs the scripts when a webview is encountered. There is a delay while the scripts are loading, and there is often also a period of silence, as the screen reader or TTS crashes and recovers. Once the phone is speaking, Users can explore the screen with a finger to hear the contents. If they hear silence over an area of the screen, they can explore it withthe the virtual d-pad of the Eyes-Free keyboard. Font size can now be set to small, medium, or large for more comfortable reading, but there are still no settings for contrast or screen magnification. To set font size, go to Settings/Accessibility/Font. Touch the dropdown list. Touch the item you want. Touch OK. Then touch Back or Home. Explore by touchgives blind users access to the screen without the need for a physical navigational controller (i.e., arrow keys, a d-pad, trackball, or trackpad). With Explore by Touch enabled, blind users can hear the contents of the screen simply by exploring (sliding a finger over) it, and they can activate an icon by locating it, lifting the finger, and touching the icon again. To enable Explore by touch, go to Settings/Accessibility and touch the Explore by Touch check box. A confirmation screen appears, asking whether you're sure you want to enable the service. Touch OK. Then touch Back or Home twice. Once Explore by touch is enabled, controls need to be touched twice to be activated. The first touch causes them to be spoken. The second touch activates them. Once all accessibility services are enabled in ICS, it is time to use the device. There are very few gestures to learn, and once they are learned, users can follow instructions in the user's manual or on the web. The gestures require a little practice, some more than others. Again, once Explore by touch is enabled, controls need to be touched twice to be activated. The first touch causes them to be spoken. The second touch activates them. To short-press or activate an item, slide a finger to it. Lift your finger from the screen, and tap once in the same place. For best results, lift your finger only enough to break contact with the screen. To long-press an item, slide a finger to it. Lift your finger from the screen. touch the same place, keeping your finger on the screen until the phone vibrates and gives you more options. To pull down the notification bar, touch the top of the screen (so the phone tells you the time, battery status, etc.). Lift your finger. Then with two fingers, touch the top edge of the screen and slide both fingers down until you hear the phone say something like, Notification shade pulled down. On some handsets, you can pull the notification bar down with one finger, instead of two. To scroll through a list, touch anywhere on the screen with one or two fingers. Lift your hand. Then touch the screen with two fingers and slide them up or down. When you touch the screen the first time, you're supposed to touch an item, but the gesture usually works even if you don't do that. In either case, if you slide your fingers up/down, then pause before sliding them up/down
Re: [AI] My first two weeks with Samsung S3
Dear Kiran, This is incredibly helpful. I will try this and if need be then will come back. I am getting more and more excited by this. With best wishes, Ketan -Original Message- From: Kiran Kaja Sent: Wednesday, October 10, 2012 2:58 AM To: accessindia@accessindia.org.in Subject: Re: [AI] My first two weeks with Samsung S3 couple of tips for starters: It is important to understand the basic concepts of touchscreen accessibility. The idea is that you explore the items on the screen by touching them with one finger. The device reads out the item currently under your finger. It just reads it out and doesn't activate it. If you want to activate the item, you would then double tap the screen. Double tapping the screen involves tapping the screen with one finger twice quickly. You don't have to precisely double tap on the item. Once you have selected the item buy touching it, you can double tap anywhere on the screen to activate it. There are a number of additional gestures which do a lot of things. I suggest going through the iPhone user manual at http://help.apple.com/iphone/5/voiceover/en/ and particularly reading the VoiceOver section under Accessibility section in the manual at http://help.apple.com/iphone/5/voiceover/en/iph3e2e4218.html. Also, during the initial stages of learning, it is important to remember that when exploring the screen, you should try not to touch the screen with 2 fingers simultaneously. This may accidentally activate things. the easiest way to avoid this is to close all your fingers in a fist and just open the index finger and explore the screen. Hope this helps. Regards, Kiran -Original Message- From: AccessIndia [mailto:accessindia-boun...@accessindia.org.in] On Behalf Of BHAVESH Sent: 09 October 2012 19:35 To: accessindia@accessindia.org.in Subject: Re: [AI] My first two weeks with Samsung S3 Hi all, I think all of us can use the touch screen devices efficiently. Even I was also scared from the touch screen devices when I was given An I phone for the first time at my company (Barrierbreak technologies). However with some practice, I can now use it without hezitency! I can even demo if required to sighted folks. even for those who are scared from android, there are a few softwares like eyes-free keyboard to help you out. or if your budget is a little higher, you can go for eyescrem sandwhich devices, which has touch and explore feature built in talkback. and with the powerfull GPS accuracy, android shines! I think if a totally blind person like me can use the touch screen, then why cant you all use it?? All the best! Bhavesh. On 10/9/12, Srinivasu Chakravarthula li...@srinivasu.org wrote: Hi, Ism low vision person too and find it with no difficulty.. Best, Vasu Sent from my iPad On Oct 9, 2012, at 10:54 AM, Shona Man shonam...@gmail.com wrote: After reading the I Phone reviews, I wish it had physical keypad! I am partially blind but the idea of having fully screen tuch phone is scary for me. On 10/9/12, Kiran Kaja kirankaj...@gmail.com wrote: Comes build-in on all iPhones, iPads and iPods. What's more, if you have a new device, you can start VoiceOver on your own to setup the device. -Original Message- From: AccessIndia [mailto:accessindia-boun...@accessindia.org.in] On Behalf Of bhawani shankar verma Sent: 09 October 2012 14:19 To: accessindia@accessindia.org.in Subject: Re: [AI] My first two weeks with Samsung S3 does voice over come with iphone or ipad? or one has to download and install it separately. - Original Message - From: Kiran Kaja kirankaj...@gmail.com To: accessindia@accessindia.org.in Sent: Tuesday, October 09, 2012 4:54 PM Subject: Re: [AI] My first two weeks with Samsung S3 Thanks to Vasu for bringing this thread to my attention. There is a Hindi TTS on iOS. I do not think you can change the entire interface of the iPhone or iPad to Hindi. But if there is web content in Hindi like bbc.co.uk/Hindi, if you have enabled it, the iPhone switches to Hindi TTS for reading the text. Hindi is one of the options in Settings General Accessibility VoiceOver Language Rotor. And the TTS quality is very good in my opinion. I am probably chipping in too late in this discussion but for blind users requiring screen reader support, Talkback really falls way behind VoiceOver. I did a couple of blog posts about my experience with Talkback and Android JellyBean here http://kirankaja12.wordpress.com/2012/08/02/random-thoughts-on-android-jelly bean-and-google-nexus-7-accessibility/ and http://kirankaja12.wordpress.com/2012/08/12/android-jellybean-accessibility- continued-books-music-movies-and-youtube/. And the Android JellyBean version hasn't hit the Samsung Galaxy S3 yet. if as a screen reader user, you still want to buy an Android handset, you may be better off buying one of the Google branded devices such as the Galaxy Nexus. This is because they are stock Android and do not have any additional
Re: [AI] Flexible Web
No sir, I'm afraid you can not use that before jaws 14 it is only for jaws 14 and above. With regards from Inamuddin with the skype id: charlsdarwin1 - Original Message - From: shyam sharma shyam371...@gmail.com To: accessindia@accessindia.org.in Sent: Tuesday, October 09, 2012 10:16 AM Subject: Re: [AI] Flexible Web Hello friends! it's a nice discussion going on here. I have some querries for JAWS14. Can we use vocalizer of with JAWS12? which has been released with JAWS14? thanks. On 10/7/12, Umesha Economics umesha@gmail.com wrote: I tested this utility. it did not seemed to block any add. Umesha - Original Message - From: Chetan Sharma danzig2...@gmail.com To: inamuddin inamuddi...@gmail.com; accessindia@accessindia.org.in Sent: Friday, 05 October, 2012 8:05 AM Subject: Re: [AI] Flexible Web Wow! nice feature of Jaws14, who are not able to try Jaws14, can try Adfender. There is a utility called Adfender, which help us to load the webpages without the annoying adds. you can grab the same from: https://www.box.com/s/y55desb3gac9w2m9gy2x HTH! HTH! On 10/5/12, inamuddin inamuddi...@gmail.com wrote: Dear friends, as you are well aware that some 24 houres ago, I have posted some useful information regarding jaws 14 beta 2, In which I said that freedomscientific is about to release jaws 14 beta 2 with in the metter of day or two. Now you can download and enjoy it. Here is some useful information below Flexible Web Frequently, you will encounter Web pages that contain a lot of excess content which can make it difficult to locate the actual content you want, or interupts the flow when reading. For instance, many sites contain Google ad frames. These can be troublesome for JAWS users as they disrupt the reading order of surrounding content. Flexible Web enables you to take more control of Web pages by allowing you to quickly find the content you are looking for, as well as hide content that interrupts the reading experience. You can hide sections of content, such as Google ad frames or other types of unnecessary content, for a smoother reading experience. In addition, you could have JAWS begin reading at a level one heading, or ARIA main region, as these may contain the most interesting content. To use Flexible Web, open a Web page you want to customize in Internet Explorer or Firefox. Then, move the Virtual PC Cursor to the page element you want to hide, or from where you want to start reading when the page first loads. Activate the Flexible Web wizard by pressing the layered keystroke INSERT+SPACEBAR, X. Alternatively, press INSERT+F2 to open the Run JAWS Manager dialog box, then choose Flexible Web. Through several easy-to-follow steps, The Flexible Web wizard that opens provides you with two options: hide or start reading at the selected element. The wizard then guides you through the process of creating a temporary customization by giving you various choices about the selected element and how you want to hide it or from where exactly to start reading. Once the customization has been made, it is immediately applied to the page. For instance, if you choose to hide all frames containing advertisements, you will not see any advertisements when navigating the page after making this temporary customization. If you are not happy with how a customization is working, you can open the Flexible Web wizard to undo the last customization you made. When you return to the page, you can choose a different element or the same one, then reactivate the Flexible Web wizard to retry the customization again perhaps with different criteria. For example, in the case of hiding those advertisement frames mentioned earlier, you probably want to hide all of them, not just the first one on the page. The wizard will provide you with choices about whether to hide just the first one or all of them. You can create as many customizations for a page as you want. Once you have created one or more customizations, you can save them as a rule, which is applied every time you load the particular page or site. To indicate that a rule has been applied to a page, JAWS plays a sound after the page loads. Rules can be applied to the current Web page, entire Web site, or globally for all Web sites. Otherwise, customizations are only temporary and are lost as soon as you navigate away from the current Web page or close the browser. If you have made temporary customizations and you attempt to navigate to another page or close the browser, a dialog box opens asking if you want to save your customizations as a rule. To learn more about using Flexible Web, refer to the Flexible Web help topic in the JAWS online help (f1). In addition, the Freedom Scientific Training department will be demonstrating all of the capabilities of this exciting new feature in a free 1-hour webinar on Wednesday, October 24, 2012 at noon. To register, go to the Free Webinars from Freedom Scientific page and choose the Register for
Re: [AI] Attention: is there any blind person who has been provided job via MGNREGA?
Sorry don't have details but please look at 12th 5 year plan. You may find something which may help you look at another angle. K -Original Message- From: AccessIndia [mailto:accessindia-boun...@accessindia.org.in] On Behalf Of avinash shahi Sent: 09 October 2012 23:08 To: accessindia Subject: [AI] Attention: is there any blind person who has been provided job via MGNREGA? Dear Access Indians As we all know, majority of Disabled people are still reside in the countryside. and educational and employment opportunities for them in those areas are almost none. But since 'MGNREGA', which is hailed world's largest act to provide employment, and has potential to lift millions of lives out of poverty to some extent,has been rolled out in 3 phases, and now is in operation in the entire country. My concern is what disabled people have gained out of MGNREGA I am working on a project , 'what constitutes worker ' with special focus on MGNREGA And trying to do Economic Analysis of MGNREGA act. And suddenly, my mind mulled how MGNRWEGA has been helping Disabled in obtaining hundred days work and living life to some dignified level? And what are primary hurdles disabled face in convincing Nrega officials in availing work? As most of the workers are engaged in construction sites, Water-harvesting, and forest management activities, My concern is what are the arenas where Disabled, particularly blind can contribute. If anybody knows any worker, or has gone through any literature on this subject, do enlighten me, please. Thank yu -- Avinash Shahi MPhil Research Learner Centre for the Study of Law and Governance Jawaharlal Nehru University New Delhi India Search for old postings at: http://www.mail-archive.com/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/ To unsubscribe send a message to accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in 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 UGC NET
I remember applying for june exam sometime in april. so, time for next notification. be on your mark. please do post it here. Vamshi 9949349497 -Original message- From: Sandeep Gautam Sent: 10/10/2012, 6:22 am To: accessindia@accessindia.org.in Subject: [AI] regarding UGC NET Hello friends, Good Morning As I was out of station for long, I was not able to follow AI mails. Friends, pls tell when we can apply for NET for December 2012 exams? Because when I am looking into its site, still notification for June 2012 examination is displaying. Kindly enlighten. Waiting Sandeep G 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] Jaws - Table navigation limitations in Powerpoint
Hi all Has anyone tried to edit tables in Powerpoint using Jaws? Firstly, Jaws does not announce the rows / columns when I navigate between the cells (alt + control + arrow keys) Secondly, I cannot move to the start of the row / end of the row / top and bottem of the column (alt + shift + control + arrow keys) these keys don't work at all. Is it just me or you all have similar issues. I'm using Jaws 13. Please if anyone has access to Jaws 14 beta, can you test this and report back? Appreciate it Thanks 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 UGC NET
Yet to be announced and possibly in second half of october it should come. But you know its utmost difficult to get JRF for a person with disability because only 3% JRF out of 3200 can be given to PH candidates, not more than that. Say for e.g. in sociology total jrf are 100 out of india then only 3 jrf are to be given to top rankers from this subject. thats why this time in various subject jrf marit has gone higher than general, obc and sc st candidates. On 10/10/12, Vamshi. G gvamsh...@gmail.com wrote: I remember applying for june exam sometime in april. so, time for next notification. be on your mark. please do post it here. Vamshi 9949349497 -Original message- From: Sandeep Gautam Sent: 10/10/2012, 6:22 am To: accessindia@accessindia.org.in Subject: [AI] regarding UGC NET Hello friends, Good Morning As I was out of station for long, I was not able to follow AI mails. Friends, pls tell when we can apply for NET for December 2012 exams? Because when I am looking into its site, still notification for June 2012 examination is displaying. Kindly enlighten. Waiting Sandeep G 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 -- LL.M candidate at Faculty of Law in University of 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] regarding plustek v100 scanner
All scanners support OCR software. actually it is the other way round. If the scanner is installed properly on the computer then all OCR software can make use of it. Plustech 3600 and Plustech 3600+ are being used widely. I have helped many people buy this. It is a fast scanner and has a unique bookedge design which improves accuracy. Cost is approx.. Rs. 13000. -Original Message- From: AccessIndia [mailto:accessindia-boun...@accessindia.org.in] On Behalf Of Vamshi. G Sent: 09 October 2012 19:52 To: accessindia@accessindia.org.in Subject: Re: [AI] regarding plustek v100 scanner Hi, I just checked its price which is around 42,000. Is anyone using plustek scanners supporting OCR software and available in the market? Or do all scanners support OCR software? On 10/9/12, aamir ansari aamiran...@gmail.com wrote: hello access indians i was just searching for plustek scanners and found out this interesting scanner from plustek it is plustek v100 which has inbuilt TTS which instantly converts scanned documents into audio and mp3 it also supports OCR so has anyone used this product i would like to know about the feedback of this product from someone who used this thanks and regards 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 -- G. Vamshi Mobile: +91 9949349497 Skype: gvamshi81 www.retinaindia.org From darkness unto light 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] Ten Days Remaining please Vote All
Call not connecting. Please advice Preeti Monga Director Mobile: +91 9871701646 Landline: 011 22781446 E-mail: preeti.mo...@silver-linings.co.in Website: www.silver-linings.co.in -Original Message- From: AccessIndia [mailto:accessindia-boun...@accessindia.org.in] On Behalf Of Shiva Prakash M A Sent: Wednesday, October 10, 2012 8:15 AM To: accessindia@accessindia.org.in Subject: [AI] Ten Days Remaining please Vote All Hi All, Ten Days Remaining please vote and spread over all The NGO Divya Jyothi Charitable trust for Blind' is participating in a competition by name 'Spark the Rise' conducted by the Mahindra group. Here the participants require to submit a project they want to work on and the Public voting is used to choose a winner. The project: The NGO is planning to start a Braille Transcription centre where they can print Braille books in large scale. This is very rarely available outside and if its available, people charge hefty prices which most cant afford. The organization aims at creating a huge library (Now existing on a small scale) for itself where any needy person can borrow books free of cost. This requires the to buy a machine called 'Braille Emboser' and they also need to employ a technician to operate it. There are various other challenges they face in the process, which they are willing to face with a dream to fulfill the wish of every blind person aspiring to gain knowledge. Please visit the site http://www.sparktherise.com/projects-listing.php?catid=1 and select *'Proposal of Braille Transcription Center'* submitted by 'Divya Jyothi Charitable trust for Visually Challenged' for more details about their project. YOUR ROLE IN THIS: As this competition is dependent on Public voting, the more votes they gain from public, more are their chances of winning. Its same as in today's reality shows. The winners of this contest will be given a prize money which they will use towards their project. There are various stages in voting, with the projects with least votes being filtered at every stage. The ones which can make it to the last rounds will gain something very beneficial for pursuing their dream. So its your POWER TO VOTE which is going to create their future. TO VOTE: The BEST PART of this competition is a very user friendly voting. You can either give a missed call or send a message. Please give a MISSED CALL on the number: 02261850716 (Mobile numbers only-No land lines can vote by this method) OR Please send a message MHRISESPACEP06794 to 54646 OR You can also vote online by following the steps given below: Step 1: Please Copy and Paste the url: http://www.sparktherise.com/projects-listing.php?catid=1 Step 2: Roll over you mouse on the project by name *'Proposal of Braille Transcription Center'* submitted by 'Divya Jyothi Charitable trust for Visually Challenged'. Step 3: Click on Vote. Step 4: Please select 'Site Vote'. Step 5: Please click on the red VOTE button on the page. Select 'Site vote'. Step 6: You will find hyperlink saying 'NOT REGISTERED?CLICK HERE' below the LOG IN button. Step 7: Please fill the small registration form and Register yourself. Step 8: Please click on the activation link that will be sent to your mail to complete registration. Step 9: Fill the form that opens after the step and complete the Mobile number verification and address verification. Step 10: Please select 'BROWSE AND DISCOVER' tab and click 'Voting Opens' button. Then click 'Vote Now' Step 11: Please follow steps 2, 3 AND 4. YOUR VOTING IS COMPLETE AND SUCCESSFUL. I think missed call is preferred;) *A MISSED CALL FROM YOU MIGHT HELP SOMEONE NOT MISS A GREAT LIFE. 5 MINUTES OF YOUR LIFE MIGHT GIFT SOMEONE A GREAT LIFETIME. With Regards -- M A Shivaprakash Door No: 742 Amrutha Nilaya 11th Main 4th Stage T K Layout Sarswathipuram Mysore Pin: 570009 Mobile no 9886409563 E-Mail: mashivapraka...@gmail.com ma_shivaprak...@yahoo.co.in Website www.divyajyothitrust.org 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 about course in special education
Dear All, In case someone wishes to teach blind children, what is better? Is it the Bed from IGNOU or the one year course from BRA Delhi? Please advice Preeti Preeti Monga Director Mobile: +91 9871701646 Landline: 011 22781446 E-mail: preeti.mo...@silver-linings.co.in Website: www.silver-linings.co.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] doubt in using nokia n8
Hi Even I can't make C5 tell me the area network. I am using a licensed version of talks. On 10/9/12, Aravind Kumar aravind_...@yahoo.com wrote: hai friends, anybody using nokia n8 with talks? i am unable to make talks tell the area in which, i'm currently stay or travel. earlier models like e63 worked well with airtell. so if anybody knows the way to make talks announce the area with n8 model, kindly suggest me. 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 -- Thanks regards Cornelius Lyngdoh Email: cornelyng...@gmail.com Skype Name: cornelius.lyngdoh Facebook Account: cornelius.lyngdoh Phone no. +919686046947 Favourite quotation: Be the change you want the world to see 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
