Re: [AI] Windows 10 and classic shell
Hi Precisely, the menues shall appear in an easy to use style similar to XP style. Harish Kotian - Original Message - From: "Himanshu Sahu" To: "AccessIndia: a list for discussing accessibility and issues concerningthe disabled." Sent: Tuesday, November 10, 2015 9:58 PM Subject: Re: [AI] Windows 10 and classic shell Sir, what difference it would make in the appearance of menus of win 10? Please elaborate! I've just upgraded to win 10 and struggling with its menu... Also refer to some tutorials for win 10 with jaws. I am using JAWS 16. On 11/8/15, Harish wrote: Hi Today I tried using the classicshell programme. For those who have been using XP for a long time, the tool will certainly help them. Even otherwise, usability experience gets enhanced by using this. Although the system that I tried on had modest configuration, even then, there was no significant delay or lag using this. Although the time I used this was for a very short time, It is certainly a option to consider for those who are contemplating to move to Windows10 and who are a bit nervous. It also has the Win7 option for those who want that feel on the desktop. However, I tried with the classic style and I am impressed with it. Although you don't loose anything in terms of functionability of Win10 you get the ease of use of the old style desktop layout. You can get this from classicshell.net This is a freeware and I tried using both NVDA and Jaws. It worked equally well with them both. Harish. Register at the dedicated AccessIndia list for discussing accessibility of mobile phones / Tabs on: http://mail.accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/mobile.accessindia_accessindia.org.in Search for old postings at: http://www.mail-archive.com/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/ To unsubscribe send a message to accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in Disclaimer: 1. Contents of the mails, factual, or otherwise, reflect the thinking of the person sending the mail and AI in no way relates itself to its veracity; 2. AI cannot be held liable for any commission/omission based on the mails sent through this mailing list.. -- Thanks and regards Himanshu Sahu Reach: 09051055000 Skype: himanshu.cute4u Register at the dedicated AccessIndia list for discussing accessibility of mobile phones / Tabs on: http://mail.accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/mobile.accessindia_accessindia.org.in Search for old postings at: http://www.mail-archive.com/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/ To unsubscribe send a message to accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in Disclaimer: 1. Contents of the mails, factual, or otherwise, reflect the thinking of the person sending the mail and AI in no way relates itself to its veracity; 2. AI cannot be held liable for any commission/omission based on the mails sent through this mailing list.. Register at the dedicated AccessIndia list for discussing accessibility of mobile phones / Tabs on: http://mail.accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/mobile.accessindia_accessindia.org.in Search for old postings at: http://www.mail-archive.com/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/ To unsubscribe send a message to accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in Disclaimer: 1. Contents of the mails, factual, or otherwise, reflect the thinking of the person sending the mail and AI in no way relates itself to its veracity; 2. AI cannot be held liable for any commission/omission based on the mails sent through this mailing list..
[AI] Moderator: off-topicRe: Greetings
All I have already warned members not to post any season greetings on the list. This is against the list guidelines. Action will be taken on all such postings and I shall not notify on the list each time. Harish Kotian - Original Message - From: "Vijay Kumar" To: Sent: Wednesday, November 11, 2015 10:47 AM Subject: [AI] Greetings RESPECTED MEMBERS I WISH YOU AND YOUR FAMILY A VERY HAPPY AND PROSPEROUS DEEPAWALI . MAY THIS FESTIVAL OF LIGHTS BRINGS MORE PROSPERITY, JOY, HEALTH AND WEALTH IN YOUR LIFE. HAPPY DEEPAWALI CA S Vijay Kumar Register at the dedicated AccessIndia list for discussing accessibility of mobile phones / Tabs on: http://mail.accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/mobile.accessindia_accessindia.org.in Search for old postings at: http://www.mail-archive.com/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/ To unsubscribe send a message to accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in Disclaimer: 1. Contents of the mails, factual, or otherwise, reflect the thinking of the person sending the mail and AI in no way relates itself to its veracity; 2. AI cannot be held liable for any commission/omission based on the mails sent through this mailing list.. Register at the dedicated AccessIndia list for discussing accessibility of mobile phones / Tabs on: http://mail.accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/mobile.accessindia_accessindia.org.in Search for old postings at: http://www.mail-archive.com/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/ To unsubscribe send a message to accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in Disclaimer: 1. Contents of the mails, factual, or otherwise, reflect the thinking of the person sending the mail and AI in no way relates itself to its veracity; 2. AI cannot be held liable for any commission/omission based on the mails sent through this mailing list..
[AI] Greetings
RESPECTED MEMBERS I WISH YOU AND YOUR FAMILY A VERY HAPPY AND PROSPEROUS DEEPAWALI . MAY THIS FESTIVAL OF LIGHTS BRINGS MORE PROSPERITY, JOY, HEALTH AND WEALTH IN YOUR LIFE. HAPPY DEEPAWALI CA S Vijay Kumar Register at the dedicated AccessIndia list for discussing accessibility of mobile phones / Tabs on: http://mail.accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/mobile.accessindia_accessindia.org.in Search for old postings at: http://www.mail-archive.com/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/ To unsubscribe send a message to accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in Disclaimer: 1. Contents of the mails, factual, or otherwise, reflect the thinking of the person sending the mail and AI in no way relates itself to its veracity; 2. AI cannot be held liable for any commission/omission based on the mails sent through this mailing list..
[AI] Fwd: Job Openings
-- Forwarded message -- From: Job Openings Date: Tue, 10 Nov 2015 21:01:38 + Subject: Job Openings To: aravind.andhrab...@gmail.com Job Openings /// Scientific Officer-D Posted: 09 Nov 2015 11:47 PM PST http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/eyeway-jobopenings/~3/tCdLXK6p0r4/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email SAHA INSTITUTE OF NUCLEAR PHYSICS (Autonomous Research Institute under Department Of Atomic Energy, Government of India) Sector-1, Block-AF, Bidhannagar Kolkata-700 064. Advt. No.. : SINP/Estt/Advt/06/2015 Highlights of the advertisement are given below, for complete details visit http://www.saha.ac.in or refer to the Emloyment News dated 31 October 2015, page no. 15 Last date of receiving the application is 20.11.2015. Special Recruitment Drive for filling up of backlog vacancies of Persons with Disabilities (PWD) and ST/OBC. Applications are invited from eligible Indian Nationals for filling up the following permanent posts of various Divisions/Sections of this Institute on direct recruitment basis. D.A., H.R.A., Transport Allowance etc. as admissible to Central Govt. employees under the rules in force from time to time will be admissible. The details of the posts are as under : Post: Scientific Officer-‘D’ Division/Section: Library No. of post: 01 for Low Vision (OBC) Pay Band (PB-3) Rs.15600-39100+Grade Pay Rs.6,600/- Essential Qualifications : 19 years post qualification experience with minimum 50% marks in B.Sc + at least 60% marks in BLIS or equivalent diploma OR ii) 13 years post qualification experience with minimum 50% marks in B.Sc(H) + at least 60% marks in BLIS or equivalent diploma OR iii) 13 years post qualification experience with minimum 50% marks in B.Sc + minimum 60% marks in MLIS. Age Limit:42 years Self attested photo copies of documents in respect of qualification, experience and caste certificate/ex-serviceman (for reserved categories only) of the candidate must be submitted. A written/trade test may also be conducted before the interview. No fee for PwD Candidates. Application giving full details for the post alongwith the self attested copies of relevant certificates/testimonials in the following format of Application Form (with a recent passport size photograph pasted on the right hand top corner of the application) should reach the Registrar, Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics, 1/ AF, Bidhannagar, Kolkata-700 064 duly superscribed as “Application for the post of ……” mentioning the category viz.SC/ST/OBC/PWD. Organisation: SAHA INSTITUTE OF NUCLEAR PHYSICS Website: http://www.saha.ac.in Minimum Education required: GraduateSpecialisation required: OthersType of employer: Government jobsWork location: West Bengal Tweet /// Assistant Grade. 1 (Human resource) & (Finance & Accounts) and Stipendary Trainee (Diploma Holder in Engineering)-Electronics Posted: 09 Nov 2015 10:40 PM PST http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/eyeway-jobopenings/~3/4kgcmaCUVXQ/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited (NPCIL) (A Government of India Enterprise) Rawatbhata Rajasthan Site Post-Anushakti, Via-Kota (Rajasthan) Pin-323303 Advertisement No. RR Site/HRM/02/2015 Highlights of the advertisement are given below, for complete details visit https://www.npcilcareers.co.in or refer to the Emloyment News dated 31 October 2015, page no. 9 Last date for Receipt of the application 20.11.2015 Special Recruitment drive for persons with disabilities (PwDs) NPCIL, a premier Public Sector Enterprise under the Department of Atomic Energy, Govt of India having comprehensive capability in all facets of Nuclear Technology namely, Site selection, Design, construction commissioning, operation maintenance, renovation, modernization & upgradation, plant life extension, waste managem
[AI] requesting rrb link to download the haltecket
friends, greetings as for the subject line indicates I am trying to download the haltecket for the 2015 rrb examination but, not able to find the link to download the all letter after login the link which i have visited is http://exams.rrbappreg.net:8300/PWDAdmitCard/OnlineAdmitCardDownloadAction.action hope some 1 will get me the link -- jammed and internet hanged?Reach through the following means: mobile: +91 7846026847 whats app: +91 7846026847 skype: Shankar.a email: shankarsai...@gmail.com Thanks and regards Shankar *technical consultant* Register at the dedicated AccessIndia list for discussing accessibility of mobile phones / Tabs on: http://mail.accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/mobile.accessindia_accessindia.org.in Search for old postings at: http://www.mail-archive.com/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/ To unsubscribe send a message to accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in Disclaimer: 1. Contents of the mails, factual, or otherwise, reflect the thinking of the person sending the mail and AI in no way relates itself to its veracity; 2. AI cannot be held liable for any commission/omission based on the mails sent through this mailing list..
Re: [AI] Windows 10 and classic shell
Sir, what difference it would make in the appearance of menus of win 10? Please elaborate! I've just upgraded to win 10 and struggling with its menu... Also refer to some tutorials for win 10 with jaws. I am using JAWS 16. On 11/8/15, Harish wrote: > Hi > Today I tried using the classicshell programme. For those who have been > using XP for a long time, the tool will certainly help them. Even otherwise, > usability experience gets enhanced by using this. Although the system that I > tried on had modest configuration, even then, there was no significant delay > or lag using this. > Although the time I used this was for a very short time, It is certainly a > option to consider for those who are contemplating to move to Windows10 and > who are a bit nervous. It also has the Win7 option for those who want that > feel on the desktop. However, I tried with the classic style and I am > impressed with it. > > Although you don't loose anything in terms of functionability of Win10 you > get the ease of use of the old style desktop layout. > You can get this from classicshell.net > This is a freeware and I tried using both NVDA and Jaws. It worked equally > well with them both. > Harish. > > > > Register at the dedicated AccessIndia list for discussing accessibility of > mobile phones / Tabs on: > http://mail.accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/mobile.accessindia_accessindia.org.in > > > Search for old postings at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/ > > To unsubscribe send a message to > accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in > with the subject unsubscribe. > > To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please > visit the list home page at > http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in > > > Disclaimer: > 1. Contents of the mails, factual, or otherwise, reflect the thinking of the > person sending the mail and AI in no way relates itself to its veracity; > > 2. AI cannot be held liable for any commission/omission based on the mails > sent through this mailing list.. > -- Thanks and regards Himanshu Sahu Reach: 09051055000 Skype: himanshu.cute4u Register at the dedicated AccessIndia list for discussing accessibility of mobile phones / Tabs on: http://mail.accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/mobile.accessindia_accessindia.org.in Search for old postings at: http://www.mail-archive.com/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/ To unsubscribe send a message to accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in Disclaimer: 1. Contents of the mails, factual, or otherwise, reflect the thinking of the person sending the mail and AI in no way relates itself to its veracity; 2. AI cannot be held liable for any commission/omission based on the mails sent through this mailing list..
Re: [AI] Any iddea About Sonar application
hi, Can you send the jaws scripts for sonar? On 11/10/15, raaju wrote: > Yes. Sonar, up to 8.5 is quite accessible with jaws along with sets of > script. > > -Original Message- > From: AccessIndia [mailto:accessindia-boun...@accessindia.org.in] On Behalf > Of Him Prasad Gautam > Sent: Tuesday, November 10, 2015 2:52 PM > To: accessindia > Subject: [AI] Any iddea About Sonar application > > Hello list member, > One of VI fellow has approached to me for > assisting the accessibility of a software called Sonar. Personally I > have no idea about the software. I never had used the software. He had > informed me that it is about Music. AS reported, it is not accessible > for screen reader. I am requested to develop an nvda addons for its > accessibility. If any of you have any idea about this software, please > write me privately. > Please inform If any idea about its accessibility in Jaws too. > Regards. > Him Prasad Gautam > Kathmandu, Nepal > > > > Register at the dedicated AccessIndia list for discussing accessibility of > mobile phones / Tabs on: > http://mail.accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/mobile.accessindia_accessind > ia.org.in > > > Search for old postings at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/ > > To unsubscribe send a message to > accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in > with the subject unsubscribe. > > To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, > please > visit the list home page at > http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in > > > Disclaimer: > 1. Contents of the mails, factual, or otherwise, reflect the thinking of > the > person sending the mail and AI in no way relates itself to its veracity; > > 2. AI cannot be held liable for any commission/omission based on the mails > sent through this mailing list.. > > > > > Register at the dedicated AccessIndia list for discussing accessibility of > mobile phones / Tabs on: > http://mail.accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/mobile.accessindia_accessindia.org.in > > > Search for old postings at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/ > > To unsubscribe send a message to > accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in > with the subject unsubscribe. > > To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please > visit the list home page at > http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in > > > Disclaimer: > 1. Contents of the mails, factual, or otherwise, reflect the thinking of the > person sending the mail and AI in no way relates itself to its veracity; > > 2. AI cannot be held liable for any commission/omission based on the mails > sent through this mailing list.. > -- Him Prasad Gautam Kathmandu, Nepal Register at the dedicated AccessIndia list for discussing accessibility of mobile phones / Tabs on: http://mail.accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/mobile.accessindia_accessindia.org.in Search for old postings at: http://www.mail-archive.com/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/ To unsubscribe send a message to accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in Disclaimer: 1. Contents of the mails, factual, or otherwise, reflect the thinking of the person sending the mail and AI in no way relates itself to its veracity; 2. AI cannot be held liable for any commission/omission based on the mails sent through this mailing list..
Re: [AI] Happy Diwali!
Does greeting message also allow in this list? -Original Message- From: AccessIndia [mailto:accessindia-boun...@accessindia.org.in] On Behalf Of Xavier's Resource Centre for the Visuall St. Xavier's College Sent: Tuesday, November 10, 2015 12:54 PM To: accessindia@accessindia.org.in Subject: [AI] Happy Diwali! I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel. - Maya AngelouHappy Diwali!Best Regards,Dr. Sam Taraporevala--DirectorXavier's Resource Centre for the Visually Challenged (XRCVC)St. Xavier's College, Mumbai - 400 001...@xrcvc.org+91 22 22623298 (D)+91 22 22620661-5 (B); Extn.: 366+91 9869378436 (M)+91 9967028769 Register at the dedicated AccessIndia list for discussing accessibility of mobile phones / Tabs on: http://mail.accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/mobile.accessindia_accessind ia.org.in Search for old postings at: http://www.mail-archive.com/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/ To unsubscribe send a message to accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in Disclaimer: 1. Contents of the mails, factual, or otherwise, reflect the thinking of the person sending the mail and AI in no way relates itself to its veracity; 2. AI cannot be held liable for any commission/omission based on the mails sent through this mailing list.. Register at the dedicated AccessIndia list for discussing accessibility of mobile phones / Tabs on: http://mail.accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/mobile.accessindia_accessindia.org.in Search for old postings at: http://www.mail-archive.com/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/ To unsubscribe send a message to accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in Disclaimer: 1. Contents of the mails, factual, or otherwise, reflect the thinking of the person sending the mail and AI in no way relates itself to its veracity; 2. AI cannot be held liable for any commission/omission based on the mails sent through this mailing list..
Re: [AI] Any iddea About Sonar application
Yes. Sonar, up to 8.5 is quite accessible with jaws along with sets of script. -Original Message- From: AccessIndia [mailto:accessindia-boun...@accessindia.org.in] On Behalf Of Him Prasad Gautam Sent: Tuesday, November 10, 2015 2:52 PM To: accessindia Subject: [AI] Any iddea About Sonar application Hello list member, One of VI fellow has approached to me for assisting the accessibility of a software called Sonar. Personally I have no idea about the software. I never had used the software. He had informed me that it is about Music. AS reported, it is not accessible for screen reader. I am requested to develop an nvda addons for its accessibility. If any of you have any idea about this software, please write me privately. Please inform If any idea about its accessibility in Jaws too. Regards. Him Prasad Gautam Kathmandu, Nepal Register at the dedicated AccessIndia list for discussing accessibility of mobile phones / Tabs on: http://mail.accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/mobile.accessindia_accessind ia.org.in Search for old postings at: http://www.mail-archive.com/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/ To unsubscribe send a message to accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in Disclaimer: 1. Contents of the mails, factual, or otherwise, reflect the thinking of the person sending the mail and AI in no way relates itself to its veracity; 2. AI cannot be held liable for any commission/omission based on the mails sent through this mailing list.. Register at the dedicated AccessIndia list for discussing accessibility of mobile phones / Tabs on: http://mail.accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/mobile.accessindia_accessindia.org.in Search for old postings at: http://www.mail-archive.com/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/ To unsubscribe send a message to accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in Disclaimer: 1. Contents of the mails, factual, or otherwise, reflect the thinking of the person sending the mail and AI in no way relates itself to its veracity; 2. AI cannot be held liable for any commission/omission based on the mails sent through this mailing list..
[AI] Problems after installing MS Office
Hello all, I am facing following issues after installing MS office 2003 as well as 2007 on my Windows 7 PC: 1. Internet Explorer 11 crashes each time I use it and gives 'internet explorer has stopped working...' message. The problem persisted even when I downgraded to IE 8. 2. The cursor just gets stuck on one cell on Excel. This does not happen when I work with Libre Office Calc. 3. Jaws scripts on Skype stops functioning properly, especially the control plus number commands to jump to specific fields like contacts, recent messages etc. I'm using Skype 7.13 plus with scripts version 6.22B with latest revision. 4. Along with the aforementioned issues, Screen Readers (jaws 16 as well as NVDA 15.3) freeze as take a few seconds to come back. Sometimes they actually restart. Everything is normal when Office is uninstalled. Help, please? Regards, -- Viraj Register at the dedicated AccessIndia list for discussing accessibility of mobile phones / Tabs on: http://mail.accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/mobile.accessindia_accessindia.org.in Search for old postings at: http://www.mail-archive.com/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/ To unsubscribe send a message to accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in Disclaimer: 1. Contents of the mails, factual, or otherwise, reflect the thinking of the person sending the mail and AI in no way relates itself to its veracity; 2. AI cannot be held liable for any commission/omission based on the mails sent through this mailing list..
Re: [AI] Delhi roads set to become disabled-friendly
It's easier to get funding than to solve some of those issues you talked about. Regards, Sagar Sodah +91 9930271732 Sent from my iPhone > On 08-Nov-2015, at 4:28 PM, Vedprakash wrote: > > The very first thing that can be done in this direction and that does not > need any funds is that unauthorized encroachment from the pavements should be > cleared. > Most of the footpaths have been enchroched by shopkeepers, Paan walas, > hawkers etc. > Secondly, unauthorized parking is another problem which can be addressed to > without any funding. > > > Exciting Offers to Grab Vedprakash Sharma > > -Original Message- > From: AccessIndia [mailto:accessindia-boun...@accessindia.org.in] On Behalf > Of avinash shahi > Sent: Sunday, November 08, 2015 2:19 PM > To: accessindia > Subject: [AI] Delhi roads set to become disabled-friendly > > Roads in Delhi are all set to become disabled-friendly if all goes as > planned, with the Delhi government preparing a detailed report. > http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/delhi-roads-set-to-become-disabledfriendly/article7856990.ece > As the first step, the Chief Secretary has directed the three municipal > Commissioners to identify routes in areas under their jurisdiction where > fresh installations are needed. > > The civic bodies have been asked to focus on penalising violators in the > existing disabled friendly parking lots and put up fresh signages. > > “Halting of vehicles for a few seconds at T-points is likely to be made > mandatory for motorists. We are also looking into strictly adhering to > box-type parking lots at several locations. A couple of roads will also be > made one-way,” said a senior government official. > > The first session of brainstorming for the project took place on Wednesday, > when Chief Secretary K.K. Sharma convened a high-level meeting of the Urban > Development Department, civic bodies, Public Works Department, New Delhi > Municipal Council, Special Commissioner of Police (Traffic) Muktesh Chander > and a battery of experts, including eminent architect and urban planner K.T. > Ravindran. > > In the meeting, it was also decided that focus will primarily be on roads > that are not under the PWD. > > “The PWD has 60-feet wide roads and making changes on such roads is > relatively easy. The real challenge is going to be roads that are narrower. > These fall under other agencies. Footpaths will have to be built on these > roads, as many do not even have them. Here on, all pathways shall be > disabled-friendly,” said another official, adding that the municipal > commissioners and traffic police will hold a meeting soon to discuss the > modalities. > > Welcoming the move, Sminu Jindal, founder of Svayam, a non-government > organisation that promotes dignity for people with reduced mobility, > said: “The government is finally focusing on the true essence of inclusive > growth. Such facilities are not only required for the differently-abled, but > also for senior citizens, children, pregnant women and those injured. Take > the survey done by the Delhi Traffic Police for instance. According to it, 45 > per cent pedestrian deaths occur due to lack of continuity of footpaths.” > > She also added that the first act of the authorities should be to make > pathways pedestrian-friendly. > > “There should be easy kerb-cuts. Bikers should be stopped and penalised for > riding on pavements. Previously too pathways were made with proper slopes. > However, bolsters had to be put up in the end to keep motorists out. Hence, > enforcement is more important than all the planning,” she added. > > Public Welfare Department Minister Satyendra Jain had recently announced a > plan to reclaim roads under the Department. According to the PWD’s plan, 10 > prominent Delhi stretches are now a part of a pilot project which, at a cost > of around Rs.5,000 crore, seeks to ensure that pedestrians, cyclists and > public transport users get preference, in that order, over car users who > comprise a little over one per cent of the total road users in the Capital. > > > -- > Avinash Shahi > Doctoral student at Centre for Law and Governance JNU > > > > Register at the dedicated AccessIndia list for discussing accessibility of > mobile phones / Tabs on: > http://mail.accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/mobile.accessindia_accessindia.org.in > > > Search for old postings at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/ > > To unsubscribe send a message to > accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in > with the subject unsubscribe. > > To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please > visit the list home page at > http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in > > > Disclaimer: > 1. Contents of the mails, factual, or otherwise, reflect the thinking of the > person sending the mail and AI in no way relates itself to its veracity; > > 2.
[AI] In 5 Minutes, He Lets the Blind See
He has restored eyesight to more than 100,000 people, perhaps more than any doctor in history, and still his patients come. They stagger and grope their way to him along mountain trails from remote villages, hoping to go under his scalpel and see loved ones again. A day after he operates to remove cataracts, he pulls off the bandages - and, lo! They can see clearly. At first tentatively, then jubilantly, they gaze about. A few hours later, they walk home, radiating an ineffable bliss. Dr. Sanduk Ruit, a Nepali ophthalmologist, may be the world champion in the war on blindness. Some 39 million people worldwide are blind - about half because of cataracts - and another 246 million have impaired vision, according to the World Health Organization. If you're a blind person in a poor country, then traditionally you have no hope. But Ruit has pioneered a simple cataract microsurgery technique that costs only $25 per patient and is virtually always successful. Indeed, his "Nepal method" is now taught in U.S. medical schools. I'm on my annual win-a-trip journey, in which I take a university student with me on a trip to the developing world to cover underreported issues. The student, Austin Meyer of Stanford University, and I traveled to Hetauda in southern Nepal to watch Ruit perform his magic on 102 men and women. One patient was Thuli Maya Thing, a woman of 50 who says she has struggled to look after her children since losing her sight to cataracts in the last few years. Because of her blindness and inability to work, the family sometimes goes hungry. "I can't fetch firewood or water," Thuli Maya told me. "I can't cook food. I fall down many times. I've been burned by the fire." So Thuli Maya was waiting outside the eye hospital that Ruit has established here, nervous but also eager with anticipation. "I will be able to see my children and husband again - that's what I look forward to most," she said. She was led to the operating theater, and her eyes were injected with local anesthetic. After hoisting her left eye wide open with an eyelid speculum, Ruit peered through a microscope as he made a tiny incision in her eyeball and then tugged out the cataract - and placed it in my palm. It was hard and yellowish, perhaps a third of an inch in diameter, a tiny opaque disk that had devastated Thuli Maya's life. Ruit inserted a tiny new lens into the eye and he was done. The process took just five minutes. Then he repeated the process for Thuli Maya's right eye, confident that she would see again. "Here, the returns are so clear," Ruit said as he bandaged her eye. "It's like no other medical intervention." In the United States, cataract surgery is typically performed with complex machines. But these are unaffordable in poor countries, so Ruit built on the work of others (including the Aravind Eye Care System in India, a superb institution that performed 280,000 cataract surgeries last year) to pioneer and refine small-incision microsurgery to remove cataracts without sutures. At first, skeptics denounced or mocked his innovations. But then the American Journal of Ophthalmology published a study of a randomized trial finding that Ruit's technique had exactly the same outcome (98 percent success at a six-month follow-up) as the Western machines. One difference was that Ruit's method was much faster and cheaper. "The results are fantastic," said Dr. Geoffrey Tabin, an eye specialist at the University of Utah's Moran Eye Center. Tabin learned the technique from Ruit and was in Hetauda as well, removing cataracts beside Ruit, and he says the results in rural Nepal using this technique are as good as those of his patients in Salt Lake City paying for first-class care and benefiting from almost $1 million in the latest medical equipment. Tabin said that when machines can't be used for cataract surgery in the United States (if, for example, the cataract is too large), the standard American manual surgical technique is inferior to Ruit's. Tabin, a mountain climber whose interest in Nepal was sparked by summiting Mount Everest, leads the Himalayan Cataract Project, a U.S. charity that supports Ruit's work and takes its techniques to other countries, like Ethiopia and Ghana. The battle against global blindness is now a joint Ruit/Tabin project, and they optimistically named their website CureBlindness.org. "Dr. Ruit was the first doctor to put lenses in poor persons in the developing world," Tabin said. "Nobody has restored sight to as many people." By Ruit's count, which others find credible, he has conducted 120,000 cataract surgeries, mostly on a single eye of a patient. But Ruit developed not just a surgical technique but an entire eye care system. He founded the Tilganga Institute of Ophthalmology, which includes hospitals, outreach clinics and training programs and an eye bank, using fees from better-off patients to support impoverished ones like Thuli Maya
[AI] Any iddea About Sonar application
Hello list member, One of VI fellow has approached to me for assisting the accessibility of a software called Sonar. Personally I have no idea about the software. I never had used the software. He had informed me that it is about Music. AS reported, it is not accessible for screen reader. I am requested to develop an nvda addons for its accessibility. If any of you have any idea about this software, please write me privately. Please inform If any idea about its accessibility in Jaws too. Regards. Him Prasad Gautam Kathmandu, Nepal Register at the dedicated AccessIndia list for discussing accessibility of mobile phones / Tabs on: http://mail.accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/mobile.accessindia_accessindia.org.in Search for old postings at: http://www.mail-archive.com/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/ To unsubscribe send a message to accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in Disclaimer: 1. Contents of the mails, factual, or otherwise, reflect the thinking of the person sending the mail and AI in no way relates itself to its veracity; 2. AI cannot be held liable for any commission/omission based on the mails sent through this mailing list..
