Dear all, The Xavier's Resource Centre for the Visually Challenged (XRCVC), Mumbai is happy to announce a Reading Without Seeing seminar as part of its awareness work in the Mumbai Eye Care Campaign of Sightsavers in collaboration with Technical Training Institute (TTI), Pune.
Event hosted by Andrew Vision Centre, Wilson College Date: 16 December, 2012 Time: 9.30 a.m. - 5 p.m. Venue: Wilson College, Mumbai Registrations will be on a first come, first served basis. For registrations, please contact: Nikhil Deshmukh - 0-9405529216 A brief outline of the seminar may be found below the contact details that follow. CONTACT DETAILS OF ORGANIZATIONS Wilson College Chowpatty Seaface Road, Mumbai - 400 007 Phone: 022-23637663, 42134343 E-mail: wilsoncollege.mum...@gmail.com Website: www.wilsoncollege.edu Xavier's Resource Centre for the Visually Challenged (XRCVC) St. Xavier's College, 5, Mahapalika Marg, Mumbai-400 001 Phone: 022-22623298, 22626329 E-mail: i...@xrcvc.org Website: www.xrcvc.org Technical Training Institute Pune Blind Men's Association 109, Dr. Helen Keller Road, At the foot of Ram Tekri, Hadapsar, Pune-411013 Phone: 020-26870609, 26870986, 07875466344, Fax: 91-20-26811834 E-mail: pbma....@gmail.com READING WITHOUT SEEING - AN OUTLINE WELCOME INTRODUCTION ORGANIZATIONAL INTRODUCTION A) DFI B) Partnering Organization-I C) Partnering Organization-II D) Acknowledgement of Sponsors FACULTY INTRODUCTION COURSE OUTLINE A) Audience expectations B) Theory C) Experience A) AUDIENCE EXPECTATIONS B) THEORY Concept of Reading Without Seeing - Background - Possibilities Computer based Phone based: N/A Others Computer Based Screen Reader: Paid (Freedom Scientific- JAWS, Dolphin- Supernova) and open source (NVDA) Main Features of Screen Readers - Two Ways Interfacing (typing and hearing) - Possibility of Braille Display - Language Option - English (JAWS, Window-Eyes, Dolphin) & Hindi - Access to major applications including MS-Office, Internet - Ability to take snapshot images and OCR image-based text Phone Based Screen Readers: 1. Talks 2. Mobile Speak 3. Android 4. VoiceOver Main Features of Phone Based Screen Readers: - Access with Num Pad, QWERTY keypad and touch screens - Ability to access basic/advance phone functions (messaging, phonebook, GPS, GPRS and any other online applications) Others: A) DAISY 1. Meaning of DAISY 2. Types - Full text - Full audio - Full text full audio 3. Features - Standardized format - Multiple choice of reading options (hardware, software) - Navigation/flexibility (bookmarking, reading by heading levels, chapter by chapter, page by page, phrase by phrase etc.) - Cost advantage (available online) 4. DAISY player hardware: DAISY to go, AMIS/FS Reader/Angel/Victor reader (any two) B) Low Vision Tools - Computer-based (magic, NVDA, supernova) - Hand-held video magnifiers - Screen magnifier based - Demo in experience zone C) OCR - Concept - Features - Demonstration in experience zone (Open Book, Kurzweil, SARA) D) Braille Displays - Concepts - Features - Demonstration in experience zone (PAC Mate, Notetaker) E) Reading Sources i) DFI members/OBL - What is OBL? - Types of books - Methods to obtain them - Membership - Demo ii) Inclusive Planet - What is inclusive planet? - Types of books - Methods to obtain them - Membership - Demo iii) BookShare - What is BookShare? - Types of books - Methods to obtain them - Membership - Demo ADL Description of various technologies used for daily activities Question & Answer, Feedback, Division of groups C) EXPERIENCE ZONE 3 to 3.5 hours Divide the participants into 4 - 5 groups of a similar size. All low vision persons should be part of the same group. LUNCH BREAK Post Lunch Hands-On Experience Participants will be broken up into smaller groups and will rotate across demonstration counters to get hands-on feel of the technologies and ask questions based on the same. The main demonstration counters are as follows: I. Low Vision Aids (MAGic, video magnifiers, optical magnification systems) II. OCR and Reading Machine (Kurzweil, SARA) III. DAISY player hardware (victor, angel, PTR 2), AMIS/FS reader, DAISY2go, NVDA ,JAWS, Samarth tools IV. Refreshable Braille Displays (PAC Mate, Notetaker) + Tactile Diagrams (PIAF & Sewell Line Kit) V. ADL: Talking Calculator, Talking BP machine, Weighing scale, Liquid-level indicator, Colour recognizer etc. Each group is expected to spend 30 min per counter. (15-20 min for demos, remaining 10 min for questions and answers) For each item 4 - 5 features to be highlighted like what is the USP of the product, the brief features of the product etc. Feedback & Wrap up Best wishes, Dr. Sam Taraporevala Director ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Xavier's Resource Centre for the Visually Challenged (XRCVC) St. Xavier's College, 5 Mahapalika Marg Mumbai - 400001 +91 22 22620661-5 (extn: 366) +91 22 22623298 (direct) +91 9967028769 (mobile) xr...@hotmail.com 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. 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