Re: [AI] Akashwani denied him job, visually challenged man now voice of 91.2 FM
Hi! I know this man personally. At that time, akashwani pune denied job to him not because of policy but because of infrastructural issue. Because, all of us may be aware that at the time of live broadcasting, the anouncer have not to perform the job of speaking on the microphone, but he has to operate various machines like record plaier or CD plaier also. He was denied the job because of such jenuan issue. Further, it is mentioned in the article that he use 2 headphones so that the screen reader's voice will not get mix in the broadcasting. I don't understand how it is possible. Is it possible to get output of jaws and program from 2 different soundcards? -Original Message- From: avinash shahi Sent: Friday, March 22, 2013 11:18 AM To: jnuvision ; accessindia Subject: [AI] Akashwani denied him job,visually challenged man now voice of 91.2 FM Garima Mishra Fri March, 22 2013 http://www.indianexpress.com/news/city-anchor-akashwani-denied-him-job-visually-challenged-man-now-voice-of-91.2-fm/1091692/0 Block Quote Satish Navale had been a radio buff and wanted to rule the airwaves. To realise his dream, after completing graduation in 1995, this visually challenged man with all programme schedules and other details on his fingertips confidently approached Akashwani Pune to know about his prospects of becoming a radio anchor, only to be told that the job was not meant for a person with a disability like his. I was told that as per the policy, they cannot hire a blind person for that role, recalls Navale. Disappointed, Navale, then 22, wanted to commit suicide. I grew up with this dream that shattered instantly. However, I consoled myself and resolved not to give up, he says. Last month, 30-year-old Navale took over as the 'radio in-charge' at Yaralavani community radio station in Jaliyal, 150 km from Sangli, and is a known name among the listeners of 91.2 FM. He is probably the only visually challenged person in the country who not only coordinates and plans radio programmes but also hosts them. Someone had advised me to study further and try making a career in educational broadcasting, says Navale. So, after doing graduation from Abasaheb Garware College (Pune), he pursued MA and MEd from the University of Pune. N V Deshpande, who founded Yaralavani around two years ago, says until Navale came for the interview, he was not aware that the job seeker was visually challenged. However, his knowledge about various radio channels and the way they work was far superior than anybody Deshpande knew. I had the confidence that his disability could be overcome with technology. Within a month, he proved that my decision of hiring him was right, says Deshpande, adding that Navale works without any assistance. Navale owes this knowledge to his obsession for radio. Since the age of four, he says, he would listen to radio for around 16 hours a day. I used to keep changing frequency after every 15-20 minutes or so. The timing and duration of each and every programme was on my fingertips, he says. Prior to joining Yaralavani, Navale worked as an educational researcher at University of Pune from 2008 to 2010. He then dabbled in making e-learning modules for the visually challenged, which he provided to various schools. Talking about the initial challenges, Navale says being visually impaired he had to work with softwares like Jaws and Tox. When you use Jaws, the voice gets mixed with radio broadcasting. I tackled this by using two headphones, he says. Navale also had to work on the voice-level filter. On the radio mixer, he has made Braille-like markings that can be felt with his fingers. With this, I can recognise where the voice filter is located on the radio mixer and accordingly I operate, he says, adding that with this kind of technological adjustments any visually challenged person can work at any radio station. Along with playing Hindi and Marathi songs, the Yaralavani radio station broadcasts live interactive programmes on social issues and current events, moral stories, interviews of achievers, programmes on English speaking and vocabulary, among others. He is on par with any normal person and we don't make him feel special or different, says Deshpande. Block Quote End -- Avinash Shahi MPhil Research Scholar Centre for the Study of Law and Governance Jawaharlal Nehru University New Delhi India 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 Register at the dedicated AccessIndia
Re: [AI] Akashwani denied him job, visually challenged man now voice of 91.2 FM
Hi Specifically speaking, it is possible to have jaws use one sound card and other programmes useing audio use a different card. Harish Kotian - Original Message - From: Rohiet A. Patil patil_ro...@dataone.in To: accessindia@accessindia.org.in Sent: Sunday, March 24, 2013 12:18 PM Subject: Re: [AI] Akashwani denied him job, visually challenged man now voice of 91.2 FM Hi! I know this man personally. At that time, akashwani pune denied job to him not because of policy but because of infrastructural issue. Because, all of us may be aware that at the time of live broadcasting, the anouncer have not to perform the job of speaking on the microphone, but he has to operate various machines like record plaier or CD plaier also. He was denied the job because of such jenuan issue. Further, it is mentioned in the article that he use 2 headphones so that the screen reader's voice will not get mix in the broadcasting. I don't understand how it is possible. Is it possible to get output of jaws and program from 2 different soundcards? -Original Message- From: avinash shahi Sent: Friday, March 22, 2013 11:18 AM To: jnuvision ; accessindia Subject: [AI] Akashwani denied him job,visually challenged man now voice of 91.2 FM Garima Mishra Fri March, 22 2013 http://www.indianexpress.com/news/city-anchor-akashwani-denied-him-job-visually-challenged-man-now-voice-of-91.2-fm/1091692/0 Block Quote Satish Navale had been a radio buff and wanted to rule the airwaves. To realise his dream, after completing graduation in 1995, this visually challenged man with all programme schedules and other details on his fingertips confidently approached Akashwani Pune to know about his prospects of becoming a radio anchor, only to be told that the job was not meant for a person with a disability like his. I was told that as per the policy, they cannot hire a blind person for that role, recalls Navale. Disappointed, Navale, then 22, wanted to commit suicide. I grew up with this dream that shattered instantly. However, I consoled myself and resolved not to give up, he says. Last month, 30-year-old Navale took over as the 'radio in-charge' at Yaralavani community radio station in Jaliyal, 150 km from Sangli, and is a known name among the listeners of 91.2 FM. He is probably the only visually challenged person in the country who not only coordinates and plans radio programmes but also hosts them. Someone had advised me to study further and try making a career in educational broadcasting, says Navale. So, after doing graduation from Abasaheb Garware College (Pune), he pursued MA and MEd from the University of Pune. N V Deshpande, who founded Yaralavani around two years ago, says until Navale came for the interview, he was not aware that the job seeker was visually challenged. However, his knowledge about various radio channels and the way they work was far superior than anybody Deshpande knew. I had the confidence that his disability could be overcome with technology. Within a month, he proved that my decision of hiring him was right, says Deshpande, adding that Navale works without any assistance. Navale owes this knowledge to his obsession for radio. Since the age of four, he says, he would listen to radio for around 16 hours a day. I used to keep changing frequency after every 15-20 minutes or so. The timing and duration of each and every programme was on my fingertips, he says. Prior to joining Yaralavani, Navale worked as an educational researcher at University of Pune from 2008 to 2010. He then dabbled in making e-learning modules for the visually challenged, which he provided to various schools. Talking about the initial challenges, Navale says being visually impaired he had to work with softwares like Jaws and Tox. When you use Jaws, the voice gets mixed with radio broadcasting. I tackled this by using two headphones, he says. Navale also had to work on the voice-level filter. On the radio mixer, he has made Braille-like markings that can be felt with his fingers. With this, I can recognise where the voice filter is located on the radio mixer and accordingly I operate, he says, adding that with this kind of technological adjustments any visually challenged person can work at any radio station. Along with playing Hindi and Marathi songs, the Yaralavani radio station broadcasts live interactive programmes on social issues and current events, moral stories, interviews of achievers, programmes on English speaking and vocabulary, among others. He is on par with any normal person and we don't make him feel special or different, says Deshpande. Block Quote End -- Avinash Shahi MPhil Research Scholar Centre for the Study of Law and Governance Jawaharlal Nehru University New Delhi India 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
Re: [AI] Akashwani denied him job, visually challenged man now voice of 91.2 FM
nice info... -Original Message- From: avinash shahi Sent: Friday, March 22, 2013 11:18 AM To: jnuvision ; accessindia Subject: [AI] Akashwani denied him job,visually challenged man now voice of 91.2 FM Garima Mishra Fri March, 22 2013 http://www.indianexpress.com/news/city-anchor-akashwani-denied-him-job-visually-challenged-man-now-voice-of-91.2-fm/1091692/0 Block Quote Satish Navale had been a radio buff and wanted to rule the airwaves. To realise his dream, after completing graduation in 1995, this visually challenged man with all programme schedules and other details on his fingertips confidently approached Akashwani Pune to know about his prospects of becoming a radio anchor, only to be told that the job was not meant for a person with a disability like his. I was told that as per the policy, they cannot hire a blind person for that role, recalls Navale. Disappointed, Navale, then 22, wanted to commit suicide. I grew up with this dream that shattered instantly. However, I consoled myself and resolved not to give up, he says. Last month, 30-year-old Navale took over as the 'radio in-charge' at Yaralavani community radio station in Jaliyal, 150 km from Sangli, and is a known name among the listeners of 91.2 FM. He is probably the only visually challenged person in the country who not only coordinates and plans radio programmes but also hosts them. Someone had advised me to study further and try making a career in educational broadcasting, says Navale. So, after doing graduation from Abasaheb Garware College (Pune), he pursued MA and MEd from the University of Pune. N V Deshpande, who founded Yaralavani around two years ago, says until Navale came for the interview, he was not aware that the job seeker was visually challenged. However, his knowledge about various radio channels and the way they work was far superior than anybody Deshpande knew. I had the confidence that his disability could be overcome with technology. Within a month, he proved that my decision of hiring him was right, says Deshpande, adding that Navale works without any assistance. Navale owes this knowledge to his obsession for radio. Since the age of four, he says, he would listen to radio for around 16 hours a day. I used to keep changing frequency after every 15-20 minutes or so. The timing and duration of each and every programme was on my fingertips, he says. Prior to joining Yaralavani, Navale worked as an educational researcher at University of Pune from 2008 to 2010. He then dabbled in making e-learning modules for the visually challenged, which he provided to various schools. Talking about the initial challenges, Navale says being visually impaired he had to work with softwares like Jaws and Tox. When you use Jaws, the voice gets mixed with radio broadcasting. I tackled this by using two headphones, he says. Navale also had to work on the voice-level filter. On the radio mixer, he has made Braille-like markings that can be felt with his fingers. With this, I can recognise where the voice filter is located on the radio mixer and accordingly I operate, he says, adding that with this kind of technological adjustments any visually challenged person can work at any radio station. Along with playing Hindi and Marathi songs, the Yaralavani radio station broadcasts live interactive programmes on social issues and current events, moral stories, interviews of achievers, programmes on English speaking and vocabulary, among others. He is on par with any normal person and we don't make him feel special or different, says Deshpande. Block Quote End -- Avinash Shahi MPhil Research Scholar Centre for the Study of Law and Governance Jawaharlal Nehru University New Delhi India 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 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
