[AI] Fwd: Updating the categories for the Agaami Braille Memorial Awards - 2015

2015-02-26 Thread Lissy Verghese
-- Forwarded message -- From: Lissy Verghese Date: Sun, 15 Feb 2015 15:36:40 +0530 Subject: Updating the categories for the Agaami Braille Memorial Awards - 2015 To: "AccessIndia: a list for discussing accessibility and issues concerning the disabled." Cc: "pattr...@gmail.com" D

[AI] seeking instruction to read PDF files and tables

2015-02-26 Thread pankaj Singh kushwaha
Hi Dear active members, I am facing facing problems to access PDF files like turn page next and previous, placing books marks, searching paragraph, identifying books marks etc secondly I am unable to read tables. please guide step by step to read pdf files and tables. Register at the dedicate

Re: [AI] AccessIndia Digest, Vol 61, Issue 298

2015-02-26 Thread SHIVKUMAR RAWAT
On 2/27/15, accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in wrote: > Send AccessIndia mailing list submissions to > accessindia@accessindia.org.in > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > > http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in > > or,

Re: [AI] would like to share one good news with you

2015-02-26 Thread PAULMUDDHA
Dear Mr. Karan Singh, well done. Clime up the ladder and bring glory to the vi in difficult fields. Best Paul -Original Message- From: AccessIndia [mailto:accessindia-boun...@accessindia.org.in] On Behalf Of mukesh jain Sent: Thursday, February 26, 2015 11:27 PM To: accessindia@accessindia

Re: [AI] Accessibility of BSNL self care website

2015-02-26 Thread surendra salgaonkar
Anyone is there, who know about VSNL's un ltd calling plan for one certain amout for a month? Please share it here! On 2/26/15, Rohiet A. Patil wrote: > Hi! > I just had a long talk with Mr. Jayachandran. What I understood that the > selfcare site interface is different zone wise. I am using Wes

Re: [AI] FW: [The vOICe] Doblind people really experience complete darkness?

2015-02-26 Thread Chetan Sagar :)
I'm also late blind, lost my complete vision on 2008, but I can see bright white light day and night, I think may be it would be due to the imagenation, but I do see the pictures on dreams, sometimes I see my relatives or friends on my dreams but it will be old, don't know how they may look now. wo

[AI] would like to share one good news with you

2015-02-26 Thread mukesh jain
Hello, Today I would like to share one information and good news with you. One of our member Mr. Karan Singhania who has pursued his MBA studies from the highly reputed management institution in the country and internationally i.e. IIM Ahmedabad. He has now received the offer to work with the comp

[AI] Moderator: Re: [Bulk] Re: May be of Interest: Companies inAhmedabadwelcomespeciallyabled staff

2015-02-26 Thread harish
All May I give my ruling on this issue. It is fully voluntary to provide a link or the full text of published information. Source of such information is certainly desirable. Let us stop further discussion on this issue please. Harish Kotian. - Original Message - From: "SriPriya" To:

Re: [AI] good & bad news on online railway reservation

2015-02-26 Thread Vinod Benjamin
Dear friends, i am happy to see that IRCTC had changed their portel for us , thanks for our friend's efferts on that, but want to ask you all, how to get the railway consession certificate? because i do have a form with 1 page which dont have a specified number , date and so on, i am from tamil na

Re: [AI] [Bulk] Re: May be of Interest: Companies in Ahmedabadwelcomespeciallyabled staff

2015-02-26 Thread li...@srinivasu.org
There is no such rule!! It's only that a member should follow list guidelines. That's it. Regards, Srinivasu Chakravarthula | @csrinivasu Sent from my iPhone 5C > On 26-Feb-2015, at 21:47, SriPriya wrote: > > if you wana post something, you've to work on that. I'm not trying to argue > here.

Re: [AI] purchasing a watch (Braille/talking or both) with stopwatch

2015-02-26 Thread Bhavya shah
Hi, Rajasekhar, In my case, no, a mobile stopwatch won't fulfill my needs. Ashik, Yes, I too presently use that same Titan Braille wristwatch, it has served me for a year (broke many times but I kept replacing the broken components) very well. Raju, The wristwatch from Saksham I guess is the only o

[AI] latest mobile hand set for visually impaired people

2015-02-26 Thread Nishant Singh
Please help me in selecting latest android phone or better one, with touch screen for visually impaired person. Thanks & Regards, Nishant Singh ph: +91-8092086517 Register at the dedicated AccessIndia list for discussing accessibility of mobile phones / Tabs on: http://mail.accessindia.org.in/ma

Re: [AI] [Bulk] Re: May be of Interest: Companies in Ahmedabadwelcomespeciallyabled staff

2015-02-26 Thread SriPriya
if you wana post something, you've to work on that. I'm not trying to argue here. but that's the way we should present generally. - Original Message - From: "sanjay" To: "AccessIndia: a list for discussing accessibility and issuesconcerning thedisabled." Sent: Thursday, February 26, 2

Re: [AI] [Bulk] Re: May be of Interest: Companies in Ahmedabad welcomespeciallyabled staff

2015-02-26 Thread li...@srinivasu.org
That's correct. Moreover we are no one to decide what other person should send. If you like, click the link and if not just ignore. Regards, Srinivasu Chakravarthula | @csrinivasu Sent from my iPhone 5C > On 26-Feb-2015, at 21:22, sanjay wrote: > > No. some sites have plenty of adds and image

Re: [AI] [Bulk] Re: May be of Interest: Companies in Ahmedabad welcomespeciallyabled staff

2015-02-26 Thread sanjay
No. some sites have plenty of adds and images between text lines. - Original Message - From: "Kakarla Nageswaraiah" To: "AccessIndia: a list for discussing accessibility and issues concerningthe disabled." Sent: Thursday, February 26, 2015 3:40 PM Subject: [Bulk] Re: [AI] May be of I

Re: [AI] [Bulk] Re: May be of Interest: Companies in Ahmedabadwelcomespeciallyabled staff

2015-02-26 Thread sanjay
That's true. - Original Message - From: "payal" To: "'AccessIndia: a list for discussing accessibility and issuesconcerningthe disabled.'" Sent: Thursday, February 26, 2015 3:32 PM Subject: [Bulk] Re: [AI] May be of Interest: Companies in Ahmedabadwelcomespeciallyabled staff Sri

Re: [AI] FW: [The vOICe] Doblind people really experience complete darkness?

2015-02-26 Thread SriPriya
In my case, I still got the power to see the difference whether lights are on or off. :] - Original Message - From: "Preeti Monga" To: ; "'AccessIndia: a list for discussing accessibility andissues concerning the disabled.'" Sent: Thursday, February 26, 2015 7:05 PM Subject: Re: [AI]

[AI] Procedure for typing with standard typewriter keyboard in ms office

2015-02-26 Thread Chandrashekhar Kulkarni
Dear members, Can anyone throw a detailed light how to add standard Marathi typewriting keyboard for typing in ms word? Many blind trainees in our institution wish to know this keyboard alongwith inscript keyboard so as to assist them in typing on typewriter if required. Awaiting your reply, Sincer

Re: [AI] Accessibility of BSNL self care website

2015-02-26 Thread Rohiet A. Patil
Hi! I just had a long talk with Mr. Jayachandran. What I understood that the selfcare site interface is different zone wise. I am using Western zone website and he is using South zone. So it is very difficult to discuss this topic here accordingly. If any one of you using selfcare.wdc.bsnl.co.i

Re: [AI] FW: [The vOICe] Do blind people really experience complete darkness?

2015-02-26 Thread Vedprakash
It looks the lights you have seen in your childhood, have stuck in your subconscious mind. That is why perhaps that you can still visualise the feeling. But for those like me, who lost vision at a very early age and hence have no memories of light or for those who did not have vision by birth, t

Re: [AI] FW: [The vOICe] Do blind people really experience complete darkness?

2015-02-26 Thread Preeti Monga
Yes I have seen light till I was in my early teens. No I cant make out if there is light on or off iin the room or even sunlight. I have slept many times in rooms when I have been travelling alone or at home alone with lights on. My neighbors have called out to me to switch on or off the lights

Re: [AI] FW: [The vOICe] Do blind people really experience complete darkness?

2015-02-26 Thread Vedprakash
However, in my case, I do not "see" anything. I cannot experience light/darkness. Though I can tell a lot about the light as a form of energy, I cannot experience it. Dear Preeti, have you ever seen external light. I mean, can you tell if there is or is not a source of light available? If somebody

[AI] Don't deny leave to disabled employees: Government tells departments

2015-02-26 Thread Nilesh Bendre
Don't deny leave to disabled employees: Government tells departments Thursday, 26 February 2015 - 4:00pm IST Leave applied on medical certificate in connection with disability of a government employee should not be refused or revoked, the Centre has said.

Re: [AI] May be of Interest: Companies in Ahmedabad welcome specially abled staff

2015-02-26 Thread अंशुल कपूर
No doubt Avinash is doing a great job, but posting the article on the list has both pross & corns. Sometimes the net connection is not working and we have to wait wait & wait for the page to open and sometimes the anti virus of our company blocks the article due to some objectionable words. So,

Re: [AI] good & bad news on online railway reservation

2015-02-26 Thread SC Vashishth
Vivek, The matter of inaccessibility of irctc website has been pending before the court of CCPD. Today was the final hearing about which I will write separately highlighting the important points. But let me tell you that this issue has been already addressed by the IRCTC officials. There are three

Re: [AI] Tally users.

2015-02-26 Thread Sunil Sangtani.
hi, tally version 9 is not accessible with jaws. you can find jaws scripts for tally 7.2 though. On 2/26/15, SRUJANA AKELLA wrote: > Hi, > > is anyone on the list, a practicing Chartered Accountant? > Is Tally accessable with jaws? > Please help me answering these questions. > > Thanking you in

Re: [AI] May be of Interest: Companies in Ahmedabad welcome specially abled staff

2015-02-26 Thread Amar Jain
It takes time to read all the newspapers, given the accessibility issues. Further, sending the link makes more sense than sending the whole article, especially where the subscriber is on digest mode. What if one just doesn't want to read a particular article itself? As a new user if you are uncomf

Re: [AI] FW: [The vOICe] Do blind people really experience complete darkness?

2015-02-26 Thread Renuka Warriar Edakkunni
In my case, I see colors a flow in my eyes, mostly the shades of blue and red. Renuka. On 2/26/15, Preeti Monga wrote: > Hi I too am totally blind but I seem to see very bright white light all the > time, day or night, eyes open or closed, and this light comes through a kind > of very dirty smal

[AI] Fwd: Railway Budget: Disappointing

2015-02-26 Thread vivek doddamani
-- Forwarded message -- From: National Platform For The Rights of the Disabled Date: Thu, 26 Feb 2015 15:49:08 +0530 Subject: Railway Budget: Disappointing To: National Platform for the Rights of the Disabled *36, Pt. Ravi Shankar Shukla Lane, New Delhi 110 001; tel. 9868768543*

Re: [AI] FW: [The vOICe] Do blind people really experience complete darkness?

2015-02-26 Thread Preeti Monga
Hi I too am totally blind but I seem to see very bright white light all the time, day or night, eyes open or closed, and this light comes through a kind of very dirty small wire mesh. Sad that I can't see any colors! Interesting that others also see something! I could see somethings, large thin

[AI] railway budget disappointing

2015-02-26 Thread National Platform For The Rights of the Disabled
National Platform for the Rights of the Disabled *36, Pt. Ravi Shankar Shukla Lane, New Delhi 110 001; tel. 9868768543* February 26, 2015 *Press Statement* The Executive Committee of the National Platform for the Rights of the Disabled (NPRD) has issued the following statement: The Bud

Re: [AI] FW: [The vOICe] Do blind people really experience complete darkness?

2015-02-26 Thread Kotian, H P
Hi Well, my experience is just similar. There is always something happening and moving. No moments of darkness at all. I wonder what is the trigger. Harish Kotian -Original Message- From: AccessIndia [mailto:accessindia-boun...@accessindia.org.in] On Behalf Of Dinesh Kaushal Sent: 26 F

[AI] Job openings

2015-02-26 Thread Kotian, H P
All The following post failed to get to the list. Harish Kotian Quoting: Dear Friends, Please find below the job description for a job opening in a Multinational bank in Chennai for people with disabilities. Orthopedic disability preferred, but people with low vision may also send in their CVs

Re: [AI] May be of Interest: Companies in Ahmedabad welcomespeciallyabled staff

2015-02-26 Thread li...@srinivasu.org
Totally agree with Payal. Also pasting content into email increases weight of an email and it costs money to those who are not interested in a particular article. Avinash, thanks a lot for sharing. Regards, Srinivasu Chakravarthula | @csrinivasu Sent from my iPhone 5C > On 26-Feb-2015, at 15

Re: [AI] May be of Interest: Companies in Ahmedabad welcomespeciallyabled staff

2015-02-26 Thread Kakarla Nageswaraiah
Besides, it doesn't take more than a few seconds to copy-paste the content. Regards. On 2/26/15, Kakarla Nageswaraiah wrote: > The readers should know whether a mail contains just a link or the > text of the same. Then, they can decide to open/delete the mail and > click the link to read, etc.

Re: [AI] May be of Interest: Companies in Ahmedabad welcomespeciallyabled staff

2015-02-26 Thread Kakarla Nageswaraiah
The readers should know whether a mail contains just a link or the text of the same. Then, they can decide to open/delete the mail and click the link to read, etc. Regards. On 2/26/15, payal wrote: > Sripriya, > Since you have brought this to the list, I am responding here. > It takes a lot of

Re: [AI] May be of Interest: Companies in Ahmedabad welcomespeciallyabled staff

2015-02-26 Thread payal
Sripriya, Since you have brought this to the list, I am responding here. It takes a lot of time and effort to find relevant articles of interest to post here. Avinash is doing all of us a service by making them available. If you don't want to open the link on the e mail, paste the same link onto yo

Re: [AI] May be of Interest: Companies in Ahmedabad welcome speciallyabled staff

2015-02-26 Thread SriPriya
sounds like this person Avinash Shahi is good with providing news paper links. I'd rather prefer it to be copied and pasted it here. I usually won't click the links being sent through emails though. Most of them are risky. - Original Message - From: "avinash shahi" To: "accessindia" S

[AI] Microsoft Office for free

2015-02-26 Thread G . Braille
Dear all, A lot of students worldwide can get Microsoft Office for free: http://blogs.office.com/2015/02/23/students-worldwide-can-now-check-eligibility-free-office-school/ Register at the dedicated AccessIndia list for discussing accessibility of mobile phones / Tabs on: http://mail.access

Re: [AI] FW: [The vOICe] Do blind people really experience complete darkness?

2015-02-26 Thread Dinesh Kaushal
Wow! I have similar experience, but I don't see random light, I often see imaginary scenes that are based on what I expect. I too have no light perception. I am able to imagine total darkness when my brain thinks that it is dark. That could be partly because I lost my eyesight gradually. I am

[AI] LAST DATE FOR SENIOR GROUP COMPETITION ROUND THE CORNER .

2015-02-26 Thread National Federation of the Blind India
Dear friends, Greetings from NFB INDIA. friends we would like to share with you all that the last date for filling your nomination for senior group competition been organized by NFB is 28 February 2015. Therefore we would request you all to submit and file your nomination soon. The schedule for t