[AI] Moderator- off-topicRE: Happy Diwali

2015-11-08 Thread Kotian, H P
All Such greetings are strictly prohibited on the list. Action action shall be taken. Harish Kotian -Original Message- From: AccessIndia [mailto:accessindia-boun...@accessindia.org.in] On Behalf Of Nanjibhai Sent: 09 November 2015 12:21 To: A. K. Trust Cc: accessindia Subject: [AI] Happ

Re: [AI] AICB: Expanding employment opportunities in the banking sector for the visually impaired

2015-11-08 Thread Rahul Kelapure
Thats a great step forward. Many congratulations to AICB and specially to Selvi. You are star Selvi. Thanks and warm regards, Rahul. On 11/9/15, AICB wrote: > From: Anil Aneja > To: 'Muthu Selvi' > Cc: 'J. L. Kaul' > Sent: Monday, 9 November 2015 7:57 AM > Subject: Draft for access I

[AI] Happy Diwali

2015-11-08 Thread Nanjibhai
Subject: (aktrust) Happy Diwali Dear Friends, A warm Diwali wish for every happiness. May the warmth that is a part of this auspicious occasion, fill your life with happiness and bring to you joy and prosperity, for the whole year. With warm regards, Nanjibhai Chavda, Register at the d

[AI] Email programme like outlook express in windows 10 please.

2015-11-08 Thread Rishi Kewalramani
Hi Dear friends, Wanted your suggestion as to which email programme I can use which is very similar to outlook express. Untill now I was using Outlook express in windows xp with jaws and was very comfortable using it. But since I'm migrating to Windows 10 and I doubt if outlook express is in

[AI] AICB: Expanding employment opportunities in the banking sector for the visually impaired

2015-11-08 Thread AICB
From: Anil Aneja To: 'Muthu Selvi' Cc: 'J. L. Kaul' Sent: Monday, 9 November 2015 7:57 AM Subject: Draft for access India and media regarding pandiyan grama bank. As you may be aware that for many years now, AICB has been striving hard to augment employment opportunities for the visuall

[AI] Aarthi Burtony

2015-11-08 Thread Aarthi Burthony
Hi All, Just to let you know that today there will be the inaugurative launching of Smart Cane in Mauritius by the Global Rainbow Foundation in collaboration with Sachiam Trust. The Director of Sachiam Trust is in Mauritius and will be present at the official launch this afternoon. Last Saturday,

Re: [AI] About Projector.

2015-11-08 Thread Sathiyaprakash Ramdoss
I have been using Axaa technologies' PICO P300 and this is really helpful. You can attach with laptop and your iPad and iPhone as well, provided you have VgA cable. It is truly portable and I am not sure about its availability in the Indian market. Thank You. Sathiyaprakash On 11/8/15, Him Prasa

[AI] how to read jpeg on face book?

2015-11-08 Thread sazid shaik
hello list, hope all are doing great. I want to know how to read jpeag which was uploaded on face book. how can i download this. I am using mobile version for face book. regards, sazid Register at the dedicated AccessIndia list for discussing accessibility of mobile phones / Tabs on: http:/

[AI] Financial services business selling mutual funds

2015-11-08 Thread Piyush Rakhecha
Dear Members, I am a visually impaired person completed my post graduation from Indian Institute of Management Raipur this year. I have started a financial services business about a month ago. I am selling mutual funds as of now and soon plan to add life insurance and health insurance to the p

Re: [AI] About Projector.

2015-11-08 Thread Him Prasad Gautam
hi all, There is portable projector in market of Nepal. I have no idea about India. It is a Chinese product. It's size is very small which can be kept at pocket. It is like a remote of a TV. One can attach/detach the folding tripod stand as required. It has its own office system and just for pres

Re: [AI] Suggestions for purchasing rist watch

2015-11-08 Thread Mohib Anwar Rafay
I am also looking any of such watch in which I could see the time with out much difficulty. Even if is having only 4 mark in it, i.e. 3, 6, 9 and 12 and only two hands, its enough for me. On 11/8/15, Vamshi. G wrote: > Hi Mohib, > > This reminds me of the watch that my father bought for me in my

Re: [AI] About Projector.

2015-11-08 Thread Dr. G. Janardhana Naidu
Hello All, I am also looking for class to class movable foldable projecter. Is it available in the market? If available what would be the price? Thanks in advance, Janardhana Naidu. On 11/8/15, Akash Gupta wrote: > hi, > I would like to share them when you prepare them. So I request you to > thi

[AI] Windows 10 and classic shell

2015-11-08 Thread Harish
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 signific

Re: [AI] Modi to distribute gadgets to visually-impaired in Varanasi

2015-11-08 Thread Nirmal Verma
Dear members A few areas of concern 1. Most likely The mobiles will not be based on latest operating system. 2. Smart Cane training has not been imparted to earlier receipients. The manual of the cane says that the user must be knowing the proper cane techniques. Its not suitable for Village lik

Re: [AI] Modi to distribute gadgets to visually-impaired in Varanasi

2015-11-08 Thread George Abraham
Further Mr Pincha and Mr. Thakur Dharyal retired in December 2014, till date we do not have any replacements. Almost a year has gone by. Mr Modi and his cabinet is aware of this. What is he doing about this? -Original Message- From: AccessIndia [mailto:accessindia-boun...@accessindia.org.i

Re: [AI] Modi to distribute gadgets to visually-impaired in Varanasi

2015-11-08 Thread Avichal Bhatnagar
I totally agree with you sir. Tokenism in the long run is not healthy. On 11/8/15, George Abraham wrote: > Truly wonderful! He is distributing iPads and smart phones too. I hope he > also ensures that all Govt websites become accessible, the way Govt > delivers digital content becomes accessible,

Re: [AI] Modi to distribute gadgets to visually-impaired in Varanasi

2015-11-08 Thread George Abraham
Truly wonderful! He is distributing iPads and smart phones too. I hope he also ensures that all Govt websites become accessible, the way Govt delivers digital content becomes accessible, further he invests on good quality digital training. Mere distribution of gadgets is good but does not really d

Re: [AI] Modi to distribute gadgets to visually-impaired in Varanasi

2015-11-08 Thread Avichal Bhatnagar
Wonderful scheme. On 11/8/15, avinash shahi wrote: > Varanasi, Nov. 7 -- Prime Minister Narendra Modi will equip 112 > visually-impaired students, including 67 girls and 45 boys, with smart > phones, tablets, smart canes, and DAISY Players during his visit here, > most likely in the second week o

Re: [AI] regarding capture image text

2015-11-08 Thread sampath raj rao
Hi if that is the case then could anyone in the list invite me to webism? one more query I have is will the browser firefox response slowdown on the installation? I felt my browser slower after using webism... Thanking in anticipation... On 11/7/15, puneet soni wrote: > Hi, someone who has insta

Re: [AI] Suggestions for purchasing rist watch

2015-11-08 Thread Vamshi. G
Hi Mohib, This reminds me of the watch that my father bought for me in my tenth standard which had black background with bold white hands and numbers, and no other design. My friends used to tell me that they could see the time in my watch from even back bench. Later on when the watch stopped wo

Re: [AI] Faking Disability: UPSC

2015-11-08 Thread Mohib Anwar Rafay
One eyed man is considered to be only 30% blind. Hence, he will not get the benefit of the reservation despite of being person with visual impairment. On 11/8/15, George Abraham wrote: > As far as I know, if one eye has normal vision, then the person is not > entitled to be certified as disabled

[AI] Suggestions for purchasing rist watch

2015-11-08 Thread Mohib Anwar Rafay
Hi friends, I am a low vision person. , I am fond of wearing rist watches. So far I am wearing one rist watch from Maxima. My question is directly from those who wear watches, can you suggest me any good watch having black dial with silver or white handles, so that I could see the handles of the wa

Re: [AI] Faking Disability: UPSC

2015-11-08 Thread George Abraham
As far as I know, if one eye has normal vision, then the person is not entitled to be certified as disabled. -Original Message- From: AccessIndia [mailto:accessindia-boun...@accessindia.org.in] On Behalf Of Akash Gupta Sent: 07 November 2015 19:40 To: AccessIndia: a list for discussing

Re: [AI] Delhi roads set to become disabled-friendly

2015-11-08 Thread Vedprakash
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 w

Re: [AI] Delhi roads set to become disabled-friendly

2015-11-08 Thread Sagar Sodah
Sounds good. We need something like that in Mumbai too Regards, Sagar Sodah +91 9930271732 Sent from my iPhone > On 08-Nov-2015, at 2:18 PM, avinash shahi wrote: > > Roads in Delhi are all set to become disabled-friendly if all goes as > planned, with the Delhi government preparing a detailed

Re: [AI] Query about using Whatsap on PC

2015-11-08 Thread sazid shaik
can you please share mobile app to instal on my windows xp machine, regards, sazid On 11/2/15, manoj cherian wrote: > Dear friend, download the mobile app in your PC, it will read every > thing, regards Manoj > > On 11/2/15, shankar shan wrote: >> hello sham, >> actually, the bluestacks doesn't

[AI] Modi to distribute gadgets to visually-impaired in Varanasi

2015-11-08 Thread avinash shahi
Varanasi, Nov. 7 -- Prime Minister Narendra Modi will equip 112 visually-impaired students, including 67 girls and 45 boys, with smart phones, tablets, smart canes, and DAISY Players during his visit here, most likely in the second week of January, 2016. These beneficiary students belong to Hanuma

[AI] Delhi roads set to become disabled-friendly

2015-11-08 Thread avinash shahi
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

[AI] Interesting read: Advertising and the differently abled

2015-11-08 Thread avinash shahi
In her book Are They Selling Her Lips?, Carol Moog writes, “Back in 1974, Foote, Cone & Belding’s advertising, developed for Levi Strauss & Company’s 501 jeans, included a man in a wheelchair in one of its genuinely engaging, musically excellent, shamelessly imitated, sales-soaring ‘501 Blues’ comm