Re: [AI] My paragraph of the Day: Thank you Mr Narendra M odi for the ‘divyang’

If the change does not add value to the sector, then it is a huge waste of money! -Original Message- From: AccessIndia [mailto:accessindia-boun...@accessindia.org.in] On Behalf Of Vedprakash Sent: 02 January 2016 18:51 To: 'Mahendra Galani'; 'AccessIndia: a list for discussing

[AI] Konkan Railway introduces ‘Sarathi Seva’ service for the physically challenged passengers

Konkan Railway being a responsible Corporate Citizen, has introduced a unique ‘Sarathi Seva’ service for the physically challenged passengers. In this service, wheel-chair along with an Assistant is provided free of cost to physically challenged passengers at nominated stations from coach to exit

Re: [AI] My paragraph of the Day: Thank you Mr Narendra M odi for the ‘divyang’

If we are discussing the term 'divyang being suitable or not, let us also think as to how much the term disabled suit to our cause. If the word has to be changed, let us try to find the best option. I have never been very comfortable with the word disabled. It hurts somewhere within me. Have my

Re: [AI] want to know about available places for scanning book for visually impaired

Please enlighten me too as I'm in a similar need for my study purpose. Keen to know if any resource is available in Kerala, from where I could get my books scanned at a reasonable rate. Thank you for your help you may be willing to offer. On 1/2/16, Prathap Vasu

Re: [AI] Download link of the book 20 stories of Change

Want to download the book. What is the link on sendspace to be clicked on? -Original Message- From: AccessIndia [mailto:accessindia-boun...@accessindia.org.in] On Behalf Of harish Sent: 02 January 2016 18:47 To: AccessIndia: a list for discussing accessibility and issuesconcerning the

Re: [AI] Konkan Railway introduces ‘Sarathi Seva’ service for the physically challenged passengers

I believe this is a good service that should be extended to the blind persons too! -Original Message- From: AccessIndia [mailto:accessindia-boun...@accessindia.org.in] On Behalf Of Prashant Naik Sent: 02 January 2016 19:25 To: accessindia; sayeverything Subject: [AI] Konkan Railway

Re: [AI] Fwd: Re: Name-calling: is it possible to penalise underanylaw?

If we take any word in purely its literal sense, then no word whether handicapped or disabled or viklang is good. On 1/2/16, S R Mittal wrote: > Very much correct sir. They are against BJP and not the word as such. In the > past many people have many harmful things. They

Re: [AI] Download link of the book 20 stories of Change

I've read the 94 page book. Its a good job indeed. I'd like to make some critical comments and observations. 1. The foreword to the book written by Mr Javed Abidi is very engaging. However it would have been more engrossing if the details of the drafting of the PWDA were provided to some extent.

Re: [AI] Download link of the book 20 stories of Change

Hi At Mumbai, when the draft came to our possession, we at Blind Graduates forum of India, took the lead to get all the NGO's across disability to delibrate on every provision of the draft bill and sent our detailed comments to the commission. This I am stating merely to refresh the memory.

Re: [AI] want to know about available places for scanning book for visually impaired

I think some NGOs like NAB, Mitra Jyoti can scan study books free of cost and will include in their library for other students too. If you require to scan books more than often, I would suggest you to purchase one good scanner and can scan books by yourself whenever needed. On 1/2/16, Mujeeb

Re: [AI] Konkan Railway introduces ‘Sarathi Seva’ service for the physically challenged passengers

Good. Human assistance is very important in transport stations. Of course, unless all the stations are highly standardised. On 1/2/16, Prashant Naik wrote: > Konkan Railway being a responsible Corporate Citizen, has introduced a > unique ‘Sarathi Seva’ service for the

[AI] FYI: Smart Cities: Plans and their vision statements

The crux of most of these plans revolve around the same buzzwords: clean, green, economic hub, eco-tourism etc. In December 2015, ninety-five of the 100 Smart City candidates submitted their plans to the Ministry of Urban Development. Within a month, twenty of these will now be chosen for

Re: [AI] want to know about available places for scanning book for visually impaired

Dear friends, First of all, Thanks for your quick response. My intension is where one can scan the book at cheapest price. Scanning a book which has around 1000 page costs rs. 3000. I use to scan book for my CBSE UGC NET preparation and other competitive exams. Not only for exam purpose, out

Re: [AI] Indian Specific website for VI persons

Thank you Raaju for your feedback. We will check with the Saksham, soon we will resolve this issue either through saksham website or our website. Regards Aakash Bansal Celebrating Louis Braill birthday, Jan. 4th. Register at the dedicated AccessIndia list for discussing accessibility of

Re: [AI] for accessibility guidelines

Thank you kartik. Dear friends, May anyone tell me any other guidelines/ circular which are notified by government of india for web and third party software accessibility. Whether in india any government guideline or law or rule or circular is available for software accessibillity for assistive

Re: [AI] for accessibility guidelines

I also want to know the circular or guidelines issued by government of india which bound the government departments and ppublic sector undertakings to make their internal softwares and application fully accessible for the use of disabled employees of their departments. On 02/01/2016, Mohit Gupta

Re: [AI] want to know about available places for scanning book for visually impaired

hi mohib can you suggest some of good scanners? On 1/2/16, Mohib Anwar Rafay wrote: > I think some NGOs like NAB, Mitra Jyoti can scan study books free of > cost and will include in their library for other students too. > If you require to scan books more than often, I

Re: [AI] want to know about available places for scanning book for visually impaired

Hi You may contact Snehankit Helpline on 09987114680 On Jan 2, 2016 12:39 AM, "Prathap Vasu" wrote: > Hi friends, > > I am prathap. I need suggestion regarding scanning book. I want to > know about, is there any place for scanning book at low cost for > visually

Re: [AI] Konkan Railway introduces ‘Sarathi Seva’ service for the physically challenged passengers

yes. konkan railway is really making things accessable for us. on my last trip via 10111 konkan kanya express to thivim which is just before madgaon before karmali station first there was a bridge which was worsed bridge just stepps and just mud slope at the end towords platform which would

[AI] Accessibility of BSNL payment portal

Dear friends, BSNL changed the design of its on line payment portal. I could not find the new version accessible with screen readers. Please have a look at the link below. http://portal.bsnl.in/ I find difficulty in selecting the payment mode and the name of the bank. -- G. Vamshi

Re: [AI] want to know about available places for scanning book for visually impaired

You can take any HP scanner or Cannon scanner. There are basic and advanced models available in market. As far as the scanning results are concerns, both the scanners have more or less similar output, but for me, speed of the scanner matters a lot. A scanner having faster speed will cost you not

Re: [AI] Unable to Install WebVisum Addon

Hi Tilak, Try pressing shift+tab and tab back again after pressing the shortcut key. Thanks, Bhavesh. On 1/3/16, Vamshi. G wrote: > That's exactly the problem I'm encountering as well. once we press > Alt +A and press space to activate the menu, the focus by default is >

Re: [AI] Unable to Install WebVisum Addon

Tried doing that too, Bhavesh. No luck. On 1/3/16, BHAVESH PATEL wrote: > Hi Tilak, > > Try pressing shift+tab and tab back again after pressing the shortcut key. > Thanks, > Bhavesh. > > On 1/3/16, Vamshi. G wrote: >> That's exactly the problem

Re: [AI] Accessibility of BSNL payment portal

completely inaccessible, but I paid my bill thrice but god knows how? On 1/3/16, Vamshi. G wrote: > Dear friends, > > BSNL changed the design of its on line payment portal. I could not > find the new version accessible with screen readers. Please have a > look at the

[AI] Unable to Install WebVisum Addon

Dear Friends, I am a new user for WebVisum and installing WebVisum Addon for the first time, I have registered myself on WebVisum’s Website and successfully created my account. I am encountering a issue while installing WebVisum Addon. First I get the message allowing for installing Addon after

Re: [AI] Accessibility of BSNL payment portal

Exactly. I too did that without knowing how! Thanks I have bank account with more than one bank so that I could pay whichever bank that gets selected. In fact, the popular banks like SBI are the ones that are more difficult to select. The earlier version was very accessible if we have web

Re: [AI] Unable to Install WebVisum Addon

Yes Bhavesh, I don't think it's working. Warm Regards, Tilak. On 1/3/16, Vamshi. G wrote: > Tried doing that too, Bhavesh. No luck. > > > On 1/3/16, BHAVESH PATEL wrote: >> Hi Tilak, >> >> Try pressing shift+tab and tab back again after pressing

Re: [AI] Unable to Install WebVisum Addon

That's exactly the problem I'm encountering as well. once we press Alt +A and press space to activate the menu, the focus by default is on "not Now". though it announces that we can navigate to "allow" by up and down arrows, the focus is not shifting by arrow keys. Has anyone found a way to do

Re: [AI] My paragraph of the Day: Thank you Mr Narendra M odi for the ‘divyang’

That proves my basic contention that it is the definition and not the word that counts. The list discussed different angles of the word divyang. Modi and BJP were held responsible for the term by some of the members. But nobody's bothered about the term itself. Exciting Offers to Grab