Re: [AI] Announcing the launch of Accessible Menu reading app - Good Food Talk

2016-01-28 Thread li...@srinivasu.org
Absolutely. Congrats, Prashant and everyone beyond this project. I'm going to add restaurants that I visit. Regards, Srinivasu Chakravarthula | @csrinivasu Sent from my iPhone 5C > On 28-Jan-2016, at 22:07, Geetha Shamanna wrote: > > Hi Prashant, > > I just visited >

[AI] TOI Bilaspur Police crack year-old blind murder of railway employee, wife and son held for crime

2016-01-28 Thread ajit able
Bilaspur Police crack year-old blind murder of railway employee, wife and son held for crime http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/raipur/Bilaspur-Police-crack-year-old-blind-murder-of-railway-employee-wife-and-son-held-for-crime/articleshow/50014143.cms via @timesofindia Register at the

Re: [AI] Announcing the launch of Accessible Menu reading app - Good Food Talk

2016-01-28 Thread Prashant Verma
Dear Amar, On our website we have created a page to communicate with restaurant owners. We would like restaurants to either themselves create an account on Good Food Talks and type out their menu or collaborate with us to maintain their menu. Creating an account and typing out the menu is not

Re: [AI] Announcing the launch of Accessible Menu reading app - Good Food Talk

2016-01-28 Thread Prashant Verma
Dear Ketan, In Good Food Talks we have so far included the restaurants which were suggested by the visually impaired we consulted. Ofcourse it has pricy restaurants which we aspire to go to but it also has those small food joints with one page or half page menus. For example from Delhi I have

Re: [AI] regarding accessible keyboard

2016-01-28 Thread kannan balasubramanian
In my opinion, you can buy Samsung mobiles. it is very much accessible in all aspects. If you buy any other model you can install blind accessibility keyboard it is very much accessible and there are 2 options either you can choose "double tap to type" or "lift to type" method. KANNAN B Mobile :

Re: [AI] Announcing the launch of Accessible Menu reading app - Good Food Talk

2016-01-28 Thread Amar Jain
Fundamentally two points: 1. Let's reach out to main apps in this industry like Zomato and ask them to incorporate a feature which will redirect customers with visual impairment or elderly people to this app for assisted menu reading. Pankaj is the managing director of Zomato and can be reached

[AI] Updated section 80u incometax act

2016-01-28 Thread Asudani, Rajesh
Friends Would you please supply me with Updated section 80U saying that limit for totally disabled is Rs. 1,25,000 and for partially Rs. 75,000 One on income tax site is old one saying limit is one lakh only. सादर / With thanks & Regards राजेश आसुदानी Rajesh Asudani सहायक महाप्रबन्धक AGM

Re: [AI] Announcing the launch of Accessible Menu reading app - Good Food Talk

2016-01-28 Thread Prashant Verma
Dear Rajesh ji, I seek your help in uploading menus from your region. Please motivate few volunteers to upload the menus of restaurants which interst you most. And another importatnt point I want your comments is that with this app now you can atleast get a fairly good idea of the menu of the

Re: [AI] Announcing the launch of Accessible Menu reading app - Good Food Talks

2016-01-28 Thread Prashant Verma
Dear Avinash, Given below is list of few of the popular restaurants in GFT at present. You can use the Browse link on home page to see more. In our study, users wanted to know what is around them rather then what is available in other cities, hence this design. Good Food Talks includes menus

Re: [AI] guys attending techshare 2016from chennai

2016-01-28 Thread mukesh jain
hello, there are many such hotels offering pick up and drop from airport part of their services. when i last visited this conference, i stayed at the hotel called dada cottage near pahadgunj and during this conference, they had also provided pick up and drop facility to the conference hall by

Re: [AI] India's 1st Blind-friendly Train Runs Between Mysuru, Varanasi

2016-01-28 Thread Tilakprasad Joshi
Dear Kanchan Ma’am, You are right I am from Mumbai, I made my point because I am getting the feeling there are some people who just feel Braille should not be there and feel it’s not worth it, but I want to convey let Braille be there with other alternatives, I had a interaction with people few

Re: [AI] India's 1st Blind-friendly Train Runs Between Mysuru, Varanasi

2016-01-28 Thread Umesha S E
I am not against braille and do support it. but, how can one identify coach using braille? Umesha On 1/28/16, Tilakprasad Joshi wrote: > Dear Kanchan Ma’am, > > You are right I am from Mumbai, I made my point because I am getting > the feeling there are some people

Re: [AI] Announcing the launch of Accessible Menu reading app - Good Food Talks

2016-01-28 Thread Pranav Lal
Dear Prashant, I am confused by the website. I want a list of restaurants near my location. I have agreed to share my location but nothing appears to happen. I have tried this with Firefox, Internet Explorer and Safari which is running on my iPhone. We need to be able to search by location.

Re: [AI] Maneka raises objections to proposed Disability Bill

2016-01-28 Thread Umesha S E
Kanchan Pamnani, Madam, Please define inclusion and accessibility with respect to mentally disabled and physically disabled. Also give me a legal definition of mental illness. To tell you frankly, I don’t know what is exactly in the RPD bill. But I am sure that it is far better than the existing

Re: [AI] Announcing the launch of Accessible Menu reading app - Good Food Talk

2016-01-28 Thread Amar Jain
Sensible and much needed work has begun Prashant sir. Glad that you had that thought. Would you have something to share which we can take to the management level of restaurants and get them involved? My primary concern is that how do updates get incorporated in the menus? What level of economics

Re: [AI] Announcing the launch of Accessible Menu reading app - GoodFood Talks

2016-01-28 Thread Ramya Venkitesh
Congratulations -Original Message- From: AccessIndia [mailto:accessindia-boun...@accessindia.org.in] On Behalf Of Prashant Verma Sent: Thursday, January 28, 2016 1:13 PM To: 'AccessIndia: a list for discussing accessibility and issues concerningthe disabled.'

Re: [AI] Announcing the launch of Accessible Menu reading app - GoodFood Talks

2016-01-28 Thread Austin Pinto
Congratulations nice work. On 1/28/16, Ramya Venkitesh wrote: > Congratulations > > -Original Message- > From: AccessIndia [mailto:accessindia-boun...@accessindia.org.in] On Behalf > Of Prashant Verma > Sent: Thursday, January 28, 2016 1:13 PM > To: 'AccessIndia:

Re: [AI] Announcing the launch of Accessible Menu reading app - Good Food Talk

2016-01-28 Thread Ketan Kothari
Wonderful worl indeed though I am afraid this will benefit a small number of people as majority of the people use smaller restaurants which are inaccessible. This is where digital divide is growing fast. We need to bridge the same. Of course, I am aware that we are working with people like

Re: [AI] India's 1st Blind-friendly Train Runs Between Mysuru, Varanasi

2016-01-28 Thread George Abraham
The train services should have audio announcements like in the Delhi Metro, Rajdhani Express and the Shatabdi Express. Further the Railway authorities/staff should have a trained cadre that supports or facilitates persons with disability, senior citizens and others who need help. Braille is a good

Re: [AI] Maneka raises objections to proposed Disability Bill

2016-01-28 Thread Anirban Mukherjee
friends, the passage of the bill has become some sort of a snake and ladder game, it seems. firstly, it demonstrates an absolute lack of positive intent in the ruling elite of this country, whichever political formation they might seek to represent. secondly, there is a sectarian tendency within

Re: [AI] India's 1st Blind-friendly Train Runs Between Mysuru, Varanasi

2016-01-28 Thread Giri Prasad
nevertheless many trains dont have the disabled coach. This also should be looked into. On 28/01/2016, George Abraham wrote: > The train services should have audio announcements like in the Delhi Metro, > Rajdhani Express and the Shatabdi Express. Further the Railway >

Re: [AI] places/ organizations in mumbai for making adhar card, pan card and universal id card.

2016-01-28 Thread Amar Jain
Hi Neha, You can apply for PAN card online and courier the relevant documents to the NSDL Pune center. No worth in wasting money for this purpose by using agents. Check this link: https://tin.tin.nsdl.com/pan/ If you prefer complete offline mode, then visit the nearest U.T.I.T.S.L. center. But

Re: [AI] Announcing the launch of Accessible Menu reading app - Good Food Talk

2016-01-28 Thread Asudani, Rajesh
Good work. But I believe the restraints in metros are only listed. I could not find anything in my city Nagpur. सादर / With thanks & Regards राजेश आसुदानी Rajesh Asudani सहायक महाप्रबन्धक AGM बाजार आसूचना ईकाई MIU भारतीय रिजर्व बैंक Reserve Bank of India नागपुर Nagpur 0712 2806846 President

[AI] Maneka Gandhi on Mental Disability and Employment

2016-01-28 Thread National Platform For The Rights of the Disabled
*January 28, 2016* *Smt Maneka Gandhi* *Minister for Women & Child Development* *New Delhi* *Dear Maneka ji, * We are pained to read a statement purported to have been made by you with regard to the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Bill, 2014 (RPD Bill). You have been quoted as

Re: [AI] Announcing the launch of Accessible Menu reading app - Good Food Talk

2016-01-28 Thread Rajesh H Mehta
I think Prashant you surely deserve a hearty congratulations. Rather whenever we are enjoying our food, we surely remember you/team for this good work. This is great example of what 1 individual could do, rather then keep complaining about… From: Ketan Kothari To:

Re: [AI] Announcing the launch of Accessible Menu reading app - Good Food Talks

2016-01-28 Thread avinash shahi
Its a good initiative. Delhi-NCR plus Bangalore and Mumbai have been covered. I feel for the better convenience and comfort of the website visotors,the list of restaurants should be displayed under the city heading. For example, Link Mumbai, Link DelhiNCR and the link Bangalore. On 1/28/16,

Re: [AI] Problems in opening Demat account

2016-01-28 Thread Amar Jain
Hi Sanjay, Technically speaking, you had two options: 1st was to request two senior employees of the brokerage house to attest your thumb impression and 2nd is to get it notarized, in which case brokerage house can very well ask for the charges which they have incurred (try and get an invoice for

Re: [AI] Announcing the launch of Accessible Menu reading app - Good Food Talks

2016-01-28 Thread li...@srinivasu.org
Pranav, I have tried with Safari on iPhone and able to see restaurants near me. Regards, Srinivasu Chakravarthula | @csrinivasu Sent from my iPhone 5C > On 29-Jan-2016, at 05:43, Pranav Lal wrote: > > Dear Prashant, > > I am confused by the website. I want a list of

Re: [AI] guys attending techshare 2016from chennai

2016-01-28 Thread Parakh Rajesh
great mukesh i am also longing to meet all there, but i was trying to figure out guys attending techshare from chennai so that i can join them. since i dont know mobility it is difficult to move alone or if some kind of arrangement can be made to pick and drop from airport and stay it would be

[AI] FW: [Cavi-announce] Missed our Word course the last time? Here's your chance!

2016-01-28 Thread Pranav Lal
-Original Message- From: cavi-announce-boun...@ciscovision.org [mailto:cavi-announce-boun...@ciscovision.org] On Behalf Of Char Sent: Tuesday, January 26, 2016 3:25 AM To: cavi-annou...@ciscovision.org Subject: [Cavi-announce] Missed our Word course the last time? Here's your chance!

[AI] My visit to the recently launched disability job portal: a reflection

2016-01-28 Thread avinash shahi
I just had a look of the recently publicized website exclusively launched for the disabled job-seekers in India. And amazed to note that out of 12 success stories put up there to encourage the employers for hiring them is disproportionately against the visually/hearing impaired. Out of 12 stories

Re: [AI] Announcing the launch of Accessible Menu reading app - Good Food Talk

2016-01-28 Thread Geetha Shamanna
Hi Prashant, I just visited www.goodfoodtalks.in Although the idea may very likely have originated in the UK, it must be said that you have already made considerable progress in adding restaurants to your list. While the UK Web site has till date a very select number of restaurants -- probably

Re: [AI] Maneka raises objections to proposed Disability Bill

2016-01-28 Thread sudarsanan etthirajan
since already VH quotas filled by other disabilities on the basis of suitability when you include mental disability it will encroach all quotas. e. sudarsanan. On 1/28/16, Anirban Mukherjee wrote: > friends, > > the passage of the bill has become some sort of a snake