[AI] Amrita Nayak Dutta reports: Armed Forces form panel to examine disability pension

2023-04-10 Thread avinash shahi
Armed personnel receive higher payouts up to 30 per cent of their pension emoluments depending upon the percentage of disability. The directive to set up the panel came from the Department of Military Affairs headed by Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) Gen Anil Chauhan after a Comptroller and Auditor Ge

Re: [AI] Issues with UDID

2023-04-10 Thread Anil Kumar
I had applied for UDID on 24th October 2022 and it is approved on 1st April 2023. The UDID number is also allocated. But could not find anything like down loading the card. Let me know, is it not possible immediately after approval or do we have to wait for sometimes to get it downloaded? Anil

Re: [AI]

2023-04-10 Thread 'Mohammed Asif Asif Iqbal (IN)' via AccessIndia
Brilliant initiative. This would solve one of the key issues being faced by blind and visually impaired community. I wish this app was also in IOS. Thanks On 4/11/23, Omkar Pawaskar wrote: > Dear compassionate souls, > > Have you ever thought about how a simple act of kindness can change > someo

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2023-04-10 Thread Omkar Pawaskar
Dear compassionate souls, Have you ever thought about how a simple act of kindness can change someone's life? Well, here's your chance to do just that. Imagine being visually impaired and not being able to write your exams. Imagine the frustration and helplessness that comes with it. But what if t

[AI] Register Now for the Inclusion Run at the TCS World 10K Marathon in Bangalore!

2023-04-10 Thread Divyanshu Ganatra
Dear Access Indians, We are thrilled to announce that the registrations for the Inclusion Run at the TCS World 10K marathon in Bangalore are now open! This event, scheduled for Sunday, May 21st, is one of the largest sporting events in South India, and we expect over 25,000 participants this year.

Re: [AI] Orcam

2023-04-10 Thread Kiran Kaja
Orcam is a decent option if you are low vision and can point at things. For instance, you have enough vision to know that there is a sign board there but you can't read the text. So you just point Orcam to it and it will OCR it for you. It is pretty overpriced for what it does though. On Mon, Apr

RE: [AI] Orcam

2023-04-10 Thread Kanchan Pamnani
Keeping aside the price I still don’t think any of these gadgets really helps. Marginal help but not much. I am happy to be corrected. There is great potential in the future. K From: accessindia@accessindia.org.in [mailto:accessindia@accessindia.org.in] On Behalf Of Amar Jain Sen

Re: [AI] accessibility inputs regarding trello app (a workflow manegement software)

2023-04-10 Thread Vaibhav Saraf
Hi Faiyaz, My organization used to use Trello in the past, most functions of it were not accessible. The software is maintained by Atlasian, I hope they better its accessibility like many of their other apps. Meanwhile, my organization has moved to Microsoft Planner, it is also an embedded app in

Re: [AI] Important updates from Mission Accessibility

2023-04-10 Thread Amar Jain
Hi all, I wanted to place on record the fact that the workshop was held in a tripartite manner, between rehabilitation Council of India, Mission Accessibility and xrcvc. While mission Accessibility handled the first two days of the workshop, XRCVC handled the third day. The role that has been

Re: [AI] Orcam

2023-04-10 Thread Aanchal j khetarpal
Sure. Thank you. On Mon, 10 Apr 2023 at 6:41 PM, Amar Jain wrote: > I have directly interacted with orcam and for India it is not worth it > because of lack of digitised data in English. If you are open to buy orcam > then do check Envision glasses. Kartik Mahadevan and his team is very > respo

Re: [AI] Orcam

2023-04-10 Thread Amar Jain
I have directly interacted with orcam and for India it is not worth it because of lack of digitised data in English. If you are open to buy orcam then do check Envision glasses. Kartik Mahadevan and his team is very responsive.Happy to discuss offline if you need in-depth reviews. +91-9892622230 /

Re: [AI] PIB Release: 3-day workshop on Web Accessibility organized by the Rehabilitation Council of India from 21.03.2023 to 23.03.2023.

2023-04-10 Thread Mission Accessibility
Hi all, I wanted to place on record the fact that the workshop was held in a tripartite manner, between rehabilitation Council of India, Mission Accessibility and xrcvc. While mission Accessibility handled the first two days of the workshop, XRCVC handled the third day. The role that has been

[AI] Need Help

2023-04-10 Thread deepakarora_07 via AccessIndia
Hello All, Greetings for the day! I appeared in IBPS PO interview this year but could not clear. My concern is that my marks are not reflecting and it says "thanks for appearing in interview and we are regret to inform you that you have not obtained minimum marks" I just want to know

[AI] Changing text colour in Google Docs

2023-04-10 Thread AKARSH VATSA
Hello everyone I am Akarsh, I have a query regarding Google Docs that Is there any way to change the text colour because I am facing issue while changing the text colour. In Microsoft Word there are option available for changing the font colour but I have not got any option of changing the text col

[AI] accessibility inputs regarding trello app (a workflow manegement software)

2023-04-10 Thread faiyaz attar
Dear accessindians, Greetings of the day. As the subject line suggests, our organization is thinking to move towards the trello, a a project manegement tool/workflow manegement tool to move our daily workflow. However, I have explored the trello, but not found it accessible. I would like to know th

[AI] Shubha RanganathanS V Chetan write: Rethinking Advocacy through Disability-themed Children’s ‘Fiction’

2023-04-10 Thread avinash shahi
https://www.epw.in/journal/2023/14/postscript/rethinking-advocacy-through-disability-themed.html The Space We’re In and In the Meadow of Fantasies open up space for talking about disability in ways that are delightfully simple and evocative. When we hear of disability-themed children’s fiction, we

[AI] Orcam

2023-04-10 Thread Aanchal j khetarpal
Hi, Wanted to know if anyone has tried the orcam glasses here. And is there anywhere u can get a demo?? Any other alternatives also?? Regards Aanchal -- Disclaimer: 1. Contents of the mails, factual, or otherwise, reflect the thinking of the person sending the mail and AI in no way relates its

[AI] Eyeway alert

2023-04-10 Thread geeta s Nair
Job One post as Assistant Director (Regulations & Information)  in Directorate General of Civil Aviation, Ministry of Civil Aviation ) for Visually Impaired. Recruitment by Union Public Service Commission Qualification: Degree in law from a recognized university; EXPERIENCE: Seven y

Re: [AI] Most accessible setup box

2023-04-10 Thread Shankar C
vikas jai, what an excelent saying! really true. as for as my observation, almost all set top up boxes are using the same type of operating system [android] and from the o s perspective the entire user interphases must be revamped for accessibility. On 4/9/23, Vikas Kapoor wrote: > In my persona

[AI] pdf not reading in outlook

2023-04-10 Thread 'PAUL MUDDHA' via AccessIndia
Dear friends, I am using outlook16 and Unable to open the attachments and read. It says blank blank.. Any solution for this? It was reading well until last week without any issue. Thanks paul DR.PAUL MUDDHA Divisinal Manager Marketing & Public Relation Wing 2nd Cross Ho Annex Canara Bank Gandhina

RE: [AI] Eyeway Alert

2023-04-10 Thread 'PAUL MUDDHA' via AccessIndia
Not really at present. Readingwise it is good. Reads in different languages. But other features may be helpful to persons who have become blind recently to navigate around and recognise persons after storing the faces in the system. One bad news is that it doesn’t work in I phone. From: accessin

RE: [AI] Eyeway Alert

2023-04-10 Thread 'PAUL MUDDHA' via AccessIndia
Me on 9449021997 or visit our trust snehadeep trust for the disabled, 15, 6th cross hutchins road opp apd bang84. -Original Message- From: accessindia@accessindia.org.in On Behalf Of Saravanan K Sent: Monday, April 10, 2023 12:13 PM To: accessindia@accessindia.org.in Subject: Re: [AI]