[AI] New useful books recorded by Radio Mirchi

2013-12-24 Thread Prashant Verma
Dear Accessindians, Radio Mirchi has recorded restaurant menus and few popular books recently. These books are available from NAB Delhi Library free of cost. The recording quality of these books is excellent. These books have been converted to DAISY format by the NAB Delhi Library. Checkout the

Re: [AI] Announcing the AI convention dates

2013-11-23 Thread Prashant Verma
I also recommend that we do a session on marriage and matrimonial issues. I see so many wonderful well settled boys and girls who deserve the final social rehabilitation and a happy life but several factors are preventing it. -Original Message- From: AccessIndia [mailto:accessindia-boun..

Re: [AI] WORKSHOP for young VI bankers by NAB Delhi

2013-11-20 Thread Prashant Verma
d and Syndicate Bank. Regards. -original message- Subject: [AI] WORKSHOP for young VI bankers by NAB Delhi From: Prashant Verma Date: 18/11/2013 11:51 pm WORKSHOP ON EMPOWERING STRATEGIES FOR THE YOUNG VISUALLY IMPAIRED BANKERS Dated: December 14, 2013 Venue: NAB, Sector-V, R.K. Puram, New Delhi Backg

[AI] FW: Opportunity for young people to Join VSO ICS programme

2013-11-20 Thread Prashant Verma
-Original Message- From: Praveen Guru [mailto:praveen.g...@gmail.com] Sent: 20 November 2013 13:52 To: Praveen Kumar Subject: Opportunity for young people to Join VSO ICS programme Apologies for Cross Posting - PLEASE CIRCULATE WIDELY VSO India would request your support in helping us

[AI] WORKSHOP for young VI bankers by NAB Delhi

2013-11-18 Thread Prashant Verma
WORKSHOP ON EMPOWERING STRATEGIES FOR THE YOUNG VISUALLY IMPAIRED BANKERS Dated: December 14, 2013 Venue: NAB, Sector-V, R.K. Puram, New Delhi Background: During last five years public sector banks have recruited visually impaired employees in significant numbers. These employees are encountering

Re: [AI] Reference material available: First workshop on AccessibleBanking for the Blind

2013-11-12 Thread Prashant Verma
acount of blind persons, how the new technology will be useful to them. better to conduct a workshop first with all the banks to open acount of blind customers. later the technology will work. -Original Message- From: Prashant Verma Sent: Tuesday, November 12, 2013 3:18 PM To: 'AccessInd

Re: [AI] Reference material available: First workshop on Accessible Banking for the Blind

2013-11-12 Thread Prashant Verma
. On 11/12/13, Prashant Verma wrote: > Dear all, > The first workshop on accessible banking for the blind was conducted > by Assistive Technology Helpline of NAB Delhi on 9 November 2013. > The response to the workshop was extremely enthusiastic and great > feedback has been since re

Re: [AI] Reference material available: First workshop on Accessible Banking for the Blind

2013-11-12 Thread Prashant Verma
ous work Prashant, Yogesh and Rahul. >> >> May be, you can add mobile banking on Android phones, if at all it is >> accessible. >> >> Thank you so much. >> >> On 11/12/13, Prashant Verma wrote: >>> Dear all, >>> The first workshop on access

Re: [AI] Reference material available: First workshop on AccessibleBanking for the Blind

2013-11-12 Thread Prashant Verma
many as it may not be possible to come to delhi and attend this workshop. hope this suggestion will be considered. regards, rajesh parakh. - Original Message - From: "Prashant Verma" To: "accessindia@accessindia. org. in " Sent: Tuesday, November 12, 2013 9:45 AM Sub

[AI] Reference material available: First workshop on Accessible Banking for the Blind

2013-11-11 Thread Prashant Verma
line banking with more confidence. With best regards, Prashant Verma Joint Secretary National Association for the Blind Sector-5, R.K. Puram New Delhi - 110022 Helpline: +91 11 64556968 Register at the dedicated AccessIndia list for discussing accessibility of mobile phones / Tabs on:

[AI] WORKSHOP ON ACCESSIBLE BANKING FOR THE BLIND by NAB Delhi

2013-10-28 Thread Prashant Verma
WORKSHOP ON ACCESSIBLE BANKING FOR THE BLIND During the last several years initiatives have been taken by banks, organizations for the blind and individuals to make the banking services accessible to persons with blindness or low vision. Although much needs to be done to make all the services tota

Re: [AI] share the experience of amusement parks!

2013-10-11 Thread Prashant Verma
My experience was similar. We then did some advocacy round it. You may like to read this (http://prashant.myehome.in/blog/?p=60) -Original Message- From: AccessIndia [mailto:accessindia-boun...@accessindia.org.in] On Behalf Of zoher Sent: 12 October 2013 10:43 To: accessindia@accessindia

Re: [AI] Adventure sports for the blind: Our experiences

2013-10-11 Thread Prashant Verma
Dear Pranav, The website was experiencing problems. Now it is working. You may visit the page now. http://prashant.myehome.in/blog/ also copying the article here. Adventure sports for the blind: Our experiences October 11th, 2013 Whenever someone thinks about adventure sorts for the blind the

Re: [AI] Adventure sports for the blind: Our experiences

2013-10-09 Thread Prashant Verma
n the description is given of that of 83m height of bungee jumping right? However, keep it up please. It's encouraging. And thanks for providing reference to American Skiing for blind as in few months I am going to try that. Regards On 10/8/13, Prashant Verma wrote: > Dear all, >

[AI] Adventure sports for the blind: Our experiences

2013-10-08 Thread Prashant Verma
Dear all, Just posted this article on my blog. Some of you may be interested. (http://prashant.myehome.in/blog/) With regards, Prashant The BEST Way to Read and Publish: http://www.daisy.org/get-involved Register at the dedicated AccessIndia list for discussing accessibility of mobile phone

[AI] Accessibility review of the Aakash Tablet - September 2013

2013-09-30 Thread Prashant Verma
Accessibility review of the Aakash Tablet - September 2013 The distribution of the tablet has not happened as promised, anyway here is a review from accessibility point of view. (http://prashant.myehome.in/blog/?p=72) thanks, Prashant Register at the dedicated AccessIndia list for discussin

[AI] short survey on readability and usability

2013-09-26 Thread Prashant Verma
Dear all, I know many of you use the DAISY Planet newsletter. Please take this very short survey to submit your feedback. (http://www.surveygizmo.com/s3/1388380/Reading-the-DAISY-Planet-Newsletter-w ith-a-Screen-Reader) Many thanks, Prashant The BEST Way to Read and Publish: http://www.daisy

Re: [AI] is there to recognize currency

2013-09-26 Thread Prashant Verma
is it talking device? - Original Message - From: "Prashant Verma" To: "'AccessIndia: a list for discussing accessibility and issues concerningthe disabled.'" Sent: Thursday, September 26, 2013 7:11 PM Subject: Re: [AI] is there to recognize currency >

Re: [AI] is there to recognize currency

2013-09-26 Thread Prashant Verma
Dear Sucharu, Rupee checker is available from Saksham Delhi. -Original Message- From: AccessIndia [mailto:accessindia-boun...@accessindia.org.in] On Behalf Of Kannan. C Sent: 26 September 2013 18:06 To: AccessIndia: a list for discussing accessibility and issues concerning the disabled.

[AI] NAB Sarojini Trilok Nath Award function

2013-09-26 Thread Prashant Verma
Dear all, National Association for the Blind Delhi is delighted to present the NAB Sarojini Trilok Nath Award to Mr. A.K. Mittal this year for the remarkable work done by him for empowerment of visually impaired persons. The award consists of a citation, shawl and cash reward. The award functio

[AI] bbc hindi on mobile

2013-09-22 Thread Prashant Verma
Dear all, Is anyone able to successfully listen to bbc hindi live on Nokia phones now a days? If not which is the easiest way to download the programs? Prashant The BEST Way to Read and Publish: http://www.daisy.org/get-involved Register at the dedicated AccessIndia list for discussing acces

Re: [AI] best accessible newspaper

2013-09-20 Thread Prashant Verma
If you want the important items only then I suggest you open the mobile version of the newspaper even if you are using a PC. These pages have links to all top stories. Just try out the following link. Times of India: if you are using Jaws then after opening the website just keep pressing "I" and

[AI] BBC Hindi on android

2012-11-22 Thread Prashant Verma
sometime earlier i had asked about bbc hindi n andorid phones and tablets. i have now found the slution. install tunein radio from the lay store. it is free. search for bbc hindi and play it at the time of shows. next time open tunein radio and go to recent. there yu will find your last played sta

Re: [AI] About Railway Concession Again.

2011-08-18 Thread Prashant Verma
A better printable form is at http://www.prashant.myehome.in/down.html -Original Message- From: accessindia-boun...@accessindia.org.in [mailto:accessindia-boun...@accessindia.org.in] On Behalf Of BHAWANI SHANKAR VERMA Sent: 18 August 2011 18:52 To: accessindia@accessindia.org.in Subject:

[AI] Does anyone have a TV tuner with recording facility?

2011-08-16 Thread Prashant Verma
Dear all, If anyone has a working TV tuner and can record Zee News programs if required then please contact me off the list. My email ID is prashant...@gmail.com Regards, Prashant Search for old postings at: http://www.mail-archive.com/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/ To unsubscribe

Re: [AI] Posting the UGC representation regarding scribe for further discussion.

2011-08-11 Thread Prashant Verma
What is your view on the following arrangement: "There should be no clause regarding the academic qualification of the scribe except a minimum level of education. As each candidate is required to be assigned a separate invigilator and a separate room, it is the responsibility of the invigilator to

Re: [AI] aspeak soft ware

2011-07-24 Thread Prashant Verma
Have you decided on the price? Please share -Original Message- From: accessindia-boun...@accessindia.org.in [mailto:accessindia-boun...@accessindia.org.in] On Behalf Of venkat sudhakar Sent: 24 July 2011 22:36 To: accessindia@accessindia.org.in Subject: [AI] aspeak soft ware Dear All,

Re: [AI] problem with daisy addin for word 2007

2011-07-23 Thread Prashant Verma
Dear Pranav, During installation the user has to choose between installation for all users or only the current user. If it is installed for all users then it will work without admin rights for all users. There was a related bug which has been resolved in the new release. -Original Messag

Re: [AI] problem with daisy addin for word 2007

2011-07-20 Thread Prashant Verma
Hello, I suggest you try out the new release which can be downloaded from http://data.daisy.org/projects/sadms/DaisyAddinForWordSetup.exe The error you are getting generally happens when you run Save As DAISY without admin rights. -Original Message- From: accessindia-boun...@accessindia.

[AI] Global Exchange 2011-2012: Opportunity for persons with disabilities

2011-07-14 Thread Prashant Verma
Here is an opportunity from V S O. Details are given below and attachments can be downloaded from http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2875242/VSO%20Global%20exchange%20program%202011.zip Dear Friends, Greetings! We are very pleased to inform you that VSO in collaboration with Pravah has launch

Re: [AI] aSpeak (Beta), a text-to-speech synthesis engine in Indian Languages.

2011-07-12 Thread Prashant Verma
I was able to download this TTS. I will have to say that performance wise it is very good indeed and the speech quality is also better when compared to eSpeak. One very interesting feature of this TTS is that while typing English or Hindi the characters are echoed in a very clear probably record

[AI] job alert: Vacancy in DU

2011-07-02 Thread Prashant Verma
Hello, There is a vacancy suitable for visually impaired candidates on contractual basis at Delhi University. The post is called Braille Printer Operator and the expected salary is Rs. 11000 per month with possibility of increment to Rs. 14000 per month shortly. See the job ad at http://www.du.

[AI] new short term courses at Delhi University

2011-06-30 Thread Prashant Verma
Dear All, Several courses will start from 1st August at the Equal Opportunity Cell, University of Delhi. The complete information along with application forms is available at http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2875242/Courses2011.zip Some of the information is copied below. CAPACITY BUILDING CLASSES

Re: [AI] advice sought on a common problem being faced at work place

2011-06-30 Thread Prashant Verma
Dear Deepak, There had been some development in Punjabi TTS and OCR. Please explore, I think it is possible to do some work in Punjabi with NVDA and eSpeak. See an email to accessindia sent by Mahesh earlier at http://www.mail-archive.com/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/msg30129.html Prashant

Re: [AI] SAP inaccessibility issues

2011-06-15 Thread Prashant Verma
Dear Ekinath, People working with NTPC and GAIL are also facing similar issues. There are some JAWS scripts for SAP but their installation is cumbersome and requires intervention of the network administrator. Contact me off the list and I will send you few links to resources. Prashant -Ori

Re: [AI] Important message for Delhi people: disability certificatecamp tomorrow

2011-06-07 Thread Prashant Verma
: disability certificatecamp tomorrow Hi Sir, will this camp be organised again? - Original Message - From: "Prashant Verma " To: "accessindia@accessindia. in " Sent: Sunday, June 05, 2011 6:50 PM Subject: [AI] Important message for Delhi people: disability certificateca

Re: [AI] Important message for Delhi people: disability certificate camp tomorrow

2011-06-05 Thread Prashant Verma
Subject: Re: [AI] Important message for Delhi people: disability certificate camp tomorrow Thank you sir. On Sun, Jun 5, 2011 at 6:50 PM, Prashant Verma wrote: > Dear all, > > This message is for those persons with disabilities who either do not have > a > disability certificate or

[AI] Important message for Delhi people: disability certificate camp tomorrow

2011-06-05 Thread Prashant Verma
Dear all, This message is for those persons with disabilities who either do not have a disability certificate or have a very old certificate. A camp has been organized by Delhi Govt. on 6 and 7 June at the Hindu Rao Hospital, near ISBT for giving out disability certificates. The persons whill be e

Re: [AI] Good news-class X examination results

2011-05-31 Thread Prashant Verma
Well done kartik. You have done me proud! For the list, Kartik is one of the first to use computers in the classroom itself from class 2 onwards. Those days he had a big desktop PC on his class room desk. He has benifitted immensely from assistive technology and has used screen readers to do all c

Re: [AI] SUMMER PROGRAMS AT DU

2011-05-30 Thread Prashant Verma
hello Sir Have you any contact number? If yes, please give me. - Original Message - From: "Prashant Verma " To: "accessindia@accessindia. in " Cc: Sent: Monday, May 30, 2011 8:12 AM Subject: [AI] SUMMER PROGRAMS AT DU > Greetings, > > Several training

[AI] SUMMER PROGRAMS AT DU

2011-05-29 Thread Prashant Verma
Greetings, Several trainings/workshops are scheduled for June-July 2011 at the Equal Opportunity Cell, University of Delhi. If you want to join any of the programs please contact EOC at the earliest. Briefly, the following programs will be conducted. -A two weeks refresher computer c

[AI] Admissions in DU for PwDs starting soon

2011-05-24 Thread Prashant Verma
Important information: This year the admission for studetns with disabilities to under graduate courses in Delhi University will be conducted during 28 may to 8 June 2011. This is significantly different from the schedules of previous years when the admissions used to be conducted during 1 to 15

Re: [AI] [AI): free daigy books

2011-05-10 Thread Prashant Verma
Dear Raghavaiah, There are many sources for getting DAISY books. I suggest that you become a member of any of the DAISY Forum of India organizations. The list is available at www.daisyindia.org. Once you are a member you can order any title which is listed on the same website. Note that membership

Re: [AI] seeking advice for TPP reader daisy book player.

2011-04-29 Thread Prashant Verma
Dear Sohan, TPB reader is a player for listening to DAISY Talking books. It is free to use. It cannot play text only books the books that you download from Bookshare. It is very outdated now and no further development is going to take place in this software. It can play only DAISY 2.02 books. You

Re: [AI] about daisy player

2011-04-29 Thread Prashant Verma
: accessindia@accessindia.org.in Subject: Re: [AI] about daisy player can you please explain how to stop the self voicing it is irritating. i am trying to access with jaws but it is getting strucked as soon as i open it. On 4/28/11, Prashant Verma wrote: > Dear Yusuf, > You can use any SAPI com

Re: [AI] about daisy player

2011-04-28 Thread Prashant Verma
Dear Yusuf, You can use any SAPI compliant TTS in AMIS. To select a different voice in AMIS: Just open AMIS, go to FILE menu and then into PREFERENCES. Press TAB and then select your desired TTS from the combo box. Please note that you will have to install your preferred TTS packages like Sangeeta

Re: [AI] aReader and aSpeak from Akshar Speech Technologies.

2011-04-06 Thread Prashant Verma
Dear Veera, It would have been better if you had contributed to NVDA development instead. I don't see many people using it as of now and developing it to match other prominent screen readers is going to require lot of effort. Best of luck for your TTS development. Good quality Indian language

Re: [AI] a websight to download audio daisy books

2011-04-03 Thread Prashant Verma
Hello, I will suggest that you look up the combined catalogue on www.daisyindia.org Here you will be able to see all the titles created by major accessible book producers in India. Once you have selected your books, you can ask your local DAISY Forum of India member organization to provide you

[AI] Nokia C5 and Talks premium offer extended by a few days

2011-03-29 Thread Prashant Verma
Dear all, The wonderful Nokia c5 with Talks premium offer has been extended by a few days. So, If you have not yet booked yours till ow, go ahead and book it now. Nokia C5 with Talks premium for Rs. 8200 excluding courier charges Only Talks premium software for Rs. 1800 Contact: Saksham, Del

[AI] My first 3G experience

2011-03-04 Thread Prashant Verma
Dear all, Vodafone 3G has been launched in Delhi and I have it activated on my N79. I tried to test the download speed specially because in the advertisements it is claimed that it can give speeds upto 21 MBps. On my laptop I downloaded a 32 MB file and did a speed check. I was able to download

Re: [AI] help required regarding cheque facilitytoblindinBankofIndia

2011-02-26 Thread Prashant Verma
From: accessindia-boun...@accessindia.org.in [mailto:accessindia-boun...@accessindia.org.in] On Behalf Of Prashant Verma Sent: Friday, February 25, 2011 10:10 PM To: accessindia@accessindia.org.in Subject: Re: [AI] help required regarding cheque facilitytoblindinBankofIndia Dear Srikanth, I ca

Re: [AI] help required regarding cheque facilitytoblindinBankofIndia

2011-02-25 Thread Prashant Verma
india-boun...@accessindia.org.in] On Behalf Of Prashant Verma Sent: Thursday, February 24, 2011 12:10 PM To: accessindia@accessindia.org.in Subject: Re: [AI] help required regarding cheque facility toblindinBankofIndia Dear all, I hope you people have seen the cheque printing templates I had designed e

Re: [AI] help required regarding cheque facilitytoblindinBankofIndia

2011-02-25 Thread Prashant Verma
a Can I scanned and mail you? If it is possible. - Original Message - From: "Prashant Verma" To: Sent: Friday, February 25, 2011 3:38 PM Subject: Re: [AI] help required regarding cheque facilitytoblindinBankofIndia For creating a new template for any bank I need two cancelled

Re: [AI] help required regarding cheque facilitytoblindinBankofIndia

2011-02-25 Thread Prashant Verma
ates. I've no problem in signing, but to fill independently Thanks and regards - Original Message - From: "Prashant Verma" To: Sent: Thursday, February 24, 2011 10:39 PM Subject: Re: [AI] help required regarding cheque facilitytoblindinBankofIndia Dear all, I hope you pe

Re: [AI] info on cheapest phone

2011-02-24 Thread Prashant Verma
I will suggest that people who are planning to buy a mobile handset wait for some more time. A very attractive offer is likely to come within two weeks. Please don't ask for details on this. They will be made available as soon as the scheme is ready. ---

Re: [AI] help required regarding cheque facility toblindinBankofIndia

2011-02-24 Thread Prashant Verma
come under reasonable accommodation. Law is not a barrier in this. Subhash --Original Message------ From: Prashant Verma Sender: accessindia-boun...@accessindia.org.in To: accessindia@accessindia.org.in ReplyTo: accessindia@accessindia.org.in Subject: Re: [AI] help required regarding cheque f

Re: [AI] help required regarding cheque facility to blind inBankofIndia

2011-02-23 Thread Prashant Verma
For the purpose of getting a unique signature which is difficult to copy I had seen someone use a specially designed pen which had a very small rubber stamp on the other tip of the pen. He used to sign on the paper and then fixed the stamp which carried his name. So, his signature was a combinat

Re: [AI] Samsung 150+ netbooks are available with saksham for visually impaired at subsidised cost

2011-02-22 Thread Prashant Verma
DFI is DAISY Forum of India. It is a forum of more than 80 organizations who are working for the visually impaired all over the country. You can check the list of member organizations on its website to locate the nearest organization. www.daisyindia.org

Re: [AI] Samsung 150+ netbooks are available with saksham for visually impaired at subsidised cost

2011-02-22 Thread Prashant Verma
Students as well as working visually impaired can apply for this Netbook. However, please note that just submitting the application does not guarantee the Netbook. All the applications will be screened by a committee and the chosen ones will get the Netbook at the subsidized cost. --

Re: [AI] Hindi version of bill.

2011-02-16 Thread Prashant Verma
age - From: "Prashant Verma" To: Sent: Tuesday, February 15, 2011 8:14 PM Subject: Re: [AI] Hindi version of bill. All the files can be downloaded here. Hindi version of the draft(only PDF) http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2875242/Draft-RPD-Feb2011/Rights%20of%20Persons%20with%2

Re: [AI] Hindi version of bill.

2011-02-15 Thread Prashant Verma
All the files can be downloaded here. Hindi version of the draft(only PDF) http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2875242/Draft-RPD-Feb2011/Rights%20of%20Persons%20with%20Disabilities%20Bill-2011%20Hindi.pdf English version http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2875242/Draft-RPD-Feb2011/Final%20copy%20of%20working%20draft-10

Re: [AI] Blind man drives car independently

2011-02-04 Thread Prashant Verma
Moreover the new technologies for substituting sight perception with that of touch, smell and sound may find very useful appplication elsewhere. Many of the technologies that were developed for the space missions are now being used in daily life. -

Re: [AI] AccessibleNews Daisy V3.0 launched

2011-02-03 Thread Prashant Verma
This application creates a text only DAISY book. The output folder contains many SMIL files and files named NCC.HTML and Content.HTML. It does not contain any audio file and therefore it will not play in MP3 players or in ANGEL for that matter. Software players for the PC like AMIS, FS Reader

Re: [AI] Disabled should help enumerators to prepare correct census

2011-01-29 Thread Prashant Verma
The sensitization of the enumerators is being done fairly well at least in Delhi. Many disabled persons have been participating as role models and trainers for conducting the one hour session on the question on disability in the trainings that are happening all over Delhi. I have also conducte

Re: [AI] thai airways

2011-01-22 Thread Prashant Verma
My several trips with this airline has been very pleasant. -- From: "Jean Parker" Sent: Saturday, January 22, 2011 11:58 AM To: Subject: [AI] thai airways Hi: Anyone have recent experience with Thai Airways? I have heard that in the past the

[AI] One law vs Code: both sides of the argument

2011-01-16 Thread Prashant Verma
Dear all, Considering that many of our members are very activily participating or watching the drafting of the new law, I am forwarding two documents for your consideration so that you get both sides of the argument. Below you wil find opinion of Justice A.P. Shah on the question of One law vs

[AI] one law or multiple law for the disabled?

2011-01-16 Thread Prashant Verma
Dear Accessindians, I am forwarding a very well written note by Mr. Prasanna Kumar Pincha on the one law vs multiple laws for the disabled debate which is raging at present. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Dear friends I am enclosing herewith a concise note put together by me based on my

Re: [AI] IT returns - update

2011-01-13 Thread Prashant Verma
An update on our income tax refund case. After waiting for two years, I had filed an RTI asking for status of my case. Within 24 hours of posting the letter I got a call from the Income Tax Officer asking for more details and giving assurance of quick action. Then I received their written reply

[AI] Question for teachers and lecturers

2011-01-06 Thread Prashant Verma
Dear all, I want to know if the blind teachers evaluate examination papers of students and if there are any circulars regarding this at school or university level. Do the teachers get any additional allowances for checking the answer sheets as compared to their sighted counterparts? What about

[AI] Some resources for observing the World Braille Day

2011-01-03 Thread Prashant Verma
Dear all, The Delhi University Equal Opportunity Cell and the Braille Library are observing the World Braille Day today. I have put together some material on Louis Braille which may be of some use to you. You can download them from the following links. http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2875242/Info%20on%

Re: [AI] FW: DAISY Planet for December 2010

2010-12-24 Thread Prashant Verma
DAISY Consortium is an organization based in Switzerland and has limited staff. Employment opportunities mainly lie with the organizations who implement the DAISY standards. One could become a talking book editor, production supervisor or a trainer in the organizations who produce DAISY books.

Re: [AI] BBC Hindi

2010-12-09 Thread Prashant Verma
ied to save it under a word file but it didn't yield any results. - Original Message ----- From: "Prashant Verma" To: Sent: Wednesday, December 08, 2010 3:04 PM Subject: Re: [AI] BBC Hindi The link for playig the current program has changed indeed. I updated them on my websit

Re: [AI] BBC Hindi

2010-12-08 Thread Prashant Verma
The link for playig the current program has changed indeed. I updated them on my website few days earlier. Please get them from the following link under the heading BBC Hindi Radio http://www.prashant.myehome.in -- From: "Ketan Kothari" Sent: We

Re: [AI] Sewell raised line kit

2010-12-08 Thread Prashant Verma
ask saksham on PH: 42411015 -- From: "Kartik Sawhney" Sent: Wednesday, December 08, 2010 2:14 PM To: Subject: [AI] Sewell raised line kit Hi, Does any member have any info about the availability of the Sewell Raised Line Kit in New Delhi? Your

Re: [AI] Hi

2010-12-04 Thread Prashant Verma
The job of any scanner including this click scan is to send an image of the document to the computer. Thereafter, that image can be processed by the softwares of your choice. Fine Reader can certainly make use of such scanners. -- From: "Mohd H

Re: [AI] I-ball ClickScan_Instant Scanner

2010-12-04 Thread Prashant Verma
More similar devices are expected very soon. We are testing a portable scanner which has similar features and is likely to be out in the market in the coming months. More details on ClickScan are given below from its website http://iball.co.in/Product.aspx?s=2 Iball portable scanner named Cli

Re: [AI] FW: Obi 1.2 Provides Increased Performance and Capabilities

2010-12-03 Thread Prashant Verma
get it from http://www.daisy.org/obi/download -- From: "bharatvaya" Sent: Friday, December 03, 2010 10:30 PM To: Subject: Re: [AI] FW: Obi 1.2 Provides Increased Performance and Capabilities from where can I download this software? - Orig

[AI] New PwD act draft

2010-11-22 Thread Prashant Verma
The draft is out for public scrutiny. Get it at http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2875242/new%20draft%20PwD%20act.doc Thanks, Prashant To unsubscribe send a message to accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other chang

Re: [AI] navigation problem in microsoft word.

2010-11-21 Thread Prashant Verma
Dear Sonu, Which antivirus are you using. I had noticed a simlar problem on a laptop where changing the antivirus did the trick. -- From: "sonu yadav" Sent: Sunday, November 21, 2010 2:04 PM To: Subject: [AI] navigation problem in microsoft wor

Re: [AI] Income tax refund problems

2010-11-19 Thread Prashant Verma
I have learnt through many forums that filing a RTI asking for status of your income tax refund application really helps and people get the money within weeks. There is reason to believe that this will work and I will be following this route in my case soon. --

Re: [AI] RTI response from IRCTC and a good news

2010-11-17 Thread Prashant Verma
y. Let us hope and pray for something positive. On 11/15/10, Prashant Verma wrote: Dear all, You will perhaps recall my earlier mails regarding inaccessibility of the Indian Railway reservation system specially the denial of concessional online ticket booking for persons with disabilitie

[AI] RTI response from IRCTC and a good news

2010-11-15 Thread Prashant Verma
Dear all, You will perhaps recall my earlier mails regarding inaccessibility of the Indian Railway reservation system specially the denial of concessional online ticket booking for persons with disabilities. In this context, a close friend Yogesh Taneja had filed a RTI with IRCTC - the agency

[AI] Fw: [DFI] Audio books _Bank Examinations

2010-09-14 Thread Prashant Verma
For your information. From: sastry nori Sent: Wednesday, September 15, 2010 2:26 AM To: daisyforumofin...@googlegroups.com Subject: [DFI] Audio books _Bank Examinations Dear Members of DFI, Most of you are aware that thousands of jobs in banks are being advertised and will be advertised soon

[AI] Invitation to participate in the International Conference on Inclusive Digital Libraries and Information Systems

2010-09-13 Thread Prashant Verma
Greetings An international conference focusing on digital information accessibility and inclusive libraries will happen in New Delhi in October 2010. More than 50 experts from all over the world will make presentations on latest technologies, products and best practices in the field of digita

Re: [AI] Urgent: Reliance Broadband plus help required

2010-09-12 Thread Prashant Verma
Hello, I am using both Reliance and Tata Photon. The important thing to note is that both these companies provide hardware devices from either ZTE or HUAWEI. Depending upon the hardware supplied, you will get a different dialing software. My experience is that HUAWEI of Reliance is partially ac

Re: [AI] AccessIndia Digest, Vol 53, Issue 19

2010-09-05 Thread Prashant Verma
You can consider buying the Buddy Player from Saksham. It is a voice aided talking book player and recorder. -- From: "kannan" Sent: Sunday, September 05, 2010 8:01 PM To: Subject: Re: [AI] AccessIndia Digest, Vol 53, Issue 19 requestation for

Re: [AI] Examinations

2010-09-03 Thread Prashant Verma
Dear Kanchan, Here is another draft that is on the same subject for the University level exams. Exam writing policy for students with disability- 1. The term examination stands for all examinations conducted by the University, the Colleges and the Departments. It would include the f

Re: [AI] Revised BBC WorldService Audio File

2010-08-15 Thread Prashant Verma
Hello, I hope members are aware that many many internet radio channels including BBC Hindi can be listened on the mobile phone through the Your Muze website. All that is required is that 1. you should create a account on www.yourmuze.fm 2. add your favourite channels from the given list or sea

Re: [AI] Best net book available

2010-07-24 Thread Prashant Verma
I have been using a Samsung N210 for two months. I also have a N140 and have very good reports from those who were given N150 on a reduced price through Saksham. Samsung definitely has the best sound and keyboard among the netbooks. Dell netbooks do not have enough sound and HP and Sony netbook

[AI] New courses for PwDs at DU starting soon

2010-07-05 Thread Prashant Verma
. Regards, Prashant Verma --- EQUAL OPPORTUNITY CELL SHORT TERM COURSES DU-NTPC Foundation ICT Training Centre, University of Delhi 2nd August- 11th December, 2010 Courses 1. Sign Language Interpretation (A-Level, B-Level) - Fees Rs. 2000, Eligibility: CLASS 12 2. Communicative English - Fees Rs

Re: [AI] tutorials for MS word and Excel

2010-06-15 Thread Prashant Verma
Hello, You could download such tutorials in text format from the tutorial section of this page. http://www.prashant.myehome.in/down.html Prashant -- From: "Swasti Mathur" Sent: Monday, June 14, 2010 11:12 PM To: Subject: [AI] tutorials for MS

Re: [AI] daisy

2010-06-10 Thread Prashant Verma
Hello, You can download few sample books from this page. http://www.daisy.org/samples You will need a DAISY Player for DAISY Books. You can use FS Reader if you have it installed or download AMIS, a free opensource player from http://www.daisy.org/amis Additionally, you can contact NAB Delhi or j

Re: [AI] daisy

2010-06-10 Thread Prashant Verma
Hello, You can download few sample books from this page. http://www.daisy.org/samples You will need a DAISY Player for DAISY Books. You can use FS Reader if you have it installed or download AMIS, a free opensource player from http://www.daisy.org/amis Additionally, you can contact NAB Delhi or

[AI] Great inspiring story

2010-06-01 Thread Prashant Verma
Dear list, Here is a great story specially for those who are aspiring to become programmers or Managers. The achievements of Avneesh Singh should also give hope to those who have lost eye sight late in their lives. Please visit http://www.daisy.org/stories/avneesh-singh for the article. Congratul

Re: [AI] Seeking techniques for proof reading text

2010-05-21 Thread Prashant Verma
I suggest you do a similar session on "preparing the document for printing" since this generally gets neglected by visually impaired persons because of obvious reasons. The document formatting techniques for Word and Excel with screen reading softwares may be covered here. I can contribute a lit

[AI] Conducting a research among visually impaired

2010-05-18 Thread Prashant Verma
list and rest assured I will not take too much of your time for this project. Regards, Prashant Verma To unsubscribe send a message to accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the

Re: [AI] Circular required

2010-05-14 Thread Prashant Verma
uty on monthly consolidated basis. - Original Message - From: "Prashant Verma" To: Sent: Thursday, May 13, 2010 2:13 PM Subject: [AI] Circular required Dear all, One visually impaired public sector employee is being denied car allowance on the grounds that it is only given for s

[AI] Circular required

2010-05-13 Thread Prashant Verma
Dear all, One visually impaired public sector employee is being denied car allowance on the grounds that it is only given for self driven cars. If anyone has any circular which clarifies this and which could be used for claiming car allowance by visually impaired employees then please forward it

Re: [AI] New PWD Act Committee Members

2010-05-12 Thread Prashant Verma
Hello, I met one of the committee members today and was pleased to know that they are trying to finalize the draft by September this year as the Government wants to table it in the Parliament in the winter session. The member was of the opinion that this will not get delayed by much as everyon

[AI] New I C T workshops and trainings at DU

2010-05-05 Thread Prashant Verma
Dear all, We will be conducting several short trainings and workshops in the next few months. The brief details of these programs is given below. Please contact Equal Opportunity Cell or DU-NTPC Training Centre for further details and application forms on email: e...@du.ac.in and phone: 011 2766

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