Hi all,
Any rough idea what salary is offered for these jobs?
Relocating to Delhi from Vrindavana means also renting a home Etc. I’m trying
to ascertain if it is economical.
Thanks.
From: NAB Delhi Helpline
Sent: Thursday, August 17, 2023 10:30 AM
To: AccessIndia: a list for discussing
Hi George,
I just listened to the podcast featuring you with Lois from South Africa. Very
nicely structured and your story is very compelling and inspiring. People
looking for encouragement and upliftment will do well just listening to your
story. I certainly did at perhaps a low point in my
If such a law can be mandated would be excellent, but I suspect for that to
happen will require the right legal professionals in very high places, very
committed to the case. Getting the right thing done usually requires hard
struggle. Such is the world we live in generally. Think of anything:
Does India have an organization that scans to OCR books for the blind? You
might want to consider such an option.
Even private individuals can do it at a small fee with software such as Fine
Reader, Openbook and others (these days there may be other more accurate OCR
software than I know about
Hi,
Can I propose that we have a way of excluding sighted people from exploiting
the free sponsorship at the expense of honestly blind people?
Sighted people who pay generate income for this project.
May be someone on this list who knows the membership could verify blindness
before onboarding
abominable than that.
I am not of the opinion that the west is the best but am simply against
hypocrisy.
On Sun, Aug 13, 2023 at 3:57 PM Yamuna Jivana dasa (Yogan Khandoo)
wrote:
No that is not discrimination. It is culture at its best. The West promotes
free mixing of sexes as normal. It’s
No that is not discrimination. It is culture at its best. The West promotes
free mixing of sexes as normal. It’s not normal. And this is coming from a VI
male BTW. Let female teachers teach female students if that is what the
institution desires. It’s not inappropriate, discriminatory Etc.
Hi,
I just wrote the following E-mail to the Biped developers. Not sure how many
of you will agree with me, but this is my opinion. You're welcome to share
thoughts either way.
Hi,I just listened to a demo of the Biped device. One problem I foresee is
that when a blind person walks around
.
From: accessindia@accessindia.org.in On Behalf
Of Yamuna Jivana Dasa (Yogan Khandoo)
Sent: Tuesday, August 8, 2023 11:07 AM
To: accessindia@accessindia.org.in
Subject: Re: [AI] Reflections on the First Access Collective Meet
CAUTION: This email is originated from outside Canara Bank. Do
could give me a call on 011 45500380.
I look forward to connecting with you.
Best,
George
From: accessindia@accessindia.org.in On Behalf
Of Yamuna Jivana Dasa (Yogan Khandoo)
Sent: 08 August 2023 10:31
To: accessindia@accessindia.org.in
Subject: Re: [AI] Reflections on the First
First Access Collective Meet
Very nice recording. Did I read right about you being the singer in the video ?
Best,
George
From: accessindia@accessindia.org.in On Behalf
Of Yamuna Jivana Dasa (Yogan Khandoo)
Sent: 07 August 2023 14:00
To: accessindia@accessindia.org.in
Subject: R
Hi,
This sounds interesting. Is this held somewhere in India?
The song was professionally produced. Well done. Very modern and although it’s
not my style of production I acknowledge it was very much in line with the
music of today.
A little off-topic, but my complaint about modern English music
is
fully accessible with limited functionality.
On 8/4/23, Yamuna Jivana Dasa (Yogan Khandoo) wrote:
> Hi Pranav,
> You say it is possible to use the bank’s interface to pay the bill.
> Do they send you a link by E-mail or something like that which takes you to
> the pay
th limited functionality.
On 8/4/23, Yamuna Jivana Dasa (Yogan Khandoo) wrote:
Hi Pranav,
You say it is possible to use the bank’s interface to pay the bill.
Do they send you a link by E-mail or something like that which takes you
to
the payment gateway of your Bank to login and pay from there? Or p
google pay app is just fine,
however g pay has not wallet unlike paytm. You can link your rupay credit
cards in both the apps for seemless qr scan payment at the stores. In case
you might have further specific question, you are welcome. .
On 8/4/23, Yamuna Jivana Dasa (Yogan Khandoo) wrote
Anybody here used both PayTM and Google Pay?
I’ve never used either of them and would like some comparison regarding which
platform is:
1. Most accessible to Talkback or Jaws;
2. Used by most providers in India such as Government Electricity and gas
supplier, phone companies Etc.
Any thoughts
Hi Pranav,
You say it is possible to use the bank’s interface to pay the bill.
Do they send you a link by E-mail or something like that which takes you to the
payment gateway of your Bank to login and pay from there? Or please say how you
would do it from the bank directly? If I remember
:11 PM, Yamuna Jivana Dasa (Yogan Khandoo) wrote:
Hi friends,
Anybody here using Airtel Fibre?
The Airtel Thanks App is inaccessible to Talkback. How do you make payments
for services such as your monthly Fibre premiums without sighted help?
I tried using the website airtel.in
Hi friends,
Anybody here using Airtel Fibre?
The Airtel Thanks App is inaccessible to Talkback. How do you make payments for
services such as your monthly Fibre premiums without sighted help?
I tried using the website airtel.in but functionality seems to be limited and
they are using the web
Respected greetings.
If this could be dubbed into English would be a great learning tool between
English and Hindi, while learning a lot about the cultural aspects too. I would
personally love that, if at all possible.
Just my wishlist!
Kind regards
Yamuna Jivana Dasa
From: Vedprakash Sharma
Pranav wrote:
You will need to practice moving your head to scan your surroundings
because the camera has a narrow field of view. This is something to get
used to. It is sort of similar to swinging your cane. >
Now that doesn't sound too difficult for someone like me. I'm always told to
stop
Hi,
Is KIBO scanner freeware, a once-off paid product or a subscription service?
I will never take subscription service software - I find those a severe
nuicense on one's financial life. Fortunately we are still living in a world
that has not *yet* migrated only to subscription-based software.
Hi,
It is not possible to load a screen-reader into memory early enough in the
boot process to make the bios accessible via screen-reader. Sighted help
will be required to select boot order priority from Bios.
However once you are booting from the install media such as a bootable
memory stick
Dear Friends,
I also include my voice in congratulating all concerned on this success.
While it is heart-warming to hear this news I also acknowledge the hard
struggles it takes those involved to reach the winning post, and wish that
things could be more simple for good things to be given a way
Hi,
How can I belong to a support institution for the Blind? What are the steps for
this? I live in Vrindavan, Mathura, UP.
Also where can I apply for UDID?
Thanks.
Yamuna Jivana dasa
From: Kanchan Pamnani
Sent: Monday, June 19, 2023 6:27 PM
To: AccessIndia: a list for discussing accessibility
Hi,
Link doesn’t work.
Yamuna Jivana Dasa
From: harish kotian
Sent: Thursday, June 15, 2023 4:20 PM
To: accessindia@accessindia.org.in
Subject: [AI] Voice cloning, sounds so real
Hi
AI has made life interesting and useful in so many ways. On the up side we will
get to see our TTS sound
Dear Vishnu,
VLC Media Player has a real-time volume leveller.
As the audio passes through it, the dynamic compressor will level the audio to
the desired same value before outputting it to the sound card of your computer.
This means you don’t have to adjust the recorded volume of each audio file
will search mor option for you.
Regards
Sourabh Mishra
From: accessindia@accessindia.org.in On
Behalf Of Yamuna Jivana dasa (Yogan)
Sent: 01 May 2023 12:44
To: accessindia@accessindia.org.in
Subject: Re: [AI] Chat GPT can help us blind folks learn new languages
very
effectively!
Hi Anirudh
ubject: Re: [AI] Screen-reader language detection between Hindi and English
next time, when you come up with these queries, give us the clue about
the platform and the device, so our experts may help you better.
On 5/11/23, Yamuna Jivana dasa (Yogan) wrote:
Hi Friends,
Does anyone know if it i
can use on
Websites to indicate language change, but that will only probably work on
web-pages, and only if the screen-reader supports the language being changed to.
Kind regards,
Yamuna Jivana Dasa
From: Yamuna Jivana dasa (Yogan)
Sent: Thursday, May 11, 2023 4:08 PM
To: accessindia
I’ll send you the book off-list now. That I can definitely give you. Anyone
else interested contact me off-list. It is in Text format, and we even found a
way to replace all the sanskrit diacritics with standard text.
Once you read the actual texts, you will see what an English screen-reader
Hi,
I will keep your details. I also will be learning Reaper with Jaws and
Osara, but in a year or so from now when I buy a computer, audio interface
and all new studio geer here in India. Before coming I sold up and gave away
everything I owned. Felt like a naked sannyasi at the time,
?
Thanks
-Original Message-
From: accessindia@accessindia.org.in On
Behalf Of Yamuna Jivana dasa (Yogan)
Sent: Tuesday, May 9, 2023 4:05 PM
To: accessindia@accessindia.org.in
Subject: Re: [AI] Braille Bhagavad-gita
CAUTION: This email is originated from outside Canara Bank. Do not click
Dear Friends,
The Bhaktivedanta Book Trust in South Africa are interested in finding out
whether Bhagavad-gita is available in English Braille, particularly the
edition published by A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Srila Prabhupada. Preferably
the purports must be included as well.
Any feedback will
NAB Delhi team
I would have also loved to be a part of the workshop, but am located in
Mumbai.
Hoping that we are able to have the recording.
Was also wondering if there is any scope to have an online session after
this.
Thank you
regards
Penny
On 5/8/23, Yamuna Jivana dasa (Yog
This is so wonderful Guys! I pray that one day I can be part of these sort of
conventions. It will give my otherwise feeling of hopelessness some excitement
and meaning.
Kind regards,
Yamuna Jivana dasa
From: NAB Delhi Helpline
Sent: Thursday, May 04, 2023 3:22 PM
To: nabhelpline ;
a comprehensive reply by chat GPT?
really amazed!
however, the important thing to note here is that any language needs to be
learnt in a structured manner as opposed to the mere translation method.
I guess that is difficult with chat GPT.
On Sat, Apr 29, 2023 at 9:32 PM Yamuna Jivana dasa (Yogan
of the content is in English.
If we had 100% internet connectivity, I would submit that language is not a
barrier since you could use translator apps.
Pranav
From: accessindia@accessindia.org.in On Behalf
Of Yamuna Jivana dasa (Yogan)
Sent: Sunday, April 30, 2023 7:23 PM
To: accessindia
that is difficult with chat GPT.
On Sat, Apr 29, 2023 at 9:32 PM Yamuna Jivana dasa (Yogan)
wrote:
Hi Friends,
As you can imagine, learning a new language in a sighted world is slightly
more challenging for us because we miss the visual queues people give while
speaking, such as pointing to objects
Hi Friends,
As you can imagine, learning a new language in a sighted world is slightly
more challenging for us because we miss the visual queues people give while
speaking, such as pointing to objects while saying its name, or performing
an action visually while saying what it is, Etc.
This is
Vedprakash Sharma Wrote:
Do not take such prejudices seriously. Many other groups in society also
experience the same... All those who cannot speak English are backwards.
... >
Wow I did not know that! Here in India people feel this way generally? And
here I come from being born outside of
print screen.
Thanks & Regards,
Deepak
From: accessindia@accessindia.org.in On Behalf
Of Yamuna Jivana dasa (Yogan)
Sent: Monday, April 17, 2023 7:35 PM
To: accessindia@accessindia.org.in
Subject: Re: [AI] pdf reader.
What I hate most about PDF and how it gets displayed in virtual cu
What I hate most about PDF and how it gets displayed in virtual cursor or
browse mode, is that most often documents are not formatted properly for
accessibility. In those cases, reading cells of a table using table reading
commands will read an entire column or row when focused on a single
Hi,
You may need to clear your cache in Google Chrome in case it has some dated
login to the server. Then close the browser and re-open it and try again.
Also, at this point use the direct link: https://chat.openai.com
Hope this helps.
Yamuna Jivana Dasa
From: Tanmay Srivastava
Sent:
of me for real!
Yamuna Jivana Dasa
From: Harish Kotian
Sent: Friday, April 07, 2023 10:03 AM
To: Yamuna Jivana dasa (Yogan) ; accessindia@accessindia.org.in
Subject: Re: [AI] Chat-gpt response on a query how to make a blind person
understand the concept of colours
Hi Yamuna
CG is a text
stomach.
Yamuna Jivana Dasa
From: Harish Kotian
Sent: Thursday, April 06, 2023 4:51 PM
To: accessindia@accessindia.org.in ; Yamuna Jivana dasa (Yogan)
Subject: Re: [AI] Chat-gpt response on a query how to make a blind person
understand the concept of colours
Hi
You are correct in your comments
Wow! So this is formulated by Chat GPT, huh?
That bloody thing is really amazing! Perhaps off-topic for here, but I really
would like to understand how it formulates its responses: from search-engine
matches, or by its own learning and formulation of responses. I was told it’s
the latter, and
Dear Harish Bhai,
Very nice explanation. However I would reconsider words like “understand” and
“Comprehend”, replacing those with words like “associations” or “Analogy” Etc.
I say this because we must be clear to the sighted world, and even the totally
blind who have seen before, that it is
Just to say Guys,
While I am excited about some of the newer releases of NVDA, I’ve taken a vow
to only download my next update only when I can offer a donation.
Unfortunately after that I lost a lot of money moving to India when my wife was
hospitalized for a month, and then on my home purchase
Hi Friends,
I'm trying to select and copy out text between let's say three very long
chapters in a Word document.
I cannot seem to do this. Using Extended Selection Mode (F8), my intention
is to find the start point in the document which is the beginning of say
Chapter 2 using Control F to
interface with the authorities you are
struggling with.
Is there a way we can speak? I am reachable on 9892622230. Thank
you.
Sent from my iPhone
On 18-Mar-2023, at 12:55 PM, Yamuna Jivana dasa (Yogan)
wrote:
Dear Muralidharan,
ear Yamuna,
Now a days, validity of recharge is based upon days but not on
balance amount in the mobile. You can contact 198 for your queries /
complaints on your mobile operator.
On 3/22/23, Yamuna Jivana dasa (Yogan) wrote:
Hi Folks,
I’m adding one more item to this list which I forgot in m
interface with the authorities you are struggling with.
Is there a way we can speak? I am reachable on 9892622230. Thank you.
Sent from my iPhone
On 18-Mar-2023, at 12:55 PM, Yamuna Jivana dasa (Yogan)
wrote:
Dear Muralidharan,
023, at 12:55 PM, Yamuna Jivana dasa (Yogan)
wrote:
Dear Muralidharan,
Thank you for taking up these matters. I pray you meet some success.
In India it seems a lot of this is going on: They make something inaccessible
to achieve, manditory to achieve. Everyb
Dear Friends,
A global problem being described here is really all about finding ways to
hold people accountable by causing them some severe consequence if they do
not make necessary provisions available.
Whether or not it is high-level Government officials or heads of educational
institutions
Dear Muralidharan,
Thank you for taking up these matters. I pray you meet some success. In India
it seems a lot of this is going on: They make something inaccessible to
achieve, manditory to achieve. Everybody should have 5 biscuits each from the
packet of biscuits, but there is an empty
Hi, I forgot to send the link in my original message. Please find it this
time below. Thanks.
https://github.com/s3thi/devanagari-qwerty
Yamuna Jivana Dasa
-Original Message-
From: Yamuna Jivana dasa (Yogan)
Sent: Sunday, March 12, 2023 11:45 AM
To: accessindia@accessindia.org.in
DV Qwerty is a keyboard layout which builds the Devanagari keyboard based on
English letter sound equivalents.
Modifications of sounds not present in English phonetics are substituted
with the shift key, Alt keys and Alt Shift keys added to numbers and
letters.
Anyway better you read the
is very good. If posible, pl make seperate
tutorials on how to record with the help of Sonar Producer edition and
Jaws.
On 3/6/23, Yamuna Jivana dasa (Yogan) wrote:
On the topic of audio editing, here is a segment of Simple Living Higher
Thinking, a show that I am currently producing for South
f Yamuna Jivana dasa (Yogan)
Sent: 08 March 2023 06:36
To: accessindia@accessindia.org.in
Subject: [AI] My gender clarification
Dear Access India list members,
On a few occasions on this list, people have been conjecturing whether I am
male or female, because the name Yamuna appears in my Vaishnav
ver, you have not made it clear whether you and your wife are
visually impaired or you are simply serving the vidually impaired.
- Original Message -
From: "Yamuna Jivana dasa (Yogan)"
To:
Sent: Wednesday, March 08, 2023 6:35 AM
Subject: [AI] My gender clarification
Dear Acce
On
Behalf Of Yamuna Jivana dasa (Yogan)
Sent: 08 March 2023 06:36 AM
To: accessindia@accessindia.org.in
Subject: [AI] My gender clarification
Dear Access India list members,
On a few occasions on this list, people have been conjecturing whether I
am
male or female, because the name Yamuna
ile No. is:
9013000251
-Original Message-
From: accessindia@accessindia.org.in On
Behalf Of Yamuna Jivana dasa (Yogan)
Sent: 08 March 2023 06:36 AM
To: accessindia@accessindia.org.in
Subject: [AI] My gender clarification
Dear Access India list members,
On a few occasions on this list, people have b
Hi,
Although I've never used this Tax website interface before, you are
describing something I have definitely seen before, where with PC ccursor on
a web page if you hit an otherwise inaccessible button, you get taken
totally out of the web page and land in either another opened application
Dear Access India list members,
On a few occasions on this list, people have been conjecturing whether I am
male or female, because the name Yamuna appears in my Vaishnava diksha name.
I thought I might as well take the time to clarify.
At my birth, my parents named me Yoganathan. My family
Dear Brother Mukesh,
Thanks for this link. I have started listening to the content. There is a
lot of valuable information you provide and I definitely want to study it
more closely.
One small problem is the quality of the audio is very poor, making some of
the content hard to hear and
s is truly inspiring.
Thank you for sharing this segment with me, and I wish you all the
best in your future endeavors.
Sincerely,
Kallem Pavan.
9908541321
On 3/6/23, Yamuna Jivana dasa (Yogan) wrote:
On the topic of audio editing, here is a segment of Simple Living Higher
Thinking, a show that I am
Hi Friends,
The below was sent to:
n...@airtel.com
Hi,
We bought Rs 20 Talktime, but it does not allow making calls. When Airtel
advertises this talktime package they do not inform customers that it can
only be used in conjunction with another package, and if this the case then
there is lack of
Hi Kannan,
You wrote:
> I am a musician taking online music classes for foreign settlers of India. >
Do you mean you are teaching Indian music to foreigners entering India or are
you taking classes from foreigners who settled in India?
Let’s talk. What DAW are you using, and is it with
Hare Krishna.
That is exactly what I have been doing since 1996. I am a music producer and
ran a studio called Gaura Records for many years.
I might be able to help you get started, but only once I am settled here in
India. At the moment I'm just all over the place and my mind is not peaceful
Hi friends,
Please can someone suggest who to call to buy a 3-wheeler scooter? I’ve been
researching and found Amo Jaunty 3-wheeler, Warivo three-wheeler brands, but
nobody willing to sell them to us here in Vrindavana, not even a willing
distributor from Mathura city.
Of course we cannot drive
Dear Prashant Naik Sir,
This is great to learn. However it is important to educate the ground staff.
Here in Vrindavan for example they still believe that a blind person cannot
open a bank account at Union Bank, unless that account is a joint account with
a sighted individual. For this reason
Hi That’s good to learn.
Is it possible to get Whatsapp scripts for earlier versions of Jaws and to
install into those versions? I’m running Jaws 2020 and 2022.
Also would be interesting to check if someone has written addins for NVDA for
Whatsapp Desktop. I’ll have to check the Addins page.
Hi,
These Windows 7 TTS voices sound great, but how responsive are they with
keyboard echo responsiveness? That we will only know when using them, I guess.
Have you tried? If so please share your feedback. I doubt they can be installed
on older versions of Windows: Windows 7 to 10?
The best
Hi Pranav,
You wrote:
... You can then do pattern recognition in your head and determine what
you are looking at. The electrical signals that your brain gets when
hearing these sounds are the same as those it gets when receiving light
from organic eyes. >
Wow, this sounds fantastically
Hi,
Obviously things are moving ahead from the dinosaur days to which I belong.
In my time, the way I've always known it, these captcha solving cannot be
resolved by us because they deliberately make the visuals so difficult to
identify so that bots can't scan the images with a meaningful
Hi Friends,
Has anyone had any success using the Airtel Thanks App with Talkback or Voice
Assistant on Android platforms? When I open the App and swipe around, I’m
getting garbage feedback on a Samsung Galaxy J8.
This phone is somewhat weird because it has separate Talkback and Voice
Assistant
Hi friends,
as y'all know I'm new in India. What is UDID card? What is PwDs? India uses
all these acronyms I need to learn!
In India do blind people have any sort of privileged rights such as special
rates on public transport, queues in hospitals, disability grant Etc?
Thanks.
Yamuna
/better-hindi-typing-on-windows-using-devanagari-qwerty/
Kind regards,
Yamuna Jivana dasa
Yamuna Jivana Dasa
-Original Message-
From: Yamuna Jivana dasa (Yogan)
Sent: Saturday, December 24, 2022 5:29 PM
To: accessindia@accessindia.org.in
Subject: Re: [AI] Learning Hindi, TTS and Devanagari
Hi,
Thanks for the link from fifty languages. I downloaded the 100 lessons audio
files and started listening to them. I suspect this will definitely help get
me started learning some Hindi. I have great respect for someone speaking a
language they were not using at home. I hope I will become
Hi,
I wrote about this in my computer literacy training course which I designed
while teaching in South Africa. Here's the extract you might find useful as
per your query, but please understand you will need to know how to navigate
dialog boxes and the ribbon menu using the screen-reader
PM
To: accessindia@accessindia.org.in
Subject: Re: [AI] Learning Hindi, TTS and Devanagari typing
all screen readers reads hindi.
Lekha is the best synthesiser in hindi.
Windows10 or 11 has many hindi keyboards we can install from regional
and languages option and try.
On 23/12/2022, Yamuna Jivana d
Dear friends,
As you know I’m just newly in India, and I really wish to learn some Hindi. My
sighted family are able to learn quite quickly because they interact with the
sighted world, and so by various visual queues, reading of subtitles in Hindi
movies and others they have the learning
Friends,
There are always intelligent, thoughtful and broad-minded people out there,
even in India.
But like anything in this world, the good is harder to find.
The right person will come along, either for your sighted sibling or for
yourself. Take heart. And pray while dedicating oneself to
I am very happy to meet a blind community in India consisting of people who
seem to care for each other, to support and comfort each other through these
challenges.
This is very encouraging. Way to go everyone. Way to go!
Hugs,
Yamuna Jivana dasa
-Original Message-
From: Sandeep
Ah Sorry for my previous message - I did not see you were looking for the
pre-install speech. But still, I think you might be able to do this with
Narrator from the Windows Installer Runtime environment. Just google
"Installing Windows with Narrator" and you should come up with something
Hi,
If you want to use a built-in screen-reader in Windows 11, Windows comes
natively with speech called Narrator, and it is much improved from the
Windows 7 version of that screen-reader so give it a try.
The shortcut to enable Narrator in Windows is Control Windows Enter. If that
fails then
because of the residency criteria, as a foreigner you will have to be a
resident for 182 days, give me a call will discuss about this
With kind regards,
Sagar.
7696079483.
Above ive provided my Indian number
Sent from my iPhone
On 19 Dec 2022, at 16:10, Yamuna Jivana dasa (Yogan)
wrote
find
the address and go there.
On 12/19/22, Yamuna Jivana dasa (Yogan) wrote:
Dear Access India community,
I am a new blind community member, having immigrated into India only a
month
ago from South Africa, my country of birth.
I now live in Vrindavana Mathura. I am trying to purchase a home
This may not be the answer you are looking for, but if you really cannot do
it with the Windows 10 Video editing App, then try using Camtasia Studio. It
is quite accessible. I used Version 8.4.4. I have not done transitions
myself since I can't really varify without sighted help how they look
Dear Access India community,
I am a new blind community member, having immigrated into India only a month
ago from South Africa, my country of birth.
I now live in Vrindavana Mathura. I am trying to purchase a home, but require
Aadhaar card for this. The problem is that when I approached the
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