All:
I am seeking the contact info of a web development team in Pune comprised of
several blind graduates of the Symbiosis Institute. I was in contact with
them a year ago but lost their contact info in a computer crash.
Any help appreciated,
Jean
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Suddently the jaws find command is not working. Any ideas?
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I am trying to send Braille and recorded materials to the US from India.
The Pune post office keeps saying the free material designation can not be
used to send things outside of India. Why is it that we can send our
talking books to the US with no problem and they impose this rule?
This
All:
Is anyone in India doing either Mac or I phone training?
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Hi:
What I do about that is to remove the oil from the bag when it comes from
the shop and put it into a bottle of some kind. Then you can more
accurately put the oil where you want it.
Hope that helps,
Jean
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to be used for a particular preparation. These
fit very well into the oil containers and aren't messy either. I have used
them effectively and with no trouble.
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Hi:
The electric lighters found on some stoves are good and make the job easier.
You just have to remember to change the battery or they won't work.
If you don't have one you must use a stove lighter to get the job done.
Here is what I found though. I am one who does put the pot
Varun:
I teach online in the Graduate School of Professional Studies for a US
university. I would be happy to speak with you further about your project.
You can contact me at:
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Hi:
I am glad you like the document and find it helpful. Also, many thanks for
the format changes.
Jean
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Sent: Saturday, January 14, 2012 5:41 AM
Subject
All:
I second whoever it was that mentioned GW skype. I tried skype 5 with the
scripts and found it quite difficult to use. GW skype on the other hand is
totally accessible and interacts with skype. The only thing it doesn't do is
send sms messages but I just open up the regular skype 5 for
Something else to keep in mind is to have a backup plan in case the
audio/visual equipment doesn't work. There is nothing more annoying than to
attend a presentation and an unreasonable amount of time is wasted fiddling
with the projector, computer or whatever. Even if you do have the time
Colleagues:
Several weeks ago I wrote to this list to inquire whether India's free matter
for the blind rules had been changed. I had attempted to send a package
containing Braille and recorded material to the US from India. I had tried at
both the Kondhwa post office in Pune as well as from
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Subject: Re: [AI] problem sending free matter again
it is still continued. here is the rule:
Concession on Postage for blind literature
Blind Literature packets
Vanessa and All:
Your points are well thought out and extremely relevant. Thank you for sharing
them.
Jean
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I am also getting dropbox 404 when I try to download the Android presentation.
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Recently I attempted to send some braille and recorded materials using the Free
Matter for the Blind facility. I was told by the people at the GPO in Pune
that this facility doesn't exist anymore. Is this true?
If it is or it isn't can someone send me the official policy stating that the
All:
I am seeking names of reputable web site developers who can work in joomla and
word press. Experience with accessibility is an added bonus.
Off list replies are fine.
Thanks in advance,
Jean
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All:
Very sorry to clutter the list but I need to get in touch with Raybann in
Delhi. Emails are coming back and I don't have a mobile number. Any help is
appreciated.
Again, sorry for the clutter but all other attempts to contact him have been
unsuccessful.
Jean
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All:
I have completed work on the long cane document. Prior to making it available
though, it must be formatted and I don't have time just now to do that. If
anyone is able to take that on please write to me off list.
Jean
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Prateek:
Excellent list and one we can all learn from and keep in mind. I would add one
thing and that is to try to arrive a little early for the event so as to become
oriented to the venue in advance. Also, learn the basics about where things
are such as toilets, water/food, exhibits or
Vetri:
Indeed you are correct that lack of mobility training is a huge problem in
India. However, blind people can not rely on this or that government agency to
solve the problem. This will not happen in our lifetime.
In some countries mobility and other blindness skills training has been
it in a dropbox and post the link on Access India. Then anyone
who wants it can download it.
Jean
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Sent: Wednesday, September 28, 2011 8:46 AM
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Dear All:
In reading the many postings about mobility, sighted guides and canes, it is
apparent that many people on this list have never had any formal training in
use of the white cane. I am thinking of those who have posted who have become
blind in adulthood or are from rural areas where
vamshi:
This is a great story and is exactly what is meant by independent mobility. It
does not mean going everywhere by yourself.
Jean
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Mahesh:
Thanks for bringing this up. What we know as the independent living movement
began in the US and later spread to Europe and elsewhere. It was a way for
people with disabilities to reject their identity as medical mistakes and
reinvent themselves as a minority group experiencing
Tips on the end of canes that is.
For many years I have used a tip called a rolling ball. It is different than
the mushroom or marshmallow tips that some people have because the ball is
larger in diameter and hollow. The end of the cane is kept on the ground and
the ball rolls back and forth
You are welcome. We are all here to exchange ideas and learn from each
other.
Jean
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Sent: Saturday, September 24, 2011 2:42 PM
Subject: Re: [AI] tips
Srinivasu and all:
Contrary to your statement I very much do ask for assistance at conference
venues and other places where independent mobility can be a challenge. I then
use that information to get myself where I want to go. I synthesize everything
I know, hear and experience about a place
Friends:
A few clarifications about sighted guide technique. It's purpose is to enable
a blind person to walk beside a sighted person and get information such as
steps, turns, or when a space is narrow and the blind person must go behind the
sighted person. The blind person holds the arm of
George:
Congratulations on your project of educating eye doctors and other medical
people about blindness. I seem to remember that one of the American consumer
groups compiled some written materials for this purpose. I wonder if those
booklets could be obtained, rewritten for the Indian
All:
Which is the Talks key on the e 51?
Jean
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I have been asked by several people, both off list and on, to clarify my
posting regarding the viability of guide dogs in India. Please read my entire
post below, before commenting as this is not a simple question. It is a long
post but I don't post that often so I'll make up here
Friends:
I had a guide dog for many years in the US. I can tell you that it would be
next to impossible to utilize the services of a dog effectively in India for
many, many reasons. Training a guide dog is not the same thing as training a
police dog and the police dog trainer is correct to
only.
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All:
I can't get my gprs to stay disconnected on my e 72. I have reviewed all the
settings I can think of and set them to manually connect but it keeps insisting
on connecting automatically costing money and wasting battery life. Any ideas?
Jean
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Hi:
Thanks all for your suggestions. I suspect it is the nokia email which got
activated by accident a couple of weeks ago. I have looked in the installed
aps but can't find it. Any suggestions about how to disable it?
As always, many thanks,
Jean
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From an earlier message:
The Microsoft chief, who was addressing a developers' meet in Tokyo,
also said that the upgraded Windows Phone 7 -- to be announced -- will
also have 500 new features.
But are any of those features actually things people want?
Jean
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I am looking for current contact info for Anuradha Mohit.
Email and valid phone number preferred.
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Jean Parker
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The following advertisement should put this question to rest once and for all:
KNFB Reader Mobile Packaged with Nokia E72 and Screen Reader for $1,395
Over at our sister site, A T Guys offers a KNFB Reader Mobile package with a
Nokia E72 cell phone and your choice of Talks or Mobile Speak for $
Yes the knfb reader works well with the e72. I don't know about the other
phone you mentioned but they have a list of supported phones on their web site.
Sometimes it goes out of date though so it's best to email their tech support
to ask about a specific phone. They are responsive and they
Hi:
I use it every day and it works. Pranav is also using it with e72. If you
email knfb directly they will also tell you that it works with e72.
Jean
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All:
Does anyone have a contact at Nokia, preferably at the highest senior level?
Many thanks,
Jean
Prashant:
Thanks for responding. I wasn't sure as there have been problems in the
past or so I have heard. I'll keep my fingers crossed.
Jean
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Hi:
Anyone have recent experience with Thai Airways? I have heard that in the past
they have exhibited bad behavior to blind people but don't know if there have
been recent adjustments.
Jean
Harish:
Do you know if this is accessible? Also, I checked the web site and it only
has android version. Is there a separate sym version or does the same version
work on all the phones?
Jean
All:
Just to clarify, the question is about a specific script known as the English
phonetic alphabet. Its purpose is to render a visual representation of sounds
in English.
I have also encountered this problem in studying for my certification in
teaching English as a foreign language. I
are in place to get them
hired at existing stations?
Jean Parker, Independent Radio Journalist
Pune, India
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All:
For anyone who is interested there is a podcast on the blind cool tech site
with a demonstration of the new release of mobilespeak with ovi maps.
Harish one thing I would like to have is a comparison between the information
given by talks 5 and by mobilespeak. That way we would know how
Harish:
I need some points clarified.
1. What is the gps application you are using? How much does it cost and where
do we download it?
2. How does what you described compare with the news about mobile speak and
nokia maps?
3. After all the installations have been done how long does it
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From: Jeevaraj
To: Jean Parker ; accessindia@accessindia.org.in
Sent: Saturday, November 13, 2010 1:03 PM
Subject: Re: [AI] windows explorer question
hello
i hope, it will help you out
press insert S, where you getting problom. set that in to Highlighted
an annoyance really
and has been since the beginning.
I would be interested in what settings give you the ability to resume
reading where you left off in the list?
Jean
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just after
the deleted file.
I hope that answers your question and again, thanks for any help.
Jean
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To: Jean Parker radiofore...@gmail.com; accessindia@accessindia.org.in
Sent: Friday, November 12, 2010 10:29 PM
Subject: Re
All:
Ever since I installed internet explorer 8 on my computer, a strange thing is
happening when I open the browser. Sometimes a list appears containing web
sites or ftp sites I have visited in the past. It blocks all the text on the
page and makes it useless. This does not happen all the
Many thanks. Indeed, that seems to have fixed the problem.
Jean
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To: Jean Parker radiofore...@gmail.com; accessindia@accessindia.org.in
Sent: Friday, November 12, 2010 11:45 AM
Subject: Re: [AI] jaws and ie 8
Respected
Dear All:
Now a question about windows explorer. Let's suppose you are arrowing through
a list of files, and you want to delete one or move it or something. After
taking that action, jaws begins reading the list from the top. In a list
containing dozens or hundreds of files this is very
Sorry folks, the standard in the world is that blind people use their
signatures. Take a pen and a paper and have someone go over the movements of
the pen for your signature until you can replicate on your own. First try it
without the signature guide in order to understand how the letters
I am a writer and radio producer. I travel extensively to write stories and
interview people.
Jean
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Sent: Thursday, January 01, 2004 12:39 AM
Subject
I do not have enough information about the particular situation under
discussion to make any specific comments. But I do know there is often a double
standard among work colleagues. When there is no disability involved group
cooperation is known as team work, But when a disability enters the
A lot of people use it for labeling CD collections, books, or other uses
where there is a lot of print material on many items. On RNIB's web site
there is a list of things people use it for.
Jean
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To: Jean Parker
All:
Being independent in one's mobility does not mean never utilizing the
assistance of others. Actually, it means quite the opposite. To be
independently mobile, one uses one's mobility skills which might include, cane,
listening, asking for and using information about one's location,
Further to my previous posting, here are some other things to consider.
Many of you know that my work requires a lot of travel both inside India and to
other parts of the world. The fact is that I could not do my job if I lived in
North America. Why? Because there is inadequate transport and
I promise this is the last for a while and I will return to my usual observer
status.
About asking for assistance, I am a good cane traveler. I have good mobility
skills and have taught others. But, each time I cross the road in front of my
building I ask for assistance. There is no signal,
Well I'm laughing outloud at your comparison!
The best would be if we are independent and effective at the same time.
Jean
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Sent: Monday, September 27
If you take someone's arm to cross a road for example, you are agreeing that
for whatever reason, vision is needed to do the task. Having made that
decision then, you have chosen to rely on another's judgment for both of your
safety. This is a tricky thing because on one hand we are saying we
That would also be a good question to ask on the Blind Cool Tech mailing list.
If you google blind cool tech you will find their web page and subscription
info.
There are different synthetic voices as well so you don't have to always read
with Eloquence which is the voice Jaws uses. Some
Mahendra:
Are you using the Money to India site? If so, perhaps you could give me a
tutorial via skype or something. I just can't make the thing work.
Jean
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Mahesh:
While I understand that such attitudes can and do come from ignorance and that
personal re-education of the boss may have been in order, I find it difficult
to believe this individual made these comments without deliberate and
calculated planning. Ok, maybe you could have
Depends on what you want to accomplish. Icici web interface for transferring
funds internationally is miserable.
Jean
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Could we please up-date our language? Referring to people as deaf and dumb
is not only inaccurate but insulting.
Jean
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Keep dreaming.
Jean
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Sent: Thursday, May 06, 2010 10:47 AM
Subject: Re: [AI] Committee to draft new disability law.
Rajesh half a decade is 5 years. My bet is 2 years. Lets se when the
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To: mrmukeshsha...@gmail.com; accessindia@accessindia.org.in
Subject: Re: [AI] Seeking techniques for proof reading text
All:
The US-based National Federation of the Blind has an email list for
their
writers division. I know that a number
All:
The US-based National Federation of the Blind has an email list for their
writers division. I know that a number of people in that division work as
copy editors. They might have additional info about how they do detailed
proofreading.
There is also a list for blind journalists on
Send them here as well please.
Jean
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From: Subramani L lsubram...@deccanherald.co.in
To: accessindia@accessindia.org.in
Sent: Thursday, April 29, 2010 10:35 PM
Subject: Re: [AI] Seeking techniques for proof reading text
You will have to use a different technique
All:
I recently upgraded to the latest version of free avast and noticed that the
very accessible interface of previous versions has been replaced by a most
unfriendly one. I had been considering purchasing the full version but I am
having second thoughts now. If anyone has the latest
You said:
Caste, religion etc. can't be identified without a certificate, but
disability can be identified by the very presence of the person. So,
I don't know how and why we want to hide this aspect
.
What if it is a hidden or invisible disability? The presence of the person
would neither
A hidden disability is not one that is hidden from oneself. It is a disability
that may or may not be visible to someone else. Disabilities fitting this
description can include people with mental disabilities, learning disabilities,
some physical disabilities, sometimes a hearing impairment
All:
A recent episode of Future Tense described netbooks as under-powered and
lacking essential components. They further explain that the typical netbook
just doesn't have the ability to perform the tasks needed by the average
user in some critical ways. They say that to many compromises
-
From: Subramani L lsubram...@deccanherald.co.in
To: jean parker radiofore...@gmail.com; accessindia@accessindia.org.in
Sent: Wednesday, March 31, 2010 4:42 PM
Subject: RE: [AI] netbooks
As a journalist, I need not tell you the way people lobby for or against
technologies. I have been
Rajesh:
I don't know if google or nokia maps has this information but my experience
is that it is difficult to obtain accurate maps of anything in India whether
on paper or not. I understand that some of these maps were produced by the
military and are therefore considered as prized
I am using version 8 and have used and taught version 10. Shrikanth Bola on
this list is using 10, and could perhaps comment. With either version the
Snowman scripts help a lot.
Jean
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fifty-six of the petition signers are from India. Are they all on this
list? Have any been contacted personally about any plans? Are there any
plans? Dipendra, could you weigh in on this please?
Jean
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Rajesh:
There is a setting to get a field of view report before snapping the
picture. Also, it takes practice to get good positioning consistently, but
you will find with time this becomes easier and faster.
I don't have much experience with tables and charts as I don't have to read
them
presumably nokia/google
maps are more frequently updated?
Any and all answers are appreciated.
Jean
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Sent: Wednesday, March 17, 2010 10:14 AM
Subject: RE
All:
In a discussion with our esteemed and dedicated moderator, it became clear
that alternatives to Wayfinder Access are necessary. I am wondering if
anyone has tried to access Nokia Maps through Loadstone? If so, I would
like to know if this is even possible, and if so, how successful it
Ok, one more thing. I sent a friend an audio test file and she says it
plays but doesn't download. Thoughts?
Jean
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Sent: Friday, March 12, 2010
Hi All:
Thanks to the many people who have responded to my question about drop box.
I really do want to use it for several purposes. All of what has been said
so far I understand. However, my experience was that I could never tell for
sure whether a file was actually uploading properly to
Got it!!! Finally!
Well I tell you sometimes I feel as dumb as a post.
Ok, I won't say bad things about dropbox anymore hee hee.
Thanks again all.
Jean
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Cc: jean parker radiofore
All:
Has anyone actually figured out how to use drop box? I got so frustrated
with it that I uninstalled it from my computer. I'm happy to put it back if
I can actually make it work.
Jean
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Dear All:
At long last, I am preparing to clear out a lot of material that was
recorded on cassette. Does anyone know of anorganization that could use the
blank cassettes? If anyone still records books on tapes and can use them,
please let me know.
Jean
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Dear All:
My question concerns opening an email message with links in it. How can I
go from one link to the next without slogging through all the text between
the links? Also, how can I search for particular words or phrases within an
email message?
All help appreciated,
Jean
To
Never had this happen before. I'm using outlook express. This morning I
got an email with lots of photos as attachments. Now I want to delete it
but it won't go away!
How can I get rid of it? I have tried moving it to another folder, it won't
go. I've tried deleting each attachment
In case this happens to someone else. First, I moved all the emails from
the inbox into another folder. Then, I went to the dbx files in outlook
express and deleted the inbox file. While I was there, I found a lot of out
of date dbx files that were taking up space and deleted those as well.
How does a person teach nonpaternalism?
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Practical and philosophical.
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Sent: Wednesday, February 24, 2010 12:41 PM
Subject: Re: [AI] accessibility of relationships
Is that a philosophical
Holy smokes! That's very cool!
I know there is a designer somewhere in California that works in leather I
think. I think I remember that she was an immigrant to the US from either
Iraq or Iran and she is quite successful.
The American Foundation for the Blind should be of help in locating
How does it compare with using fring?
Also, here is a potentially foolish question. If you want to reply to a
specific subject on the list, how is that done?
Jean
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Subject: RE: [AI] a note about announcements
In addition the idea of announcing the arrival of a station through
Harish:
I know the server has been having problems so I want to make sure an
exchange between myself and Sabramanian was noted in the railways draft.
The overall discussion was that something could be done using simulcasting
of the messages that are currently heard on the platform on mobile
All:
Regarding the railways draft, there have been several references to
announcements made in train stations. I find these announcements almost
impossible to hear in the station and therefore, the information they convey
is useless. Mostly, they just add to the noise level. Other ways of
Vetri:
Thanks for the link to the weather program for mobile phones. It works
exactly as reported. Very cool!
Jean
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