My name is Amit Jain and I am currently doing my postdoctoral (post PhD) research fellowship at The University of St.Gallen, Switzerland. As I am also working from home due to COVID 19 pandemic and being visually impaired myself , I thought to do a small research study looking at impact of COVID
19 on visually impaired employees working from home.
To combat coronavirus, the Karnataka government has set up district-wise helpline numbers. The public can call these numbers to seek help. Below listed are the COVID-19 helpline numbers in Karnataka as well as district-wise.
Coronavirus Queries: National Helpline Number – 1075 / 1800-112-545 / +91-11-2397-8046
RIVIERA BEACH, Fla. (CBS12) — Social distancing is tough for everyone.
For the blind and those with visual impairments, it takes a lot of adjustment.
Erica Thomas, of Riviera Beach, is among those adjusting to limited touching under the COVID-19 restrictions and it’s extra challenging for her.
“My right eye, I see nothing. Nothing at all," she said.
Visually-impaired persons are
facing difficulties in maintaining social distancing norms in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak.
Students of a premier Kolkata school for visually- impaired persons, who are presently at home due to the lockdown, are worried over ways to maintain social distancing once the institute reopens in June.
Blind Graduates Forum of India (BGFI) with their ideology of think different runs many projects like Experiential Learning Sessions, Knowledge Sharing Sessions, Mentorship program and so on, which benefits Blind people in various aspects of their life like Education, Employment/Employability, Accessibility, Daily living
skills etc.
Software Developer Makes Corona Virus Statistics Website Accessible for the Blind and Partially Sighted
A Boston-based software developer wanted to make COVID-19 stats accessible He created a website that would be easily readable by electronic braille readers and other assistive devices used by the blind and
partially sighted.
Tyler Littlefield, a software developer based in Boston, has created a database of COVID-19 statistics meant to be accessible to the visually impaired.
Moving Out, the co-operative couch carrying game from Team17, is expected to arrive at the end of the month on a variety of consoles.
Before the April
28 release date, though, a new trailer has been dropped that shows off a variety of incredibly thoughtful accessibility options included in the game, alongside a helpful and easy to grasp Assist Mode. Check it out below.
Blackboard Inc. announced the launch of the
File Transformer,
Powered by Blackboard Ally — a free resource enabling students to
convert their digital course content into a range of alternative
formats to meet their
unique learning needs and preferences as they adjust to digital
teaching and learning modalities.
Facebook Launching Accessibility Tools Making Live-Streaming Available to More People
Facebook says it’s going to launch various features over the next couple weeks to make Facebook Live more accessible and easy to use, particularly for people who might not have a lot of mobile data.
Law student Tapas Bharadwaj reflects on a recent judgement regarding reservations for people with disabilities in the guest post this week. Tapas, who is visually impaired, is a NTSE scholar and has won awards from the Ministry of Environment & Forests.
he Harley Owners Group (HOG) Marina Chapter in Chennai provided provisions and other aids to families of 103 disabled people at Ikkadu Village at Tiruvallur. The team rode all the way to the village after taking prior permission from concerned authorities. HOG team aims to reach out to more disabled people in need during this lockdown period.
Visually impaired people often use big and bulky Braille keyboards that attach to their smartphones and PCs to type. Now, Google is launching a new Braille keyboard that will allow people with severe visual impairments to use their smartphones better and type without using additional hardware for the same.
Khabri, India’s first digital audio content platform in the regional language, has rolled out an exclusive COVID-19 helpline portal/platform to attend the blind and visually-impaired masses across India during these testing times.
*Latest update* of your favourite Reading and Learning companion, *Kibo app* compatible with Android 10 is now available on Playstore, with newly-added *Covid-19 Assist, Translation for Images and Enhanced PDF OCR Reading with more options to share, copy and Save*.
Thereby, making Kibo your one-stop solution to access any Printed, Handwritten and Digital content - like *PDF, Audio, Docx Word, Txt, Epub and Daisy*, that too across multiple Indian and overseas languages. It helps you read your Whatsapp images and you can even capture photo and Kibo reads it for you.
Children of the National Association for the Blind (NAB) at Gaulapar in Haldwani have contributed their personal savings amounting to Rs 11,000 to the CM relief fund. The amount comprising savings made by the children from their pocket money was handed over to the BJP state president Bansidhar Bhagat.
We at BGFI, thought of something different. Understanding the high levels of stress, given the current situation, for the first time ever, BGFI brings to you an inspiring and insightful session on Vipassana virtually.
This session will be conducted by a very experienced Vipassana practitioner Mr. Subhash Agarwal on Zoom.
Date: Sunday, 12th April
Time: 5.30 to 7.15 pm
Venue: Zoom
Dharman, who lives near Samiyar railway gate in Maraimalai Nagar, is unsure of when he will go back to his daily job. Before the lockdown, Dharman and several other residents of the area who are visually impaired, used to sell snacks on the trains that run from Beach to Chengalpet.
The coronavirus pandemic has caused daily difficulties for everyone. But what if you are visually impaired? Blind journalist Kate Pounds explores the particular challenges the virus has thrown up.
As the train approached London Waterloo on my last journey home from work before lockdown, a fellow passenger remarked he didn't want to press the button to open the doors because of Coronavirus.
It got me thinking. As someone who cannot see, I have to touch objects and surfaces much more than your average person.
COVID-19: Maharashtra govt launches helpline to address mental health concerns
The COVID-19 pandemic has had a large impact on the mental health of Indians, with many feeling unsafe, leading to a rise in anxiety and stress. To alleviate these mental health concerns, Mpower, a pioneer in Indian mental healthcare has partnered with Government of Maharashtra and the BrihanMumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) to launch a toll-free helpline number – 1800-120-820050 called ‘BMC-Mpower 1on1’ that will be available to citizens 24x7.
Facebook comments