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Mattel releases first deck of Uno cards in Braille

Fri, 11/08/2019 - 15:05 -- shabnam.durani@...

GOODIN, Idaho — Middle schoolers at the Idaho School for the Deaf and the Blind are getting their hands on the first official braille Uno deck.

"Games don't usually have braille on them unless you put it on, so I think putting braille on things like card games and Legos and stuff — that's a really good thing to do," seventh-grader Kathryn Reese said.

Some of played the game before, but with this deck, they didn't have to hand-braille the cards themselves.

Android Workshop for Visually Impaired people

National Association for the Blind (NAB ) Helpline is Organizing Android Workshop for Visually Impaired people.
In this workshop we are going to enhance your Skills with android mobile app such a social media apps,like

- What's app, and Facebook

- Payment apps like Google pay, and Paytm

- Order on booking apps like Ola and Zomato

Apart from that you will get to know  how important smart phone is
for visually impaired.

Candidates will get lunch in NAB Campus.

Interested candidates can register on: 9212319672, 8826261166

Maharashtra Gramin Dak Sevak recruitment (Only for Low Vision candidates )

Wed, 11/06/2019 - 11:42 -- shabnam.durani@...

Maharashtra Postal Circle has released the official advertisement for the post of Branch Post Master, Assistant Branch Post Master and Gramin Dak Sevak for various post offices of Maharashtra.

Total no. Of vacancy - 31 (All over Maharashtra)

Essential-

Candidate should  have passed 10th Std. With Marathi, Hindi, English as main subject .

Basic knowledge of operating computer skills.

Candidate should be fluent in Marathi language.

Candidate should have  Cycling Knowledge-Cycling is a pre-requisite condition for all GDS posts

This startup creates customised audio content through voice cloning

Wed, 11/06/2019 - 11:10 -- shabnam.durani@...

Founded in 2018, startup Deepsync Technologies uses AI to learn how you speak and saves hours of recordings, which then helps it to create audio content.

The time taken to produce an audiobook is a minimum of a month. In some cases, this can stretch up to two months. With the digital publishing and ebooks segment holding huge potential looking to the future, consider this – a technology that can reduce the time taken for an audiobook by 90 percent?

Divya Pratibha Mahotsav

Deepsthambh Foundation's Manobal Project is India's first ever free of cost
residential training center for the specially-abled and orphan student in
competitive examinations and other higher studies brings to you a unique
cultural event "Divya Pratibha Mahotsav"

This tactile display lets visually impaired users feel on-screen 3D shapes

Tue, 11/05/2019 - 11:39 -- shabnam.durani@...

Using a computer and modern software can be a chore to begin with for the visually impaired, but fundamentally visual tasks like 3D design are even harder. This Stanford team is working on a way to display 3D information, like in a CAD or modeling program, using a “2.5D” display made up of pins that can be raised or lowered as sort of tactile pixels. Taxels!

Self-Defence Training

Tue, 11/05/2019 - 11:10 -- shabnam.durani@...

NAB Delhi with America India Foundation is organizing Self-defence training for visually impaired girls.It is very important for visually impaired girls to become confident and learn self-defence techniques. This will make them more comfortable in travelling and at educational institutions or workplace. The techniques are simple to learn, no knowledge of martial arts is required. Any visually impaired girl in the age group of 18 to 35 years is welcome.

Advanced Excel Workshop

Dear Participant,

Workshop Training on the theme “Advanced Excel with JAWS” by XRCVC

There are huge number of visually challenged persons working in the financial sector handling various
tasks from credit monitoring to HR and many such.

We, at XRCVC have designed an exclusive workshop theme “Advanced Excel Workshop with JAWS” for
skill development on Excel office application specific to commercial jobs for the visually challenged
finance associated students, interns & employee.

Contents:-

Assistant Professor, Lakshmibai College, University of Delhi

Thu, 10/31/2019 - 14:43 -- geeta.nair

Lakshmibai College,
University of Delhi
Ashok Vihar-III
Delhi-110052
Tel: 011-27308598, 27304076
Advt. No. LBC-Teaching 

Highlights of the advertisement are given below, for complete details visit http://du.ac.in/du/uploads/Advt_2019/31102019_LB_assistantProfessor.pdf

The last date for receipt of application is 30th November 2019.

First in North India: Chandigarh railway station set to become visually-impaired friendly

Thu, 10/31/2019 - 10:03 -- geeta.nair

City’s railway station is set to become the first visually-impaired friendly railway station in North India and fourth in the country.

Bengaluru-based non-government organisation (NGO), Anuprayas, and Northern Railways are heading the project that will tentatively start from November 20 and will be completed within three months.

Under no circumstances will any vacancy for Divyangjan be filled by any other categories, says Railway Ministry

Wed, 10/30/2019 - 15:21 -- geeta.nair

A day after the sit-in-protest at Delhi’s Mandi House by the persons with benchmark disabilities (PwBD) over alleged irregularities in railway recruitment exams, the Indian Railways on Monday assured that candidates would be appointed on merit.

The protests began over Railway Recruitment Board (RRB) Group D jobs in 2018. Several ‘Divyangjan’ (differently abled) students have been protesting since October 23 citing irregularities in the filling up of posts reserved for PwBD in the recent Level-1 recruitment exercise.

Assistant Professor, Jesus and Mary College

Wed, 10/30/2019 - 12:12 -- geeta.nair

JESUS AND MARY COLLEGE
(UNIVERSITY OF DELHI)
Accredited by NAAC with “A” Grade
CHANAKYAPURI, NEW DELHI-110021
Email – admin@jmc.ac.in
Advt. No. JMC/Admn./Aptt.-AP/2019-20 dated 26.10.2019

Highlights of the advertisement are given below, for complete details visit https://drive.google.com/file/d/1-UncDiVaRNpuTx--H0WpJbEW7Ou0v7PO/view or refer to the Employment News dated 26th October  2019, page no.9

Stares of the Blind

Wed, 10/30/2019 - 10:47 -- geeta.nair

Neglected Facet of Human Bonding.
The ways in which blind people connect to the art of seeing without the ocular equipment of the eyes are explored, recognising that seeing is as much a political act as it pertains to human bonding.

What next to aid visually impaired?

Wed, 10/30/2019 - 10:18 -- geeta.nair

The proliferation of standardised Braille opened up the world of knowledge for the visually impaired in 20th century, and now the Marrakesh Treaty — a global agreement to allow published materials in accessible formats to be exchanged freely across borders — is a significant step towards eradicating what is described as “the book famine” in the 21st century.

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