The Delhi High Court Tuesday asked the Centre and the RBI as to what steps they intend to take in the future to make ATMs, online banking services and currency notes of Rs 50 and lower denominations, more user-friendly for the visually impaired.
Former Minister and Sircilla legislator T. Harish Rao felicitated visually-impaired student Lucky Mirani, a student of Paramita High School here, who scored 10 GPA in the SSC examinations held in March. He was presented with a cheque for over ₹1 lakh.
Mumbai: Expressing displeasure over frequent changes in features of currency notes, the Bombay high court on Thursday said that the Reserve Bank of India should at least retain the sizes of different denominations so as to enable visually impaired identify the notes easily.
“Do whatever you want to do with the colour and design of the notes, but keep at least their size same,” said the division bench of Chief Justice Pradeep Nandrajog and Justice Bharati Dangre.
Changing the size and other features of currency notes often is “not proper” especially because a visually impaired person spends years to figure out the dimensions and other features of a banknote or coin, the Bombay High Court said.
Google Docs is making it easier for the visually impaired to keep track of real-time updates made by collaborators in a given document with a new feature.
A 'Live edits' feature allows users to view a periodically updated summary of changes in a convenient sidebar, according to the official blog.
To enable the feature, open the Accessibility settings and check 'Turn on screen reader support' and then select 'Show live edits'.
Fifty-seven million visually impaired people in India lack real-time access to content as less than 1% of content is available in Braille. Trestle Labs, an assistive technology company, is changing that for people with print and learning disabilities. On #TechThursdays we profile their leading innovation, Kibo XS.
BENGALURU: Refractive errors are the most common treatable cause of visual impairment. These are optical imperfections that prevent the eye from properly focusing light, thus causing blurred vision. The primary refractive errors are near-sightedness (myopia), far-sightedness (hyperopia), astigmatism and presbyopia. These can be corrected with glasses or contact lenses, or can be permanently treated with laser surgery.
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THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: A disability cannot stop a person from pursuing their ambition. Husna Ameen, 27, who suffers from visual impairment, has just completed her post-graduation in English literature and is a computer trainer. Husna is currently running a YouTube Channel, ‘English Insights with Husna’, which has got nearly 608 subscribers and already touched 1,000 views.
Scientists are developing a technology for the visually-impaired people that bypasses the eyeball entirely and sends messages to the brain, paving the way for a new visual aid for daily living.
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The visually challenged community will no longer have to seek explanations while watching a film, as XL Cinema app’s Audio Description feature will empower their film viewing experience. The app, that started off to bridge the language barrier faced by cinema lovers across the globe, started working towards a greater cause just last year.
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AUBURN — Even though Alice Jordan can only see less than 10% of her field of vision, that doesn't stop her from painting and collecting work from other artists. The walls of her Auburn home are adorned with them.
And her vision loss didn't stop Jordan, 70, from becoming the first blind person to bike in the annual Great Race. On Aug. 11, she and her cycling partner, Jim Kleiber, rode a reclining tandem bicycle for 10 miles on country roads in the town of Owasco to complete the cycling portion of the relay race.
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The Delhi Excessive Courtroom on Tuesday requested the Centre and the Reserve Financial institution of India as to what steps they intend to absorb future to make ATMs, on-line banking companies and foreign money notes of Rs 50 and decrease denominations, extra consumer pleasant for the visually impaired.
For the first time, the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways has drafted an advisory for states emphasising the need to make public transport disabled-friendly. Which is welcome but the advisory says this should apply to 25% of vehicles when the RPWD Act says 100%.
आसिफ अली, अमरोहाउत्तर प्रदेश स्थित अमरोहा के निवासी दृष्टिहीन युवा सतेंद्र सिंह ने गत सिविल सर्विसेज परीक्षा में 714वीं रैंक हासिल की। अब वह गूगल के विज्ञापन में दूसरों को जीने की कला सिखाते दिखाई देंगे। वैश्विक सर्च इंजन गूगल ने अपने एक उत्पाद के विज्ञापन में सतेंद्र के संघर्ष और सफलता को दिखाया है।सतेंद्र सिंह ने इस साल केंद्रीय लोक सेवा आयोग (यूपीएससी) की परीक्षा में बाजी मारी। उन्हें यह सफलता तीसरे प्रयास में मिली है। सतेंद्र दिल्ली विवि में असिस्टेंट प्रोफेसर रहे हैं। बेहद साधारण परिवार से ताल्लुक रखने वाले के सतेंद्र के पिता किसान हैं। सतेंद्र सालभर के ही थे जब उन्होंने आखों की रोशनी
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Researchers have developed a new voice assistant that allows people with visual impairments to get web content quickly and effortlessly from smart speakers and similar devices.
The research team from University of Waterloo found a way to merge the best elements of voice assistants with screen readers to create a tool called Voice Exploration, Retrieval and Search (VERSE) that makes web searches easier.
We are running Finolex call centre in TTI since 2016. As part of this project, we wish to employ visually impaired, orthopedic challeged girls from Tamilnadu, Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka as tele callers. Apart from their proficency in their native language, they should have basic knowledge of computer and English. We would need following information to proceed further for interviews.
1. Candidate C.V with photo
2. Age 18 to 35 years, qualification** Minimum HSC
3. Knowledge of MS Office ( good command on excel worksheet)
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