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“Basic Android Training” Workshop

XRCVC is happy to announce on theme “Basic Android Training” Workshop. The mobile phones is currently became part of everyone’s life. In technology world, user access majority of things through mobile itself eg: Calling, Messenger, Banking etc. The visually challenged user was using basic handset mobile which has buttons but currently in the technology world smartphone is ruling the world in smart way. The visually challenged can also access the touchscreen smartphones in smart way with the help of talkback software which available in all android smartphones.

workshop on the theme “PowerPoint 2010 with NVDA”.

The XRCVC Viviana Extension Thane is happy to announce a One day workshop on the theme “PowerPoint 2010 with NVDA”.
PowerPoint is a presentation package that allows you to create overheads, slide shows, and presentations.
The feature of the workshop is enhancing presentation skills of PowerPoint slides, in slide shows etc.
Eligibility: Participants should have good knowledge of English language and screen reader.
Registrations available on a first-come-first-served basis.
Date: Saturday, May 18, 2019
Time: 11.00 am to 5.30 pm.

Short term computer training course

Fri, 05/03/2019 - 12:28 -- geeta.nair

Short term computer training course for school going blind students, no hostel facility.
Course Duration: 25 May to 10 June 2019 10 am to 5 pm, Batch For schoolgoing blind students, no hostel facility
Maximum capacity: 15 students
Eligibility
•         Candidates who have under Class 12th are eligible.
Syllabus
The following topics are included in the syllabus.
•         Basic Hardware and Software concepts
•         Word Processing (MS Word)
•         Read, Writing & Editing
•         Internet Browsing

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

Fri, 05/03/2019 - 11:55 -- geeta.nair

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.

Admission in physiotherapy and massage course

Thu, 05/02/2019 - 17:13 -- geeta.nair

 The school for physiotherapy and J.M.M.T ( Japanese Medical manual therapy ) at Blind Peoples Association Ahmadabad will start its Admission from 13th of June 2019, Morning 10:00 AM.
Course Type - Physiotherapy is a 3 years and 6 months degree course while J.M.M.T  is 2 year certificate course and it is more recommended for late blind persons.
Eligibility 

* 12th pass with English subject and minimum 50% marks.
* Age limit is 30 years for boat the course.  

9th Hydrabad Fide Rating Chess Tournament for Visually Challenged, 2019

Thu, 05/02/2019 - 11:54 -- geeta.nair

Organised by Devnar foundation under the aegis of All India Chess Federation.

Free Accommodation will be made available from 30th April Evening to 6th May Morning 2019.

All Players must mandotory to register on www.aicfb.in and pay Rs. 50/- and also pay AICF annual registration fee (aicf.in) of Rs. 250/- Before 15th April, 2019.

Please note that All participants must register their entries on or before 15th April, 2019.

Confirm entry by calling us.

 

Clerk, KURUKSHETRA UNIVERSITY KURUKSHETRA

Wed, 05/01/2019 - 11:20 -- geeta.nair

KURUKSHETRA UNIVERSITY KURUKSHETRA
(Established by the State Legislature Act XII of 1956) (‘A+’ Grade, NAAC Accredited)
Advertisement No. 1/2019 (Published on 03.03.2019)

Highlights of the advertisement are given below, for complete details visit https://eapplicationonline.com/KU2019/Document/Advertisement.pdf

Closing date for submission of online applications 15.05.2019 (by 11:59 PM)

Lego Is Making Braille Bricks. They May Give Blind Literacy a Needed Lift

Wed, 05/01/2019 - 10:29 -- geeta.nair

Advocates say the product could transform reading for blind and visually impaired children, making the experience of learning Braille more inclusive and helping to combat what has been called a Braille literacy crisis.

A new effort is underway to help blind and visually impaired children more naturally learn to read Braille, a system based on different configurations of six small, raised dots that blind people read with their fingertips. And it is coming in the form of a favorite childhood toy: Lego bricks.

Online series Safe Cooking offers lessons specially for visually impaired people

Fri, 04/26/2019 - 11:03 -- geeta.nair

Are you a visually impaired person who wants to pick up some basic tips in cooking? Well, help is online in the form of a series called Safe Cookingon YouTube.

The brainchild of Sushmeetha Bubna, founder of Voice Vision, a well-known NGO for blind people, the series aims to empower people with visual impairments. Bubna is also the series host. The first episode is already out and focuses on the theoretical aspects of cooking.
 

Gurugram students design walking stick & self help shoes for visually impaired people

Thu, 04/25/2019 - 14:19 -- geeta.nair

In our weekly feature #TechThursdays we turn the spotlight on a school that
is going against the norm of marks and grades and encouraging its students
to develop lateral thinking skills.

What happens when you encourage students to come up with solutions to real
world problems and develop working prototypes of solutions, they have
proposed using latest technologies? You get an automated walking stick, 3D
printed braille cards, and "help me" shoes - all aimed at enabling visually
impaired people perform daily tasks with ease.

Education should not be self centred: Acharya

Thu, 04/25/2019 - 10:38 -- geeta.nair

Governor of Nagaland, PB Acharya and his wife with the students from the Visually Impaired School, Dimapur during the outreach programme held at Raj Bhavan on April 24. (DIPR Photo)

Kohima, April 24 (MExN): An outreach programme was held at the Raj Bhavan, Kohima for students from Visually Impaired School, Nutun Basti, Dimapur and Government Middle School, Officers’ Hill, Kohima on April 24.

Visually impaired make independent choice

Thu, 04/25/2019 - 10:24 -- geeta.nair

PANAJI: Sumera Khan, 19, didn’t think her first voting  experience would be so pleasant. The visually impaired  student from Curtorim constituency had seen many of her kind  go up to the polling booth but were forced to depend on someone else to execute the task for them. Making an independent  choice was simply not possible, until Tuesday. 

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