IIT Bombay alumni launch Tactopus – one of its kind ‘smart’ audio-tactile learning resources for visually impaired children
Tactopus brings to the world accessible interactive tangible learning
experiences for children.
What’s New
A device to aid visual, hearing and speech impaired people
Visually impaired, hearing impaired and speech impaired persons now have help in hand by way of a novel device — BDD (Blind-Deaf-Dumb) Assist.
The device has been developed by Rochana HM, a student of II PUC at AMC College here and he has filed for patent for it.
Some recreational activities for visually impaired people
Thanks to technology, the range of recreational activities available for people with visual disabilities are many. Visually impaired people must look at the choices that are available and choose that suits their interests most. There are community programs as well where people can meet others socially.
For Simran Chawla, a beauty pageant winner, dancing is among her favourite recreational activities.
Here are some recreational activities that visually impaired people could look:
In a first, Class X boards in Assam to offer paper in Braille
Guwahati: For the first time, the Class X state board exams — beginning on Thursday — will have question paper in Braille.
This time, there are 13 blind candidates appearing for the exam from five examination centres in the state.
The general science question paper will be offered in Braille. While visually challenged candidates appearing for the boards under the Board of Secondary Education, Assam (Seba) have to appear for all six papers, the syllabus for general science and general maths they follow are different.
‘Respect, empathy for the visually impaired main requisites for a scribe’
Chitralekha Vanamamalai
For volunteer-scribe Padmini, service is for pure soul satisfaction and nothing else in this world can give her that satisfaction.
A resident of Virugambakkam, Chennai, for the last two decades, she has been helping many visually challenged persons pass examinations.
Speaking to News Today, Padmini said the job of a volunteer scribe does not end with writing the exam for them but many a time it is more than that.
Workshop on Road Safety, Mobility and Useful Apps for the Blind
This project on Road Safety & Mobility is supported by Goodyear.
Speak! - Android app that reads text captured on camera or seen online
Speak! is an app designed to aid the visually impaired and others that require reading assistance.
The app takes advantage of state-of-the-art artificial intelligence technology. It will read any text captured by the camera. It can be used to read anything from street signs to newspapers. The app has been specifically designed to detect text in "bad photos", for instance when the text is rotated or far away. In addition it knows to detect relevant text only, for example when photographing a page in a book, text captured on the adjacent page will be ignored.
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BARRIERBREAK AND SAMAAGE PARTNER TO DELIVER MOBILITY AND INDEPENDENT LIVING SOLUTIONS FOR PEOPLE WITH VISUAL IMPAIRMENT
New partnership aims to deliver a comprehensive solution, set to enable blind and visually impaired people to travel, work, and live independently
Shortage of writers poses a problem for blind students
Ludhiana: With exams looming ahead, there are some visually impaired students who are trying their best to write exams and score well like normal children, but they are unable to find writers who can write their class 12 examination. TOI spoke to two of them.
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-2019
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Supreme Court has let down India’s disability rights movement
Earlier this year, I opened my Foundation’s quarterly newsletter by quoting the question I am most often asked at interactions, “What would you have been if you weren’t disabled?” I have always believed that it is unrealistic for someone with a locomotor disability like mine to aspire to run like P.T. Usha (I loved cricket as a child and, upon realising I could never play the mainstream game, wanted to be a commentator).
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Last date for Receipt of the application: 28.02.2019
Soundball lawn tennis workshop in Mumbai
on behalf of Indian Blind Sports Association,extend a warm invitation to you and your friends, for participating in
the very first three-day sound ball tennis workshop scheduled to be organised from 19th February 2019 in the city of Mumbai. This workshop is absolutely free, with decent arrangements for lunch and high tea at
the courts of Maharashtra State Lawn Tennis Association campus at Colaba, Mumbai.
Please note that we’re unable to provide accommodation. Thus, it would be most feasible for folks in and around Mumbai.
Background:
Shining bright in dark
India's first blind athlete to participate in Paralympic Games and winner of three medals in 2014 Incheon Para Asian Games, Ankur Dhama's life story is all about achieving success even when there are thousand and one hurdles blocking your path.
The 24-year-old Dhama, who hails from a small village in Uttar Pradesh fight against all odds to become the first totally blind Indian athlete in 2018 to win the prestigious Arjuna Award for his outstanding contribution in the field of para-athletics.
Develop currency-identifying app for visually challenged: HC to RBI
Mumbai, February 5
The Bombay High Court on Tuesday asked the Reserve Bank of India to think about developing a mobile phone application that could help visually-challenged persons identify the denomination of various currency notes in India.
A bench of Chief Justice Naresh Patil and Justice NM Jamdar also directed RBI to expedite its ongoing project to develop a hardware-driven device that will help the blind identify Indian currency denominations.
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