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Reading software to aid blind and visually impaired |
Blind and visually-impaired people in the country can now read any printed Nepali characters using Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software, which was launched on Monday.
The software, developed... |
General, Product and Technology, Education and Employment |
22/Aug/2017 |
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The teacher-student bond |
Let us take a look at how Hellen Keller thrived under the tutelage of her teacher Anne Sullivan
"My teacher is so near to me that I scarcely think of myself apart from her." - Hellen Keller
Mark... |
General |
22/Aug/2017 |
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Eye camp for visually impaired children |
Tribune News Service
Kullu, August 20
The District Red Cross Society organised a special eye camp for visually impaired children at the Regional, Hospital, Kullu today. The society has taken a... |
General, Medical |
21/Aug/2017 |
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HOW PEOPLE WHO ARE BLIND OR VISUALLY IMPAIRED CAN ENJOY NEXT WEEK’S SOLAR ECLIPSE |
An overview of the Eclipse Soundscapes Project, a Cambridge, MA based initiative of the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory and NASA's Heliophysics Education Consortium by Kelsey Perrett.
Our... |
General, Science & technology |
21/Aug/2017 |
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It’s the duty of every institution to help disabled people, says Supreme Court |
It is the duty of every institution to extend a helping hand to disabled persons, the Supreme Court said on Friday.
The observation by the apex court came while hearing a thalassaemia patient’s plea... |
General, Policy News |
18/Aug/2017 |
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Engineers open the Internet to all |
BENGALURU: While the Internet has become a basic human necessity, the blind and visually impaired have little means to access it. As a way to help such people, a group of engineers from the city have... |
General |
17/Aug/2017 |
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Government institute bars visually-impaired programmer from giving exam |
New Delhi, Aug 11 (IANS) A visually-impaired computer programmer was barred from giving a test for a government-certified programmer when the state-run institute that was conducting it sent him back... |
General, Education and Employment |
11/Aug/2017 |
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Obaseki approves special bursary for visually challenged students |
Cautions new permanent secretaries on corruption
Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki, has approved the payment of special bursary for visually impaired students of the state origin studying in... |
General |
10/Aug/2017 |
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Zee to premiere 'Dangal' with Audio Description for Visually Impaired audiences |
New Delhi, Aug 9 (UNI) In a unique initiative, Zee Entertainment will premiere Aamir Khan's 'Dangal' with audio description for the benefit of the visually impaired people.
The premiere of 'Dangal'... |
General |
10/Aug/2017 |
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Minister vows to implement differently-abled quota |
KARACHIA four-member delegation of the Pakistan Association of the Blind (National) led by general-secretary Qari Saad Noor called on the Adviser to Sindh chief minister for Social Welfare, Shamim... |
General |
09/Aug/2017 |
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