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Braille Atlas for visually impaired

NEW DELHI, FEBRUARY 10:

Govt launches Braille atlas to let the visually impaired study maps

In a first, the Ministry of Science and Technology has come up with a comprehensive Braille atlas for nearly 50 lakh visually challenged people in the country, especially students.

The atlas has 20 maps on different themes like physical, socio-economic, river system, crops pattern, natural vegetation, cultural, metropolitan areas, roads and railways, and crops.

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Cricket amidst encounters

India's recent mixed signals over Pakistan may have left a window open for dialogue once the elections in UP are over. Months after Pakistani film stars with valid work visas were hounded out, its visually-impaired citizens have been accorded all due courtesies for a cricket tournament. The Indian Council for Cultural Relations has contributed to the Karachi Literary Festival even as encounters and curfew continue in Kashmir. After a long time, New Delhi is witnessing an absence of deliberately whipped-up anger.

BCCI lauds Indian team for winning T20 World Cup for Blind

The Indian Team proudly pose after their victory against Pakistan in the second T20 World Cup Cricket for the Blind at the Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru on Sunday.PHOTO: G. P. Sampath KumarG_P_Sampath Kumar

Blind cricket team feted

The Indian blind cricket team, which won the T20 World Cup recently, was felicitated by the Department of Youth Empowerment and Sports, Government of Karnataka, here on Monday.

At a function presided over by Pramod Madhwaraj, Minister of State for Youth Services and Sports, Prakasha Jayaramaiah and R. Sunil, the two cricketers from the State who played a winning hand, were honoured with cash awards of Rs. 7 lakh each. The duo was promised jobs in the State government.

Cricketers bring home T20 World Cup for Blind, want more support

BENGALURU : Viewing a game of cricket for visually impaired can be a real treat, as was seen at the T20 World Cup for the Blind final here on Sunday. The M Chinnaswamy Stadium saw about 15,000 spectators turning up for the clash between India and Pakistan.

Text-to-speech software is used to read digital content

eSpeak text-to-speech (TTS) software is one that works well for the visually challenged speaking many Indian languages, including Malayalam. Those who now largely prefer it to its other variants for Malayalam speeches feel that the State government should intervene to improve this light-weight and open source system that functions on Linux, Windows, and Android platforms.

Visually challenged youths display artwork at Madras Institute of Technology

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CHENNAI: Dhinesh D was at the Madras Institute of Technology in Chromepet to showcase over two dozens of his sketches- pencil sketches, watercolour works and crayon drawings. But more importantly, he was there to tell a story.

India lift second successive Blind T20 World Cup by beating Pakistan

BENGALURU: The Indian blind cricket team successfully defended its Twenty20 World Cup title here today, defeating arch-rivals Pakistan in the final for the second successive edition.

With eight wins from nine matches, India had gone into the final as favourites and lived up to it with a comprehensive victory. For Pakistan though, it was their first loss in the tournament. The two teams had clashed in the 2012 edition final as well with India emerging triumphant.