BRAILLE BIRTHDAY HELD AT BANPUR
Braille system of writing inventor Louis Braille’s 206th birth anniversary was celebrated by blind students at Nehru Seva Sangh here on Sunday. Vice-president of Sangh Prof Rankanath Hota presided.
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CENTRE NO MORE BLIND TO VISUALLY IMPAIRED, FUNDS BOOKS IN BRAILLE
After several decades of neglecting the Braille presses across India, the Centre has finally woken up to the plight of the 12 million visually challenged people.
A great aid for the visually challenged goes unnoticed
The Braille version of maps of India, produced by the National Atlas and Thematic Mapping Organisation.
The country’s foremost map producing organisation, NATMO, started producing Braille maps a decade and a half ago. But few are aware of this.
New edition of Odia calendar in Braille ready for the new year
New edition of Odia calendar in Braille ready for the new year
The calendar and almanac being printed for free and will be distributed free
SBP directs banks to install talking ATMs for blind citizens
KARACHI: State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) has said commercial and microfinance bank to install a talking ATM in a particular area to facilitate visually challenged persons.
Argentinian Student Invents Smart Shoe’ To Replace Cane For The Blind – 16 November 2014
An Argentine student has invented shoes with ultrasound sensors which allow people with visual impairments to walk without a cane. The shoes vibrate when the wearer approaches an object.
NAB EXTENDS HELP TO BLIND COUPLE IN CITY
The National Association for the Blind (NAB) has extended help to visually-impaired Nilanchal Patra (31) of Tikarapada in Ganjam district by giving a tea, coffee and soup making machine to enable him to eke out a living.
13-year-old Indian-origin boy gets Intel funding for developing Braille printer
Houston: A 13-year-old Indian-origin boy has received a huge investment from Intel for developing a low-cost printer for the blind, making him the youngest tech entrepreneur funded by a venture capital firm.
DU’S BLIND SPOT FINALLY SEES LIGHT
While providing the disabled with a friendly studying atmosphere, Delhi University has installed new technology in all colleges where visually impaired students can scan any book of their choice and the preinstalled software will transcribe text to speech.
Students ‘Donate’ Voice for the Cause of the Blind
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM : A few students on Kerala University’s Kariavattom campus have come forward to give their voice to a noble cause by recording audio textbooks for blind students as part of an initiative dubbed “voice donation”. Aishwarya Ashok, an MSW student on the campus, volunteered to read out a chapter for an audio book on Information Technology. At Government Blind School in Jagathy here, 116 more Kerala University students have registered for a voice donation programme.
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