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Audex (Audible Access)!

Audex (Audible Access)!
This app is available on playstore now, and I hope that it will be very useful for everyone and everybody will like it too! (Especially People who are frustrated/annoyed/fed up with the talkback’s irritating earcons!).
It's the time to turn talkback earcons off forever and time to turn on Audex!
So, this app will start fulfilling your wish of nice earcons/event sounds from today.
(Every suggestions and feedbacks are heartily welcomed)!
Below is the Playstore URL and whole description of the app.
So, here you go!:

Students educated on assistive technology

Tribune News Service

Jammu, January 23

A guest lecture was conducted by Prof M Balakrishna from the Department of Computer Science and Engineering, IIT- Delhi, at Shri Mata Vaishno Devi University in Katra today.

He talked about assistive technology for the differently abled and the problems being faced by the visually impaired in their daily life.

How Surat-based Dronstudy is helping visually impaired, female, and marginalised students

After three attempts, Neetin Agarwal created a one-stop repository of online and offline audio-visual educational content to enrich the learning journeys of lakhs of urban and rural students.

21-year-old partially-blind woman clears KPSC exam

Mamita Bai has passed the Second Division Assistant (SDA) exam of the Karnataka Public Service Commission (KPSC) and is currently waiting for a posting.

That seems nothing extraordinary, but in the case of this 21-year-old, it is a feat. Mamita is 50 per cent blind and suffers from a condition that will eventually make her fully blind. Worse, she has received little support from her own parents because of her disability.

Special arrangements for people with disabilities

Tribune News Service

Amritsar, January 21

To enable people with disabilities (PWD) vote, the district administration has instructed its officials to offer assistance and required facilities to them on the election day. Addressing a meeting of electoral officers here on Thursday, ADC Sonali Giri said all polling booths would have wheel chairs and assistance for the PWD voters. She said volunteers from NGOs and NCC would also be deployed at several stations to help them cast vote.

DCW notice to DoPT over visually impaired woman’s plea

The Delhi Commission for Women (DCW) on Tuesday issued a notice to the Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) in connection with a complaint by a visually impaired woman alleging cancellation of appointment in the Ministry of Railways due to her disability.

Posting reallocated

Mimicry lights up her life

KANNUR: To her, it was darkness everywhere, but Shifna’s eyes were glittering as if they were celebrating her victory. Shifna Mariyam, a visually impaired Class X student of Government Model Girls High School, Pattom, who came through appeal, won second prize and ‘A’ grade in the mimicry competition. Shifna went to contest in the district-level competition from hospital bed.

Shifna Mariyam | T K Swaroop

Bus for rehabilitation of blind drives into Bengaluru

BENGALURU: A city-based hospital Sankara Eye Hospital has launched a customised bus to help with the rehabilitation of visually challenged. The bus is equipped to counsel and train people.

It will visit villages and centers within 100 kilometers radius of the city to provide “comprehensive rehabilitation services”.

Named ‘Maitri’, the bus is meant to bring help to the doorstep and help visually impaired people lead an independent life. Microsoft has contributed around Rs 75 lakhs towards this project.

UCCI HOLDS ART, SONG TESTS FOR DEAF, DUMB, BLIND

The CSR Committee of The Utkal Chamber of Commerce conducted an art and song competition for the visually impaired, hearing and vocally impaired children (deaf, dumb and blind). About 63 students participated from different schools.

They were from Bipin Bihari School of Deaf and Dumb, Rajdhani School of Deaf and Dumb, Lewis Blind School, Sri Sri Beleswar High School, Sriharsha Mishra School, Bhima Bhoi School for Blind and Nursery School.

Both the competitions were conducted in three categories, sub-junior, junior and senior. Cash prizes were

Visually impaired enabled for top CSS groups

LAHORE - The Lahore High Court yesterday directed the federal government to appoint the visually impaired candidates with Foreign Service or District Management Group who had passed Central Superior Services’ exam with distinguished marks.

The court also set aside new amendment in CSS rules by declaring it as contrary to the Constitution. Chief Justice Syed Mansoor Ali Shah passed the order while hearing petitions of Yousaf and Faisal Majeed, the visually impaired candidates who successfully passed CSS exam.