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Engineers open the Internet to all

Thu, 08/17/2017 - 10:24 -- geeta.nair

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 built a device that converts online text into braille.

Called Sparsh, the device uses electro-mechanical technology that reproduces the content of a smartphone or a computer on a rolling display in braille. Powered by a Dynamic Braille Board or dBB, it enables streaming of digital data into its equivalent braille output in real-time.
 

Delhi Subordinate Services Selection Board (DSSSB)

Wed, 08/16/2017 - 12:56 -- geeta.nair

GOVERNMENT OF NCT OF DELHI
Delhi Subordinate Services Selection Board
FC-18, INSTITUTIONAL AREA, 
KARKARDOOMA, DELHI-110092
Website: www.dsssb.delhigovt.nic.in
No. F.1 (343 )/DSSSB/P&P/2017/Advt./750 

ADVERTISEMENT NO.01/17

Highlights of the advertisement are given below, for complete details visit e: www.dsssb.delhigovt.nic.in  or refer to the Employment News dated 12th August 2017, page no. 6

Audio-described film on television

First time on Indian Television audio described movie Dangal by Saksham will be telecast on Zee cinema on Independence Day at 12 pm. 
Saksham is the only organization which has taken an initiative to make the cinema accessible for people with visual and hearing impairment. It's a very proud moment for all of us as our dedication towards making
cinema accessible has successfully gone one step forward to limit all the limitations.

 Dangal will be telecast on 15th August 2017 at 12 pm.

Multi Tasking Staff (MTS) - Office and Training

Fri, 08/11/2017 - 11:56 -- geeta.nair

Defence Services Staff College (DSSC) 
Wellington (Nilgiris)-643231, Tamil Nadu

Highlights of the advertisement are given below, for complete details visit www.dssc.gov.in  or refer to the Employment News dated 5th August 2017, page no. 44

Last date for application is: 25th August 2017

The Commandant, Defence Services Staff College, Wellington invites applications from eligible Indian citizens for the following posts:

Government institute bars visually-impaired programmer from giving exam

Fri, 08/11/2017 - 10:37 -- geeta.nair

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 for not bringing a writer with him.

Originally from West Bengal, the 26-year-old Varun Mehato had gone to give his CCC exam conducted by National Institute of Electronics and Information Technology (NIELIT), an entity under Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology.

Obaseki approves special bursary for visually challenged students

Thu, 08/10/2017 - 10:53 -- geeta.nair

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 tertiary institutions.

He gave the approval when the executive members of the state chapter of the Nigeria Association of the Blind (NAB), paid him a courtesy visit at Government House, Benin City.

Zee to premiere 'Dangal' with Audio Description for Visually Impaired audiences

Thu, 08/10/2017 - 10:36 -- geeta.nair

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' is party of 'Zee for All', an initiative by ZEE to make content on television accessible for the Visually and Hearing Impaired.
'#ZEEForAll' is an effort from Zee to provide audiences who have a sensory handicap, with unparalleled access to entertainment that is currently enjoyed by millions of Indians with sight.

For a noble cause

Wed, 08/09/2017 - 10:31 -- geeta.nair

Dedicated to visually impaired children of Rashtriya Blind School, Delhi, 7th Haut Monde Mrs. India Worldwide 2017 was organised at Kingdom of Dreams in Gurugram over the weekend.

This year, Neha Deshpande of Pune bagged the title of Haut Monde Mrs. India Worldwide. Shweta Dagar and Shwati Nanda won the title of 1st runner up, while Karishma Chabariya was awarded the title of 2nd runner up by the jury. This international beauty pageant, an initiative by Shri Sai Entertainments Pvt Ltd, sees the participation of Indian contestants from world over.

Assistant Professor

Tue, 08/08/2017 - 14:26 -- geeta.nair

ADITI MAHAVIDYALAYA
(A college 100% funded by Govt. of NCT of Delhi)
(University of Delhi)
Bawana, Delhi-110039

Advt. No. : AM/2017/01 
Highlights of the advertisement are given below, for complete details visit amv94.org  or refer to the Employment News dated 5th August 2017, page no. 40

The last date for receipt of applications is 14.08.2017

Group wants government support for visually impaired citizens

Tue, 08/08/2017 - 10:56 -- geeta.nair

The Federal Nigerian Society for the Blind has expressed displeasure over the inhumane treatment meted out to the visually impaired citizens in the country. Speaking at a press conference, ahead of its 12th annual White Cane day fitness walk, the group bemoaned government’s neglect towards the rights of the visually impaired citizens.

Regional Abilympic Events

Regional Abilympic Events

National Abilympic Association of India (NAAI)!

This is regarding Call for applications of participation in Regional Abilympic Events to be organised in 2017. We would like to inform you, the forms of participants are now being accepted till 15th August, 2017.

14,500 special children to get supportive aids

Fri, 08/04/2017 - 11:07 -- geeta.nair

Those diagnosed with autism to be treated at six centres

The Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA) is planning to complete the distribution of supportive aids to 14,500 differently-abled schoolchildren in the district by August.

A.K. Abdul Hakkeem, district programme officer, SSA, said here on Sunday that hearing-impaired and visually-impaired children were given special attention this time. “They were broadly categorised into four groups – fully deaf and partially blind; partially deaf and fully blind; fully blind; and fully deaf,” he added.

Jr. Clerk

Thu, 08/03/2017 - 12:37 -- geeta.nair

Himachal Pradesh Board of School Education,
Dharamshala-176213
HB/37/Recruitment Cell/HPSC/20176652-6660

Highlights of the advertisement are given below, for complete details visit http://hpbose.org

The last date for filling online application is 15.08.2017 and the written examination will be held on 27.08.2017.

Global blindness set to 'triple by 2050'

Thu, 08/03/2017 - 10:43 -- geeta.nair

The number of blind people across the world is set to triple within the next four decades, researchers suggest.

Writing in Lancet Global Health, they predict cases will rise from 36 million to 115 million by 2050, if treatment is not improved by better funding.

A growing ageing population is behind the rising numbers.

Some of the highest rates of blindness and vision impairment are in South Asia and sub-Saharan Africa.

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