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Turning vision into a reality

We seldom spare a thought for the simplest of things that could be within our reach but remain out of our mind.

‘Lechal’ shoe to guide visually impaired to destination

KANPUR: To help visually impaired in navigating the ways, special footwears named 'Lechal' (Lechal meaning take me along in Hindi) was the centre of attraction at the Techkriti-2015, the annual technical and entrepreneurial festival of IIT-K. The GPS enabled sneakers are capable of giving directions to those who cannot see.

HC summons School Education Secretary

Strongly condemning “an improper and insensitive” affidavit filed by the then School Education Secretary in connection with the filling up of Lecturer vacancies by the visually challenged, the Madras High Court said the official should be present in the court on April 1.

An app to help blind type quickly on iPad

This new app can help the visually challenged type quickly and efficiently on an iPad. Created by Stanford engineer Sohan Dharmaraja, the app named IBrailler Notes uses eight keys. What’s different about it is that the keys form around the fingertips when they’re placed on the screen. Which means that if a user loses his way, he simply lifts his fingers from the screen and places them down again.

Visually impaired 34-yr-old has flown a plane, is now a Young Global Leader

Ashish Goyal was never one to be in the doldrums, except once when he accidentally bumped into a female teacher in 2001, his final graduation year. Furious, the teacher insulted him in a crowd of students assuming he’d walked into her intentionally. That’s when he started using a white cane—for him it was acceptance, for others a signal that he is visually impaired.

Awards given on Ugadi day

Manmathanama Ugadi was ushered in with a difference here on Saturday. The members of the Maanaviya Kalyan Trust celebrated the day by distributing sweets and fruits to the residents of a destitute home, a residential school for visually impaired and hearing impaired and beggars outside places of worship.

First seat on bus for blind, disabled

NEW DELHI: The first seat on DTC buses will now be reserved for disabled or blind passengers. On Wednesday, transport minister Gopal Rai chaired a public hearing at the regional transport office in Burari. After the hearing, Rai announced a slew of measures to "upgrade" the functioning of the RTO there.

New Vision for Visually Impaired Students

CHENNAI: Visually impaired students were given an opportunity to showcase their talent at New Vision, an inter-collegiate fest for the visually challenged, organised by PG students and the Department of English of The New College on March 17.

Visually impaired student from Vellore for All India Judo tournament

Twenty-one-year-old V. Dinesh, a visually impaired student studying B.Ed. (Tamil) in the Government College of Education, Vellore, has been selected for the All India Judo Tournament for the Blind, Deaf and Dumb being held in Vasco da Gama in Goa from March 19 to 22.

The same cane, but smarter now

White cane, the mobility aid used by the visually challenged, has got a smart makeover, thanks to the research conducted by IIT, Delhi. The ‘smart white cane’, as it is called, incorporates a small electronic device mounted on the cane. The detachable device, with an inbuilt rechargeable battery, can detect objects three metres away and provide signals to the person using it.