Gurugram girl's visionary move: Virtual-reality glasses for visually impaired.

Amity School student Saumya Chauhan hopes her object-detection device will help the visually challenged handle daily challenges more confidently
Innovation and entrepreneurship have nothing to do with age. Saumya Chauhan, 17, is a testament to that. The Class 12 student of Amity Global School in Gurugram has developed an intelligent vision-based object detection device for the visually/partially impaired to help them get through their daily lives with some ease.

With 85% in SSC, Vadodara-based visually impaired girl Yesha Makwana now eyes IAS

VADODARA: She was the first and the only visually-impaired student to appear for the SSC exams using a laptop in the state. Now, Vadodara-based Yesha Makwana achieved yet another feat as she ranked first in the state among all the visually-impaired students who took the board exams. Makwana, a student of Web Memorial School, scored 85.2%.
The blind students are given special laptops with voice assistant features.

Thoothukudi collector's name to be etched forever for his efforts to empower visually impaired people

THOOTHUKUDI: A group of people with visual impairment have decided to name their residential area after the outgoing district collector, Dr K Senthil Raj, as a mark of respect for his continuous efforts to empower them. In August 2022, Minister Geetha Jeevan and Thoothukudi MP Kanimozhi Karunanidhi had recently distributed free land pattas to 27 men and 25 women attached to the Ulagin Oli Visually Impaired Trust.

Rangchor: Story of a visually impaired girl who makes a demon like colours

Gillo Repertory Theatre presented the play, Rangchor, Ek Rakshas Ki Anokhi Kahani (The Colour Thief, an unusual tale of a demon) at Prithvi Theatre on May 12

Gillo Repertory Theatre presented the play, Rangchor, Ek Rakshas Ki Anokhi Kahani (The Colour Thief, an unusual tale of a demon) at the Prithvi Theatre on May 12.

The story is set in a fairytale-like place where a monster lived in a cave and hated colours. So, one day she snatched away the colours from everything in the world.

Parliament library now accessible to visually challenged

Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla inaugurated special facilities that provide visually challenged people access to more than 1.7 million publications and resources in the library.

NEW DELHI: Visually challenged people will now have easier access to the vast repository of resources in the parliament library which is now equipped with necessary assistive technologies, officials said.

Visually impaired Jammu lad scores 93.4% in Class-12 exams

Son of Asif Gill and Aruna Gill, the 20-year-old now wants to enrol in a BA programme at Delhi’s St Stephen’s College. He also nourishes the dream of becoming an IAS officer.

Visually impaired since his birth, Miracle Gill from Jammu has beaten all odds to secure 93.4% in CBSE’s Class-12 exams, result of which was declared on Friday.

Son of Asif Gill and Aruna Gill, the 20-year-old now wants to enrol in a BA programme at Delhi’s St Stephen’s College. He also nourishes the dream of becoming an IAS officer.

QR code on medicines for convenience of visually impaired: Delhi High Court seeks Centre’s stand in PIL

The Delhi high court Tuesday sought the Centre’s stand on a public interest litigation plea seeking a direction to affix quick response (QR) code on medicines, food products and cosmetics to make them accessible to visually impaired people.

Sightsavers India Launches STAR, An Android-Based App To Track The Progress Of Visually Impaired Children In Their Inclusive Education Program

New Delhi, India – Sightsavers India, a leading NGO that works towards eliminating avoidable blindness and promoting equality for people with disabilities, has developed an online app called “Student Tracking Assessment and Reporting (STAR)” to track the progress of visually impaired children in their inclusive education program. The tool has been designed to collect basic information, set baseline data of the children, capture progressive data of the Children with Visual Impairment (CVI), and generate reports based on monitoring of field-based activities.

145 cases identified during assessment camp for differently-abled

ITANAGAR, Apr 11: The identification and assessment camp for distribution of aids and assistive devices to hearing, visual, intellectual and multiple disabilities, concluded at Donyi Polo Mission School for Hearing Impaired on Tuesday.

The camp began on April 9 last.

Delhi hospital launches smart vision glasses for visually impaired, blind

A private hospital here launched smart vision glasses that are based on Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning technology, providing new hope to the visually impaired and blind.

The vision glasses are lightweight and feature a camera, a sensor, and come with AI/ML technology, making it even more effective in assisting users.

The glasses project images, provide walking assistance, and include face recognition capabilities, accompanied by a smart earpiece that reads and understands, and relays information to the wearer.

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