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Advanced Computer Training (6 Months duration) for Visually Impaired

Advanced Computer Training (6 Months duration) for Visually Impaired by Mitra Jyothi

Mitra Jyothi announces the next batch of Computer Training or the visually disabled.

VP Columbia High Speed Braille Embosser

Features:

· Print Speed: 100 CPS OR 300 pages per hour

· Includes Braille Translation & Graphics software.

· Comes with a separate Hindi Braille translation software so no need to procure an extra Braille translator.

· Printing Mode: Single or Double sided

· Has 13 hammers; 6 positive and 7 negative.

ViewPlus Technologies Inc.

Computer training for Visually Impaired

Enable India in coordination with Triveni Foundation has come up with a Basic

Workshop to train candidates on key skills and mould them as per

market expectation. The details of the workshop are as under:

National Council of Science Museums

NATIONAL COUNCIL OF SCIENCE MUSEUMS
Ministry of Culture, Govt. of India
33, Block- GN, Sector- V
Bidhan Nagar, Kolkata- 700091

NCSM, an autonomous scientific organisation under the Minstry of Culture, Government of India invites application for the following post:

Curator B- 1 post ( Reserved for OBC- VH with minimum 40% low vision)

Scholarship Scheme

Help the Blind Foundation,.

As per the scheme, Blind students availing the facility of college

hostel shall get Rs. 25,000 per year and male students not availing

White Sox Welcome Visually Impaired Students To The Cell To Play Ball

Armour Square: Before theWhite Sox invited her to U.S. Cellular Field to experience what it’s like to play baseball, Jasmin Washington had never set foot in a ballpark. The 16-year-old visually impaired student sophomore from Curie Metropolitan High School had only heard games broadcast on the radio.

With a dozen visually impaired students from the Vision Resource Program at Curie at her side, Jasmin had one goal for the day:

“I want to hit a baseball,” she said.

Turning Paralympic Sport of Goalball Into a Video Game

The bounce of a ball, the jingle of a bell and the roar of the crowd — these are the sounds of goalball, the Paralympic sport of champions. Introduced to the world in the 1976 Summer Paralympics in Toronto, goalball is the first sport created for athletes with a visual impairment. Thirty years later, a group of Drexel University students are turning goalball into a video game that uses auditory and tactile feedback to capture the excitement and intensity of the sport.

More visually-impaired children now going to schools: Study

There was a 17.36% rise in enrolment of visually challenged children in schools between 2002 and 2009, NCERT's eighth all-India school education survey has revealed.
With 40,635 students, Maharashtra had the highest number of visually challenged students in schools, followed by the country's most literate state Kerala with 38,230 students.

Blind woman starts up voice recording company inside Clifton Park home

Armed Forces Medical Stores Depot, Pune

Government of India
( Ministry of Defence)
ARMED FORCES MEDICAL STORES DEPOT
Pune- 411001

Kindly refer to employment newspaper page number 28 dated 04-10 June 2016.

Name of Post: Labourer Redesignated T/ Mate
Number of Vacancy: 1 for Visually Impaired
Age Limit:18-37 years
Educational Qualification and Other qualification: 10th pass or equivalent examination
Pay Scale: PB-1 Rs 5200- 20200 + GP- Rs 1800

Swami Sivananda Memorial Secondary School ( Recognised & Aided by dte. of Edn., Govt of N.C.T Delhi)

Swami Sivananda Memorial Secondary School
(Recognised & Aided by dte. of Edn., Govt of N.C.T Delhi)
EAST PUNJABI BAGH, NEW DELHI- 110026

Visually impaired runner among the elite at women’s mini-marathon in Dublin

Dublin: “My vision is quite blurry, but I was able to follow the track. I had a guide with me, but I lost her,” said Niamh from Co Laois.

Ministry of Defence, Office of the Principal Director, Defence Estates, Central Command, Lucknow Cantt.

Govt of India
Ministry of Defence, Office of the Principal Director, Defence Estates, Central Command, Lucknow Cantt.

Applications are invited in prescribed format from Indian Nationals only for following posts in various offices of Defence Estates Department (i) Junior Hindi Translators( JHT)
(ii) Post of Hindi Typist (HT)
Government strives to have a workforce which reflects gender balance and women candidates are encouraged to apply.

Ministry of Defence, Office of the Principal Director, Defence Estates, Central Command, Lucknow Cantt.

Advanced Computer Training (6 Months duration) for Visually Impaired by Mitra Jyothi

This is an initiative from Mitra Jyothi towards imparting quality computer training for people with visual impairment. The main aim of this course is to make the candidates "Computer Literate" and train them to become independent and efficient users of the computer in today's electronic world.

Rolling Advertisement for Faculty Positions- Tripura University

HC: Blind people eligible to be awarded distributorship of regular LPG

KOCHI: The Kerala High Court on Monday held that visually challenged persons are eligible to be awarded distributorship of regular LPG. Justice A Muhamed Mustaque issued the order on a petition by P Baby of Kanjirampara, Thiruvananthapuram, who is totally blind, challenging denial of LPG distributorship to him.

Pothole Detection for the Visually Impaired

Over the years, researchers and companies have invented plenty of devices to help people with visual impairments avoid objects such as a desk or chair. Many of these gadgets used ultrasonic sensors to detect such hazards. Just to name a few, there was the discontinued Pathsounder (which hung around a person’s neck), the cumbersome NavBelt (worn around the waist), and the wheeled GuideCane.