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When the Disabled Fired the Bullet!
CHENNAI: Tap, tap, tap!’ the sound of metal pellets being fired and tearing through paper targets was relentless. As was the sight of seated shooters putting in their entire focus to pull the trigger and hit the bull’s eye. This was the scene on the third and final day of the Chennai Para Shooting Camp at Chennai Rifle Club, Egmore, which was attended by 28 persons with disabilities (PwDs) across Tamil Nadu.
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Facebook rolls out app that describes photos to blind users
Facebook is training its computers to help blind and visually impaired people scroll through the pictures posted on the world’s largest online social network.
Assistive Devices
Saksham always tries to work towards the availability of assistive devices at the door step of the end-users. Over the past few years, we have created several extension counters in various parts of country where products are available at the same cost at which they are available at our main branch in New Delhi. As our Next step, we have joined hands with V-Mart, one of the leading retail chain from Northern India having presence in 107 cities with its 124 stores .
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Programme for visually impaired students held
A two-day programme for students of Red Cross School for the Blind in Berhampur, Odisha, ended on Thursday. They were taught to use meditation and music as catalysts to eradicate inferiority complex and build a better personality to face the world.
Bank Directed to Block 4 Posts for Visually Impaired
CHENNAI: The Madras High Court has directed Pandyan Grama Bank to reserve four posts for visually impaired people.
Accessible Reader for Android
The main features of the app are given below:
1. Read your txt, rtf, doc, docx and pdf files with complete navigation.
Amway Opportunity Foundation
Contribution to society or social well-being is core to the ethos and beliefs of Amway and the commitment to social responsibility in India were initiated as long back as 1996. Today, Amway Opportunity Foundation (AOF), the CSR arm of Amway India, a registered non-profit organization, runs on the support provided by more than 500 employees, 2000 indirect employees and more than 15 lakh distributors, as AOF volunteers.
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Microsoft outlines intelligence vision for Windows 10
Microsoft’s India-born CEO Satya Nadella on Wednesday outlined the technology giant’s vision to combine the power of human language with advanced machine intelligence as he announced new updates to the operating system Windows 10 to create more personal computing for every customer.
Disability certificate: New criteria, software glitches mar process
At 19 years of age, Datta Baban Gawli, a vendor earning his living in local trains at Daund, suffered an accident and it led to the amputation of both his legs. Not one to give up, he got a tricycle wheelchair and started selling goods again. He availed a disability certificate from Sassoon general hospital to ensure that he could use the tricycle wheelchair in the train.

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