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Nationwide Deploys NCR Software to Improve ATM Access for Visually Impaired Consumers |
Innovative solution driven by RNIB's Make Money Talk campaign is part of a wider Nationwide ATM update based on NCR APTRA(TM) software
NCR Corporation, announced that Nationwide Building Society is... |
Product and Technology |
10/Oct/2013 |
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White Cane Day observed today |
Today is White Cane Safety Day, a national observance set aside since 1964 to celebrate the achievements of people who are blind or visually impaired, and the important symbol of blindness and tool... |
General |
08/Oct/2013 |
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BPO for visually-challenged comes up in Madurai |
Located at IAB campus in Madhurai, it was inaugurated by Justice D Stanley David, Sujoy Bose, Associate VP, south, Amway India
The Amway Opportunity Foundation (AOF), in partnership with the Indian... |
Education and Employment |
08/Oct/2013 |
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Disabled say they’ve got raw deal, demand work |
A wheelchair-bound para table tennis champion with a gold medal from Thailand Open 2013 has no job that the state can offer. The 31-year-old has to climb three floors to be coached for free in a... |
General |
08/Oct/2013 |
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India's Algorithms wins best film trophy at Film South Asia festival |
Algorithms, a documentary about blind chess players in India, won the Ram Bahadur Tamang Best Film Trophy at the 9th Film South Asia (FSA) festival in Kathmandu.
The fest cocluded here Sunday.
The... |
Achievements |
08/Oct/2013 |
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Booklet lists sops for kids with disabilities |
Following a series of complaints from parents of students with disabilities, theMaharashtra Board of Secondary and Higher Secondary Education has a compiled a detailed list of concessions offered to... |
Education and Employment |
08/Oct/2013 |
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Visually impaired assaulted over Rs 1 |
Shortchanging of passengers has often led to frayed tempers on buses. But a visually impaired man hailing from Thoothukudi who staged a protest after a bus conductor shortchanged him by a rupee,... |
Discrimination |
08/Oct/2013 |
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Software provides easy access to Braille music scores |
Hiroko Oyamaguchi is volunteer transcriber who transforms musical scores into Braille, enabling visually impaired musicians to read the notes.
It can be a long process even for a 30-year veteran like... |
Achievements |
07/Oct/2013 |
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EMC India COE holds awareness drive on visual impairment |
Many employees were amazed with the skills and capabilities of the volunteers with visual impairment during the demos of these assistive aids
EMC India Center of Excellence (CoE) recently concluded... |
General |
07/Oct/2013 |
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Blind student of IIM-A says sight loss no handicap |
Having faced the tragedy of losing vision during childhood, 23-year-old Karan Singhaniya from this small town in Korba district of Chhattisgarh, realized that vision impairment has less to do with... |
Education and Employment |
07/Oct/2013 |
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