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Calling upon all blind cricketers |
The England blind cricket team will enter the 2006 World Cup to be played in Pakistan in December. Well, that’s old news.
The English local cricket clubs too, are promoting cricket among the visually... |
Adventure and Sports |
26/Jul/2012 |
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Enhancing accessibility with technology |
How to make textbooks and workbooks accessible to students affected with low vision?
Convert the pictures in the text and workbook to Power Point slides and then show them using a desktop computer, a... |
Education and Employment |
26/Jul/2012 |
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Diving deep to create a new high |
“I'm thrilled to have achieved this record, but it will take a while to sink in,” Mark Threadgold said. "I was a bit nervous beforehand but things couldn't have gone more smoothly."
British diver... |
Adventure and Sports |
26/Jul/2012 |
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The man who swims with sharks |
He boldly went where no man has gone before and made history. Dan Barrett is the first blind diver ever to dive in the aquarium at Minneapolis' Mall of America.
"This isn't really about the diving as... |
Adventure and Sports |
26/Jul/2012 |
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Reservation for differently abled |
In a State policy and plan of action for differently abled persons submitted to the High Court recently, the Government has committed itself to work for the welfare of differently abled people. In... |
Product and Technology |
26/Jul/2012 |
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Want to be a Braille text transcriber? |
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Education and Employment |
26/Jul/2012 |
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Motivating Braille learners |
Blind and visually impaired students across the United States and Canada met in Los Angeles for the sixth ‘Annual National Braille Challenge’.
The aim of the event was to build enthusiasm among blind... |
General |
26/Jul/2012 |
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Smile please |
The world of the printed word opened to blind people like never before. With ‘The K - N.F.B.’.
It can take pictures of objects, menus, signs, gadget blogs, etc., and then read aloud the captured text... |
Product and Technology |
26/Jul/2012 |
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Auto rickshaws now safer for visually impaired |
Here’s some good news for over 10,000 visually impaired people who use public transport everyday. Auto rickshaws in Delhi will soon have metal plates bearing the registration numbers in both Braille... |
General |
26/Jul/2012 |
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Vote for blind |
The recently concluded assembly polls in Tamil Nadu, Assam, Pondicherry and West Bengal saw the debut of ‘Braille-enabled Electronic Voting Machine’ (E.V.M.).
Assam’s Barhampur constituency saw as... |
Product and Technology |
26/Jul/2012 |
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