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School Board allows computer and braille keyboards in exams |
Children with disability will now have a better chance to secure fair marks in the 10th and 12th standard class, thanks to the decision taken by the Council of the Indian School Certificate... |
Education and Employment |
26/Jul/2012 |
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***Visually impaired students to go on a mountaineering expedition*** |
Visual impairment is no deterrent in enjoying the thrills and adventure of mountaineering. The fact will be proved by 10 visually impaired students of the Ramkrishna Mission Blind Boy’s Academy (R.K.... |
Adventure and Sports |
26/Jul/2012 |
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N.A.S.A. releases Braille book on Sun |
On December 2, 2005, National Federation of the Blind (N.F.B.) in Baltimore, U.S.A. hosted an interactive opportunity for a select group of blind students to explore the sun through a new and... |
Product and Technology |
26/Jul/2012 |
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Visually impaired testers set the standard at Czech accessibility lab |
Page Accessibility Labs (P.A.L.) offers the experience of its visually impaired test specialists to conduct website accessibility testing. Their work ensures websites are as convenient as possible... |
Product and Technology |
26/Jul/2012 |
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State Government fails disabled people |
In spite of a Government notification that reserved 3 per cent of posts for persons with disabilities in Groups A and B and 5 per cent in Groups C and D, the quotas are not being filled properly.... |
Education and Employment |
26/Jul/2012 |
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Tactile photo exhibition held in Singapore |
In Singapore, a photo exhibition was organised where photographs were converted into tactile displays with captions in Braille exclusively for visually impaired people. This first endeavour has been... |
General |
26/Jul/2012 |
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Tata Interactive Systems hosts conference on accessible e-learning |
‘Ensuring e-learning materials are fully accessible to anyone especially those with physical or learning disabilities’ was the subject of a conference held in London late last year. The invited... |
Education and Employment |
26/Jul/2012 |
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President awards developers of Indian language text to speech software |
‘Prologix Software Solutions Pvt. Ltd.’ which developed the local language speech synthesis software 'Vaachak' was felicitated with the National Technology Award by the President, Dr. A.P.J. Abdul... |
Product and Technology |
26/Jul/2012 |
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World Disability Day celebrations |
On World Disability Day (December 3), President Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam presented the National Awards for the Welfare of Persons With Disabilities 2005. On the occasion, President Kalam asked the... |
General |
26/Jul/2012 |
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Cell transplant stems vision loss |
Five-year-old Dinesh rubbed his eye while handling a paan sachet, which contained chunna (white limestone powder, also used for whitewashing). The eye became so watery and red that he had to be... |
Medical |
26/Jul/2012 |
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