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A hairstylist who cannot see |
Nance Eldridge Coffaro focuses the camera on the wig, watches the monitor, and begins to work out the style. Once that's done, "I can do a lot of it by feel," she opined, "... |
Education and Employment |
26/Jul/2012 |
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A talking companion opens the doors of B.P.O.s |
A new technology now allows visually impaired people to work shoulder to shoulder with non-visually impaired people in the B.P.O. (Business Process Outsourcing) industry.
The technology ‘Neil’ (... |
Product and Technology |
25/Jul/2012 |
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Does loss of sight mean loss of job? |
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Policy News |
25/Jul/2012 |
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Blind band creates soulful music |
This blind musical band has performed for the Governor, the Mayor and for Infosys Chief Mentor N.R. Narayana Murthy. But their happiest moment was when they performed for the Indian cricket team,... |
General |
25/Jul/2012 |
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Raistricks - making life easier for blind |
Ten years ago, David and Philips Raistrick developed cards with bar codes that could be read by a voice synthesizer. When their blind relations played, they tuned in on their hands by listening on a... |
Product and Technology |
25/Jul/2012 |
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No takers for Nuance Talks software |
Nuance Talks is a software that enables the visually impaired people to use his or her G.S.M. mobile phone easily. Surprisingly, it has not found many takers in the State of Gujarat. Government... |
Product and Technology |
25/Jul/2012 |
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Cell transplant - a new ray of hope |
If the results can be translated into a treatment for human eye disease, it could help millions of people suffering with conditions ranging from age-related macular degeneration to diabetes. In U.K... |
Medical |
25/Jul/2012 |
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Hiking in Glacier National Park with Tom Gryder |
Tom Gryder (47) is legally blind. He finished a six-day hike through Glacier National Park's backcountry (U.S.), recently. “I really enjoyed the scenery in Glacier National Park. I also saw a plume... |
Adventure and Sports |
25/Jul/2012 |
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A teacher with a vision |
When he was appointed to the school, many students and guardians had made representations to education department authorities, saying they felt a blind man might not be able to do justice to the job... |
Education and Employment |
25/Jul/2012 |
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Driving for charity |
In U.K., a visually impaired woman undertook an amazing challenge. Martine Brooks, 56, drove eight miles along the Great Barford bypass, in Bedfordshire, with the Mayor of Bedford, Frank Branston, in... |
Adventure and Sports |
25/Jul/2012 |
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