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Techvision puts blind youths from Pune on cloud nine |
Breaking barriers, a group of Pune-based visually impaired youth are writing computer programmes for a US-based information technology (IT) company to enable it to better sell its cloud computing... |
Education and Employment |
19/Jul/2012 |
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Turkey's visually impaired look to new technology for increased mobility |
The Ministry of Transport and Communications announced on Wednesday its plans for a project that would put new living-assistance technology into the hands of Turkey's visually impaired.
Chief... |
Product and Technology |
19/Jul/2012 |
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A software that speaks their language |
For the visually-impaired students of Bangalore University, lessons will become a tad easier as soon thanks to Shreedhar TS. The 23-year-old visually impaired lad from Karnataka has come up with an... |
Product and Technology |
19/Jul/2012 |
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Centre for disability studies inaugurated in Assam |
The Gauhati University, in collaboration with NTPC Limited, started an information communication training centre (ITC) at the department of disability study on Wednesday. The aim behind this training... |
Education and Employment |
19/Jul/2012 |
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Government orders special software for blind |
In a step that would bring relief to scores of blind persons aspiring for clerical jobs across the country, the government has decided to provide them a special keyboard and screen reading software... |
Education and Employment |
19/Jul/2012 |
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Visually impaired can soon access ATMs |
Under a colourful canopy on the grounds of the Ali Yaver Jung National Institute for the Hearing Handicapped, dozens of students from the Happy Home School on Wednesday, milled around hearing about... |
General |
19/Jul/2012 |
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Visually challenged boy pens novel |
Inspired by author J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter series, a visually challenged 18-year-old from a farmer's family in Gokavaram of East Godavari district, has spent seven years of his life writing... |
General |
19/Jul/2012 |
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Hunter cinema delivers the goods for blind movie-goers |
Going to the movies just got a whole lot more enjoyable for people who are blind or vision impaired in the Hunter region of NSW, with the introduction of audio description at Reading Cinemas,... |
General |
19/Jul/2012 |
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Thumbs up for CBSE’s no to practicals for blind |
Disability activists have welcomed the move by the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) to do away with hands-on practical components in basic sciences for visually-impaired students (class 11... |
Education and Employment |
19/Jul/2012 |
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Fill backlog of posts reserved for persons with disabilities, State told |
Mr. Pincha issued directions in this regard to Chief Secretary S.V. Ranganath and other top-ranking officials concerned during his two-day review of the implementation of welfare measures for persons... |
Education and Employment |
19/Jul/2012 |
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