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Web radio works wonders for the blind

Thu, 07/19/2012 - 17:41 -- admin

Satish Navale, the man behind the Braille Vani web radio for the visually-impaired, on Tuesday demonstrated how to plant saplings to visually impaired students in Nashik, Pune and Assam.

Braille Vani is the brainchild of Navale, a former visually impaired student of the University of Pune (UoP).

The 25-minute programme, which was aired from 107.4 FM of UoP through teleconferencing, was coordinated by public information officer of Rahuri Krushi Vidyapeeth, Sandeep Patil, and retired IAS officer from Assam, Mohini Mohan Budagoa. The programme was conducted in Hindi.

ALVA 570 Satellite Pro

Part of the award-winning Satellite series of Refreshable Braille Displays from ALVA ( http://www.aagi.com/catalogue/ProductVersion.asp?SerieSat) the ALVA Satellite 570 Pro is for professionals and braille enthusiasts. , , With a 70-cell wide display, the Satellite 570 Pro was designed to meet most users requirements with a wide desktop display. It is the first desktop braille display designed specifically for a graphical interface that gives users the advantage of a wide braille line.

Winning against all obstacles

Thu, 07/19/2012 - 17:39 -- admin

Learning about how a sound ball works and the game of cricket be played with the specially designed ball, was a defining moment in the life of Vaishnav Mahender. Mahender, who suffers from irreversible vision impairment and 13 other visually impaired cricketers, recently represented India at the international level.

“When a blind man cries”

Thu, 07/19/2012 - 17:38 -- admin

“When a blind man cries, there is no sadder tale”, lyrics from a song by a popular American band became a reality today at the state guest house.Special rapporteur (Disabilities) of the National Human Rights Commission P K Pincha, when expounding on the plight of the disabled had a similar effect to the physically challenged persons among others at the 2 days State consultation on rights of persons with Disabilities Act, 2011 which was organized by the Spastic Society of Manipur at the state guest house located at Sanjenthong today.

ALVA 544 Satellite

The ALVA 544 Satellite is part of the award-winning Satellite series of Refreshable Braille Displays from ALVA. ( http://www.aagi.com/catalogue/ProductVersion.asp?SerieSat). , , It is a 44-cell Refreshable Braille Display package that's ultra light and highly compatible. It combines versatility with an enhanced ergonomic design. Utilizing both Double Touch Cursors and the new Satellite Key Pads, the ALVA Satellite offers complete access to even the most complex applications.

Banks disable the visually impaired

Thu, 07/19/2012 - 17:37 -- admin

If you're visually challenged, you can certainly play the piano, but you can't get money out of most ATM machines in hi-tech Bangalore.

It is surprising that though ATM facilities are widely available, the visually challenged are unable to make use of them -- all because some banks allegedly refuse to provide ATM cards, while others do not even open accounts.

Making music against all odds

Thu, 07/19/2012 - 17:35 -- admin

The band, Black, performed on Saturday at a charity event at Sri Satya Sai Nigamagamam. All 13 members of the band are visually impaired and while a few of them have learned music on their own, others have attended music school or are still music students.

Hailing from Mumbai, Black, has already recorded three devotional albums and have toured the US, Jordan, UK, Canada and other countries. They were here for a charity function organised by JCI, Hyderabad Deccan.

Enabling the Disabled

Thu, 07/19/2012 - 17:33 -- admin

The centre of attraction in a noisy lobby of Hotel Geeth in the city is a vivacious woman deep in conversation with 10 people at the same time. With a smile and a few words of encouragement, she, Jayshree Raveendran, was bidding adieu to most of them. At times, her nimble fingers spoke rapidly in reply to questions posed by equally agile fingers.

View Plus Cub Embosser

Quality and speed in a compact desktop design, the ViewPlus Cub is the ideal embosser for users who primarily use 8.5 x 11, A4 or smaller paper and still want to be able to quickly and quietly emboss high-resolution braille and tactile graphics directly from their preferred Windows programs.

Versa Point Duo

Get high quality, interpoint Braille in a reliable, low maintenance embosser. Versapoint Duo provides you with an economical tool to complete high volume Braille production. Easy one button commands allow you to reconfigure Braille output and check work. Braille can be configured for 6-dot and 8-dot output of speeds up to 40 characters per second. The speech synthesizer option speaks menus and doubles as external speech for your computer.

Our Ability: Web Portal for People With Disabilities

Thu, 07/19/2012 - 17:32 -- admin

When I was 16 years old, I had no person with a physical disability that I could look up to as a mentor. My heroes were Bob Costas, Dick Stockton and other Syracuse University broadcasters. All able bodied.

I craved someone with a physical disability that I could emulate. I needed to see the path to success -- a role model, a mentor. As I speak to individuals around the country, other people with disabilities share the same story. They had no role models. It is true today with the next generation of people with disabilities.

Porta-Thiel

PORTA-THIEL is a personal double sided braille embosser of the highest reliability, designed with the specifications suggested by a group of blind users selected from several European countries and is sold at the lowest possible price. It is a small, lightweight portable Braille printer. The quality is equal to that of all other embossers. The PORTA-THIEL does not use tractor feed device to control paper feed, therefore tractor holes are not needed, which means that after a sheet is printed it can be torn off and is ready for binding.

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