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NIVH ALL SET WITH DESIGN OF BRAILLE BALLOTS TO FACILITATE VISUALLY IMPAIRED DURING POLLS

Fri, 02/03/2017 - 11:03 -- geeta.nair

The task of printing ballot papers for the visually handicapped in the assembly elections has been entrusted on the National Institute of Visually Handicapped (NIVH).  The election commission uses specially designed Braille ballots for the visually impaired. These special types of the ballots have the names of the candidates and their symbols in Braille script. The visually impaired having knowledge of Braille can read the candidate’s name and symbol by the feel of their hands on these ballot papers.

Audex (Audible Access)!

Wed, 01/25/2017 - 11:10 -- geeta.nair

Audex (Audible Access)!
This app is available on playstore now, and I hope that it will be very useful for everyone and everybody will like it too! (Especially People who are frustrated/annoyed/fed up with the talkback’s irritating earcons!).
It's the time to turn talkback earcons off forever and time to turn on Audex!
So, this app will start fulfilling your wish of nice earcons/event sounds from today.
(Every suggestions and feedbacks are heartily welcomed)!
Below is the Playstore URL and whole description of the app.
So, here you go!:

Students educated on assistive technology

Tue, 01/24/2017 - 12:48 -- geeta.nair

Tribune News Service

Jammu, January 23

A guest lecture was conducted by Prof M Balakrishna from the Department of Computer Science and Engineering, IIT- Delhi, at Shri Mata Vaishno Devi University in Katra today.

He talked about assistive technology for the differently abled and the problems being faced by the visually impaired in their daily life.

UCCI HOLDS ART, SONG TESTS FOR DEAF, DUMB, BLIND

Fri, 01/13/2017 - 10:28 -- geeta.nair

The CSR Committee of The Utkal Chamber of Commerce conducted an art and song competition for the visually impaired, hearing and vocally impaired children (deaf, dumb and blind). About 63 students participated from different schools.

They were from Bipin Bihari School of Deaf and Dumb, Rajdhani School of Deaf and Dumb, Lewis Blind School, Sri Sri Beleswar High School, Sriharsha Mishra School, Bhima Bhoi School for Blind and Nursery School.

Both the competitions were conducted in three categories, sub-junior, junior and senior. Cash prizes were

DISTRIBUTION OF ASSISTIVE DEVICES ON SIR LOUIE BRAILLE’S BIRTHDAY

Thu, 01/05/2017 - 10:36 -- geeta.nair

On the birth anniversary of Sir Louie Braille, 270 smart phones and 40 daisy players were distributed to students with visual impairment under ADIP scheme of the Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities. Scholarships cheques worth `5 lakhs were also distributed to each of 66 students with visual impairment under National Scholarship Scheme of National Federation of the Blind.

World Braille Day: Who invented the reading and writing system and why?

Wed, 01/04/2017 - 11:08 -- geeta.nair

Around 285 million people are estimated to be visually impaired worldwide, with 39 million blind and millions more with low vision, as well as two million people living with sight loss in the UK alone.

According to National Braille Week, around 150 million people use braille – a code system of raised dots – as a form of literacy, as it allows users to spell, use punctuation and format text on a page.
 

World Braille Day On 4th Jan 2017

Wed, 01/04/2017 - 10:51 -- geeta.nair

To commemorate the World Braille Day, the students of Nethra Vidyalaya Junior & Degree colleges for Visually challenged students will be organising a walkathon on 04/01/2017. The students will be participating in the walkathon along with the lecturers, college staff, friends and well wishers.

The Nethra Vidyalaya Walkathon starts at 9am to commomorate World Braille Day and celebrate the divine message of HH Chinna Jeeyar Swamijis of how:

“Education Plays a Key Role in Enabling Visually Challenged Children to See the World through DIVINE EYES of KNOWLEDGE”

Tap-ping to help the blind

Mon, 11/21/2016 - 12:10 -- geeta.nair

Walking around is one of the toughest things for a visually challenged person. Even when they're using a cane. To help them get past this, young innovator Krishna Sai Inkoolu, from Anakapalli in Visakhapatnam invented 'Taparch Footwear', which helps them walk sans the stick. This 24-year-old who studied Industrial Engineering at Gitam University designed a mechanism with an embedded electronic circuit that senses the existence of obstacles in the path and communicates it to the visually challenged person with a 'tap', while they're walking — helping them stay safe.

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