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2025 ABC International Excellence Award for Accessible Publishing: nominations are still open

Mon, 07/21/2025 - 10:31 -- geeta.nair

Nominations are still open for the 2025 ABC International Excellence Award for Accessible Publishing, which honours one publisher and one project or initiative for outstanding work in improving the accessibility of e-books or digital publications for people who are blind, visually impaired, or otherwise print-disabled. 

393 vision centres launched under Asha Kirana across Karnataka

Wed, 07/16/2025 - 12:00 -- geeta.nair

Deputy Chief Minister D K Shivakumar inaugurated the vision centre at the BBMP Multispeciality Hospital in Govindaraj Nagar on Thursday. This would mark the simultaneous inauguration of all vision centres across the state, he said.
393 vision centres launched under Asha Kirana across Karnataka.Credit: DH photo Bengaluru: Under the Asha Kirana initiative, 393 vision centres were launched across Karnataka on July 3. The initiative aims to tackle preventable blindness.

From Gurumukhi to Braille: Patiala University joins dots, launches inclusive tool for Visually Impaired

Wed, 07/09/2025 - 10:10 -- geeta.nair

PATIALA: A technology developed by a research team at Punjabi University here enables the conversion of Punjabi texts into Braille, empowering visually impaired individuals to access written content in their native language.

Bosch Opens Accessible Resource Center to Aid Visually Impaired STEM Learners

Fri, 06/13/2025 - 10:54 -- geeta.nair

Bengaluru, June 12, 2025: Bosch Global Software Technologies (BGSW), in collaboration with Vision Empower (VE) and the Centre for Accessibility in the Global South (CAGS) at the International Institute of Information Technology, Bangalore (IIITB), has inaugurated the Accessible Resource Center (ARC)—a pioneering inclusive education hub designed to students with visual impairment through assistive technology and special educators empowerment and training program through a specially curated pedagogy.

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