The eye Within- Antarchakshu
Antarchakshu is a sensitization workshop cum photo exhibition by the visually challenged aimed to spread awareness about the lives of the visually challenged and people with other disabilities.
List of Visual impairment
New device helps blind people to ‘read’
REMARKABLE new technology is helping blind people in York to “read” newspapers or books and tell what’s inside a food can.New device helps blind people to ‘read’ . The high-tech devices can be tried out at the offices of the York Blind And Partially Sighted Society, which has also announced it has won a £30,000 grant.
ARIA
Aria is a braille notetaker with speech output designed for use by persons who are blind or have low vision. This computerized organizer is designed with word processing, mathematical and communicating capabilities. The user can construct full-fledged documents, transfer files, drive a modem or use a statistical calculator. With DOS interface, this device can run external software. It can be upgraded; the system runs on 1 Megabyte of RAM and 2 Megabytes of Flash ROM (contains the Aria software).
A Blinding Road to Fill One’s Plate
In Trichy District, TN, blind people struggle to cover the 5 kilometers that lead to the ration shop. Being blind, or suffering from any form of disability, means that simple, daily acts are likely to turn into an ordeal. Everyday movements performed without much thought by a non-disabled person, are laden with obstacles for a blind person. Such is the case for the blind community living in Gandhi Nagar, Trichy District, in the southern state of Tamil Nadu.
Visually-impaired can now learn in regional languages
Text-To-Speech (TTS) synthesis system, this new software will hit the market in November. Sponsored by the Centre’s department of Information Technology, TTS is a screen-reading software application that identifies and interprets Indian language text being displayed on the screen. Unlike former screen-reading software such as Jobs Access With Speech (JAWS) that only reads English text on the screen, TTS can read Marathi, Tamil, Hindi, Telugu, Malayalam and Bengali.
பார்வையற்றவர்களுக்கான சிறப்பு பொய்க்கால் குதிரை
இரண்டு மரத்தால் ஆன பொய்க்கால்களைக் கொண்டு நடப்பதற்கு Stilt walk என்று பெயர். இது, தமிழ்நாட்டின் நாட்டுப்புற கலைகளில் ஒன்றான பொய்க்கால் குதிரை என்ற நடனத்தை தழுவிய விளையாட்டு IELC பார்வையற்றோர் பள்ளியில் 1983ஆம் ஆண்டு இவ்விளையாட்டு முதல் முதலாக அறிமுகப்படுத்தப்பட்டது. இவ்விளையாட்டு 6 அடி கொண்ட இரண்டு மரக்கம்புகளைக் கொண்டு அதன் மேல் நடப்பதாகும்.
Famous Blind and Sight Impaired People
A listing of famous and well known sight impaired people who were blind and blind in one eye including actors and singers. Visually impaired and blind people have devised a number of techniques that allow them to complete daily activities using their remaining senses.
Intex Vision IN2020 for visual impairments: Handset Review
Intex Vision, to my knowledge, is the only phone in India that has been designed for the visually impaired. However, the design of the phone is not new as a similar phone was launched by iBall, named as Senior. The only difference is that the former comes with Braille letters on its keypad.
Railway concession for blind & mentally impaired persons extended to Rajdhani & Shatabdi
The Ministry of Railways has decided to extend facility of concession in rail fare to completely blind persons and mentally retarded persons in Rajdhani and Shatabdi trains. The concession for both the categories would be 25 per cent in 3rd AC and AC Chair Car in Rajdhani and Shatabdi trains. Same concession will also be admissible to one escort accompanying such person.
iGlasses for Visually impaired – Walk with confidence
The iGlasses™ Ultrasonic Mobility Aid is a head-mounted device which enables more informed, confident, and efficient pedestrian travel. Objects in your path are detected by the ultrasonic sensors and communicated via gentle vibrations. As obstacles get nearer the frequency of the vibration will increase. The device is intended as a secondary mobility device to complement the traditional long cane or guide dog.