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Free online technical workshops for the visually impaired
Announcing second round of free online technical workshops for visually impaired National Association for the Blind (NAB) Delhi had launched a series of online workshops for the visually impaired after the lockdown was announced in the country. An overwhelming response was received and they are due to successfully complete the first round soon.
Considering the demand from the community, they will be conducting workshops on new topics from 13 April onwards. Sessions will be held in the afternoon or evening using the Zoom platform. The workshops will be facilitated by selected trainers having vast experience of conducting trainings for the visually impaired. Each workshop will consist of one or more online sessions of 90 minutes to 2 hour duration where the participants will interact directly with the trainers. The information about joining the online sessions will be sent by email only. After registering you will receive the instructions to join the sessions by 16 April 2020 You just need a computer or smart phone with internet connection to join the online workshop.
Registration is restricted to one workshop per person at this time.
Note: These workshops are only for persons with visual impairments above 18 years of age. Register quickly! It is free of cost, certificates will be provided by email. Registration link is provided at the end of the message. Registrations will close after receiving required entries or at 10 am on 12 April 2020, whichever is earlier.
The following workshops will be conducted:
- Using Google Drive and Dropbox: Learn how you can use these cloud storage services to backup and share your files and folders and collaborate for online work.
- Microsoft Outlook setup and Usage: If you depend on emails then Microsoft Outlook can increase your productivity.
- Android Talkback basics and customization: Learn to customize the screen reader to accomplish tasks faster.
- Financial Accessibility for the Visually Impaired: Using Net Banking, Apps of Banks and Digital Wallets are essential for everyone now.
- Advanced Excel: Learn to use Pivot Table, V-lookup and Mail merge (with Microsoft Word)
- Microsoft PowerPoint Basics: Learn to create effective presentations
- Advanced Word Document Formatting: Learn to create documents that look professional and print perfectly.To register fill up the Google form at https://forms.gle/zeQV4obd2bNvvnmu6