Thursday, September 22, 2011

Sachin Pilot releases Text-to- Speech System in six Indian languages

New Delhi , September 22,2011 16:50 IST   

Shri Sachin Pilot, the Minister of State for Communications and Information Technology today released the CD containing Text-To- Speech system (TTS) in

six Indian languages. These are Hindi, Marathi, Bangla, Telugu, Tamil & Malayalam He also launched web based Optical Character Recognition systems (OCR)

Wednesday, September 21, 2011

Chess competition for the blind in Delhi

Shri Anand Singh Smarak Khel evam Sanskritik Samiti is going to

organize a 3 days Chess Tournament for the Visually Impaired

participants at the Blind Relief Association, New Delhi on 7-9 October

2011.

Saturday, September 10, 2011

Sony Ericsson CK15i Android Smartphone with QWERTY keypad | Specs, Features and Review

Sony Ericsson CK15i is an Android Phone to be launched by the company. This phone comes with full QWERTY keypad allows users for convenient typing of messages, especially for blind people.

Wednesday, September 7, 2011

Download Firefox 6.0.2

About Firefox

Firefox is free and open source web browser for Windows, Linux and Mac platforms. Firefox is created by Mozilla, and it is fast, secure and easy to use. Firefox is also accessible with screen readers.

Friday, September 2, 2011

Digital escort for VI

Times of India
Professor invents virtual eye for the blind
R Vasundara, TNN Aug 26, 2011, 02.22pm IST
CHENNAI: The days of the visually challenged groping their way with the aid of white canes may soon be over.

An accessibility survey for blind users

Taken from Official Google blog.

These days, we rely on the Internet to keep us informed and in touch, yet our experience of the web is filtered through the tools we use to access it. The devices and technologies we choose, and our decisions about when we upgrade those tools, can affect how we interact with the web and with whom we are able to communicate.

Thursday, September 1, 2011

Firefox 3.6 series has been updated to version 3.6.21 – download

Firefox is free and open source web browser for Windows, Linux and Mac operating systems. Firefox is created by Mozilla and it is more secure, fast and easy to use application.