Inclusive Libraries – A step towards mainstreaming persons with disabilities!
May 31, 2011
by Shilpi Kapoor @ 3:18 pm No Comments
Filed under: Accessibility,Alternate Formats,Assistive Technologies,Daisy,Deaf-Blind,Digital Talking Books,Elderly,Hearing,Learning,Libraries,Mobility,Print Disability,Reading Machine,Speech,Visual
During my own education, one of the places in the college that I enjoyed spending time at was the library. The Library is that one common place in a school, college or university that everyone needs access to. The library is the place we visit to gain knowledge, answer a question, read a newspaper, etc.....
Dolphin EasyConverter – Tool to create alternate formats
May 4, 2010
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Filed under: Alternate Formats,Digital Talking Books,Learning,Print Disability,Visual
EasyConverter is a tool by Dolphin to create alternate formats (altformat) of either printed documents or Microsoft Word, PDF, HTML or text files to large print, Braille, MP3 and Digital Accessible Information System (DAISY) versions. EasyConverter is a good option for people who do not have an altformat creation experience. A teacher can help his/her....
Accessibility Knowledge Series II – DAISY: Books Which Every One Can Read!
November 19, 2009
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Filed under: Accessibility,Accessibility Knowledge Series,Alternate Formats,Assistive Technologies,Daisy,Elderly,Hearing,Mobility,Print Disability,Visual
DAISY: Books Which Every One Can Read! Any one who has a problem in reading a normal print book can read the book prepared as a DAISY Book. Persons with blindness, low vision, Dyslexia, Learning Disability or those who cannot use both hands due to any disability and thus are not able to hold a....
Techshare India 2008 – an amazing experience
February 11, 2008
by Shilpi Kapoor @ 5:36 pm No Comments
Filed under: Assistive Technologies,Print Disability,Techshare India,Uncategorized
Hello all, Techshare India 2008 was a great learning experience for me. It was pleasure seeing such a huge number of delegates from across the world. I was really touched when visitors at the exhibition were so enthusiastic to see the different products. Especially everyone would shown interest in all products even that is not....
ClassMate Reader, a tool to assist students with print disabilities
October 18, 2007
by Priti Rohra @ 1:17 pm No Comments
Filed under: Print Disability
ClassMate Reader is an exciting new tool to assist students with learning, visual and mobility disabilities developed by Humanware. The tool is capable of playing books available in different electronic formats including NIMAS, DAISY, MP3, text, audio files, wav as well as books available on Bookshare.org and Audible.com etc. ClassMate Reader is a portable, light-weight....
