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T.V. Raman’s Audio Deja Vu: From Google, a Math-Reading System for the Web |
Almost exactly 20 years ago, T.V. Raman built a system for reading math out loud as his PhD project at Cornell.
After being raised in Pune, India and becoming blind at age 14, Raman had learned to... |
Science & technology |
19/Jun/2013 |
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Blind UAE student's 90% in Grade 10 exams |
Mustafa is not excited about scoring 90 per cent in the CBSE 10th standard school results announced recently. But his family and the entire community are happy about how bravely this 100 per cent... |
Education and Employment |
19/Jun/2013 |
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AIR jockey designs chess board for visually impaired players |
That only 1,500 out of the 5,000 registered blind or partially blind chess players in India are active due to poor access to specially designed chess-boards, was a constant cause of worry for Pankaj... |
Adventure and Sports |
19/Jun/2013 |
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Activists allege move to close school for blind |
Protest eye exam for aspirants; officials scrap it, say it was to mainstream students
A proposed eye exam for aspirants to the Government Higher Secondary School for the Blind in Poonamallee was... |
Education and Employment |
17/Jun/2013 |
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Stimulating Ideas |
The past few years have seen several attempts to bring sight to the blind by fitting them with artificial retinas. These implanted devices turn incoming light into electrical signals and pass those... |
Medical |
13/Jun/2013 |
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DU pioneers Math, Science curriculum for visually impaired |
The proposed FYUP (Four Year Undergraduate Program) by the Delhi University mandates that every student study foundation course each in basic Mathematics and Science in the first year. This is a... |
Education and Employment |
12/Jun/2013 |
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Unhelpful helpdesks make disabled students run around |
The decentralizing of admissions for SC/ST and persons with disability (PWD) categories essentially a move towards greater inclusion of these groups hasn't worked quite as well as the university... |
Education and Employment |
11/Jun/2013 |
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Life is an opportunity |
Nandini K is a visually impaired girl, but for her that’s is no excuse to not pursue her dreams. This young girl, a beneficiary of Samarathan Trust, has been selected to star in an upcoming Tamil... |
Achievements |
11/Jun/2013 |
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Odisha: Taxi driver arrested for raping, killing a visually impaired minor girl |
A taxi driver was arrested in Puri on Saturday for allegedly raping and murdering a visually impaired minor girl, police said.
Banamali Barik, 35, who was arrested, is a drug edict and has a criminal... |
General |
10/Jun/2013 |
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New bionic eye to help visually impaired |
A new bionic eye being developed at Monash University will help thousand of blind people to see light and shapes for the first time.
World-first wireless technology and a computer processor,... |
Medical |
10/Jun/2013 |
