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Scribe shortage for visually impaired college students in Chennai leads to increasing worry

Dr Sivaraman, an Associate Professor at Presidency College, suggested that there should be a common government portal for scribes, so as to make it easier to provide scribes to the students

Published on 1st July 2022
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Kerala: This device made of biodegradable plastic can help visually-impaired students learn English

Earlier, a single wooden device was used in one class and all students had to use it for learning. Akshi is a 3x3 grid device made of biodegradable plastic

Published on 15th April 2022
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Assam govt to extend full support to student who designed 'smart shoe' for visually impaired

The sensor-enabled smart shoe allows visually impaired people to stay safe from obstacles that come their way

Published on 5th April 2022
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User-friendly durable Braille maps using advanced technology soon to be available for visually impaired students

This innovative technology has been introduced, designed and implemented for the first time in India by National Atlas & Thematic Mapping Organisation

Published on 10th January 2022
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Kerala teachers, researchers launch campaign to find visually-impaired PhD scholar's stolen laptop

According to Sayooja CS, someone might have stolen the laptop from their car when she and her friends were spending time at the beach  

Published on 26th November 2021
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Three kids including a visually impaired student from Malappuram bag Ujjwala Ballyam awards

Alveena, Sreya Bhajith and Mohammed Fadhil were the recipients of the award

Published on 23rd November 2021
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More than 50% visually impaired preferred these devices over a laptop, in DU's Kirori Mal College. What are they?

Tokyo Paralympics silver medalist and an alumnus of Kirori Mal College, Yogesh Kathuniya, in a video message, appreciated the college for setting up a Centre for Disability Studies

Published on 2nd October 2021
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Panjab University's visually impaired researchers walk 2 km for meals, constantly fearful of monkey attacks

Roughly, there are about 15 to 20 disabled research scholars on campus, of which, four live in the same hostel. This is why they have trouble with their meals

Published on 25th September 2021
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This start-up's software can read text out loud for the visually-challenged in Indian languages. Check it out

Santhiya Rajan, the Founder of Paraclete Image Labs, has been working on developing Prakash, which is what the reader is called, ever since she was in college. This is how they made it real

Published on 23rd June 2021
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16-year-old from Sonala village invents 'Blind Eye', an artificial eye for the visually-impaired

Ravi who has always been keen on learning electronics got a new direction for his passion when Atal Tinkering Labs' (ATL) under the Atal Innovation Mission (AIM)

Published on 4th December 2020
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Here's how these three engineering graduates developed a 'talking lamp' to help the visually impaired study better

Trestle Lab's device, Kibo, has been developed especially for the visually impaired to read printed text in 12 Indian languages. We talk to the Akshita Sachdeva to find out more

Published on 4th October 2020
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KPSC texts all visually impaired candidates to find out if they need a scribe, after Karnataka HC order 

They have also said that they will accept a disability certificate authorised by any competent medical authority and not insist on it coming from their pre-approved centres 

Published on 22nd August 2020
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Karnataka HC gives an extra hour of time, mandatory scribe to visually impaired candidates writing KPSC exams

This petition filed by the National Federation of the Blind against the KPSC was heard by the High Court bench consisting of Chief Justice Abhay Oka and Ashok S Kinagi

Published on 20th August 2020
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YouTube, screen readers and Kannada literature: How Meghana, a visually challenged prodigy, cracked UPSC and KAS in the same year 

While most of the students say it is difficult to crack UPSC, for Meghana it was a part of her life. This girl who lost her vision set her standards high by cracking UPSC in the second attempt

Published on 13th August 2020
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In Priyanka's sights: This visually impaired teacher is determined to clear CET after acing NET, KSET

Priyanka Patoli is a 25-year-old visually-impaired woman who has cleared several competitive exams to become an assistant professor. She speaks about the challenges in accessing the study materials 

Published on 6th August 2020

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