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How the visually impaired can use a computer?
Thanks to NASSCOM Foundation for publishing my below article. Most often, people have a question – can a blind person use a computer? If so, do they need a special keyboard or a special computer? Before answering this question, let me take an example of a typist who never looks at the keyboard but can [...]
January 9, 2012
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Tags: accessibility, assistive technology, disability · Posted in: Articles
Thousands of Websites; all are citizen centric; but are they accessible to all citizens – a review
Reproduced from CIS Accessibility Blog Thanks CIS for the opportunity. Today, there are about 7800 Central and state government websites hosted by the National Informatics Centre (NIC). They are all certainly citizen centric – whether it is the Ministry of Finance, banks, the passport authority, educational board, transport, consumer affairs, or the most important website [...]
October 17, 2011
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Tags: accessibility, disability, india · Posted in: Articles
Travel Tips for people with vision impairment
I often read in some mailing lists about need of escort for visually impaired travelers. While that’s true that having an escort would be helpful for people with vision impaired, I have also seen several visually impaired traveling alone, busy attending conferences. So wanted to collect trips and tricks for people with vision impaired as [...]
September 22, 2011
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Tags: mobility, travel, visual impairment · Posted in: Articles, Experience
Solutions for people with low vision
Early 2010, I have contributed to Accessibility Knowledge Series by BarrierBreak Technologies and thought, now I should quote that here and add some more tips. Much often, we attend meetings and conferences; Today, mostly every speaker uses Power Point Slides to express what they will have to say. Although they speak most of the time, [...]
September 19, 2011
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Tags: accessibility, assistive technology · Posted in: Articles
What makes us to build a successful career?
I often see people talking a lot about how frustrated they are with current job even they have just started with a job. But at the end of the day, they really work to the extent that they need to, then I wonder, why they should stress to themselves for thinking about all discomforts. In [...]
September 13, 2011
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Tags: careers, tips · Posted in: Articles
Thyagaraja Aradhana 24th January
Today is one of the days one who loves and cares for music should remember. Today the 24th January is Aradhana of Shri. Thyagaraja. Some lines from Wikipedia about Aradhana: The Aradhana in its present format is not even a hundred years old. Thyagaraja died in 1847. A few days before his death, he had [...]
January 24, 2011
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Tags: bheemsen joshi, classical music, thagaraja · Posted in: Articles
Memories with my teachers
September 5th is a day I celebrate most as it gives me an opportunity to acknowledge all my teachers who have been responsible for the life that I am leading today. Firstly, let me share some of my memories as to how we used celebrate teacher’s day during school days. While I was studying at [...]
September 4, 2010
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Tags: teacher's day · Posted in: Articles, Events
Using appropriate elements in blog posts
Most often, I see blog posts where blogs without use of appropriate elements such as headings, tables etc. So thought let me write some tips that one should consider while writing a blog post. Never copy and paste from a word processing document or internet page Use appropriate heading structure if your post has sub [...]
July 13, 2010
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Tags: blog writing, HTML · Posted in: Articles
How social networking is useful?
It’s been some time, whole world talk a lot about Social Networking. I thought let me share my personal experience with different social networks. LinkedIn LinkedIn is a professional social networking site and I think, almost every professional use it a lot. Using LinkedIn, one can find people in relevant industry, career opportunities, get information [...]
July 9, 2010
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Tags: Facebook, LinkedIn, social networking, Twitter, Yahoo · Posted in: Articles
How the visually impaired can use a Computer?
Most often, people have a question – can a blind person use a computer? If so, do they need a special keyboard or a special computer? Before answering this question, let me take an example of a typist who never looks at the keyboard but can type with speed and accuracy. How is it possible? [...]
July 1, 2010
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Tags: assistive technology, vosia;;u o, [aored. ;pw vosopm. screem reader. screen magnifier · Posted in: Articles
