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Status and opportunities for promoting use of assistive technologies and content for persons with disabilities in India: Survey

A young visually impaired girl using sonic labeller. Text reads Status and opportunities for promoting the use of assistive technologies and content for persons with disabilities in India: Survey.

On Global Accessibility Awareness Day, Saksham launched its survey, ‘Status and opportunities for promoting use of Assistive technologies and content for persons with disabilities in India’, as part of its research project with Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce & Industry. The research project aims to understand how and what tools, technologies and content personsContinue reading “Status and opportunities for promoting use of assistive technologies and content for persons with disabilities in India: Survey”

India’s Saksham Trust Recognized as WSIS Champion 2021!

The banner has 4 different pictures of online training and classes taken by Saksham. Texy on the banner reads SAKSHAM BECOMES WSIS 2021 CHAMPION!- For our work towards empowering persons with visual impairment (PVIs) during the pandemic.

Saksham Trust (and its subsidiary Saktek Foundation) became one of the final champions of the prestigious World Summit on the Information Society Prizes (WSIS) 2021 in the cultural diversity and identity, linguistic diversity and local content category. Held virtually this year, the event took place on 19 May 2021 and was presided by Mr HoulinContinue reading “India’s Saksham Trust Recognized as WSIS Champion 2021!”

MANI – Mobile Aided Note Identifier.

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor launched a new mobile application to help visually impaired persons in identifying the denomination of currency notes known as the Mobile Aided Note Identifier (MANI), the RBI app can be freely downloaded from Android Playstore or iOS. This new application will help the visually impaired people to identifyContinue reading “MANI – Mobile Aided Note Identifier.”

Launch of Saksham’s EVO-E10 and Saktek Online Store!

Saksham is all set to launch its EVO-E10 and Saktek Online Store this Saturday on 14 December 2019. The EVO-E10 is a daisy player specially designed to be a complete audio substitute for print material. It can be a game-changer for students with visual impairment allowing them to easily record lectures in the classroom orContinue reading “Launch of Saksham’s EVO-E10 and Saktek Online Store!”

Simply Reading App- An Application for Print-Disabled and Visually Impaired

Dependence on others for reading and writing is one of the biggest hurdles in way of education, employment and leading an independent life, especially in case of people living with visual disabilities and low vision. To empower the persons with visual disabilities, the DAISY Consortium (a network of not for profit organizations from 55 countries)Continue reading “Simply Reading App- An Application for Print-Disabled and Visually Impaired”