One day Seminar on "Reading without seeing"

The Xavier's Resource Centre for the Visually Challenged (XRCVC), Mumbai is happy to announce a Reading Without Seeing seminar as part of its awareness work in the Mumbai Eye Care Campaign of Sightsavers in collaboration with
Technical Training Institute (TTI), Pune.

Event hosted by Andrew Vision Centre, Wilson College

Registrations will be on a first come, first served basis.

For registrations, please contact: Nikhil Deshmukh - 0-9405529216

Main Features of Screen Readers

- Two Ways Interfacing (typing and hearing)

- Possibility of Braille Display

- Language Option -English (JAWS, Window-Eyes, Dolphin) & Hindi

- Access to major applications including MS-Office, Internet

- Ability to take snapshot images and OCR image-based text

Phone Based Screen Readers:

1. Talks

2. Mobile Speak

3. Android

4. VoiceOver

Main Features of Phone Based Screen Readers:

- Access with Num Pad,
QWERTY keypad and touch screens

- Ability to access basic/advance
phone functions (messaging, phonebook, GPS, GPRS and any other online applications)

Others

A) DAISY

1. Meaning of DAISY

2. Types

- Full text

- Full audio

- Full text full audio

3. Features

- Standardized format

- Multiple choice of reading options (hardware, software)

- Navigation/flexibility (bookmarking, reading by heading levels, chapter by chapter, page by page, phrase by phrase etc.)

- Cost advantage (available online)

4. DAISY player hardware: DAISY to go, AMIS/FS Reader/Angel/Victor reader (any two)

B) Low Vision Tools

- Computer-based (magic, NVDA, supernova)

- Hand-held video magnifiers

- Screen magnifier based

- Demo in experience zone

C) OCR

- Concept

- Features

- Demonstration in experience zone (Open Book, Kurzweil, SARA)

D) Braille Displays

- Concepts

- Features

- Demonstration in experience zone (PAC Mate, Notetaker)

E) Reading Sources

i) DFI members/OBL

- What is OBL?

- Types of books

- Methods to obtain them

- Membership

- Demo

ii) Inclusive Planet

- What is inclusive planet?

- Types of books

- Methods to obtain them

- Membership

- Demo

iii) BookShare

- What is BookShare?

- Types of books

- Methods to obtain them

- Membership

- Demo

ADL

Description of various technologies used for daily activities

Question & Answer, Feedback, Division of groups

C) EXPERIENCE ZONE

3 to 3.5 hours

Divide the participants into 4 - 5 groups of a similar size. All low vision persons should be part of the same group.

LUNCH BREAK

Post Lunch Hands-On Experience

Participants will be broken up into smaller groups and will rotate across demonstration counters to get hands-on feel of the technologies and ask questions based on the same. The main demonstration counters are as follows:

I. Low Vision Aids (MAGic,
video magnifiers, optical magnification systems)

II. OCR and Reading Machine
(Kurzweil, SARA)

III. DAISY player hardware
(victor, angel, PTR 2), AMIS/FS reader,
DAISY2go, NVDA ,JAWS, Samarth tools

IV. Refreshable Braille
Displays (PAC Mate, Notetaker) + Tactile Diagrams (PIAF & Sewell Line Kit)

V. ADL: Talking Calculator, Talking BP machine, Weighing scale, Liquid-level indicator, Colour recognizer etc.

Each group is expected to spend 30 min per counter.

(15-20 min for demos, remaining 10 min for questions and answers)

For each item 4 - 5 features to be highlighted like what is the USP of the product, the brief features of the product etc.

CONTACT DETAILS OF ORGANIZATIONS

Wilson College

Chowpatty Seaface Road, Mumbai - 400 007

Phone: 022-23637663, 42134343