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[INDIA] Country's first computer Braille language lab inaugurated
Country's first computer Braille language lab
inaugurated
03 February 2003, Ahmedabad, India
Source: The Newindpress
Coutesy:
Propoor.org
The country's first total computer Braille
Language Laboratory (BLL) was inaugurated at the blind peoples association using
a computer with a 'talking keyboard' attached to a Braille printer, according to
Bhushan Punani, director of BPA.
The Braille lab, set up by Lodge Fellowship of
Ahmedabad, a community that follows universal brotherhood, is capable of
teaching in any language though it has been introduced in English and Gujarati
at present, said Punani.
He added that in some time a visually impaired
student would be able to learn any language in Braille sitting in any part of
the world via internet connectivity with the lab.
Explaining the teaching method he said "when the
teacher uses the keyboard it not only talks aloud what is being typed but the
print of the text also appears in Braille on a mini printer given to each
student."
S N Jha, who is an inventor and the brain behind
the technology, told PTI over telephone the lab at present has 10 such printers
and one teacher can handle about 10 students at a time.
Jha added that this teaching method would enable
visually impaired students to grasp the language faster since the text is
delivered both by audio and in Braille instantly.
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Mithi Software Technologies Pvt. Ltd., Pune. India.
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