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This afternoon, i was testing Bing one more time. Have to admit that the search results are getting much better.
Today, the search was predictably on Braille Visiting cards. And Viola! i found 2 new links that were missed by google all this while methinks. Here they are:
Someone had a nice experience with Chandru..http://latikaroy.org/josBlog/?p=164
And Someone thinks Braille Cards are a bright idea!
What more can i say.. makes mah day.
Chandrashekhar, the entrepreneur responsible for all those great looking visiting cards, just got married this month. He is on Cloud 9, of course, and you can congratulate him here.. i will pass on the messages.. OR, if u really want to make his day, call him!
Harish, who is a visually disabled student of B. Com, needs help with his books.
We need volunteers who can read out these books and convert them to audio. The books are in Hindi.
And of course, these audio books are available for any other visually disabled person who wants to use them.
In addition, I am looking at creating an online library of educational audio material for the visually disabled. If you are interested, please send me audio recording of any chapter, any curriculum, any level, and i will add it to the online library. Class 1 to MA, anything is fine. You never know when it will save someone time if at least some part is available already. No effort is too small. PItch in people!!
Esha is looking for another beneficiary – in the NCR region.
We have a lot of work coming our way from the NCR region and a new delivery center is in order.
If you know of anyone who is:
A. Visually disabled to the extent that their normal employment options are impacted because of the disability.
B. Interested
C. Would like to be groomed into an entrepreneur.
D. Is available to work part time (but is committed)
E. Needs the money.
F. Is based in the NCR region.
Please ask them to reach me at esha_braille@yahoo.com
This person will be groomed and mentored over a 5-6 month period, to run their own show as entreprenerus, using the revenue streams of Esha, or any other revenue stream that they deem fit. At the moment, Esha has 3 revenue options (all 3 are designed for delivery by a visually disabled person):
1. Braille enabled visiting cards, stationery and greeting cards
2. Theater Workshops for Team Building – for corporates, schools and residential complexes.
3. Accessibility Audit of a building – for offices, schools, and other public places.
Have a Good Day! 
I really enjoyed this one. Do hope you like it too. Tell us what you think.
http://www.jp.onkyo.com/braille_essay2006/me01mr_nikhil_jain.htm
Today, we did the most thorough audit possible for Blind Accessibility. This was at IIT Delhi, and included points that i could not even have dreamt of!
The audit started at 1030 hours and went on till (phew!) 1630 hours. We did 3 audits – Visitor Audit, Student Audit, Employee Audit.
The report is now ready and submitted, and the payment realised. Wow!! The audit fees was just Rs. 4000 for all the 3 audits, because we worked really hard and finished all the 3 audits in one day!
(Raising a well deserved toast).. Congratulations!
How do the Visually Impaired play Chess
Do you know how different is a game of chess for visually challenged? How would you play if you were to close your eyes and yet enjoy the game?
It’s simple, albeit a few physical modifications to the equipment:
- In the chessboard, all the Black squares are raised about 3-4 mm above the white squares. The player can feel the raised or the lowered squares to figure out whether the piece is on a black or a white square
- Each of the chess pieces has a downward projection (nail) at the base, which fits into the squares on the Board having a hole in the center
- Through touch and feel, the player can determine whether the piece is a Pawn, Rook, Bishop, Knight, Queen or King
- All the Black pieces have a pin fixed on their heads. The touch of the pin on the pieces helps the player from distinguishing a white piece from a black one
The player is therefore able to have a clear picture in his mind of the position on the Board. The player is now ready to take on any opponent, sighted or otherwise.As per FIDE rules, a player is required to announce every move made, so that the opponent gets to know of the move. When the visually challenged play chess, instead of writing the moves on a Score Sheet, they record the same in Braille or on a tape recorder.
