Shruti Information Center
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Shruti Information Center. Asha-UIUC. Issue. Person with disabilities act (1995) Reservation in educational institutes and jobs Development of support services (books) required Otherwise blind people cannot enter mainstream. Shruti. Goals Development of library support system
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Shruti Information Center Asha-UIUC
Issue • Person with disabilities act (1995) • Reservation in educational institutes and jobs • Development of support services (books) required • Otherwise blind people cannot enter mainstream
Shruti • Goals • Development of library support system • Website giving out information on reading material available in Braille, audio, large print and electronic text • Hindi, English, Sanskrit, Urdu • Development of reading material
Work Done • A website set up • Motivated to ministry of social justice to set up the website • Provides information on reading materials • Mentions that it has been assured funding for next 3 years!!
Proposed Work • Convert audio books to DTBs • Approached National Institute for the Visually-Handicapped (NIVH) for a program to convert its Hindi audio books on cassettes
Questions • Complimentary to NAB? • Source? • Who owns the material? • Cant NIVH pay for conversion • Number of books? • 150-200: Adequate? • How many people have access to DTB players? • Cost – 250$ • Website not reachable!!