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Post by indophile Fri Jun 01, 2012 9:27 am

why are computer terminals placed in front of blind people?

http://www.thehindu.com/news/states/tamil-nadu/article3477469.ece?homepage=t

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Post by Marathadi-Saamiyaar Fri Jun 01, 2012 12:27 pm

Hope Bill Gates reads this news item and expand opportunities instead of....

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Post by MulaiAzhagi Fri Jun 01, 2012 1:44 pm

“We wanted to break from the tradition of involving visually disabled people in cane work, embroidery or furniture repair. Here, they use technology to reach out to the world,” says S.M.A. Jinnah, founder of IAB.

===> Jinnah in Madurai?

It is like having a Hindu named Golwalker or Narendra Modi in Pakistan.

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Post by MulaiAzhagi Fri Jun 01, 2012 1:51 pm

TN has always been in the forefront of helping handicapped people for many decades.

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Post by Maria S Fri Jun 01, 2012 1:56 pm

Not sure..why the but?

"Visually challenged" can mean a range of disabilities, from legally blind (partial blindness- peripheral only, central etc) to totally blind. So many can function best- when they are sitting facing the terminals. And I would think most Braille keyboards are placed in front of the terminals, and "Voice/Audio" enhancements are helpful when the person faces the speakers.
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Post by indophile Fri Jun 01, 2012 1:58 pm

There is a Jinnah Bazaar in Guntur (AP), and a Gangaram Hospital in Lahore (Pak).

But I see your point. You can't find a "Hitler" anywhere in the world now, or an Aurangzeb, for that matter, anywhere in India. Interestingly, it seems "Zeb" is a slang word for penis in Arabic. A story went around a few years ago about a Pakistani diplomat named Akbar Zeb ("big dick" in Arabic) when named as ambassador to Saudi Arabia, the Saudi govt said no, they don't want him, because they cant introduce him to other Arab diplomats or other Saudi officials with a straight face.

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Post by Maria S Fri Jun 01, 2012 3:36 pm

Apparently, you can't name children "Adolf Hitler" (in the US- New Jersey!):

http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/sideshow/judge-orders-adolf-hitler-kept-child-custody-173659145.html

Obviously, one would want parents to be thoughtful and sensitive when they name their children..but, as awful as this may be..I would assume there is more to this story (some proof of child abuse)..kind of strange that in the USA, land of freedom of speech (!) children would be taken away, because of their names. I wonder why the Judge did not simply order the parents to change the name of children as a requirement to return them.
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