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March 24, 2008
New Interactive Web Portal in India
We found the following information via the Disabled People’s International email newsletter.
New Interactive Web Portal in India
http://punarbhava.in/
Punarbhava.in, India's first interactive web portal for persons with disabilities, was launched 12 March 2008 in India, along with screen reading software that will enable persons who are blind or visually impaired to use computers. An initiative of the Rehabilitation Council of India (RCI) and Media Lab Asia, a part of the communications and information technology ministry, the web portal and the software aims to connect persons with disabilities to the rest of the world.
Employment opportunities, contact numbers of hospitals and health care centres, online courses, catalogued knowledge repository of audio–video and Braille files in Indian languages and books related to disability are some of the resources featured on the portal.
Punarbhava.in will also have a National Disability Register that will give statistical information about the disabled population in India.
"In order to actually benefit the masses, it is important that the software is available in all Indian languages. That's why SAFA can be accessed through 12 Indian languages, besides English," said Meira Kumar, minister of social justice and empowerment, who was present at the launch. For information, go to http://www.disabilityindia.com/html/news.html#web
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