Environmental Control Unit Orientation and Mobility Equipment Presentation by K Ramkrishna, General

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Environmental Control Unit Orientation
Mobility Equipment
Presentation by K. Ramkrishna, General
Manager,IDBI Bank Ltd. Hon. Secretary,National
Association for the Blind (India),
Mumbai16.4.09
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Components of work flow

• Access
• Input
• Process
• Throughput
• Output
• Communication
• Feedback

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Path-breaking inventions

• Development of Braille code by Sir Louis Braille
• Bi-centenary of Sir Louis Braille
• Development of speech engines
• Electronically synthesized human voice
• Information Technology and I.T.-enabled services
• Satellite mapping and communication

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Access Technology aims at

• Optimization of residual senses hearing and
  touch
• Products harnessing the sense of hearing touch
• Orientation mobility through residual senses
• Action navigation performance
• Transportability, ease of use and affordability

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Orientation Mobility Products

• White Cane
• Dress with optical illumination
• Electronic Torch
• Guide Dogs
• Robotics
• Satellite Mapping Communication

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Action Points

• Research institutions
• Fundamental developmental research in building
  access technology, orientation and mobility
  products
• Testing for developing stable product
• Industry
• Commercialization of access technology,
  orientation of mobility product developed by
  organization as a part of corporate social
  responsibility
• Troubleshooting and after-sales service
• continued on
  next slide.

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• Government
• Funding research activities
• Subsidised and offer tax incentives to the users
  of such products to make them affordable
• Service sector
• Co-operate and coordinate with research, help in
  testing and stabilization of such products
• Generate newer ideas and identify needs for
  development and improvement of access technology,
  orientation and mobility products.

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Thank you..