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

Budget

Head Amount

Two PCs

(hard disk+special sound card)

92,000

Cassette Deck 8,000

Stand alone CD copier 20,000

UPS 15,000

Technical Assistant 1,20,000

Office Supplies 30,000

Maintenance 10,000

Total 2,95,000

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!!