Engineer Him Prasad Gautam has developed the software by upgrading his earlier screen reading software “Drishtibachak”. The software was made public in Pokhara on Saturday. [break]
Kaski chapter of Nepal Association of Blind (NAB) has started training its members to use the newly developed software. Twenty visually impaired have been undergoing the training. “I had developed the software for my own use but it would be useful to all,” said Gautam.
NAB has been distributing the software to its members free of cost, informed Gautam.
Sri Kant Sapkota, secretary of NAB, Kaski, said the new software would increase the access of visually impaired to information. “One can also listen to texts on Web sites with the help of the new software,” said Sapkota.
NAB Kaski Chairman, Shishir Khanal, informed that many visually impaired students have been preparing for Public Service Commission examinations with the help of new software. “The new software can convert text files in over of over a dozen languages,” Gautam informed.
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