Initiative Details
Project Name | ANNIE India's first braille literacy Device for the visually impaired |
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Department/State/District | Department of Education |
Sector | Education |
Year | 2019 |
Project Details |
Summary
Btaille kaeracy cate in India is less than one percent, This is due wy the fact that pedagogy of Braille equives constant presence cf 2 eeacher wo is often not available. Secondly, thove is hacdly any ‘nsevactive content available for Brille learners, Acute shoreage of special educatoe compounds the peoblem further. With 2 major pact of avaiable rescucces going towards meeting other needs, hiving and ‘taining mnoee teachee is aften a Snencally challenging sea logiatcally ‘iene conauening exercise. As it contribution to the national goal of creating an inclusive ceciucation ecosystem in the country, Ranchi District Adeinistrt sessed amen colncre with Thinker Bell Libs BUTS Plan Sere up. Thinket-BellLabs has developed a device nacned “Annie” which is oat’ fest Baile Hecamcy device fot the visually isupaited. Annie enables sudents with vinsal impaitment te selflenen Braille in fanilled sod engaging avannee, All hardwace modules of designed and customized to teach Braille in English as well 2 Hindi language. Fe ceunes with preloaded incecsetive content designed by ccusdatkumexpers and teachers. The softmace ecosystem acount Arnie allows for tracking the smudent progress (analytics) and downloading oF new content cn to the device, The Annie learning econy tern tigers 2 ccubipliec uapect on the problem by allowing one special educator to teach andl enonitox several students atthe saene time... Read More
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