[nfb-talk] help required to sort assistive technology for my friend

[Reyazuddin, Yasmin]

Dear Mukaish, 
Thanks for your inquiry. 
I would suggest that your friend should purchase a talking bathroom scale. 
I have few good reasons on this. Your friend is still running his business. He could measure the weight on the scale and know the amount. Also, he does not need to lift the grains or wheat or rice on the counter. It is important for him to learn other blindness skills. Does he know Braille  and can independently travel using a cane. He may be using friends to take him to places but can he take notes of his own. 

Has he gone to any of the training centers for blind individuals in India. 
Learning happens all your life. He is not too old to learn these skills. 




Yasmin Reyazuddin 
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From: nfb-talk [mailto:nfb-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Chris Nusbaum via nfb-talk
Sent: Wednesday, January 21, 2015 9:09 PM
To: 'mukesh jain'; 'NFB Talk Mailing List'
Subject: Re: [nfb-talk] help required to sort assistive technology for my friend

Welcome to the list. Perhaps your friend could benefit from joining our Agricultural and Equestrian division and its listserv. There are many blind people in this group who work in the type of field you seem to be describing, and they may be able to lend some helpful experience and wisdom to him. More information can be found at nfbnet.org.

Chris

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From: nfb-talk [mailto:nfb-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of mukesh jain via nfb-talk
Sent: Wednesday, January 21, 2015 1:34 AM
To: nfb-talk at nfbnet.org
Subject: [nfb-talk] help required to sort assistive technology for my friend

Hello,
I have just now joined this group. Hence, would like to first introduce myself. Then will switch to my query.
I am Mukesh writing this mail from India. I am very much keen to learn about new technological advancements that contributes to the skills pertaining to the independent living abilities for the visually impaired. Hence, would like to learn the same from all of you. I hope that I will have good amount of sharing on this platform. Now coming back to my question:
 Recently, I met one person who had lost his vision nearly 18 years ago at the age of 18 while pursuing the first year of graduation. He left his studies due to sheer depression. He is also suffering from polio with one leg since childhood which made this depression deeper.

After leaving his studies, he decided to learn the business of his family with the hope to make his further survival. Due to his true devotion, hard work and dedication, today he owns one shop dealing in to marketing various foodstuffs like wheat, rice, oil etc on the wholesale basis. He has hired the required staff to help him out to perform several duties like handling customers, dealing with cash transactions, assisting him to commute from one place to another etc.

Spending such a long period of time in this business, now he would like to be independent to avoid dependency of anyone in his business as he noticed that there are several occasions where he had to compromise on few things like trusting on the information provided by others like weight and measurement of the goods he is selling to his customers. He already has the digital weighing machine installed in his shop to measure the goods but this does not provide him any talking support.

Since he has to measure the items which are packed in one sack like rice, wheat, etc in the quantities up to 60kgs, what can be the way out to measure these items independently for him? Are there any such talking weighing machines available in India or abroad?

I have seen the products like talking bathroom scale and talking kitchen scale offered by RNIB but does not seems to fulfill his needs as former is meant to measure the weight of human being and the latter is for measuring the small items in the kitchen up to 5kgs.

So kindly throw some light on this concern.

Looking forward to hear from you.


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Regards,
Mukesh jain
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"Face your deficiencies and acknowledge them; but do not let them master you. Let them teach your patience, sweetness, insight. "

Helen Keller

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