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Use new tech to let books speak
Fifteen-year-old Ravi has never read a book. Diagnosed with a brain disorder when he was just three years old, he was taught how to read in a school for special children. But apart from some local newspapers and occasional letters from his family, he could never manage to enjoy a book because reading printed words was never comfortable to him. On Saturday, Ravi was among the 300 print-impaired people all dressed in identical blue sweatshirts and suffering from various disabilities like blindness, autism, dyslexia etc who gathered at Pragati Maidan as the World Book Fair kicked off. Taking part in Right to Read campaign organized by Centre for Internet and Society (CIS), they tried to create awareness about the plight of nearly 70 million people in the country who cannot read but, nevertheless, have the ability to enjoy a book or get information if book publishers take care to use the technology.
Use new tech to let books speak
Fifteen-year-old Ravi has never read a book. Diagnosed with a brain disorder when he was just three years old, he was taught how to read in a school for special children. But apart from some local newspapers and occasional letters from his family, he could never manage to enjoy a book because reading printed words was never comfortable to him. On Saturday, Ravi was among the 300 print-impaired people all dressed in identical blue sweatshirts and suffering from various disabilities like blindness, autism, dyslexia etc who gathered at Pragati Maidan as the World Book Fair kicked off. Taking part in Right to Read campaign organized by Centre for Internet and Society (CIS), they tried to create awareness about the plight of nearly 70 million people in the country who cannot read but, nevertheless, have the ability to enjoy a book or get information if book publishers take care to use the technology.
Use new tech to let books speak
Fifteen-year-old Ravi has never read a book. Diagnosed with a brain disorder when he was just three years old, he was taught how to read in a school for special children. But apart from some local newspapers and occasional letters from his family, he could never manage to enjoy a book because reading printed words was never comfortable to him. On Saturday, Ravi was among the 300 print-impaired people all dressed in identical blue sweatshirts and suffering from various disabilities like blindness, autism, dyslexia etc who gathered at Pragati Maidan as the World Book Fair kicked off. Taking part in Right to Read campaign organized by Centre for Internet and Society (CIS), they tried to create awareness about the plight of nearly 70 million people in the country who cannot read but, nevertheless, have the ability to enjoy a book or get information if book publishers take care to use the technology.