India’s National Institute for the Empowerment of Persons with Visual Disabilities (NIEPVD) has developed software to assist students who are blind or have low vision in online mode exams.
The software, institute officials said, is estimated to benefit more than 6,000 students and 200 teachers across the country.
The software will be used by all those institutes where diploma courses and others are offered for visually impaired students. The software has been developed by the in-house staffers and software engineers of the institute.
Also, to ensure the students’ academic studies, the NIEPVD has now started delivering braille script academic books to students’ homes. Previously, online education was ongoing, but many students were struggling due to the non-availability of school books.
