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Visually-impaired students to take help of 'Swalekhan' for writing exam
Updated On: 03 March, 2020 08:00 AM IST | Mumbai | Pallavi Smart
A Pune-based NGO has developed the app, which will work through mobile phones with the help of a normal keyboard, helping the visually challenged students to learn typing on their own
Students practising typing on the Sawalekhan app
Class VIII students of Victoria Memorial School for the Blind in Tardeo are excited for their upcoming exams as they won't have to search for people to write all of their papers. Their school has decided to conduct a few papers with the help of technology where these visually-challenged students will be able to write their papers without any help. Thanks to a novel app - Swalekhan, developed by an NGO - Niwant Andha Mukta Vikasalay, which will help visually challenged people to learn typing easily in Devnagri fonts.
It has always been a hassle for visually challenged students to find writers for examinations. Even if they found writers, there would be other issues such as last-minute cancellations and permissions. There have been cases when a visually challenged student had to give up on certain examination because of a writer-related issue.
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