NATIONAL

ASSOCIATION
FOR THE BLIND
 Brief Introduction
India is the home to the maximum number
of visually impaired persons. According to
World Health Organization, of the 37 million
persons who are blind, 15 million are from
India.
NAB is a non-profit organization which is
working perseveringly since 1979 for
visually impaired persons. It is registered
under Societies Registration Act XXI of
1860-Registration No. s/10184
 Aim
Since inception its prime objective has been to make
visually challenged persons-both children and adults-
self-reliant and contributing members of the society.
The Organization lays special emphasis on education
and skill development. It aims to send each and every
visually challenged child into mainstream school. It
highly advocates the concept of integrated education
for social fulfillment. It also dreams to embed
computer education and assistive technology into the
lives of every visually impaired bringing them closer
to the world. It ardently focuses on qualitative
education and skill development
 About the NGO
National Association for the Blind-Delhi, is
the largest chain of non-government
voluntary organization in India. They have 23
state and 65 district level branches to reach
the large number of visually challenged
people. The Delhi State Branch was
established in 1979, and since then, it has
undertaken various projects, which have
immensely benefited the visually impaired
and also successfully integrated them into
the mainstream of life. The Association has a
team of highly qualified and experienced
personnel that makes its services qualitative.
 About the NGO
National Association for the Blind-Delhi, is
the largest chain of non-government
voluntary organization in India. They have 23
state and 65 district level branches to reach
the large number of visually challenged
people. The Delhi State Branch was
established in 1979, and since then, it has
undertaken various projects, which have
immensely benefited the visually impaired
and also successfully integrated them into
the mainstream of life. The Association has a
team of highly qualified and experienced
personnel that makes its services qualitative.
 What does it do?
It has undertaken several rural and urban
projects aiming to impart a dignified life to a
blind child, youth and an aged. The projects
cover a multitude of activities ranging from
education to old age home for aged blind.
Nevertheless, the Organization lays special
emphasis on education and skill
development. It aims to send each and every
visually challenged child into mainstream
school. It highly advocates the concept of
integrated education for social fulfillment. It
also dreams to embed computer education
and assistive technology into the lives of
 Core Activities
Education
Preparatory School
Integrated Education unit
Visually Impaired Multi-handicapped centre
Deaf blind Unit
National Institute for Open Schooling
Indira Gandhi National Open University Study
Centre
Hostel facility
 Technology training unit
Computer training centre
Assistive technology helpline service
Digital Talking Book Library
Braille Press
Large Print Unit
 Other services
Old Age home at Dwarka, Delhi (under
construction)
Conduct regular weekly eye check up camps
in slum and rural areas free of cost
Arrange free of cost cataract surgeries
 Digital talking book library
The National Association for the Blind, Delhi
(NAB) has been successfully running a library
service for the visually impaired for nearly 20
years now. Under this project NAB wants to
upgrade the facilities to produce the books in
International DAISY & EPUB3 standards.
DAISY & EPUB3 books are most accessible for
persons with disabilities, they provide rich
navigation and a multi-sensory presentation.
NAB also wants to provide eBook readers to
visually impaired persons on a subsidized
cost so that they can take full advantage of
 Problem
less than 1% of the books are accessible to
the blind.

Persons with visual impairments cannot read the

standard print. They need the reading material
(text books, magazines, newspapers etc.) in
alternative accessible formats like Braille, audio
book, large print or accessible eBook.

So I worked in helping the blind people reading

material in the form of books printed in braille,
audio books and large print books.

Emergence of new alternative formats

like DAISY & EPUB3 holds lot of
promise for the print impaired
community(anyone who cannot read
standard print). Since these are digital
books they are easy to duplicate and
transmit. These formats contain
features that provide a pleasant
reading experience to people with print
impairments.These formats have
support for integrated audio,
magnification, text-to-speech, image
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