Aadarsh - Team KCT.BS

AADARSHTEAM KCTBS

INTRODUCTION• Adarsh pen• Multimedia Print reader• First to launch talking pen in India• Launched in 2010• Hold Limca Book of Records• Any book can be converted to be used by

this pen in just Rs. 2 per word

ABOUT TALKING PEN• Aid the young and old readers to enjoy literature• Helps to improve the learning abilities of neo

literates• It has inbuilt speaker, headphone facility, Lithium

battery, Recording Function, 2GB inbuilt memory, expandable uto 8GB, USB Cable

• Costs: two type: Rs. 7,000 and Rs. 5,000

WORK ON VISUAL IMPARMENT• Headphones with Pen helps in concentrating to listen without disturbing

other students• Braille books are difficult to use , due to

pressure the embossing of the books gets reduced making it difficult to feel and Judge about the text

• Talking pen read the book, hence the time consumption for realizing the words gets reduced

FEATURES• Its easy to find the sticker in the Brail book, its been

embossed• Headphones with Pen helps in concentrating to listen

without disturbing other students• Talking Pen can help Visual Imparted persons to read

wide range of books as Braille are mostly in common topics & limited numbers

• Recorded in multiple languages• Talking Pen can avoid the mis interpretation which

might be possible in Braille books

AWARDS

Limca Book of records Trail blazers Innovators award

OTHER INFORMATIONS• NAB(National association of Blinds) and

NGOs are approaching them.• We can change the normal books to talking

books but, it’ll consume time,• They have a tie up with NCERT.• Single market, no competitors. Lifetime

upgradation• Strategy: They had contacted NGOs, and

Arushi is their recording partner

INNOVATION EXPECTED• They are planning to convert almost all the religious

books into talking books, • Converting all the books into talking Brail Books, • Primary to 8th Standard books are to be converted

as talking books

DISADVANTAGES• Cant read all the books,• Only one year warranty,• Expensive for individuals to purchase in rural

ares.• Blind people cannot sense where the stickers

are been stuck up on the books• Now, only in Madhya Pradesh and West

Bengal

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