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ADRASH TALKING PEN – A BREAKTHROUGH

INNOVATIONINNOVATOR : 3DATE:1/11/12

70% OF THE POPULATION LIVING IN RURAL AND SEMI URBAN AREAS ( MORE THAN 490 MILLION)

DOCTORS ARE SCARCE ( THE RATIO OF PHYSICIANS TO TOTAL POPULATION IS LESS THAN 1 PER 100000 PEOPLE COMPARED WITH 1 PER 160 IN US0

THE COUNTRY HAS MORE THAN 6 MILLION BLIND PEOPLE

OUT OF THAT 26% ARE CHILDREN

INTRODUCTIONINDIAN SCENARIO

NEW TOOL IN EDUCATION TECHNOLOGYHOPE TO MILLIONS OF VISUALLY

CHALLENGED AND DYSLEXIC PEOPLE, ESPECIALLY CHILDREN

TO THE ELDERLY WHO WANT TO LISTEN TO THEIR GITA, QURAN OR BIBLE

TO ELEVATE THE LEARNING EXPERIENCE OF STUDENTS BY FOCUSING ON THE ENORMOUS BENEFITS OF LISTENING

ADARSH TALKING PEN – A REVOLUTION

HELPS MAKING BOOKS MORE INTERACTIVE, INTERESTING AND EDUCATIONAL

FOSTER A SELF-LEARNING PROCESS, SPECIALLY IN THE RURAL AREAS, ENCOURAGING THE STUDENTS TO WORK INDEPENDENTLY IN THE ABSENCE OF TEACHERS OR TEACHER’S ATTENTION.

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features

READING AID FOR VISUALLY IMPAIRED (RAVI) IS A SCREEN READER IN INDIAN LANGUAGES

DEVELOPED BY SPEECH AND VISION LAB IN LANGUAGE TECHNOLOGIES RESEARCH CENTRE (LTRC) AT IIIT HYDERABAD

IT IS AN ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY TO HELP VISUALLY IMPAIRED PEOPLE TO USE OR ACCESS THE COMPUTER AND INTERNET.

IT USES TEXT-TO-SPEECH TECHNOLOGY TO SPEAK OUT THE CONTENTS ON THE CURRENT SCREEN (DISPLAY) OF A COMPUTER SYSTEM AND THIS SOFTWARE WOULD HELP A VISUALLY CHALLENGED USER TO ACCESS THE COMPUTER AND INTERNET.

An alternative…

MANUFACTURERS SUPPLIERS INNOVATOR END USERS( VISUALLY IMPAIRED PEOPLE)

STAKEHOLDERS

MANUFACTURER- MORE SALES AS THERE IS HUGE MARKET

SUPPLIER- EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIESEND USERS- BRAILLE READING GETS

EASY, EASY UNDERSTANDING, ILLITERATE CAN READ.

VALUE FOR STAKEHOLDERS

ARAVIND EYE HOSPITAL WHICH IS ONE OF THE LEADING EYE CARE HOSPITAL IN THE COUNTRY WHICH PROVIDES FREE TREATMENT FOR ITS PATIENTS.

THE HOSPITAL RUNS WITH A GROSS MARGIN OF 54% AND WITH 16.2% RETURN ON CAPITAL EMPLOYED. WHEREAS THE SAME TREATMENT IN US WILL BE 50 TIMES MORE.

THE HOSPITAL CONDUCTS 1400 ONE DAY EYE CAMPS PER YEAR IN VILLAGES ACROSS SOUTH INDIA.

HERE WE CAN MAKE A TIE UP WITH THE HOSPITAL FOR THE PATIENTS WHOM THEY FIND THAT EVEN SURGERIES WONT WORK SOMETIMES. THEREBY THEY CAN MAKE THESE SECTION OF PEOPLE AWARE ABOUT ADARSH READING PEN AND CAN MAKE AVAIL THE FACILITY OF THE SAME.

SUGGESTIONS

THE TIE UP OF THE HOSPITAL AND THE PEN CAN WORK OUT IN THE SAME WAY AS THE HOSPITAL RUNS ITS OPERATIONS. THE STRATEGIC INNOVATION THAT THE HOSPITAL FOUND OUT IN THE AREA OF PRICING THAT IS AFFORDABLE FOR THE RURAL SEGMENT CAN ALSO BE APPLIED IN THE CASE OF PEN

CHEAP WHEN COMPARED TO RAVI SOFTWARE

MOBILITYOTHER READING PENS ARE EXPENSIVE

COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE

THANKYOU