CHENNAI: Voice notes shared by way of his classmates on a WhatsApp crew helped a visually challenged pupil of Tamil Nadu Dr Ambedkar Law University sail during the five-year level thus far.
D Akshay Kumar, 22, a final year pupil of the five-year integrated path in law and commerce, attributes his luck to his pals who took up the initiative after practical difficulties confronted by way of him.
“While in school, books had less pages and it used to be more straightforward for the instrument (Kurzweil) to transform the text into speech. At law college, scanning used to be tedious because of the selection of pages,” says Akshay, who misplaced his eyesight utterly when he used to be in Class VI. The signs had been there since beginning, however by the point issues might be corrected, it used to be too past due.
Technology and absolute toughen from his mom, K Selvakumari, a instructor at a central authority college in Chennai, helped Akshay to come via his college checks with flying colors. He secured 92% in his Class XII CBSE checks. From the use of match-sticks on a chart to give an explanation for geometrical designs to scanning textbooks and changing them into audio files, Selvakumari gave her all until her son completed college.
When Akshay went to law university, the role used to be taken over by way of his classmates who relentlessly despatched synopsis of hand-outs and examination preparation subject material for the previous five years via voice notes. “I would say Akshay is gifted to have were given pals like them. They had been patient thus far and have been of immense help,” Selvakumari said. Awaiting his ultimate semester effects, Akshay has maintained an combination of 71 % up to now.
He has plans to pursue postgraduation in law after which appear for the civil carrier examinations. However, law used to be no longer in Akshay’s thoughts five years in the past. “I sought after to start out a track college. I still wish to do this. Hope I do it sooner or later,” says the A R Rahman fan, who has cleared grade-4 checks for keyboard from Trinity College, London. Akshay’s favorite is ‘My heart will move on’ from Titanic which he plays regularly, however the music that matches his tale best is the Beatles’ “I am getting by way of with a bit of help from my pals.”
D Akshay Kumar, 22, a final year pupil of the five-year integrated path in law and commerce, attributes his luck to his pals who took up the initiative after practical difficulties confronted by way of him.
“While in school, books had less pages and it used to be more straightforward for the instrument (Kurzweil) to transform the text into speech. At law college, scanning used to be tedious because of the selection of pages,” says Akshay, who misplaced his eyesight utterly when he used to be in Class VI. The signs had been there since beginning, however by the point issues might be corrected, it used to be too past due.
Technology and absolute toughen from his mom, K Selvakumari, a instructor at a central authority college in Chennai, helped Akshay to come via his college checks with flying colors. He secured 92% in his Class XII CBSE checks. From the use of match-sticks on a chart to give an explanation for geometrical designs to scanning textbooks and changing them into audio files, Selvakumari gave her all until her son completed college.
When Akshay went to law university, the role used to be taken over by way of his classmates who relentlessly despatched synopsis of hand-outs and examination preparation subject material for the previous five years via voice notes. “I would say Akshay is gifted to have were given pals like them. They had been patient thus far and have been of immense help,” Selvakumari said. Awaiting his ultimate semester effects, Akshay has maintained an combination of 71 % up to now.
He has plans to pursue postgraduation in law after which appear for the civil carrier examinations. However, law used to be no longer in Akshay’s thoughts five years in the past. “I sought after to start out a track college. I still wish to do this. Hope I do it sooner or later,” says the A R Rahman fan, who has cleared grade-4 checks for keyboard from Trinity College, London. Akshay’s favorite is ‘My heart will move on’ from Titanic which he plays regularly, however the music that matches his tale best is the Beatles’ “I am getting by way of with a bit of help from my pals.”
Blind youth pursues law with ‘WhatsApp voice notes’
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