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Power Point PresentationsIT Jobs through EnglishEnglish is useful for IT jobsProvided by videoMother tongue for learningProvided by spoken partUseful for children weak in English, without affectingemploymentAfter listening to tutorial in mother tongue, go throughtutorial in English also:can possibly improve EnglishHelpful to school students studying in Marathi medium,for exampleSize of spoken tutorialsSmall le size: about 1MB per minute I In a CD costing Rs.8, can pack 700minutes of recording!Ordinary desktop/laptop computerHead phone for listening (Rs. 20)Listen to a command, pauseTry the command on the softwareIf it works, go to next commandIf not, rewind, listen to itRepeat until tutorial is completedSpoken Tutorial Based WorkshopsSpoken tutorials are created for self learningWorkshops can be conducted without domain expertsWe provide moral support to workshop organizers through SkypeCan support many workshops in parallelThe learning outcome is well definedQuality maintained, with no dilutionDifferent from the conventional train the trainer programme, wherethe quality usually decreasesCDs/Downloads from websiteChecklist to get workshop readyWorking of PC, head phones, required software, etc.Instructions for conductors (not domain experts) of the workshopPrecise instructions for the learnersORCA - the Screen ReaderORCA reads out aloud what is on computer screenUsed by Visually Impaired (VI) to access computerORCA is FOSSRuns on GNU/LinuxMachine voice, human explanation, repeatedHuman voice is dubbed into other languagesWe have created 12 spoken tutorials on ORCATo teach desktop, open oce, spreadsheet, sending mails and Internet searchCan go through all the tutorials in 3 hoursWorking with IGNOU to start a certification programmeTie ups for employment:Call CentresIT jobsBihar Electronics Corporations RTI projectmedical transcriptionInternet radio, etc.1. ORCA Spoken Tutorials for WorkshopsWe recently conducted a workshop for VI at IGNOU,DelhiAll students learnt ORCA at their own speed - each hada head phoneThey did not complete all the tutorials - they wouldcomplete by themselves at home - created for selflearningWorkshop can be conducted by people who are not VIand who are not experts on ORCA2. Helping Assam Government withGNU/LinuxAssam Government gave 20000 free laptops to its topschool studentsSaved OS cost by switching over to UbuntuNeed to provide Ubuntu instructional MaterialSpoken tutorials in Assamese and Bodo will be usefulBenet of a populous country to low population grouplike Bodos22