Visakhapatnam: LV Prasad Eye Institute (LVPEI) and Microsoft India Development Centre of Microsoft India (R&D) Pvt Ltd on Thursday opened a computer training centre for the visually challenged at LVPEI’s GMR Varalakshmi Campus, Hanumanthawaka Junction. This is the third joint initiative completely funded by monetary contributions received through the Employee Giving Campaign at Microsoft India Development Centre, the first two being the Mobility & Sensory Stimulation Park LVPEI Kode Venkatadri Chowdary Campus in Vijayawada and a Helpline for Visually Impaired launched last September.
The Computer Training Centre was launched by Founder and Chair, LV Prasad Eye Institute, Dr Gullapalli N. Rao, and managing director, Microsoft India Development Centre (MSIDC), Anil Bhansali. The Centre is open to any visually impaired student who wants to learn computer skills for educational and employment purposes. The three month programme uses assistive technology in the form of screen reading software such as JAWS, MAGic and Window-Eyes, and teaches Microsoft Office such as Word, Excel, Power Point, Internet Explorer, accounting packages such as Tally and software languages such as C,C++, Java, HTML and SQL.
