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Evolution Of User Interfaces For The Visually Impaired, Umakant Mishra

Umakant Mishra

Physically or mentally challenged people cannot use a computer in the same way a normal people can. For example, persons with disability in hands cannot use a standard keyboard or mouse efficiently. Persons having visual disability cannot benefit from a standard display screen. People having locomotor challenge, visual disability or hearing problem etc. cannot interact with a computer like a normal person. So it is necessary to design the computers, interfacing devices and software interfaces with special features, which can be used by the people with physical challenges.

There are many input/output devices like mouse, keyboard, pointers, and touch screens …

Designing An Mis Database For Selection And Recruitment, Umakant Mishra

Umakant Mishra

Selection and recruitment is a key HR function and it is often necessary to maintain at least a small database of all the candidates who have been invited in past interviews. This information may be considered as a part of HR MIS and may be maintained by HR department along with other HR MIS such as employee information, transfers, performance appraisals, trainings etc.

This recruitment MIS database includes all the candidates after the preliminary scrutiny is over. When the candidates go through different stages of interviews, the MIS also captures all their interview results. Maintaining this information not only helps …

The Mechanics Of Implementing Rss - Really Simple Syndication, Umakant Mishra

Umakant Mishra

RSS is a format to update the frequently updated content in the Internet such as blog entries, news headlines etc. An RSS document contains full or summarized texts plus metadata such as publishing dates and authorship. RSS stands for Really simple Syndication. RSS feeds benefits publishers by letting them syndicate content automatically. A standardized XML file format is used to publish once and viewed by many different programs.