Project Description Region: Asia Country: India Location: Pune Total Budget: $30,000 Area of Focus: Basic education and literacy Supporting Education of Visually challenged children is always a tough task. Brail books is an old model , with weight and volume its usage becomes cumbersome. RID 3131 has developed a new concept - an audio eBook reader - Sunetra. It has audio syllabus of SSC Marathi medium schools . Cost per Unit USD 200. We propose to donate to 150 students. Total project size USD 30,000. Rotary (Sunetra): Features & Benefits: • Complete Audio Syllabus from Standard 5th to 10th in Marathi Medium • Large Storage: SD Card slot (with 4GB SD Card supplied) and expandable up to 32GB • Light weight & pocket size with easy to feel tactile buttons • Reads all Daisy books in all formats including DAISY 3 with navigation for Go to Page, Headings with levels for chapters, sections, phrases, beginning and end of book and time intervals. • Reads all books, documents or files saved in Text, Word, PDF, EPub, HTM or HTML formats • In-Built Text To Speech with 2 voices - Joseph and Mary • Allows placement of Bookmarks • 15 Hours Continuous Use per charge • In-Built Microphone and High Volume Speakers with separate jack to add external mike • Voice Recording: Supports up to 35 hours of continuous recording in MP3 or WAV formats • Mike Sensitivity Control for near, normal and far distance recording with noise cancellation feature • Repeat Feature for Voice Notes, MP3 files, etc.: This feature is very useful for Blind Stenographers, Musicians, Medical transcriptionists or Professionals. • Plays all music or audio files saved in MP3, WMA, WAV, FLAC, APE, AAC, OGG, RA, M4A formats. • Plays all video and movie files saved in RM, RMVB, AVI, MP4, 3GP, MOV, WMV, FLV, MPG, MPEG, and DAT formats so that you can listen to them • Radio With Access to FM / MW / SW Stations with Auto Search and direct internal recording from radio • Settings for Adjusting: Volume, Reading Speed, Voice, Pitch, Voice Effects, Play Mode, Equalizer • USB Connectivity to Computer • File & Folder Management: Allows you to create, organize and delete Primary Host Partner District: 3131 Rotary Club of: Pune-Shivajinagar Primary Contact: Deepak Shikarpur Email: deepak.shikarpur@gmail.com Primary International Partner We are looking for a Club partner. Click here to pledge support for this project. Recording a pledge will make you the Primary International Partner for this project. Project Status Dropped This project has been "Dropped". Check the history log entries to see why it was dropped. Project listed for the 2014-15 Rotary Year.

Proposed Financing Existing Contributions Towards This Project Date Cash DDF Total Pune-Shivajinagar (3131) 2-Apr-15 $6,000 $5,000 $11,000 Remaining Amount to Raise Additional Club Contribution (Needed) - Add a contribution $7,334 - $7,334 Amount Requested from The Rotary Foundation $6,667 $5,000 $11,666 Total $30,000

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History Log Entries 2-Apr-15 System Entry Creation of project page. 2-Sep-15 System Entry Project dropped per lack of response to the carry-over notification emails.