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ATM machines speak to its customers

Mon, 07/23/2012 - 11:54 -- admin

Manufactured for the convenience of blind customers, the updated ATM now makes it possible for individuals to hear all options in addition to seeing them.

Installed in Oslo's Nordea bank, the machine is manufactured by Norwegian Association of the Blind and Partially Sighted. Aftenposten quotes official Kristin Ruud, from the organization as saying, "All messages from cash machines used to come via the screen. This has made it impossible for the blind to use the machines."

Teddy bear business to help blind women in India

Mon, 07/23/2012 - 11:11 -- admin

Students and lecturers from the B.A. (Honours) Fashion, Textiles Enterprise course (the University of Portsmouth, U.K), visited the women at ‘The Little flower convent’ (Chennai) to run workshops teaching blind women how to turn their hand-spun cotton into teddy bears, bags, table mats and other household goods. They are about to establish a design and manufacturing company that will create and retail them in the U.K. and in Europe.

Blind masseur to give hands-on lessons in Malaysia

Mon, 07/23/2012 - 11:11 -- admin

A blind Tokyo masseur will put his healing hands to work as a volunteer at a facility for the physically disabled in Malaysia with the hope he can "pass techniques on and make a difference."

Saburo Sasada was due Tuesday to head to Malaysia on a two-year stint as a senior overseas volunteer for the Japan International Cooperation Agency. According to the agency, he is the first totally blind volunteer it has sent abroad for an extended period.

My big idea: Traveleyes

Mon, 07/23/2012 - 11:08 -- admin

The Leeds-based tour operator was born out of entrepreneur Amar Latif's frustration at the lack of options available to blind travellers.

When Amar Latif discovered that the sort of travel experiences he was looking for didn’t exist for blind travellers, he was faced with two options. He could either do without, or organise them himself. Not being afraid of a challenge he decided on the latter option and in April 2005 the Leeds-based tour operator Traveleyes was born.

Blind restaurateur honoured

Mon, 07/23/2012 - 11:07 -- admin

The Schwab Foundation has named Stefan Zappa, founder of the blindekuh chain of restaurants, Swiss Social Entrepreneur 2007.

The jury said on Thursday it was won over by Zappa's "Blind-Liecht" charitable foundation and its innovative gastronomic concept, which involves diners eating in the darkness and being guided through their meals by blind and visually impaired waiters.

The "Blind-Liecht" charitable foundation was set up in December 1998 by Zappa, a partially sighted psychologist, with help from three other blind people.

Radio for the visually impaired!

Mon, 07/23/2012 - 11:04 -- admin

Helping the visually impaired to reach out to the world was the motto of the day for The National Association for the Blind (NAB) who, along with Rotary Club of Bangalore, distributed around 1,000 FM radios to visually challenged persons at the NAB Rehabilitation Complex here on Saturday.
 
It is part of Rotary Club’s ‘Support the Challenged’ initiative, which in turn was supported by Mitra Jyothi and Matru.
 

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