Talking Tactile Tablet’ (T.T.T.), is a touch sensitive, multi sensory device that provides instant audio feedback from tactile images. The combination of sound and touch transforms the way in which people who are visually impaired can access graphical information.
A tablet, much a like a chapter in a book, is inserted into the T.T.T. When users touch the screen, they can either read Braille or run fingers over a raised graphic while a synthesized voice describes it.
Easy Walk consists of a two-buttoned mobile phone, a Bluetooth Global Positioning System (GPS) receiver, software that converts text to speech and a call centre, the BBC reports.
The first button on the phone connects to the GPS system to inform the user of their precise location - including house or building number - while the second requests assistance from the call centre, which then phones the user to help them navigate their way.
HSBC Bank USA, N.A. today announced the availability of
audio-enabled or "talking" ATMs in more than 250 locations across the
U.S. The talking ATMs provide spoken instructions in English and
Spanish and allow individuals with visual impairments to hear
on-screen information when conducting banking transactions.
Dorothy Nykiel stepped away from the polling machine set up at the Barnstable Unitarian Church satisfied with her choices: Strawberry ice cream, a Ferrari, Frank Sinatra and three-day weekends.
Nykiel, 88, who has limited vision and walks with the aid of a cane, took part in yesterday's demonstration of new voting machines for the disabled.
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The British Computer Association of the Blind (BCAB) has launched an initiative called EyeT4All. The revolutionary initiative brings easy to use, affordable access technology to visually impaired people around the UK.
It has long been argued that the cost of access technologies, such as screen readers, is too high. The benefits of using a computer if you are visually impaired are undeniable. Far greater access to information and services, but getting all the right equipment can be an expensive process.
A do it yourself book on yoga for the visually-impaired has been written in Braille, but the language is Marathi.
The writer Mangala Sarda is a yoga instructor with 10 years of experience working with the National Association for the Blind.
Her book is an attempt to help her students, learn yogic postures better and to teach it to others like themselves.
''The instructions need to be simple so that they can grasp them. They need to follow my voice to do the exercises,'' said Mangala Sarda, Yoga Instructor.
Using technology he brought “sight” to hundreds of visually impaired students.
The amazing young Vietnamese man's name is Dang Hoai Phuc, aged 26.
He is the On-net Technical Initiative Project Coordinator, in charge of On-net’s Southeast Asian programs.
Phuc is a lecturer at the Regional Jaws Scripting Development Workshop, which gave IT-for-theblind training to seven IT teachers from Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand and the Philippines.
Braille maps are to be introduced in Princesshay in Exeter city centre following successful trials.The maps have been designed to help the blind and partially-sighted navigate the four sections of the shopping centre. They have been tested since September by two local volunteers and the finalised versions are now available from the Exeter Tourist Information Centre. The idea was first proposed by information centre workers. A spokesman for the project said: "There was quite a demand for it as there are no other Braille facilities for this area.
Clarity LLC, manufacturers of assistive technologies for the visually impaired is set to launch the Rio, the newest in its Next Generation product line. The latest in portable technology, the lightweight Rio magnifier offers incredible magnification for a multitude of functions. At only 1.5 pounds, the self contained Rio provides 7 inches of viewing space, and up to 5 hours of battery life.
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