Elections Canada is actively searching for a proficient partner with the technical prowess to create a groundbreaking smartphone application. This app’s primary objective is to enable blind and visually impaired voters to independently verify their ballot selections.
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Student Creates 3D Photographs to Benefit the Blind
Ulster University’s Belfast School of Art recently held its annual degree show, where final year students had the opportunity to exhibit their works. Among the standout pieces was a series of innovative 3D photographs titled “The Space Between,” created by photography student Emily McEvoy.
This braille glove reads out loud for you
It can be difficult for some blind people to learn to read braille. That’s where the BrailleWear glove comes in, as it verbally tells them. The glove is being developed by assistive tech startup ORama AI.
CyR.U.S. tags helps blind and visually impaired use correct beauty products
When Victoria Watts’ son Cyrus was born blind due to a rare genetic eye disease in 2016, the mother of four readily admits that her knowledge of the community was limited to say the least.
TransLink launching accessibility pilot project using NaviLens
New Westminster and Vancouver are part of a TransLink pilot project to help customers with sight loss. The first of its kind in Canada, the project is designed to help customers to better navigate the transit system independently using the NaviLens app.
Bristol Braille Technology develops first braille gaming system
The sky is the limit for the tactile gaming device, called the Canute Gaming Dock‘s, from Bristol Braille Technology, which allows blind and partially sighted people to play and create their own video games.
Korean trio designs guitar for blind musicians
Korean design trio Eojin Roh, Seonjin Baek, and Yujeong Shin have introduced VITAR, a Musical Instrument Digital Interface (MIDI) designed for the blind and visually impaired.
Spacefelt releases labeling solution for the visually impaired
Vision loss can have a significant impact on one’s ability to perform even the basic tasks. Simple activities such as picking the right condiments from the kitchen cabinet, identifying medicines, reading the numbers on a credit card, or picking matching clothes, at most times, require the assistance of a sighted person. The startup, Grailmaker Innovations has developed Spacefelt, a tagging and labelling app for persons with visual impairment. Using it, the user can tag, label and identify objects around them independently.
This app translates braille to text with your iPhone
If you ever thought about learning Braille or just wanted to quickly translate something written in UEB to your iPhone, there’s a new app that can help you with that.
Orbit Research Introduces The Orbit Speak Notetaker at CSUN
Orbit Research announced the launch of the Orbit Speak braille notetaker at the 37th Annual CSUN Conference on Technology for People with Disabilities in Anaheim, California, USA. The Orbit Speak is equipped with features of a modern braille notetaker with a braille keyboard and synthesized speech output in a compact, pocket-sized device.
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