Google has announced one of its upcoming apps called Lookout as part of the annual I/O conference. The tech giant’s Lookout was designed to help the blind and the visually impaired be more independent by giving spoken notifications about their environment. For instance, it can tell them that there’s a “chair 3 o’clock,” so they don’t bump into the object to their right. The app can also read texts, such as Exit signs over doors.
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Cloverbit Creates Audio Game for the Blind
Soulbound is an audio game created by Cloverbit and designed primarily for a visually impaired and blind audience.
Are Autonomous Vehicles Ready to Help the Blind?
New research conducted outside of the auto industry aims to develop data and software to ensure that the needs of the blind are met when autonomous cars become commonplace.
High School Students Build Sled for the Blind
For a group of engineering students at Bensalem High School, their latest project started with a snowstorm and a guest speaker from Villanova University. Dr. Christa Bialka specializes in special education and disability
Dhofar University Student Creates Smart Stick for the Blind
An engineering student from Dhofar University, has created a ‘smart stick’ for the blind.
Tennessee Library for the Blind and Physically Handicapped Gets New Name, Can You Guess?
The Tennessee Library for the Blind and Physically Handicapped has a new name.
Government Fails to Screen Out Hundreds of Licensed Drivers Receiving Benefits for the Blind
Hundreds of people with active Missouri driver’s licenses are collecting from a pension fund set up for blind residents, Gov. Eric Greitens said Friday in alleging widespread abuse of the system.
New Technology Enables Mainstream Racing Games to be Played by the Blind
There are racing games out there for the blind but Brian A. Smith feels that they are still not up to the mark and he created RAD, an audio-based interface that can be integrated into any racing game according to him.
“The RAD [racing auditory display] is the first system to make it possible for people who are blind to play a ‘real’ 3D racing game with full 3D graphics, realistic vehicle physics, complex racetracks, and a standard PlayStation 4 controller,” says Smith, a Computer Science PhD candidate at Columbia University.
Camassia, Wayfinding for the Blind
Camassia offers visually impaired users an assistance to find the free path in front to them. In order to achieve this Camassia generates an acoustic representation of the path by analyzing the camera image and informs you continuously where it assumes free space.
Meet the Blind Woodturner whose YouTube Channel is Wowing the World
A blind woodworker’s YouTube channel is drawing attention from the internet due to his stunning creations.
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