Thanks to a visualization specialist at the University of South Florida in Tampa and his 3-D plastic-printing machine, a unique tactile map may soon be as available as any paper map or smartphone app is for the sighted. The three-dimensional map will allow users to trace the raised features with their fingertips and “see” every doorway and hallway.
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RightHear Launches Dedicated Smartphone App for Hospitals and Clinics
The company announced in a press release that the app currently provides accessibility, orientation and navigation support to the blind and visually impaired in more than 600 public venues throughout Israel. The system is also available in the U.S.
This Mobile App Helps the Visually Impaired Read
A smartphone application to assist visually impaired people to read document files on mobile phones was recently launched. Innovation Garage Limited, a local tech-based company, developed the application with assistance from VIEW Foundation, a non-government organization, and jointly arranged the launching programme at Jatiya Press Club in Dhaka.
A Free App That Helps Visually Impaired People Play Guitar
Last month, Samsung Electronics Brazil announced the launch of Samsung Audio Acordes (Chords), a free application that teaches people with visual impairments to play the guitar in a practical and intuitive way.
CNIB Launches Phone It Forward
The CNIB Foundation has announced the launch of its newest program, Phone It Forward, a initiative that is the emblem of an exciting new direction for the century-old charity.
Indiana State Museum Launches App for People Who are Visually Impaired
Launched on Sept. 19, the Indiana State Museum has a new app that will help provide access to the museum for people who are blind or visually impaired.
Computer Game Helps Improve Daily Activities for Visually Impaired
The behavioral therapy in the game trains players to move their eyes more efficiently by finding the correct colorful shape in a range of competing colors and shapes shown at different positions on the screen, led by an animated avatar and punctuated with encouraging words to motivate the player, according to Eyelander.
Looks Like Blitab is Back
When she was a graduate student in her native Bulgaria about five years ago, Kristina Tsvetanova was once asked to help a blind friend sign up online for a class. Understanding why he could not do so opened her eyes to the lag in technological innovation to benefit blind and visually impaired people.
SAN FRANCISCO Inventors Develop High-Tech Device To Help The Visually Impaired
A group of Bay Area teens was mingling with Silicon Valley’s top dogs, sharing a new device and app that help the visually impaired.
1000 Blind and Visually Impaired People to Receive Specially Designed Smart Phones
1000 blind and visually impaired people in India will be given specially designed smart phones as part of the rehabilitation project Kazhcha.
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