Coming as a boon for blind persons across the country, Bharti Braille services have now become online. Now the classics like Ramayana, Mahabharat, Ramcharitmanas and Tagore's Gitanjali can be accessed anytime.
New technology and download services allow for fast and easy access
The cane developed by the VACSS is easy to use and costs a maximum of Rs. 2,500
In a smart world man has a number of gadgets to make his work and life comfortable and communicate faster. But for the visually challenged poor, it is still a cane that helps him/her find way. With increasing population and traffic and spaces becoming more crowded, its use is becoming difficult.
To help overcome the handicap, the Vision Aid Charitable Services Society (VACSS) here has come out with an electronic cane.
A blind entrepreneur has launched a new app to revolutionise the way Britain's 1.5 million visually impaired people eat out in the country's restaurants. Matthew Wadsworth created the Good Food Talks app after discovering many blind and visually impaired people share his frustration at having menus read out loud to them.
In an official new blog post, Microsoft is highlighting an improvement that comes with Internet Explorer 11 on Windows 8.1 that provides easier browsing for the blind and visually impaired. There is also better input with Asian languages.
Innovative solution driven by RNIB's Make Money Talk campaign is part of a wider Nationwide ATM update based on NCR APTRA(TM) software
Modern smartphones, such as the iPhone and Android devices, have made it easy for the visually impaired to interact with the world and have made their daily lives easier and more independent. Early on in the smartphone world, devices didn’t have much in the way of features that helped the visually impaired. Early on the iPhone only allowed users to enlarge the text, offering no help to those who were unable to see.
Assistive technologies like talking cash counting machines and Braille business card readers are being increasingly adopted.The differently abled might be making up merely 1% of the total IT and technology workforce. But to appear diverse and distinct, firms in the city are leaving no stone unturned for transforming themselves into “disable friendly” companies.
Union Bank of India has launched its 101st Talking ATM in the country at Samantarapur in the outskirts of Bhubaneswar city. Which is the 4616th ATM of the Bank and first talking ATM in the state of Odisha and in Bhubaneswar. Chairman & Managing Director Shri D. Sarkar inaugurated the ATM in the presence of OAB (Odisha Association for the Blind) Office bearers, assembly of members, and valued customers. Bank’s Field General Manager, Kolkata Shri Raman Aggarwal and Shri R.P. Mishra, Deputy General Manager, Bhubaneswar were also present on the occasion.
Blind people can now ride a bicycle!
Scientists have developed a bicycle that uses ultrasonic sensors to detect obstacles in the path - and it can help blind and partially sighted people live more independently.
The UltraBike, created by Harrogate-based Sound Foresight Technology, allows people with sight loss to cycle.
The bicycle has tactile buttons on each handlebar, which vibrate to let the rider know they are approaching a special barrier at the side of the specially-constructed track.
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