Imagine if you could tell the time by touch? Well, now you can.
Watches designed for visually impaired people often look like any other watch. But they usually have a button on them that tells the time out loud.
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Delhi's disabled cast a smooth, hurdle-free vote
New Delhi, April 11: Ajanta Pokhrel, 32 and visually impaired, described her vote-casting experience on Thursday here as "different". With polling stations equipped with wheelchairs, Braille sheets and designated volunteers for assistance, Delhi's differently-abled community hailed the provisions made by the Election Commission as a pleasant one.
Physically challenged girl rape case: Haryana Police's laxity revealed
It is not just the politicians who are insensitive to gender issues but a DSP in Haryana too has been caught on a hidden camera displaying complete callousness in dealing with the gangrape of a mentally challenged and visually impaired minor girl.
Visually impaired voters get familiarised with EVMs in Thanjavur
Those who do not know Braille can take an assistant along with them
Electronic Voting Machines were demonstrated to blind persons at the Government School for the Blind near the bridge here on Friday.
Blind persons in large numbers came and took part in the demonstration and learnt how to vote.
Easter Egg Hunt Uses Beeping Eggs for Blind and Visually Impaired Children
Axton, VA-- It's about the time of the year again when kids are going on Easter egg hunts.
Virtual Cane Helps Blind People Move Around with Voice Prompts
Last year we saw a robot cane for visually impaired people that warns its user of obstacles with an audible alert. The Virtual Aid for the Visually Impaired or VAVI by grade 10 student Roman Kozak is an even more convenient prototype for a high tech cane. It lets the user search Google Maps and be guided towards his or her destination by voice prompts.
Helping the visually impaired with sensor tech
An IIT Delhi lab has developed an innovative high-tech cane that allows blind persons to easily guide themselves through their environment. It uses modern sensor technology to detect obstacles and what’s more, it carries an affordable price tag.
App Helps the Blind "See" With Their Ears
A woman who has been blind since birth sits at a table with a bowl of mostly green apples in front of her. When asked to find the single red one, she plucks it from the bowl without hesitation and holds it up to applause from the audience.
NJIT to host TechQuest and Innovation Day
Students will present their research, business concepts for inventions
The New Jersey Institute of Technology will host its second-annual TechQuest and Innovation Day this Friday, April 11, from 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.
Ideas to make schools more inclusive
It doesn’t have to be difficult to make our places of study an easier place for the differently-abled
Social and political recognition of differently-abled people is the need of the hour. If they not accepted by their parents, how can we expect the society to do so?
In the view that most of our differently-abled persons are beggars, one question arises: who is responsible for their condition?
T-20 Blind World Cup champs India take on Australia on 13th-14th April in Bengaluru
The essential characteristic of the world of the Blind or visually impaired is darkness in varied degrees. How well do we, the sighted, comprehend this world? What is it like to dance, sing, laugh, eat and cry in the dark? Prevention of Blindness Week, observed during the first week of April, highlights the key needs and efforts to address the challenges confronting visual impairment in the country.
Activities as part of Prevention of Blindness Week
'We See,' a Child Eye Health Project, Aims to Reduce Visual Impairment in South Africa by 90 Percent
Project will address population resources and needs for child eye health services through collaboration between business, government and social sectors.
Blind girls counselled on abuse prevention
Sexual abuse of children with disabilities is a serious issue world over. Girl children with disabilities are at risk of sexual abuse in the same ways as other children. However, they are at additional risk because of their disabilities and because of their lodging in special institutions, away from the watchful eyes of parents. On Monday, as many as 100 students from the Government Girls Higher Secondary School for the blind here were imparted special training on how to prevent sexual abuse.
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