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Accessibility: Doing Away with the Barriers |
Credit Suisse aims to become the most accessible bank in Switzerland. Therefore the bank is clearing obstacles: Steps are being removed from branch entrances, ATMs are getting a voice, and... |
General |
23/Jul/2012 |
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Blind man's marathon week |
Dave Heeley, 49, will begin his Seven Magnificent Marathons Challenge on April 7, with the aim of increasing awareness of visual impairment around the globe and raising funds for The Guide Dogs for... |
Adventure and Sports |
23/Jul/2012 |
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Braille shops map is a first |
Braille maps are to be introduced in Princesshay in Exeter city centre following successful trials.The maps have been designed to help the blind and partially-sighted navigate the four sections of... |
Product and Technology |
23/Jul/2012 |
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Centre an 'example to rest of country' |
A Newcastle specialist centre for blind and partially sighted people was declared an example to the rest of the country by David Blunkett yesterday.
The Sheffield MP who has been blind since birth... |
Education and Employment |
23/Jul/2012 |
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Assistive Technology Company Releases New Product for Vision Impairments |
Clarity LLC, manufacturers of assistive technologies for the visually impaired is set to launch the Rio, the newest in its Next Generation product line. The latest in portable technology, the... |
Product and Technology |
23/Jul/2012 |
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Pigs raise hopes for blindness cure |
Pioneering transplants to restore the sight of people affected by the leading cause of blindness in the Western world could start in three years, after successful human cell implants in pigs.
The... |
Medical |
23/Jul/2012 |
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Marathi magazine to be launched in Feb is first Braille fortnightly |
Until now, blind people in Maharashtra who wanted to keep themselves abreast of the latest political and current affairs news had no option but the radio and the audio stream from television news... |
Product and Technology |
20/Jul/2012 |
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NASA Unveils Cosmic Images Book in Braille for Blind Readers |
At a ceremony at the National Federation of the Blind, NASA unveiled a new book that brings majestic images taken by its Great Observatories to the fingertips of the blind.
"Touch the Invisible Sky"... |
Product and Technology |
20/Jul/2012 |
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South Africa to receive electric braille machine in February |
A new electric brailler for visually impaired people will be available in the country in February, says the South African National Council for the Blind (SANCB).
The machine is made possible by a ten... |
Product and Technology |
20/Jul/2012 |
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Software standard makes 'reading' easier for the blind |
Microsoft Corp. and a consortium that promotes open standards for “digital talking books” are set to release to the open source community specifications that would allow visually impaired people to... |
Product and Technology |
20/Jul/2012 |
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