Your eyes are absorbing this Web page. They're passing over this, this, then this word, right now. That's how reading works, online: You take this for granted. But what if you couldn't?
We grant our gaze to electronic screens for most of the day, and in return, they give us anything we want. We stare; they glow. We rarely speak, and neither do they.
Shades of Doom is a revolutionary Window's-based game for visually impaired people.
BTec 100: Small, light-weight and mobile, for personal and school use! A braille printer with automatic single-sheet feed and an own printer driver for Windows. A paper tray which is easily mounted on the printer can use paper widths from A4 to A3 (when vertically inserted). The paper format is automatically detected while being inserted. Additionally, the user can create and freely define as many ASCII braille tables as desired.
For a man whose view of the world has slowly faded to black over 30 years, a device that allows him to see flashes of light has kindled his hope of one day gazing upon his grandson's face. A career electrician who grew up in Greece and came to the US as a young man, Elias Konstantopoulos first noticed his vision getting poorer when at age 43 he absentmindedly tried on a relative's eyeglasses and found he could see more clearly with them than without.
A part of the eye that is essential for vision has been created in the laboratory from animal stem cells, offering hope to the blind and partially sighted.
One day it might be possible to make an eye in a dish, Nature journal reports.
The Japanese team used mouse stem cells - immature cells that have the ability to turn into many types of body tissue.
With the right mix of nutrients, the cells changed and began to grow to make a synthetic retina.
Trek 2000 is based on the initial Star Trek series.
A top choice for students, professionals or for home use, the economical Braille Blazer is compact, quiet, and gives you high-quality Braille on many sizes of Braille paper, plastic labels and even index cards. Its internal speech synthesizer allows quick and simple configuration that can be used with any PC or Freedom Scientific Notetaker.
Scientists from India, the US and the Netherlands have answered one of the world's most famous philosophical questions - a 300-year-old problem that intrigued Locke, Hume, Berkeley and other legendary thinkers - aided by Indian blind children. People born blind and taught to identify objects using touch likely cannot, on gaining sight, immediately identify the same objects using only vision, the researchers have concluded in findings published on Sunday in the journal Nature Neuroscience.
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Braille and print together on a page has long been the dream of parents of blind children, agencies serving blind clients, schools with blind students, Braille transcriptionists, and many others. TranSend LT makes it easier than ever to "connect the dots" by placing Braille and print together line by line on the same page. The entire TranSend LT system includes a sturdy Epson dot matrix printer and your choice of Romeo RB-25, Romeo 40, ET, Juliet Classic, Juliet PRO, Juliet PRO 60, BookMaker or Braille Express embossers .
“Why are the disabled denied the right to book railway tickets on Internet and avail concession when senior citizens can do the same,” questioned the Delhi High Court. The court has issued notices to the Railway Ministry and the Railway Board on what it called, a “serious and sensitive” issue.
The notices were issued after a visually challenged Delhi-based consultant Praveen Kumar filed a PIL that raised this question. The last day for the ministry and the board to file its responses is May 18.
Named in honour of the late William A. Thomas, former board chairman of Enabling Technologies, 40-character-per-second "Tommy" makes fast, top quality, single-sided Braille inside a noise-muffling desktop case. Thomas' standard features include:, , Regular (12.5 dots per inch) and high-resolution (17 DPI) graphics , Dynamic Braille Scaling for different Braille sizes (even within a document) , 6 or 8-dot Braille , Multi-Copy up to 99 copies of a document,
Romeo Pro 50 is a rugged single-sided embosser featuring outstanding Braille quality and durability, but there's more than ever inside the transportable, convenient case. At 50 characters per second, Romeo Pro 50 comes loaded with features.
he Delhi Government will authorise five more hospitals of the city to issue disability certificates in order to reduce pendency.
The decision was taken by Delhi Health Minister A K Walia today who reviewed the matter of issuance of disability certificates.
Dr Walia expressed concern over the present situation as the applicants had to suffer hardships and were forced to repeatedly visit the hospitals for getting the certificate.
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Romeo Attaché Pro comes with Single Sheet Tractors and ET Speaks, an innovative speech system, as standard equipment. It weighs only 16 pounds and is perfect for on-the-go teachers and students. Or you could add your favorite notetaker and create a practical, space-saving home office with Braille capability.
In what could be called a major breakthrough, scientists have developed a new jab which they claim could cure blindness. An international team, led by Britain's Yorkshire Eye Hospital, has created the steroid implant which releases an anti-inflammatory drug near the retina to help stop the onset of blindness and also restore loss of vision.
Romeo Attaché weighs only 16 pounds and is perfect for on-the-go teachers and students. Or add your favorite notetaker and create a practical, space-saving home office with Braille capability.
Using ATMs in the city is a task for the visually impaired, as most banks do not have Braille and talking machines, despite instructions from the RBI to make changes. It has been two years since Veena Kumari (35), has been requesting a bank for a debit card. The bank refuses to give her one claiming that she would not be able to recognise the PIN number on the card, and would require assistance to conduct transactions.
Romeo 25 is a tough, transportable single-sided embosser with a singular reputation for outstanding Braille quality, rugged durability and unmatched value. Ideal for student, personal or home office use Romeo features 25-character-per-second output.
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