Thursday, 27 February 2020

Useful Technology for people with impaired vision

(Notes courtesy of NCBI)

Useful Technology for people with impaired vision:

  • Computer Software: enlarging or screen-reading
  • CCTV for reading print or handwritten documents
  • Braille note-taker
  • Braille printer
  • Colour identifier
  • Bone-conductor headphones – allows you to hear background noise
  • Orcam - €3000! Point at a page or sign and it will read it. Sits on glasses, near ear. Also identifies colour.
  • Body camera, like a dash cam, to record and show difficulties on a journey.

Smartphone.

  • Built-in: voice recorder, torch, text-to-speech, camera: useful for photographing dangerous posters, taxi driver’s identification tag, access problems.
  • Accessibility features: enlarge print, and change colour of print and of background, on screen. Audible diary/calendar to keep track of appointments. Weather and time can be made available audibly. Android: Google Assistant. iPhone: Siri
  • Add-on Apps: NTA Journey Planner; “Be my Eyes”; Magnifier App (read menu or short note); “Free Now” (taxi); Soundscape;
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