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Job Access With Speech ( JAWS) is a computer screen reader program for Microsoft Windows that allows blind and visually impaired users to read the screen either with a text-to-speech output or by a refreshable Braille display. JAWS is produced by the Blind and Low Vision Group of Freedom Scientific . A 2023–2024 screen reader user survey by ...
Ariadne GPS, developed by Luca Giovanni Ciaffoni, was released in June 2011 and was one of the first GPS apps specifically designed for blind and visually impaired users. It is based on Google map data and has the following features: Informing the user about their location on request and in configurable intervals.
Launched. 2015. Be My Eyes is a Danish mobile app that aims to help blind and visually impaired people to recognize objects and cope with everyday situations. An online community of sighted volunteers receive photos or videos from randomly assigned affected individuals and assist via live chat. The app is currently available for Android and iOS.
WORCESTER ― Three seniors at the Massachusetts Academy of Math and Science, who created an app to assist people who are visually impaired, were recognized Thursday for winning the 2023 ...
Braille meets wearable technology. While most of the innovation that has been happening in the recent years generally occurs on a screen made of pixels, the visually impaired community has been ...
Google TalkBack. Google TalkBack is an accessibility service for the Android operating system that helps blind and visually impaired users to interact with their devices. It uses spoken words, vibration and other audible feedback to allow the user to know what is happening on the screen allowing the user to better interact with their device.
One app helps visually impaired people find their seats in trains. Another is the Low-Vision Helmet, which allows users to zoom in on an athlete, race or action. Visually impaired individuals wear ...
OrCam. OrCam devices such as OrCam MyEye are portable, artificial vision devices that allow visually impaired people [ 1] to understand text and identify objects through audio feedback, describing what they are unable to see. Reuters described an important part of how it works as "a wireless smartcamera" which, when attached outside eyeglass ...