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  2. Braille watch - Wikipedia

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    Braille watch is used by touching the dial and noticing the embossments. Both analog and digital versions are available. The analog versions have a protective glass or crystal cover that is flipped open when time needs to be read and the clock-hands are constructed to not be susceptible to movement at the mere touch of the finger that a blind person uses to observe their positions.

  3. Talking clock - Wikipedia

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    A talking clock (also called a speaking clock and an auditory clock) is a timekeeping device that presents the time as sounds. It may present the time solely as sounds, such as a phone-based time service (see " Speaking clock ") or a clock for the visually impaired, or may have a sound feature in addition to an analog or digital face.

  4. National Library Service for the Blind and Print Disabled

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    Confirmation from a "certifying authority" is required to qualify for service with the NLS. In cases of blindness, visual impairment and/or physical limitations Doctors of Medicine (M.D.); Doctors of Osteopathic Medicine (D.O.); ophthalmologists; optometrists; registered nurses; professional librarians; therapists; and professional staff of hospitals, institutions, and welfare agencies are ...

  5. For 50 years, it provided a lifeline to blind adults with ...

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    CHICAGO – Perched between his bed and a dresser, Michael Thomas sits on the floor of his Chicago home and tries to pass the time, stringing beads along a lanyard and waiting for the phone to ring.

  6. Chicago Lighthouse - Wikipedia

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    The Chicago Lighthouse is a non-profit organization located in Chicago, Illinois.. The Lighthouse is one of the oldest social service agencies in Chicago. Among the many programs it offers are a school for children with multi-disabilities; job training and placement; a low vision clinic; and a manufacturing facility that boasts the nation's sole contract to supply clocks to the U.S. government.

  7. Andrew Heiskell Braille and Talking Book Library - Wikipedia

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    Looking west across West 20th St at Heiskell Library for the Blind on a cloudy morning. The Andrew Heiskell Braille and Talking Book Library, also known as the Heiskell Library and formerly as the Andrew Heiskell Library for the Blind and Physically Handicapped and the New York Free Circulating Library for the Blind is a branch of New York Public Library (NYPL) on West 20th Street in the ...

  8. ‘A disability is not inability’: How this blind soccer league ...

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    According to Light for the World, it is estimated there are about 1.2 million people with disabilities in South Sudan. The country signed the UN’s disability rights convention last year in a ...

  9. Talking ATM - Wikipedia

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    The world's first talking ATM for the blind was an NCR machine unveiled by the Royal Bank of Canada on October 22, 1997, at a bank branch on the corner of Bank Street and Queen Street in Ottawa, Ontario. The talking ATM was a result of concerns Chris and Marie Stark, two blind customers, raised with the bank beginning in 1984.

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