"Seeing AI has some definite advantages over other tools that assist blind or visually impaired students ..."
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New spaces for teaching, learning and supervision
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Leona Ungerer
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"There are low-to-no-cost technologies that provide support to the visually impaired and blind population ..."
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  "In yesterday’s post, we featured a number of interesting Android educational apps for students with special needs and today we want to draw your attention to this helpful accessibility feature in Google Classroom which allows students with low or no vision to access and navigate Classroom using a screen reader ".
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"The technology turns abstract ideas into tactile teaching aids for the visually impaired ..."
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"Computer usage can be a pain if you have eye problems or visual disabilities. However, these important tech options can extremely useful for such cases! ..."
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"In a joint endeavor with KTH Royal Institute of Technology in Sweden, Wikipedia is set to implement new open source text-to-speech capabilities spanning several languages by September 2017 ..."
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"A drone that guides blind runners around a track is just one of several new fitness technologies designed to assist the visually impaired ..."
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"While many technologies for the blind and visually impaired focus on mobility, several newer products are geared towards education and communication ..."
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"The desire of a group of visually impaired young people to travel independently on the London Underground, rather than rely on friends, has contributed to the development of a ground-breaking app which they can use to guide them ..."
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"Microsoft’s Soundscape replicates the behavior by creating a meticulous audio map that communicates what is taking..."
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"To raise awareness of the importance of Braille for approximately 1.3 billion people living with some form of distance or near vision impairment, on Friday the United Nations is observing the first official World Braille Day ..."
Leona Ungerer's insight:
4 January = World Braille Day
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"Mobile phone cameras are connecting their blind users with helpers ready to "be their eyes" in a phone app that can transform partially-sighted users' daily lives ..."
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From
wnep
"This week in Luzerne County, blind children and those with visual impairments are learning there are plenty of smartphone and mobile apps to help them ..."
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"Starting today, anyone can make Tweets with images accessible to the visually impaired ..."
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"To address the dearth of tactile books for children, these researchers are developing free titles anyone can download and print ..."
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From
gizmodo
"Color is a vital part of communication, and for the 285 million visually impaired people in the world, that presents be a challenge ..."
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"An exhibition at the Madrid museum includes three-dimensional copies of works for visually impaired patrons to touch ..."
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"These apps are designed to make smart phones and tablets more functional for those with visual impairments We are inseparable from our smartphones these days ..."
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