
Gadgets for blind people
The mobility aid and tactile tablet that could help people with visual impairments
Myra Anubi is joined by ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Access All presenter Emma Tracey to look at new technology that could help blind people in their everyday lives. Glide is a new mobility aid – it’s a device with wheels and cameras that aims to provide blind people with an alternative to white canes and guide dogs, while using AI to give them more information about their surroundings. Emma tries the gadget out in Los Angeles. She also looks at a device that is much simpler but in its own way revolutionary – the BrailleDoodle is a tactile tablet that makes it easy for blind children to learn braille, create art and understand graphs and diagrams.
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Presenter: Myra Anubi
Reporter: Emma Tracey
Producer: William Kremer
Editor: Jon Bithrey
Sound mix: Annie Gardiner
(Image: Emma Tracey walks across a road in LA with the Glide device, ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½)
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