Stories
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The unimprovable white cane
Recent technological additions to the white cane aim to make the world easier for visually impaired people to navigate. Alex Lee explores whether new is really better.
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Navigating in a connected world
Alex Lee ponders the promising ideas, stalled projects and pricey gadgets that aim to help visually impaired people get out and about. But it seems that an actual human could be the essential ingredient.
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The sweet sound of synthetic speech
After Alex experienced a serious deterioration in his sight, he came to rely on artificial voices to help him with everyday tasks. Find out how synthetic speech came to be developed.
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The joys and failures of audio description
Audio description enhances the experience of watching a film or TV show for people with a visual impairment, but it's not widely available in the UK. Alex Lee explains why.
Catalogue
- Books
Institutional abuse : memories of a 'special' school for visually impaired girls - a personal account / Sally French with John Swain.
French, Sally.Date: 2000- Books
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The higher education and employment of the blind / by John P. Coldstream.
Date: 1879- Books
The story of blindness / Gabriel Farrell.
Farrell, Gabriel.Date: 1956- Books
Blind en doofstom tegelijk : de ontwikkeling der doofstomme blinden in en buiten Europa, benevens eene beschrijving van het doofstommenwezen in Nederland.
Lenderink, Hendrik Jakob, 1846-Date: 1907- Books
White harnesses : the story of guide dogs for the blind / by R.G. Carter ; with a foreword by the Earl of Lanesborough.
Carter, R. G.Date: 1961