Ford Italy have revealed a new prototype smart window that helps the visually impaired to feel the view outside. It’s called ‘Feel The View and has been made in collaboration with Aedo – a company that specalises in technology for the visually impaired. This how it works.
You probably get pretty frustrated when you catch your parents printing out Google Maps directions even though they have a smartphone, but the notion seems less ridiculous when those same maps are coming off of a 3D printer as a way to let the visually impaired safely navigate a city…
No braille? No problem! This FingerReader by the Fluid Interfaces Group at the MIT Media Lab is a high-tech way to help visually impaired people read; it actually scans printed text and narrates it aloud.