Researchers at Stanford University have introduced anaffordable robotic canethat they claim can guide people with visual impairments.
The augmented cane helps people detect and identify obstacles and move around them.
It’s part of a growing number of tech devices aimed at helping those with visual impairments.
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The researchers hope their gear will be an affordable option for more than250 million people with impaired vision worldwide.
Unfortunately, not all websites have the tools needed for vision impaired people to access their content."
The digital representation can then be inserted directly into Microsoft Word in an accessible format.
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Usually, this results in the student just not having the resources they need."
Another high-tech tool takes a more general approach to helping vision-impaired students.
