Assistive Technologies

Peter Meijer's vOICe takes images captured by a camera in a visor and translates these into sounds played to the user via headphones. Audio

An electronic device has been developed which uses echolocation to alert blind people to obstacles in the environment Audio

A mobile phone app has been developed which can tell visually impaired users where they are in a particular building Audio

Assistive Technology consultant Jonathan Mosen - who has been blind since birth - has written a book for the visually impaired on how to use iPhones. His book is called 'iOS7 Without the Eye'. Audio