an online magazine from eyeway.org
an online magazine from eyeway.org
issue 1 
september-october 2004
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Graphic breakthrough for blind developed in Israel
www.israel21c.org; May 9, 2004
VirTouch, an Israeli company which specialises in computer technology for blind and visually-challenged persons, has developed new technology that will allow blind persons to ‘see’ – through their fingertips – elements like pictures, even photographs, maps, charts and tables, and flow charts – everyday things that are today off-limits for blind persons.
“Blind people can go to the same sites you or I visit on the web and they will be able to use general-purpose maps which were created for sighted people with no allowances made for the special needs of blind people. “The blind can feel what’s there and experience it in a tactile fashion,” said an official of the company. The primary reason: the power of personal computers. “That’s just what accessibility technology is ideally supposed to do.”
Other World News stories in this issue:
india wins first-ever gold in paralympics
climbing blind expedition