
High-tech devices aid the blind with everyday tasks Blind person using a GPS

and robust mobile devices for blind and visually impaired people.

Wicab engineer Richard Hogle holds the BrainPort, a device that allows blind

Assistive devices for the blind in the Free State. VP-FS-AUG09-0001

BrainPort lets the blind see with their tongue We've seen many devices to

Tactile Mobile Device for The Blind

the blind

Classroom for Blind Teacher

the device (The Kurzweil-National Federation of the Blind Reader) is

Dubbed the Sign Voice Language Translator, this device helps a blind and

GPS Device For The Blind 1. Designers Allan Sejer Madsen and Lukasz

and electronic readers and GPS devices help blind users get around.
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GPS Device For The Blind 2. [via YankoDesign]

Designer : Nikko Van Stolk. Tactile

Concept devices are sometimes made stronger when the design is kept simple

Technology has given the blind new and creative tools with which to explore

In Data for Heart Devices, Parts Are a Blind Spot. Medtronic

The City of Cape Town plans to install devices designed to assist blind or

REPORT 1: South African National Council for the Blind – Assistive Devices
Our device is an assistive device for the blind which helps the user to