Visually Challenged

Delhi hospital launches smart vision glasses for visually impaired, blind

The glasses project images, provide walking assistance, and include face recognition capabilities, accompanied by a smart earpiece that reads and understands, and relays information to the wearer

Urgent and accelerated efforts needed for universal eye coverage: WHO

The World Health Organisation on Tuesday called for accelerated action to provide quality, affordable, integrated and people-cantered comprehensive eye care for everyone, addressing the increasing disproportionate burden of vision impairment and blindness in the WHO South-East Asia Region. Nearly 30 per cent of the 2.2 billion people living with vision impairment or blindness globally are in the WHO South-East Asia Region, it said. Addressing a high-level meeting of member countries on 'Integrated People-Centred Eye Care' in Hyderabad, Dr Poonam Khetrapal Singh, Regional Director, said, "This huge burden is unacceptable as nearly half the global vision impairment could have been prevented or are yet to be addressed." Young children and older people are most vulnerable, while women, rural populations and ethnic minority groups are more likely to have vision impairment and less likely to access care, she said. The increased prevalence of vision impairment and blindness in the region

Right to Sight: Rajasthan first state to implement blindness control policy

In a first in the country, the Rajasthan government has implemented a policy for blindness control with the objective of 'Right to Sight'

Twitter makes it easy for the visually impaired people to read images

Once enabled, the feature sends you a prompt on web and mobile reminding you to add alt text whenever you're about to Tweet an image

Financial services for visually impaired: Delhi HC seeks Centre's stand

The petitioner suggested that a committee be appointed to formulate steps and guidelines to address the issues concerning access to financial services for the visually impaired

KITE launches listening module through audio books for visually challenged

The Kerala Infrastructure and Technology for Education (KITE) has launched audio books for all students, with a special emphasis on visually challenged children, an official said.

Letter to BS: Extending reservation to physically disabled a welcome step

It is the duty of the government to enable a level-playing field where persons with disabilities can participate on an equal basis with others.

RBI comes up with mobile app to help visually impaired identify notes

The free app doesn't need Internet connection and can identify Mahatma Gandhi series of notes, both old and new, included in half folded conditions

Meet Gaurav Mittal, the techie who builds virtual assistants for the blind

The IIT-Varanasi alumnus launched his startup Gingerlind.ai in 2016 and created an app that helps the visually impaired read, identify objects, travel and go about their daily chores

Vangani's visually challenged community: A struggle for livelihood

Many of them struggled to make ends meet-16 of 20 earned less than Rs 5,000 per month