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Kindle iOS app enhanced for the blind and visually impaired
2013-05-01 16:56:30| CNET News.com
Users can now hear many books read aloud and use features like Zoom and AssistiveTouch to more easily see and navigate text. [Read more]
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India to Get a Smartphone for the Blind
2013-04-25 19:57:24| TechNewsWorld
A company in India has developed a smartphone for the blind. The device will be equipped to read text messages and emails, and it will then convert the text to Braille. It will utilize shape memory alloy technology, which exploits metals' ability to "remember" its original shape. The phone's screen is not a screen so much as a grid of pins that move up and down to form Braille characters.
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The Gin Mill hosts blind beer tasting sponsored by Stone Brewing and Franconia on May 8
2013-04-10 20:34:17| Beverages - Topix.net
Franconia Brewing Company brewmaster and owner Dennis Wehrmann taps a 200-year-old keg filled with Franconia Oktoberfest.
Audio-based virtual gaming aims to help the blind navigate
2013-04-01 21:58:49| CNET News.com
Using only audio-based cues within the context of a video game metaphor, blind users in a study out of Harvard are able to explore a building's layout. [Read more]
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Blind Date For 40-Year-Olds Leads To 30-Year Marriage
2013-02-23 19:08:05| Industrial Machines - Topix.net
Amy Lynn was the new kid in town at age 40. "I had come up from the Washington, D.C. , area to take a job," Amy says.
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