Sentences with phrase «blind people navigate»

The novel chips could revolutionize efforts in everything from helping computers and robots sense their environment to offering new tools to help blind people navigate their surroundings.

Clearly the Voice Guide is a significant aid for helping a blind person navigate the Kindle, but once inside a book with text - to - speech turned on, the blind reader has no reasonable navigational control at his disposal.

Beyond Eyes (Team17): How does a blind person navigate the world?

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SOME blind people have the remarkable ability to navigate physical obstacles without consciously perceiving them (see video, above).

He navigates crowded streets on his bike, camps out in the wilderness, swims, dances and does other activities many would think impossible for a blind person.

Research into echolocation can inform Orientation and Mobility training, which helps people who are blind or visually impaired to navigate their environment.

Some people who are blind because of brain damage have «blindsight»: an extraordinary ability to react to emotions on faces and even navigate around obstacles without knowing they can see anything

They permit blind people to easily navigate chunky textbooks, for example, to add audio notes, and to create and find bookmarks.

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What insights did you get from the novel about the life of someone navigating the world as a blind person?

The next device, the $ 99 Kindle Touch, does have read - aloud capability but there is no mention of the voice guide system which makes navigating menus on the device possible for a blind person.

Much like with blind people, animals adapt well to their physical environment and once they are familiar with a room, they seem to navigate very well unless some item is moved.

Like blind people, dogs learn to adapt to the environment and rely on their other senses to navigate through the world.

Last year, my husband deployed the requisite accessibility tools to the college science lab he runs to accommodate a bright student who happened to be blind, which opened a window for us into how people who are blind navigate tech.

For example, that new professional looking law firm website that your high - priced designer just created may be impossible for a person using screen - reading technology to navigate; particularly if the person is blind / low vision or has a specific learning disability.