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7:00 AM February 9, 2021
Redbridge Sensory Services will provide help to visually impaired people to access Covid-19 home testing kits.
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Redbridge Council is offering help for visually impaired people and those with sensory disabilities to get access to Covid-19 home testing kits.
The system for requesting a Covid-19 test at home presents a considerable barrier to visually impaired people, especially those who don t have a support network.
Under the current process, people call 119 and need to provide a mobile phone number and email address, and need to read the barcode before returning the test.
For some individuals without a support network at home, or access to email or a mobile phone number, they have no way of accessing the service.
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The Wessex Royal painted a bird box as children supported by the Royal National Institute of Blind People (RNIB) and their families also decorated wooden homes for birds. Sophie is a supporter of a number of organisations helping people with sight loss or impaired vision, being patron of Blind Veterans UK and a global ambassador for the International Agency for the Prevention of Blindness.
By Press Association 2021
The Countess of Wessex took part in an online session with RNIB this week to highlight the work of the charity’s services for children with vision impairment. Chris Jackson/PA Wire
The Countess of Wessex showed off her artistic side when she joined a virtual arts session with a group of visually impaired youngsters.
Sophie painted a bird box as children supported by the Royal National Institute of Blind People (RNIB) and their families also decorated wooden homes for birds.
During the craft session, held on Thursday, the Countess said about her painting efforts: “I’ve just been doing (camouflage) down the side of it and on the front I’ve got leaves and a little bee as well.”
Samsung raises the bar for TV accessibility in 2021
When it comes to accessibility features and cutting-edge technologies, Samsung has always been eager to combine the two. And it’s now raising the accessibility bar for consumer electronics once again. This time around, the focus is on smart television sets, as Samsung’s 2021 TVs will offer a range of features meant to make the user experience more intuitive for people with hearing or vision impairment.
This effort, dubbed ‘Screens for All’, lately contributed to the company’s impressive innovation award haul at this year’s CES. The new functionalities range from alternative viewing modes for the color-blind to expanded audio descriptions of movie scenes and the like.
Alana and RNIB Announce Project to Develop AI-Powered Technology for Blind and Partially Sighted People
Written by AZoRoboticsFeb 2 2021
Alana, a Heriot-Watt University spin-out developing ground-breaking artificial intelligence (AI) software that can understand and respond to users in a human-like, conversational way, and the Royal National Institute of Blind People (RNIB), the UK charity offering help and advice to more than two million people in the UK with sight loss, today announced a joint-project to develop support technology for blind and partially sighted people.
The pioneering conversational AI technology developed by Alana, a two-time finalist (2017, 2018) at the Amazon Alexa Prize, delivers conversation based on context, device and location. Alana knows each user, remembering previous conversations and adapting for a truly personal experience.