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BBCNEWS BBC News July 13, 2024

To silver in the mens tumbling final after his second passe scored high on difficulty to place second in this event for the second year in a row. His team mate jaydon paddock placed fifth. Thats all from sportsday. Well have more throughout the evening. Now it is time for a quick stop click. I lost my sight seven years ago. Navigating the world can feel like a huge challenge, even with my gorgeous guide dog, olga. I usually use my guide dog willow to get around, but today, were trying out a new device the wewalk smart cane. I think olgas a bit confused with the cane. Laughs. The device has a round sensor to detect obstacles. Ive paired it with my smartphone and airpods to send me directions. So my airpods pick up the information from my phone and the Navigation System reads it out to me. When we got there it said, starbucks now on your right. And, yeah. By then we could smell it anyway, couldnt we . When i was using the cane, it was always vibrating. Thats buzzing a lot. Is it . Yep. Yeah, the buzzing got really quick. So i knew that i was in front of something that was quite a large obstacle. This might be an improvement for some cane users, but personally, ive found the feedback slightly overwhelming. I could imagine it could probably get quite difficult to detect whats important and whats not important. I was excited to show maisy an app named microsoft soundscape that uses 3d sound to point you in the right direction. You can hear the sound as if its around you and its like youre in the software almost. Phone facing southwest along world piazza. When youre tuned in to the app, it will name nearby shops and restaurants. It even highlights whats on the pavement. Is there bike parking in front of us . One useful tool is the ability to set an audio beacon, say, if you want to find your local supermarket. 65 metres west. Its making this tip tap sound. Tapping sounds help guide us in the right direction, although we did manage to walk past the shop door. I think you dont quite believe that its to the right of you. At least we had our guide dogs to help us find the entrance. At home, some of the simplest tech can actually be the most useful. Beeping. But big tech companies, like apple, google and amazon are also trying to make their Technology Better for people like me. Most of the time, i use my smartphone and apple watch. Its so great that it can connect to my apple tv and you can get it to play your favourite moments. Lots of smart speakers now have audiobook services. One new and particularly unusual audiobook is called unseen. Its the first ever audio comic book. When you hear this sound. That is so cool. Cover the word unseen in bold letters. Oh, amazing no one ever does that thats the typeface. Describing the pictures and each panel, which is the big part of comic books. I cant wait for unseens creator, chad allen, to release the next segment. I dont know who the hell you are. Imitates i do not know who the hell you are i was also excited to try a new device from Bristol Braille technology. This device that i have in front of me is called the canute and this is the very first ever several line braille display. It sounds like a typewriter using buttons at the base of the device, you can upload books, pdfs and documents. The multi line layout is great forfeeling diagrams. Its an easier and quicker way to read. Thats nice that you can use Something Like this and not have audio on, constantly all the time. Are we reading braille . Yes. I was even more impressed with the next device we tried a pair of orcam smartglasses. These use a camera and Artificial Intelligence to read the text around you. And you can use touch, voice and gesture commands to change its settings. So what are you doing, maisie . So i have a magazine and if i point ata line. Reads i always say that there are. Its reading it we surprised maisie with a book from one of her favourite authors. Kaitlyn dunnett. Cool the orcam tells you the time. The time is 3 29pm. Yay and can name who is standing in front of you. Of course, i wanted to see if we could get it to recognise maisie. The device does this by remembering the unique points of a persons face, a bit like a map. Maisie. Oh, yeah high five, blind girl high five. We also tried a new feature the ability to scan food product barcodes. This was a hit. Tomato cup a soup remember to hold your item about a foot above the counter top. Alexa, what am i holding . I was really excited to test the new amazon echo show feature. You hold a food item in front of the screen camera and move it around until the device tells you what the item is. It was difficult knowing whether the item was centre screen, and this threw up some less than accurate results. Show me another side. It looks like vanilla coca cola. Oh, my god. Thats cool. I have done that so many times like, ive picked up cherry diet coke by mistake. Yeah we also have been told that that wasnt vanilla coca cola and just regular coca cola. You would have to really nail getting your snapshots correct to find this useful. It was so great to try all the technology throughout the day. The wider the choice of tech, the better for everyone. Not everything today was a complete success, but the impact that blind tech can have continues to surprise me. Im really excited about the future of accessibility tech. Some fantastic innovations there, spen, and one thing becoming clear in this programme isjust how much is out there enabling people to be more empowered and to live more independently. And for people with learning disabilities, for example, there are plenty of innovations to help them do just that. Paul has been to meet someone for whom the internet of things is helping to make life just that little bit more easy. This is adam. Adam has down syndrome and lives in his own home, which includes some specially designed technology to allow him to live more independently. Here he is using a tablet that contains a range of bespoke applications to help him with tasks in everyday life. In this instance, cooking. So can you show me what youve got on here, adam . App sift three cups of plain flour into a big mixing bowl. Make a well in the centre of the flour. It shows step by step instructions with pictures. But the Technology Goes much further than just recipes. Its part of a project called connected living a partnership between the learning Disability Charity mencap and Telecoms Company vodafone. The platform utilises a range of technologies bundled together under one roof literally. App i am afraid. From smart home devices and iot based sensors to more simple reminders, to do lists and instructions. A lot of it is stuff that quite a lot of people are familiar with. Smart lighting is not a particularly new concept, smart locks are not a particularly new concept, but what we have done is we have packaged it altogether and put it into this user interface which has been tailored very specifically so it is user friendly and it is intuitive to use. We started off with a very, very long list of things these can be quite small things but things that people might want to achieve and then we gave the list to vodafone and we said what are the Technological Solutions to that . We whittled it down to the things we felt and we heard were most commonly going to be of importance to people. Technology is in all our lives, really, at the moment nowadays and will continue to be so, so we want to make sure people with learning disabilities are not disadvantaged by not being able to access technology. It is designed to be customisable to each individual user, with the hardware and software tailored to their needs and personal abilities. App i am thirsty. The platform blends smart Home Technologies with things adam can use outside the home too, such as video calling a support worker if he needs assistance, or as a communication aid. Hi there, you all right . Yeah, you . Good. What would you do with the options on this screen . Ok, so you can tell them where you want to go. Which are your favourite . What do you like to do the most . App lets go to the pub. Sounds good to me. Is that good . Do you like that . Laughter. Thats good we like tech too there are 4. 1 Million People in the uk with learning disabilities who could use this, but also there are wider applications. If you think about people who go into homes as they get older, they still want to be independent, they still need their flexibility, this can help them. You and i, we want to be independent, we want to do our own thing and actually, if technology can help people to do that, then it means that you have greater control, you are feeling more independent, and the amount of confidence that has really increased in people is fantastic. Most importantly of all, though, how does adam feel about his smart connected home . Supported, yeah. Mmm, supported. That was adam and his mum. Truly, truly lovely stuff. And we will continue to keep across all of this area of Inclusive Design and technology throughout the year, as we always do on click. This is the short version of this weeks click. The full version is waiting for you right now on iplayer. In it, you can see paul in iceland, looking at the design, manufacture and testing of the iconic prosthetic running blade. In the meantime, you can contact us with your thoughts of what youve seen on instagram, youtube, twitter and facebook. Thanks very much for watching and we will see you soon. Hello, cold outside. Clears in most areas. Patchy rain coming into scotla nd areas. Patchy rain coming into scotland as well. These are the temperatures by the end of tonight. A wide frost for england and wales. We are still underneath this cold area of high pressure. Shifting south words allowing their milder airto come in south words allowing their milder air to come in over bringing atla ntic air to come in over bringing atlantic air to scotland, Northern Ireland and rain for the highlands and islands. Some of that cloud will pull over to the irish sea for parts of england and wales where sunshine hanging on further south and east after the frosty shark start. Ahead of that rain, around the middle part of the week, the risk of patchy frost and fog before it turns milder and windier. This is bbc news. Im lukwesa burak. The headlines at 8 the woman killed in the London Bridge attack has been named as 23 year old saskia jones, a former student at cambridge university. Her family said she was funny and kind and will leave a huge void in their lives. The universitys vice chancellor said he is devastated. This said he is devastated. Is an attack on our commu this is an attack on our community in many ways and it was intended as such, it was meant to produce a form of terror and sadness and it has clearly done that. New images reveal the bravery of members of the public tackling the convicted terrorist on the bridge and in the hall where his attack began. You get andy and lucas are starting a fight back. They used chairs, they used these nahuatl tasks and ripped off the wall

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