| The blind need to have a quality life just like the | | | | impaired can use when they are shopping, order |
| rest of the people out there. They need gadgets | | | | meals in restaurants or communicate with cabin |
| for the kitchen, the television and the workplace | | | | staff at airports and other public places. |
| too. The visually impaired have not been left | | | | Apart from these high-tech gadgets for the |
| behind in this age of mobile technology. There is a | | | | visually impaired there are the day-to-day cooking |
| nifty little gadget that can operate on voice | | | | gadgets such as the talking thermometer that can |
| commands, take notes as well as read them out. | | | | set off an alarm when the temperature of the |
| One such neat gadget is the 'Bridge'. This neat | | | | food is just right or the measuring cups that do |
| little gizmo scans printed text and translates it into | | | | the same when the right level has been reached |
| Braille. This useful tool for the visually impaired | | | | and our visually impaired friends have found |
| saves the text for further use as well. The | | | | companions in the elderly who like to share the |
| device is small and portable and can be used fairly | | | | gadgets that have been designed especially for |
| easily anywhere. The Braille screen can be | | | | themselves. |
| customized to display the text in any way the | | | | You name it, there are gadgets from talking |
| operator feel comfortable reading. | | | | watches, clocks, calculators and currency |
| There are gadgets like the Tactile Talking Tablet | | | | identifiers that the impaired individual can make |
| that helps the Blind navigate the cities they plan to | | | | the most of in this day and age of technological |
| visit. Another quaint gadget is the SBC - Screen | | | | advancements. |
| Braille Communicator - the visually and hearing | | | | |