Every year, TIME highlights the Best Inventions that are making the world better, smarter and even a bit more fun. TIME evaluates each contender based on key factors, including originality, creativity, influence, ambition and effectiveness. The result: 100 groundbreaking inventions …
The Sydney Braille Forum conducts an annual Braille Writing Competition for New South Wales school students who use braille as their literary medium. Students, parents, teachers and friends are invited to this celebration of achievements made possible through braille. Last night saw the …
Since the late 1990’s, the ClearView desktop electronic magnifier has been the ‘bread and butter’ for customers of Quantum who require a high quality, easy to use desktop magnifier, and continues being so today. Nearly eight years ago speech output was …
Working at Aruma and using OrCam, John has seen his independence skyrocket. “By identifying people, the OrCam will improve the customer experience I provide. And, by reading paper documents quickly, it allows me to make better use of my time …
Melbourne born legally blind Paralympic record-holder Jaryd Clifford is able to run the 1500m in under four minutes. At the age of three, Clifford was diagnosed with juvenile macular degeneration — a rare disorder that can’t be treated. …
Jacqueline Doust shares her story of how her life has been transformed by OrCam MyEye 2.0, a revolutionary device that has empowered her to be independent and an example for her children, who also have the same visual disability. …
Sometimes when we get a new product, we read the instruction manual, but it only gives us half the information we need. Sometimes we discover a novel use for a product that we have been using in other ways for …
OrCam MyEye has been generating a staggering amount of news. Such is the interest and excitement about OrCam that it has been featured on prime-time news and current affairs for the last year and continues to feature in newspapers and …
The Focus range of Braille displays has been around for many years and provided great service to people all around the world. The new fifth generation of the Focus 40 Blue braille display has added some exciting new features that …
People with vision loss regularly stop using their computer, once they struggle to see the screen. There are settings in most computers that make it easier for people with low vision to use the computer, but for many people they …
In December just prior to Christmas, Quantum signed a supply agreement with Vision Australia. This means that most of the Quantum range of products can now also be purchased through Vision Australia. In every Vision Australia office there is …
