A recent study commissioned by the Department for Education in Queensland has shown that the OrCam portable text-to-speech device has significant potential to improve struggling students’ engagement with the curriculum and boost their academic outcomes.
Doreen Wills recently received a new electronic magnifying machine with the help of the Department of Veteran’s Affairs to provide the funding. Doreen was initially concerned about learning to use the new ‘Clear View C’ desktop electronic magnifier, as she had thought that someone in their 90’s would not be able to learn to use such a machine.
One of the hardest things to do is participate in life’s activities as we lose our abilities and particularly when we want to read menus, mail, instruction manuals and fill in time sitting in doctors’ waiting rooms.
In 1860 Thomas Pattinson, a deaf migrant from Scotland, opened the first school for deaf children in Australia, which would eventually become the Royal Institute for Deaf and Blind Children.
As with the other recently released banknotes, the new $100, which was released on 29th October 2020, has a ‘tactile’ feature to assist people who are blind or who have low vision.
“My central vision is affected by Macular Degeneration. That has been evident for some twenty five years up till now. In April 2019 I purchased from Quantum at Thornleigh a “Reading Machine” (the OrCam MyEye) that helps me to overcome …
OrCam MyEye is a spectacle mounted piece of artificial intelligence providing audible response to the world in front of the wearer. The device provides the wearer with access to many day to day activities by providing audio feedback after taking …
New digital technology is helping make reading printed newspapers possible longer for a Melbourne man who is already legally blind. As Victoria goes further into COVID-19 lockdown, an assistive technology device is enabling Maltese-born Twanny Farrugia to read the daily …
Updates to the Magnilink TAB The MagniLink TAB multi-purpose, multi-camera Windows tablet electronic magnifying and text to speech device, has even more features, thanks to a new update just released. We are contacting anyone who has purchased a Magnilink TAB, …
Do you have students for whom reading is a frustrating experience or that tire when reading large amounts of text? For many, the use of text to speech technology can help to level the playing field in terms of …
We take our ability to read for granted and use this crucial skill a thousand times a day; reading, emails, documents, labels, door signs, smart phones, indicator boards… But imagine if you could not read? How would you cope …