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Browsing Visually Impaired

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Technology

Papara bank creates debit card for visually impaired

Turkish bank Papara has launched the world’s first debit card for the visually impaired.

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Technology

This tactile tablet empowers visually impaired users

Hardware brand Dot is expanding its efforts to make technology more accessible with the launch of The Dot Pad device.

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Beauty

Cleanlogic revamps packaging for the visually impaired

Bath and bodycare brand Cleanlogic is relaunching with socially inclusive branding as part of its Nice and Clean mission.

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Culture & Media

Why audio is the future of virtual reality

Daniel Sabio, aka The Glad Scientist, has built a career as a VR musician. Now he’s creating virtual experiences for people with visual impairments.

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Technology

Touch point

South Korea – Dot is the first smartwatch made specifically for the blind and visually impaired.

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Design

Independent thinking: Designing beautiful objects for the visually impaired

London – At The Flat Age Network Evening on 4 December, LS:N Global senior journalist Rowland Manthorpe spoke to Simon Kinneir, research associate at The Helen Hamlyn Centre for Design, about creating products for the visually impaired.

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Food & Drink

New bio-reactive packaging could replace sell-by dates

Bump Mark is a bio-reactive patch on food packaging that lets consumers feel when their perishables have expired.

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Fashion

Hour hand: Watch lets you touch the time

Washington, DC – With The Bradley, a new wristwatch, you don’t need to look down to tell the time. The tactile timepiece can be read by touch alone. It is perfect for those in meetings, cinemas or on boring dates – and perfect too for blind and visually impaired people, who are the inspiration behind the design.

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Signals

Feels good, looks great: Branding & Packaging for both the able and the…

Feels good, looks great: Branding & Packaging for both the able and the visually impaired