every day lot of devices invented for blind. but none of them available in market lol!
On 3/20/17, ca.s.vijaykumar <[email protected]> wrote: > Great device, quite useful , I wish it is equally affordable > Vijay > > -----Original Message----- > From: AccessIndia [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf > Of drbsmkumar > Sent: 20 March 2017 19:11 > To: Access India <[email protected]> > Cc: [email protected] > Subject: [AI] White guide to help visually impaired a walk with confidence > > News > > WHITE GUIDE TO HELP VISUALLY IMPAIRED WALK WITH CONFIDENCE. > For visually impaired people it is not easy to find out who and what is > around them. A walking stick is the only support which can boost their > morale and help them escape all the hurdles. > According to the WHO’s report, 285 million people are estimated to be > visually impaired worldwide in which 39 million are blind and 246 million > have low vision. 82 per cent people living with blindness are aged 50 and > above. India has one of the largest blind population. Taking it as > responsibility a group of students of Maharaja Agrasen Institute of > Technology have developed an automated assistive aid (White Guide), which > requires very less adaptation to a new walking style. White Guide is an > electronic device that can be attached to the conventional white cane. It > detects the presence of obstacles using ultrasonic waves that are conveyed > through intuitive audio patterns. White Guide has two key features, one is > obstacle detection another is SOS and real time tracking of the person by > the support. > The device has a synced Android application linked to it. The app registers > all the data entered into the user’s profile such as contact numbers of up > to 3 people and their e-mail id. The device contains an emergency button. On > pressing this button, it gives an offline message to the contacts of the > user mentioning the current location of the person, which can be tracked > through the white Guide app or Google map. Source: > http://www.dailypioneer.com/city/white-guide-to-help-visually-impaired-walk-with-confidence.html. > > > Regards > > Dr BSM Kumar > Cell: +919840139849 > > Sent from my iPhone > > Register at the dedicated AccessIndia list for discussing accessibility of > mobile phones / Tabs on: > http://mail.accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/mobile.accessindia_accessindia.org.in > > > Search for old postings at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > > To unsubscribe send a message to > [email protected] > with the subject unsubscribe. > > To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please > visit the list home page at > http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in > > > Disclaimer: > 1. Contents of the mails, factual, or otherwise, reflect the thinking of the > person sending the mail and AI in no way relates itself to its veracity; > > 2. AI cannot be held liable for any commission/omission based on the mails > sent through this mailing list.. > > > > Register at the dedicated AccessIndia list for discussing accessibility of > mobile phones / Tabs on: > http://mail.accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/mobile.accessindia_accessindia.org.in > > > Search for old postings at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > > To unsubscribe send a message to > [email protected] > with the subject unsubscribe. > > To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please > visit the list home page at > http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in > > > Disclaimer: > 1. Contents of the mails, factual, or otherwise, reflect the thinking of the > person sending the mail and AI in no way relates itself to its veracity; > > 2. AI cannot be held liable for any commission/omission based on the mails > sent through this mailing list.. > -- If God is love, and love is blind, and I were blind, would I be God? with love and regards yogesh J postal assistant india post tenkasi head office phone: 7811071227 skype: romio.yogesh facebook: yogesh yogi Emotional investments are subject to human desires. Read the person carefully before investing. Register at the dedicated AccessIndia list for discussing accessibility of mobile phones / Tabs on: http://mail.accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/mobile.accessindia_accessindia.org.in Search for old postings at: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ To unsubscribe send a message to [email protected] with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in Disclaimer: 1. Contents of the mails, factual, or otherwise, reflect the thinking of the person sending the mail and AI in no way relates itself to its veracity; 2. AI cannot be held liable for any commission/omission based on the mails sent through this mailing list..
