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Originally Posted by CathalMagus
I have no visual impairment, but I'd love to get one of these and learn braille anyway. That way, if I started losing my sight in 50 years, I wouldn't have to let up in my reading :^) Plus, all the low-light-condition situations for which I'd no longer need a reading light...
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actually i feel the same way.
they look like amazing gadgets. i'm not sure how they work but i imagine they could probably translate any text document, which would mean vastly improved accessibility to lots of things for blind people.
i'd love to get one and try to learn braille and i also sort of wish i could get one for my grandmother... she's losing her vision but for now she just uses audio books. she can still see a little bit, enough to do quite a lot of things but not read (or drive). but to be honest i doubt she would want to learn braille (she really likes those audio books), and she hates gadgets... i've tried on several occasions to buy her an answering machine and she scoffs at me, "if people want to talk to me they can call back." and i wanted to buy her a cd player so she could get audio books from the library (she just has a cassette player which reads special cassettes, apparently they have 4 sides... don't ask me how that's possible, i have no idea) but she shouts "no ! none of those blasted gadgets !!"
