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Monica Vasconcelos, OrCam reading device

Peter White is joined by singer and journalist Monica Vasconcelos, who is losing her sight. Tom Walker reports on a new reading device that claims to help users recognise faces.

Peter White is joined by Brazilian singer and journalist Monica Vasconcelos, who is the subject of a World Service documentary, in which she talks of her sight loss.
Tom Walker meets Tony North who has been using a new reading device called OrCam. The user wears it like a pair of spectacles and points to text or information for the device to read out. Assistive technology consultant Graham Page talks about other platforms which are available to help blind and partially-sighted people access the written or printed word.

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  • Tue 18 Oct 2016 20:40

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