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Keeping step?
 — scientific and technological research for visually impaired people
Author(s)John Gill
Corporate AuthorScientific Research Unit, Royal National Institute for the Blind - RNIB
PublisherRNIB, London, 2001
Pages29 pp
SourceRNIB, 224 Great Portland Street, London W1W 5AA. www.tiresias.org
KeywordsVisual impairment ; Telephone ; Information technology ; Design ; Research Reviews.
AnnotationAs well as having products specifically designed for them, blind people also increasingly need to be able to use equipment designed for the general public (e.g banking services). This report outlines some of the scientific and technological research which has been done to alleviate their problems, with special emphasis on projects involving the RNIB Scientific Research Unit. Issues covered include: daily living; mobility and orientation; access to information; and multiple impairment. Many visually impaired older people have had very little benefit from advances in assistive technology, which future research may well rectify. (RH).
Accession NumberCPA-010327206 B
ClassmarkBR: UJ: UVB: 33: 3A:6KC

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