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World Braille Day is on the 4th of January every year. Thats the date of birth of Louis Braille, the manwho invented the system that helps blind people read and write. Braille was a Frenchman who lived between 1809 and 1852. He became blind at the ag

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Recently, a visually impaired man was prevented from taking the subway for the 11th time in Beijing when taking his guide dog with him. This triggered another round of discussion on whether the visually disabled should be allowed to use guide dogs wh

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New App Helps Blind People Know the World Around Them

One of the best uses of technology is to make life easier. A new product from Microsoft Corporation can do just that for people who have trouble seeing. They may be blind or visually impaired. The product, an app, is currently available for free for

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Professor Yang Jia is the only visually impaired member of the CPPCC, the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference. Now into her third term as an advisor for the CPPCC, Professor Yang is pushing for the promotion of accessible films and acc

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In Kenya, Blind Students Learn Through Technology 肯尼亚盲人学生通过技术进行学习 THIKA, KENYA Until recently, blind and visually impaired students in Kenya were still using Braille books for their studies. But Kenyan schools for the bl

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This has not only affected how music institutions,how schools for the deaf treat sound -- and not just as a means of therapy although of course, being a participator of music,that definitely is the case as well. 这不仅仅影响了聋人音乐学院处

事实：盲人也可识得的货币-Accessible Currency for the Blind

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There are over 285 million visually impaired people in the world, and some of these lives are about to get a lot better. 世界上有超过2亿8千5百万视觉受损人群，然而，他们中一些人的生活品质即将大有改善。 South Korea

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Vibrating gloves will soon replace the white cane to help blind people see their surroundings. 不久的将来，振动手套将取代盲杖帮助盲人看见周围的环境。 This is the prediction of a British team who has developed a prototype gl

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