- Obstacle Avoidance
- Navigation
- Sight Enhancement
- Machine Vision
- Human Assistance

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

- smart glasses
- magnifiers
- braille displays
- screen reading software
- text-to-speech systems 
- large print materials
- tactile technology
- smartcane

Assistive Technology for Vision

Augmented Reality for Visually Impaired People

A screen reader is a software program that utilizes a braille display or reads texts aloud. This program is helpful for individuals with visual impairments, difficulties reading or temporarily can't. Screen readers verbalize all visible content such as headings, paragraphs, button text, as well as hidden content such as alternative text for icons.

Screen Readers

- Aira Glasses
- NuEyes
- QD Laser
- Augmented Reality Glasses

Smart Glasses for Visual Impairment or Blind

Products for Blind Users

An electonic travel aids fits on top of the white cane that uses ultrasonic ranging to detect obstacles, and conveys distance information. Informs about presence of objects before actually touching the object with the cane and thus helps in preventing unwanted contact

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