{"id":4550,"date":"2023-02-10T13:42:32","date_gmt":"2023-02-10T18:42:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ccb.monthlyconversion.com\/?p=4550"},"modified":"2025-03-27T14:20:10","modified_gmt":"2025-03-27T14:20:10","slug":"white-cane-week-technology-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ccbnational.net\/shaggy\/white-cane-week-technology-2\/","title":{"rendered":"White Cane Week &#8211; Technology","gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"text"}]},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Today, technology helps those who are blind\/low vision to live full, independent lives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-medium\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ccb.monthlyconversion.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Lowtech-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"Braille above a doorbell.\" class=\"wp-image-4553\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Low Tech<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Brightly-coloured and differently-textured bands that can be used to identify bottles and jars.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Sock sorters for laundry. Clothespins for shoes and matching gloves<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Magnets, sticky dots and puff-paint to be used to make items more tactile<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Heavily-lined note pads, thick-tipped markers and large phone books, large-print and braille greeting cards. Braille and large-print playing cards and game pieces. Braille and large-print calendars. Braille paper and labels<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Tactile measuring cups\/spoons, and other kitchen gadgets<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Perkins Braillers, slates and styluses, braille label makers<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Magnifiers and lighting<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Braille books and print\/braille books<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Tethers used for running<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Monocular and binocular devices for distance viewing<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>White canes<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ccb.monthlyconversion.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Tech-Pile-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"A pile of various technology including a braille display, bone conductive headphones, a laptop, an iPad, and tablet.\" class=\"wp-image-4551\" width=\"544\" height=\"407\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">High Tech<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Screen-reading\/magnification software on computers and phones<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Electronic Braille displays<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Sight-enhancement glasses such as occutech, ORCAM<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Sight substitution wearables such as EnVision glasses<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Services such as Aira and BeMyEyes<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Apps created for the blind-low\/vision, print-disabled community, such as Blind Square, Voice Dream Reader\/Writer\/Scanner, Surround Sound, Be Specular<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Reading devices, such as Victor Streams, and wayfinding devices, such as Trekkers<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Audio-described TV services such as Rogers Ignite, AMI Audio\/TV, descriptive soundtracks available at movie theaters<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Audio books<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Note takers for recording on a phone, a dedicated device.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Location devices such as Way Around tags<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Medical devices such as ScripTalk and talking health monitoring devices and apps<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-medium\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ccb.monthlyconversion.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/WC-Logo-No-Year-300x85.jpg\" alt=\"White Cane Week Logo\" class=\"wp-image-4524\"\/><\/figure>\n","protected":false,"gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"html"}]},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today, technology helps those who are blind\/low vision to live full, independent lives. 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