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Smart Glasses, Apps, Talking Appliances: How Tech For Blind People Is Getting Better

Here & Now's Robin Young talks gadgets with the director of technology at the Carroll Center for the Blind, and gets an in-studio demonstration of how some of them work.
These glasses have a camera built into the bridge over the wearer's nose, so that a remote viewer can see what is happening in front of the person wearing the glasses. (Robin Lubbock/WBUR)

From smart glasses with an integrated camera for reading, to apps that offer more independence and freedom, what’s some of the best new technology for people who are blind or visually impaired?

Here & Now‘s Robin Young learns more from Brian Charlson, director of technology at the Carroll Center for the Blind, and gets an in-studio demonstration of how some of these tools — like the smart glasses-linked smartphone app — work.

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