Review of Some Assistive Software for Blind
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Computer is an important part of our life. There are number of technologies available for visually impaired people to do their daily tasks on computers independently. It is the responsibility of government to provide equal access of all services for e.g. electronic media, internet etc. to all people of its country. However majority of the blind people do not access computers, phones and other electronic media. The main reason behind it is the lack of awareness of the various kinds of assistive technologies among these people. The paper describes various assistive technologies that help blind to access computer and web. The problems that are faced by blind while using these technologies are also discussed in this paper.
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