Electronic Spatial Sensing for the Blind pp 375-386 | Cite as
Technology and the Blind Person: Corridors of Insensitivity
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Abstract
The past three decades have been no less than spectacular in terms of technological advances that have occurred and are occurring in enhancing the communication, mobility, vocational, and recreational opportunities of blind and severely visually impaired people.
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