Thanks a lot, Paul, for this info!
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Chairman, Society of Professionals with Visual Disabilities (SOPVID)
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On 4/5/18, Paul Mugambi <shamgpaul@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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this is for iPhone users.
another navigating APP called Eye-D
just click the link below and you will be sorted.
Eye-D by GingerMind Technologies Pvt. Ltd.
https://itunes.apple.com/my/app/eye-d/id1354363634?mt=8
Eye-D is a movement propelled by the visually impaired community with
help of Team Eye-D. We vouch to empower the VI by providing easy
access to cutting
edge technology! Eye-D is here to assit the visually imapired in
independent living by helping them evaluate the world around them with
help of their smartphone.
It will work as your companion when you travel, help you explore
places, tell yiu about the objects in front of you and read text
whenever you need. This
is what we have built for you: • Where Am I: Be it the busiest suburbs
of Mumbai or the loneliest roads of Siberia, whether you are a common
man or zombie,
Eye-D will make sure that you are never lost. Tap on “Where Am I” and
let the magic happen. You get to know your location with a list of
landmarks nearby.
Found any of the landmark interesting? Then why wait tap the preferred
landmark and Eye-D guides you to it with directions (currently by
opening Apple/
Google maps for navigation). • Around Me: Stuck in an alien town? Calm
down, fire the Eye-D app and select “Around Me”. Bingo!! You can now
find ATM’s,
Banks, Bus stops, Cinemas, Restaurants, Hospitals, Stores and even the
Religious places nearby. Select the desired category and navigate to
the preferred
place. To ensure that you never miss out a place we have provided a
search radius controller. So the next time you don’t find a relevant
place nearby try
adjusting the search radius to anything in the range of 500 to 5500
meters. What? Still in that alien town? Come-on find the nearest bus
stop and head
out. • See Object: I’m facing the gate… No the lemon tree…. No the
bike, Easy pal!! Use the See Object mode in the Eye-D app to evaluate
your surroundings.
Click on this mode, take a picture and Eye-D app will tell you what’s
in front. So the next time you are standing at the window use the See
Object mode
to check what’s happening on the other side. In case you missed the
description the first time simply swipe right to hear again. • Read
Text: We designed
this feature so that next time your visit a restaurant or want to get
a novel for you friend you won’t have to ask anyone for help. Open
read text mode,
click a picture and Eye-D app will read the text in front you. You can
swipe right to hear the text again in case you missed it the first
time. • Contact
Us: Love the app? Have a suggestion for the team? Found a bug? Please
use this mode to talk to us. We would love to hear from you. Connect
with us on social
media:
http://facebook.com/HelloEyeD/
http://twitter.com/HelloEyeD
Www.mugambipaul.com
On 4/5/18, wilson nderitu <nderitwilson@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Hi all,
This application is only available in the US app store, thus the reason
why
most of us cannot access it.
However, since i have a US store account, i have downloaded and tested
the
app here in Nairobi.
Unlike google maps, this app mainly identifies stations or lamd marks
that
are around you, of course working in sinc with your location services.
It has 6 main tabs, the 1st one being the menu. Tutorials are also
available
within this tab.
The other tabs are:
1. Call outs. When this button is activated, the app continuously speaks
out
any land marks that are around you using 3d sound. This happens while you
are on the move whether walking or on transit.
2. Set a beacon. When you use this button to set your destination, the
app
plays an audio beacon which gets louder as you approach your destination.
3. My location. This speaks out your location.
4. Around me. This button speaks out that which is around you, including
roads.
5. Ahead of me. Again this speaks out that which is ahead of you.
I have set a beacon at the Kenya School of Law where i am currently
undertaking the advocates training program, and so far so good i am
impressed.
Regards,
Wilson Macharia.
Sent from my iPhone
On 29 Mar 2018, at 22:54, Reginald M.J. Oduor <rmjoduor@xxxxxxxxx>** To leave the list, click on the following link:-
wrote:
Might you have an idea why I did not find it on the Appstore?
On 3/29/18, Paul Mugambi <shamgpaul@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
its a free app.
On 3/29/18, Reginald M.J. Oduor <rmjoduor@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Hi Paul
Many thanks for this info. I tried to find Microsoft Soundscape in the
iPhone AppStore, but never found it there. Is it a free app, or does
one need to purchase it?
Oduor
On 3/29/18, Paul Mugambi <shamgpaul@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:** To leave the list, click on the following link:-
Hello fellow fraternity.
Microsoft Soundscape uses 3D audio technology to enhance your
awareness of what is around you, and thereby help you get around and
explore your surroundings.
Soundscape will place audio cues and labels in 3D space such that
they
sound like they are coming from the direction of the points of
interest, parks,
roads and other features in your surroundings.
You will need a pair of stereo headsets that you feel comfortable
wearing outdoors. For example, bone conduction headsets, Apple
AirPods
and in-ear open
headphones have proven to work well.
Soundscape is designed to live in the background and provide you with
effortless ambient awareness. Therefore, feel free to use it in
conjunction with
other apps such as podcasts, audio books, email and even GPS
navigation.
although you can also religh on it
Key features:
- As you walk, Soundscape will automatically call out the key points
of interest, roads and intersections that you pass. These can be
adjusted and turned
on and off.
- An audio beacon can be placed on a point of interest, and you will
hear it as you move around. You can place an audio beacon on a point
of interest that
you would like to track such as your destination, a point to return
to
or a landmark you are familiar with.
- “My location” describes your current location and the direction you
are
facing
- “Around me” describes nearby points of interest in each of the four
cardinal directions, helping with orientation. Try this out when
getting off a bus
or leaving a train station.
- “Ahead of me” describes points of interest in front of you, for
example when walking down the street.
This App has added me more confidence while using my whitecane
crossing highways, different streets and navigating compass and also
supermarket.
I hope you enjoy the experience. I believe that this kind of
technology offers a new way to relate to the environment around you
and I can’t wait to
hear what you make of it as Nairobians and other towns in Kenya.
its currently for iPhone users IOS 10 and above.
I hope to here from our chair if he can navigate the UON compass
with
it!
all the best.
On 3/21/18, Samuel Odawo <odawosamuel@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Dear colleagues,
please read the below email for your information and consideration.
Warm regards,
Samuel
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From: The Mary Kitzinger Trust <marykitzingertrust@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 21 Mar 2018 22:02:32 +0000
Subject: International conference: Childhood visual impairment and
mental
health
To: The Mary Kitzinger Trust <marykitzingertrust@xxxxxxxxx>
Dear Colleague,
I am inviting you as a professional with an interest in children
with
visual impairment to attend the upcoming international conference
*“Childhood
visual impairment and mental health: science into practice”*, 2-4
July
2018, UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health, London. I
would
greatly appreciate your attendance and participation. This is a
first
time
that two main charities, the Mary Kitzinger Trust and Royal Society
for
Blind Children, have come together with Great Ormond Street Hospital
for
Children and University College London to host this conference. For
more
details, see attached flyer and our conference website:
http://childmentalhealthvi.co.uk/
*Early bird bookings rates (until 15/04/2018): £200 (reduced rate
£100
for
students)*
Standard booking rates (16/04/2018 onwards): £250 (reduced rate £150
for
students)
Together with the contributors and participants, we hope to
spearhead
important changes to improve understanding and meeting needs better.
The
focus will be on innovative research and evidence-based practice
developments and skill learning workshops with international and
nationally
renowned contributors. It is relevant to all clinicians,
practitioners
and
researchers in the field of childhood visual impairment and related
disabilities from the UK and internationally. There will be
opportunity
for
new or existing researchers in the field to share their latest
research
through posters or oral presentation. The conference will also
include
perspectives from parents and from young people with visual
impairment.
We have a range of internationally renowned speakers, including the
following, all of whom have contributed significantly to research
and
practice in the field of childhood visual impairment:
*Professor Lauren Lieberman, *The College at Brockport, State
University
of
New York.
*Dr Mathijs Vervloed, Radboud University Nijmegen*
*Professor Jugnoo Rahi, UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child
Health,
London*
*Dr Paula Sterkenburg, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam*
*Dr Sara Finocchietti, Italian Institute of Technology, U-VIP, Genoa
Italy*
*Professor Paramala Santosh*, Institute of Psychiatry, Kings College
London
*Professor John Ravenscroft, University of Edinburgh*
*Professor Graeme Douglas, University of Birmingham*
*Dr Alison Salt, Great Ormond Street Hospital/ UCL Great Ormond
Street
Institute of Child Health*
We are also delighted that the *Paralympian Millie Knight* will be
presenting. Millie is just 18 years of age and is winner of two
silver
medals in the South Korean Winter Olympics in visually impaired
skiing
events.
Themes include:
· Needs, research and outcomes
· Early childhood needs and intervention
· Recreation, sport and wellbeing
· Anxiety, mood and emotion regulation
· Social, behaviour and multi-sensory challenges
· Children’s needs in middle childhood and adolescence
· Enhancing participation, habilitation and wellbeing
I would be delighted for you to join us and be part of this
important
and
exciting conference. Do please take the opportunity to inform
interested
colleagues of this conference and to take advantage of the Early
Bird
rate
and student rate for students in your department. Places for the
evening
gala event will be first come first served, so do please also sign
up
for
this lovely evening event.
I’m looking forward to meeting you in July in London.
Best wishes,
Naomi Dale, Dr.
Chair of the Organising Committee
--
Samuel Odawo
Chevening scholar 2015-2016,
Special educational needs and disabilities professional
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to
think critically. Intelligence plus character - that is the goal of
true education.
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