Blind Dancing | So you think you can’t dance?
VICTA Changemakers Blindness Awareness Month So you think you can't dance? That assumption is not strictly true! Today, 10 October 2024 is World Sight Day and also World Mental Health Day. And as part of Blindness Awareness Month, VICTA Changemaker Grace busts some myths around dancing when you are blind or partially sighted and the positive impact is has had on her mental health. Dancing is an incredibly visual art form, but it is also very inclusive, even if you live with a vision impairment. This is something I didn't think could [...]
AI tools for blind & visually impaired students | Blindness Awareness Month
VICTA Changemakers Blindness Awareness Month Artificial intelligence (AI), much like the internet, has become an integral component of our daily lives in recent years. Despite popular scepticism fuelled by mainstream media and misinformation on social networks, AI plays an important role in improving educational accessibility. Specifically, for blind and visually impaired learners, AI tools can significantly improve the learning experience by providing personalised assistance, increasing independence, and improving the accessibility of educational content. In this article, details are presented of various apps and websites that utilise AI to assist blind and visually impaired people, particularly [...]
New opportunity – FA Para Football Talent Days 2023
Have you always dreamed of playing for England? The dream is on. The FA want to give more players with specific impairments the opportunity to play for their England Para teams and get them on the England Para Talent Pathway. The have shared the details of their Talent Pathway Events with us: FA England Talent Days are utilised as a player's first engagement with the Para Football Pathway and as the first selective environment in the player pathway. The programme will identify and signpost players to the ‘right’ environment at that point in time and [...]
New opportunity – TAVIP’s Technology for Work course
Are you job searching? Are you currently on an employability programme and would like some technology advice? TAVIP (The Technology Association of Visually Impaired People) are delighted to be able to offer a number of free training places for young people (18+) with a vision impairment who are actively looking for work. TAVIP’s Technology for Work course provides up to 5 hours of free 1:1 training in using screen reader software or magnification tools with Microsoft Outlook, using other Microsoft programmes such as Word and Powerpoint, using digital calling systems such as Zoom or Microsoft [...]
20 recommended apps for a person who has a visual impairment
Mobile phones, tablets and voice activated devices have revolutionised the way people who are visually impaired interact and use technology. Here is our list of great apps to download to make the most out of your device. 1. Tap Tap See TapTapSee is a mobile camera application designed specifically for visually impaired users. TapTapSee utilises your device’s camera and VoiceOver functions to take a picture or video of anything and identify it out loud for you. Double-tap the right side of the screen to take a picture or double-tap the left side of the screen to take a video. [...]
