Visually impaired persons encounter considerable hurdles in reading text and operating computer programmes. Whereas able-sighted people rely on screen output and mouse or touchpad navigation, blind and heavily ill-sighted users can not. Particularly those who lose eyesight later in life, in many countries constituting the majority of visually impaired people, find it impossible to learn Braille. These persons therefore have to resort to low-threshold, high performance digital aides. The Centre for Blind and Disabled Students at THM, BliZ, have almost 25 years of experience in advising blind students and staff and interested organizations in using or providing such aids. This counseling is manufacturer independent and based on best-of-breed experience of BliZ staff. In a booth at IARIA conference, camera systems, visual screen readers, smartphones with a variety of additional software and voice output, among others, will be on display for demonstration, the participants‘ personal experience, and subject-oriented discussion.

Our YouTube video demonstrates the assistive technologies in a practical way:
YouTube video | Digital magnification system for severe visual impaired People