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For most able bodied persons, using a mouse is easy. But it can be quite an ordeal for someone with limited hand or finger function. The TrackBall is for them. It requires no hand grip strength to operate. Since the external switches can be moved and positioned anywhere, there are several ways in which the mouse can be activated – with the palm, wrist, elbow, knee, leg or toes.
Price: Rs 8,682
Available at sales@barrierbreak.com
How does a visually-impaired person know how to match his shirt with his trousers? Well, he records a label in his own voice and tags it to the shirt. So, the next time, when he points his Touch Memo to the shirt, the shirt speaks back to him (“black shirt”). Ditto for documents. You can voice label birth certificate, medical record, salary slip et cetera. The product can record labels for 83 hours and has a 2GB memory.
Price: Rs 10,974
Available at sales@barrierbreak.com
This is India’s first-ever Hindi-language digital talking book for the visually-impaired. Any Hindi Microsoft Word document can be plugged in to the Vachak, a DAISY format (digital talking) Hindi book. These documents can be played back at the press of a few especially crafted buttons. Students can use the Vachak to read books and review recorded lectures. Created by Shinano Kenshi Company, Japan.
Price: Rs 12,000
Available at sales@shinano.in
Talking calculator: The calculator reads out what you compute and can be set to three different volume levels. It also has an alarm and a clock and runs on two pencil cell batteries. Price: Rs 425
Voice Tone talking thermometer: Place this digital thermometer against your skin and it starts beeping periodically, letting you know that the temperature is being recorded. Once it reaches a stable temperature, a human voice reads it out in Fahrenheit. The thermometer also stores the temperature records, which can be played back. If left unused, it switches off in five minutes. Price: Rs 250
Talking Wrist Watch: This watch comes with a talking 24-hour countdown timer, daily calendar (from 1990 to 2090), alarm with 12-minute snooze, dual talking time and 16 alarm sounds. It also has a switch to read out the time. Price: Rs 90, Rs 350, Rs 500
To order, mail info@saksham.org
This electronic travel aid fits on the top fold of the white cane. It helps detect objects above the knee and hanging obstacles up to a distance of three metres. For safe mobility, it is important that such obstacles are detected before the cane touches them. This also helps avoid socially awkward situations like collision with people or walking into with animals or objects. SmartCane uses an ultrasound beam to detect the objects in its path and generates a response in the form of different vibratory patterns to identify the distance from the object.
To be launched in March 2014 and will be distributed by Saksham. Price not disclosed yet.
