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. 2021 Aug;35(8):2078-2080.
doi: 10.1038/s41433-021-01499-w. Epub 2021 Mar 17.

Smartphones as assistive technology for visual impairment

Suraj Singh Senjam  1
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Smartphones as assistive technology for visual impairment

Suraj Singh Senjam. Eye (Lond). 2021 Aug.
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The author declares no competing interests.

Figures

Fig. 1
Fig. 1. Invert Colors app in a smartphone (A low vision client, with a smartphone attached to a gooseneck mobile stand holder, reads a print on a reading stand).
A smartphone using the Invert Colours app.
Fig. 2
Fig. 2. A smartphone in use with Eyes-Free Interaction (A complete blind student touches his finger on smartphone’s screen to identify the contents or icons underneath his finger with voices from the device).
A smartphone in use with eyes-free interaction.
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