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How can technology help improve our quality of life? How can we navigate the world without using the sense of vision? Inventor and IBM Fellow Chieko Asakawa, who's been blind since the age of fourteen, is working on answering these questions. In a charming demo, she shows off some new technology that's helping blind people explore the world ever more independently ... because, she suggests, when we design for greater accessibility, everyone benefits.

Chieko Asakawa: How new technology helps blind people explore the world

How new technology helps blind people explore the world

Asakawa's creation, the Home Page Reader, revolutionized internet use for the blind, opening a 'small window to the world'.

Exploring cognitive assistance, Asakawa develops apps that navigate the physical world, pioneering independence for the blind.

Innovations for the blind pioneered digital Braille, transforming access to text and the internet, enhancing independence.