A clinical evaluation of equipment which allows the partially sighted and blind to access computer-based information

Twenty-five visually handicapped people, including two who were completely blind, were trialled on recently developed equipment which enables such severely visually impaired people access to the modern computerised world. Twenty-one of the people found that such equipment would enhance their study, work and recreational capabilities and allow them to utilise computerised technology alongside their normally sighted peers. Two already had equipment sufficient for their needs, and two children were too young to require it at this stage.