the price of the $2.00 and the country like to keep taking on the powers that be the risk. everything turned into our needs. activists, journalists, and politicians living in exile the way up to which they live for their mission. what drives them. people need to know what is happening that our series guardians of truth watch. now on youtube dw documentary, there are many gadgets that help people with disabilities leave more independent lice. for example, glasses that stuff. title spoken conversations and real time for death. people or a smart walking stick that the text obstacles with ultra atlantic waves for people with low vision tech for more and close city. that's our topic on shift today. the,

when you see robots acting as servers and cars phase, they're typically replacing human employees. but there is a cafe in japan that does things differently. the robots here enable people with disabilities to take part in work life, but remotely from their own homes. when customers talk to these little robots, the not talking to in the i system that's talking to a real person. like for me call me or she controls the robot from home. she's well enough about 50 people with physical mental disabilities. working as robot offering says that the dorm cafe in tokyo, japan. she takes customers oldest through the robots and makes recommendations. the big a robots fence of the food and drinks. the idea is to give people who call and leave the homes due to health reasons, but want to work the opportunity to do so. it's like, like,

look into your god. as long as i'm alive, i want to give something back to the community by working. can you go community? thank you buddy. you own with this reach, your mike says he talks to his customers about everything from his health to the weather. so you put a menu dirty for that, i feel happy if i can be a part of society who wants to go to will go in more, he must read. he may robots are equipped with a camera microphone and speaker, allowing customers to talk directly to the operations. hold on me too. oh, okay, so what do you mean? customers don't really come here to see a read me. what do you mean? and when they come here because of the people behind the rehab, and then we'll come back to see them again and see what the cafe is operation by or a level retreat the tech stalls up to then it's robots like or region made to come about loneliness the technology helps breakdown barriers for people with disabilities, doing cafe breaks people with and without disabilities together. the 1st step to

what grades for inclusion. assistive technology refers to products, but a people who, for example, can hear or see, or who are missing a body part. the market for this kind of tech is huge because more than the 1000000000 people worldwide live with some form of disability, like jessica smith from australia. she was born with other left for arm. the former paralympic swimmer is now a disability awareness advocate and relies on the help of technology. i'm not trying to hide who i am, i'm adding and sort of expanding on who i am as a person by being able to access technology that's never been available before. her high tech, prosthetic lim, operates using artificial intelligence and can learn 14 different groups. this next clip of jessica smith's grocery shopping demonstrates just how well this tech works and action. so

the truly so i have 3 children, 6 year old, a 4 year old and a 2 year old and they all the kids are very excited about it. they think it's amazing that i'm like half human hoffer, but half human half robots display on it prosthetic can give us that impression. the device converts electrical impulses from the, for our muscles, into finger booklets, especially after associates group patterns with certain muscle movements. and uses can configure with themselves at home or low technicians to do it remotely. so we've tried to build in the technology which allows us to connect to the hand. anyway, basically in the world and change configuration on the device instantaneously on the fly for the customer. the sensor bracelets is being tested at the university of sydney in australia. it's designed to detect the slightest movements of attendance which controlled hugs the supple movements, and then transmitted by a bluetooth to

a program. who taught you a copy of the tunnel like that and move your fingers a little bit. you will see tiny vibrations happening in your wrist and this, that's how our party moves so fingers. so all of a sensor actually pick up those vibrations and be use machine learning any i to make sense of those vibrations to figure out which finger is moving and how much due to a medical condition area and shot has limited mobility in his left hand. he's testing the sensor bracelets by playing simple computer games. it's movements are interpreted into the game. it's a lot less movement that you need to use it that i've passed the august highest. we can make me a bit more functional with my left hand, i guess, specially for computers perspective like studying and using it all day. there are many projects around the world focused on the sense of touch. the university of

bristol, into u. k. we searchers are working on simulating the different layers of human skin to allow robots to have a real human touch. disc come in handy for making future prosthetics. we treat the print, not similar structure in colorado, all sufficient skin so that it can be phones called facts in a similar way to save human skin. but instead of having no effect things, we instead mounts a camera in sight, the sensor where you can see the cable coming from here. so that picks up that movement. it's supposed to feel like the structures inside this all facial skin. so cameras are being used to simulate human touch. what a fascinating approach. cameras are also used as a tool for people who are blind or have low vision. take this scheduled for example . it can be attached to glasses. users can turn in the direction of the given text and either give

a voice command or press their finger down to have it read aloud. the i can be trained to recognize certain products and faces to the development of these devices often involve the same technology that's used in other sectors like autonomy was driving to a only technology that's used to keep a ton of mis vehicles on the road is also useful for pedestrians. this 5 has got just helps lines and people with low vision navigate the cities. the cameras imbedded in the device, detect obstacles within a $170.00 degree angle. woman uses with 3 d sounds. i can't imagine that like this . if an object is moving towards the user, there's the risk of a collision bypass warren's done with a sound. similar to parking assisted modern cars. if there's an object on your left, you'll hear the obstacle on your left hand side. for sounds indicate where the obstacle is there a different sounds depending on whether it's a call person,

open steps in the way the defendants as the bypass, as a supplement to a walking stick with one big advantage it wounds uses about obstacles with head level 2. this smoke gadget has 7 of features, but instead it attaches to a classic walking stick. we walk, uses ultrasonic sensors, and vibrates. when there are obstacles nearby uses can connect the device to the phone by a bluetooth and then use the touch pad to access google maps. and virtual assistant, all while keeping the phone tucked away a smart walking stick. that's cool. and for people who are deaf or hard of hearing, they're smart glasses. they neighbor users to read conversations in real time by converting spoken words and to stop titles. diana martin is deaf. she's trying on smart glasses for the 1st time with a friend. jacqueline press from x ray class. can you see anything or

what i was hoping to use? cuz this is a new way of being able to communicate it on the include the sure i do. behind this tech is one that's already well known for movies subtitling . but these augmented reality classes convert spoken words into text and projected instantaneously. this enables spoken conversations to be more inclusive to death. people as the founder of death kids international steve croup explains. i might not quite catch everything, but this has given me a real time now a test which enables me to be informed. it may lead to be involved in which need to make decisions because i know what is being said. voice recognition algorithms quickly converts spoken language into readable text with typing fact audio stream from the microphone on the gloss as we're running through

a piece of transcription software, which users have probably seen before and the ability to set audio in say, so captions. well wait, during that we spend taking those captions. i'm putting them in say open to the reality of impact system, the up connect to your connected death. people with sign language interpreter's via video call the interpret spoken language and to sign language and sign language into speech. this helps death, people lead more independence lives scenarios for the culture and creating a society that's more inclusive to people with disabilities. and communication can happen through music to american dance. a robert wexler aims to make music accessible to all people, no matter their physical or mental capabilities. well, she's everyone cadon. and even the slightest movement produced to sound that was the goal american dumpster roman wexler, set for himself in developing the motion composer. it's been a minor with this,

or i believe we're all dancers, world musicians, and that's the principle behind the motion composer. think about it. enables us all to experience those instincts on people with all capabilities. mention it either phase type. ready, back in the mid 19 seventies, robert wexler began experimenting with motion tracking in new york. you recorded dances, movements using body centers, and then convert the movement data into sounds that lead the foundation for the motion. composer which create sounds based on people's gestures. to achieve this, a 3 d camera film, the person's movements software then converts to sequences into corresponding sounds. the system detects even the smallest motions. the motion composes used in therapeutic clinics and increased of schools. many are moved by

the ability to express themselves artistically through movement in mice and ray. and most people are overcome with emotions and joy for it's not unusual to see people crying or workshops via tears of joy and bounce of workshops also right as the dawn. so robert wexler has often stood on the spot in line with the motion composed. she's created a stage for people who are too often overlooked. i last seen technology act as an aide for people to better express themselves. and if it helps people with disabilities feel more secure, confident, and included in society, we've made a small step of progress. what kind of tools would you want friday and let us know for your next time the guys, it's evelyn charmaya. welcome to my pod cast. last matters that i advised,

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true nature conservation for only green washing. after all, there are billions to be made. our chiefs documentary, deep sea greed starts june 8th on d, w. the was that those are such like 5 or not rooms of us have to specify is it because of my big body will because i'm flat cut does less does it because my physical disability, laptop. uh it wouldn't me. it was signal to me very and directly you can only see it. you just don't belong here front of him. that's how it is. 5 people that don't belong here. the

just arriving at some place and the semi public place and like a doctors. and seem to chaz without knowing if i sit on those chairs, now i'm going to be in pay off the student. that sounds really smart. so how up or down to live. so knowing i don't even fit in this as a student branch golf. that's within close think you wanna okay. marian works in berlin, city administration and has written the children's book about her experiences as an overweight woman. the title translates to that girl pink of 2 pink, a full tank of gas likes to where brian kind of.