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positions under the swastika, a documentary about the sounds of power and inspiring story about survival. music in nazi germany, watch now on youtube dw documentary. today we're talking all about cutting edge texts. the blind and visually impaired people, almost 300000000 world wide, are affected, and most of them develop that condition over the course of their lives. so it could in theory, effect anyone. but how can tech help? let's find out on shift. imagine waking up one day to find your world, looking at something like this, all this or even like this. people with visual impairments say the will differently and often have to learn new ways of navigating it. they might rely on others on tools like walking canes. braille is also especially helpful,

but recent advances in iowa might add one or 2 more to that toolbox, like this very special guy dog. right about dogs soon to be taking the lead in the go. i don't. well, you know siri, they can do just about everything necessary count of pods can only this quarter pet doesn't get distracted, no breaks and it can be shut off when you don't need it. navigating by us census and cameras, the rubber dog can even identified traffic lights the gym, and i can tell the robot where i'm going. volume voice recognition, i can control the speed with this pain going to so a lot of the the mom was, oh, you don't have to i if i need to go false. i just push it all the way forward. yeah . if i need it to slow down, i just put it back and then we'll adjust it. speed has this could be

a huge development for the blind in china. where the there only $400.00 guide talks in service in china. but we have about 20000000 blind people. it's impossible to solve this problem. this guy talks alone, the research into the dogs for the blind isn't just exclusive to china. however, the researches at the university of glasgow in scotland, their biggest challenge is navigation. so how will robot spawn their way around? gps is pretty reliable when outdoors but problems arise inside buildings and confront spaces. so how can we solve this when you're developing something like this, and it's a mix. it all for several things. we'd use computer vision, we use the to the technology with it to scan the whole environment and to get to understand with each of jeff, each killer, each of the sticker is and need to memorize order. members. this should enable

robot dogs to guard people safely in those like in this museum, and even using speech that's on lots of language models. so this, so this one. so it's kind of hard in simulates combat system. so the rubber dog can answer questions about it surroundings providing information about the route. and that's just the beginning. we want to put this technology onto a v robot. we also want to put this in a normal human. i do a lot and also such kind of dog robot so that the end user deed have the, have a different whether i thought go, adults will catch on is not on the question of resolving the technical issues, but also about finding one to buy in the 1st place and how much they could cost, but they might be a cheap and simple option and improving what's already available might be more valuable in the short term. it's time to update the classic watch. we will continue

to the help of a cutting edge tech could be k in improving access for the visually impaired equipped with cameras. incense? is this a oh, i came from gluttons. can god uses even alone pray to find groups. it recognizes obstacles of the con, ends can even describe its surroundings. acoustically walking space can be set to suit individual needs and according to its manufacture, as the ios smart came from, we will recognize as obstacles, not only on the ground, but also at just incline level. and with the accessible app you'll can, can bring you to the nearest bus stop. and once that it informs you, which buses are leaving next. once on board, it'll tell you when you've reached your final destination, the eye glasses like oil, cam or and vision glasses. also i promise better navigation through every day life

full, the visually impaired but invalid except to be the is great for people with visual impairments. it brings us closer to our goal and allows us to access to information . and for example, people use to send a means to people with disabilities. then what could they do? nothing because they couldn't see them. but now it allows us to read means to read text. it gives us the image descriptions. it gives us descriptions of videos to you . but he believes that this technology won't be widely available for some time to comp anymore, though. are you worldwide in columbia? a lot of people unemployed, i mean the, but a i to, it's would be a huge help for people with disabilities. i mean, they, as many people with wizard impairments are unemployed and don't have the financial means to buy a new device. so how can we buy these devices and how can we connect them to the internet to keep you in book with times the capital of columbia? there's no neighborhood where you won't find the internet connection, but it's very different. invalid areas. they know it's not uncommon. i models such as chat j pay tell you to be integrated to you for recognizing the use of

environment and helping them accordingly until now that was often done by family members or human assistance. this next up brings these 2 approaches to get developed as of be my eyes. once you use a chessboard in their uses, will be able to take a picture which is analyzed and described with a bought based on chat, said pay tape. and if the guy gets stuck, real people can still be called in to help, as well as the case before. the allows blonde people to request assistance pay my eyes sends the request of volunteers to matching language and time sense. so as volunteer to respond is connected to the person seeking help. the app then transmits video to the volunteer via the use of the camera. this allows problems to be solved together, such as small, tough luck reading out labels, helping with groceries, or even withdrawing cache from an a t f t

upset at the top of the things which is really, there we go, i've just felt one. anyone couldn't register in the app as a volunteer or a visually impaired user and there's no limit to the links old number of calls. the app also helps when it comes to problems with products. to do this, it establishes a direct connection to customer service representatives on the company's end, especially trying to advise people with visual impairments. the going to the movies can be victoriously difficult for visually impaired people that has long been a lack of good audio descriptions for what's happening up on the screen. but for the past few years, the free upgrade to has offered a solution, an additional sound track for blind movie lovers. but when it comes to video games, things a quite different. they tend to be visually orientated and impossible to play without

good eyesight. but i start up from lots that wants to change all that and develop video games for selected and blind players. look, that means focusing primarily on sound. it's pretty tightened here. let's move quickly. come on. so most players video games are a visual experience. is k, this huge peggy, who is visually impaired? oh, i bumped into the wall again. the sounds and vibrations of a game that got to listen to the sounds help me find it. yeah. when i play the game, i rely on the cruise to cues, for example, a fairy or some voice that says, you have to go this way much in course and always gets loud. uh, i know that i'm getting close on. yeah. if it gets quite type of i know that i'm moving away from it does leave me stuff on the panel for the blind and visually impaired gaming has long been inaccessible, inclusive gaming, a lovesick start up is working to change that now plays also guided by spatial

audio the sounds in the game of 3 dimensional. for example, we can locate a post and speaking behind us without saying a challenge then, is to artificially reproduce this natural sound conception. you have to find a way to transform it into audio or maybe into a hectic select control. and every person you can. yeah. create very a massive audio environments, extra the with a space audio. this allows players to enjoy the experience and in shows a cool opportunity on this. mike, i'm so pushing lovely. i don't want to deal with that every day. i just want to switch off. sometimes i can come in addition to 3 day sound of the team is also working on games that include audio descriptions, the goal more accessibility. but reaching the target audience is not always an easy task. many blind people, uh, not so much off on social media and i can cite rama,

take, take talk because that's maybe the share media. so it's actually kind of hard to, to reach them once this total is of the come. no, it is. so equipment is needed to play the games each s need do a computer and to receive a special audio. uh, you would need to have the developer say that this is just the 1st step. inclusive gaming is still a budding concept. it's going to a very positive way and we see the company bringing accessibility, especially the pop landon for cindy and pat people to some of their games. i don't think it would be the case for all games to him that you have like an accessibility setting program. people. they believe gaming, inclusive future is broad. nobody should feel excluded in everyday life that says

truth non disabled people, as it is for those of us with disabilities, which opens up a brand new way to say that no immense us without saying the ways. thanks to this headset faced a ton and to we gold at the next world power athletics championships. this is this, it's important to understand that opposite goods and that's where my motto, know, limits comes into play are really most in our head, but then it's important to find solutions and be creative isn't. it's been a doctor. teeth design then became blind at the age of 6 at the change he started so his father is always with him as mentor, and god connected by the headset. he tells him with as obstacles and other stuff as defense own senses are equally important. if you concentrate and listen, you can tell a lot from the sound of the wave um, meaning or with the white water. whereas the most trouble and how does the song

change and the distance and that also changes depending on where you are on the way for the percentage. and robotics are taking tools for people with visual impairments to the next level. but this is by no means the end of exciting new developments with the technology research as have long been working on brain implants to restore vision. but of course, that introduces a wide range of ethical questions. what do you think? let us know and see next on, on shift the the 77 percent investigates kidnappings across africa,

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