this is austin lighthouse, and it's a workplace with a difference.tion in texas dedicated to improving the lives of blind and visually impaired people in the area. and it's turning to technology to help them achieve that. so the box comes out, we have to glue it. and then this is the label that comes out that goes to the box. its main areas of work are in manufacturing, warehousing and distribution, primarily for the us department of defense. it has over 900,000 square feet of space and processes over 1,300 orders every day. so, efficiency is key. a range of tech solutions have been deployed here for a variety of purposes, from enabling people to carry out work—specific tasks to navigating the environment and more. one such solution is called vocollect, a wearable tech incorporating voice recognition. because it's auditory, blind or visually impaired people can use it to manage inventory. what it does is it allows us to go pick the orders. you can do it as a totally blind person because it talks to you and you talk to it. it's all voice recognition.

this is austin lighthouse, and it's a workplace with a difference.es of blind and visually—impaired people in the area. and it's turning to technology to help them achieve that. so the box comes out, we have to glue it. and then this is the label that comes out that goes to the box. its main areas of work are in manufacturing, warehousing and distribution, primarily for the us department of defense. it has over 900,000 square feet of space and processes over 1,300 orders every day. so, efficiency is key. a range of tech solutions have been deployed here for a variety of purposes, from enabling people to carry out work—specific tasks to navigating the environment and more. one such solution is called vocollect, a wearable tech incorporating voice recognition. because it's auditory, blind or visually—impaired people can use it to manage inventory. what it does is, it allows us to go pick the orders. you can do it as a totally blind person because it talks to you and you talk to it. it's all voice recognition. each of us have our own profiles. it's wi—f

paul: this is austin lighthouse, and it's a workplace with a difference.f purposes, from enabling people to carry out work—specific tasks to navigating the environment and more. one such solution is called vocollect, a wearable tech incorporating voice recognition. because it's auditory, blind or visually impaired people can use it to manage inventory. what it does is it allows us to go pick the orders. you can do it as a totally blind person because it talks to you and you talk to it. it's all voice recognition. each of us have our own profiles. it's wi—fi, bluetooth, and so we have what is called orders, and there's a barcode on the order. we scan that barcode, and it speaks to us where we have to go, how many we have to pick and what the product is. we have a few other things that have really helped integrate a lot of stuff and help make morejobs for a blind or visually impaired person. what's amazing about a place like this is that the technology being deployed here is being used in a really inclusive way, and that's because it's enabling disabled peop