[LINK] New technology delivers secret vote to blind

[Jan Whitaker]

At 09:42 AM 16/08/2007, Daniel Rose wrote:
>The predicted argument is "What about the blind people who can't 
>read braille?", which is of course more than a little silly, but 
>that won't stop it being made and any audience thinking "Good point!".

Not sure why it's silly. Many blind people don't read Braille (as in 
Louis Braille). People who lose their sight later in life often 
don't. They compensate with audio. As the population ages, this will increase.

Jan


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