Digitization has made its way into the lives of most of the blind and visually impaired. Talking watches, scales and cell phones are part of her everyday life. On the street, however, they still rely on their long stick.
Making tea is easy: boil water, put a tea bag in the cup, pour it, wait a little and you’re done. Pouring hot water was a challenge for Jenny for a while: the 25-year-old lost her eyesight last year. In the meantime, making tea is back. For this she uses her “Pac-Man”, a small device that hangs on the edge of the cup and beeps when it is full. There are numerous such aids in everyday life for blind and visually impaired people. Salt and sugar have labels that a linguistically gifted pen that PenFriend, can read aloud. The kitchen scales tell how much the butter weighs. And if you lie awake at night, the clock on the bedside table tells you the time by vibration.