Computer software assisting visually impaired

President of the Society for the Blind Cecil Morris (left) and member Ganesh Singh

Persons who are visually impaired are now better able to use the computer and keep abreast with technology with the introduction of software that provides step-by-step instructions for such use.

The software is called Job Access with Speech (JAWS) Screen Reader and it identifies and interprets what is being displayed on the computer screen with a text-to-speech output. JAWS allows persons who are blind to use the computer and programmes such as Microsoft Word,