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I consider this show to be the disability community's equivalent of the consumer electronics show.

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If you are doing anything in the area of access to technology, you want to be here.

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Because its just a great learning experience.

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Here at CSUN, we're focused right now on demonstrating Voice Guidance,

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which is the industry's first talking guide available on the set top box.

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So for the first time, someone who is blind can navigate the TV listings.

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They can discover the content that's out there for them to watch in that thousand channel universe.

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Ok, so I see the app open here, can you tell me what it does?

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So they have this app that has other features, but this time they have a tactile map.

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So when you go in a building, this app automatically downloads the map and it will show up on the screen.

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Ok, can you show me a little demonstration how it works?

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Yeah, you will get to the front gate. This will be you, and..

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[Computer voice] Main entrance, horizontal path.

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This is how to learn about the surroundings.

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Ok so before you move, you play with the app and it tells you which way to go.

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Double tap it. [Computer voice] Voice guidance for men's restroom.

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In front of the door, there is a mirror. When you turn right from the mirror there is one sink and three restroom stalls on the right side.

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And on opposite side, there are three sinks and four urinals right next to sinks.

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My name is Marcel Hoogervorst. I am legally blind. I have 22/100 vision.

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And with my special pair of glasses, I can see 20/40. These glasses are revolutionary. They help me see.

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I can adjust for short distance, and I can adjust for long distance.

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This fair opens up a world for all kinds of people. Every year there is more and more.

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I think its fantastic. There's things for all kinds of people who have disabilities.

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I have run into people who are deaf, visually impaired, autistic, and all kinds of disabilities.

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It's Ultrasonic Blind Glass. So it will beep when you are 1.4 meters away.

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So its to find spots and detect obstacles so its much helpful for visually impaired people.

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So we're here at CSUN for another year of assistive technology, can you tell us who you're with and what you're doing here?

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I'm here with Charmtech labs, and last year we presented Capti Narrator for iPhone.

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Capti is an application for aggregating content from different sources and different formats,

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and for listening or reading that content on different platforms.

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So this year, we're introducing Capti Narrator for desktop, which works on Windows and Mac computers inside the Firefox browser.

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So you can open any webpage, right click on the link, and select add to playlist.

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And then the article will appear in the playlist.

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Once its loaded, all you need to do is double tap on any track in the playlist.

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It will read and highlight what it reads to you.

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Capti was originally created for people with vision impairments, but then we realized anybody could use it.

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There is at least 20 percent of people with dyslexia, who need to listen and read along.

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And also people who are busy, who are running around and want to multi task.

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We spend way too much time staring at the screens. We hope that this application will free us from the dependency.

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Here's to hoping!