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GOVERNMENT funding has helped to [...] ; I can do that! www.alltogethernow.org.uk BY TOM DOWLING [Liverpool Echo (England)]
(Liverpool Echo (England) Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) GOVERNMENT funding has helped to create a new 'guide dog'' smart phone app for blind people.
The award-winning Georgie app has a voice-assisted touch screen and features to help blind people with everyday activities such as catching the bus, reading printed text and finding unfamiliar locations.
The Department for Work and Pensions is providing the Communication for Blind and Disabled People charity with Pounds 14,240.
Minister for Disabled People Esther McVey said: Georgie is fantastic new technology for blind and partially-sighted people.
It can help people with finding their way around in a new place, or be a lifeline in an emergency.
The app was designed by blind husband-and-wife team Roger and Margaret Wilson-Hinds, from Peterborough, who named it after Margaret''s first guide dog.
Roger said: We created the app to help people with their confidence, and to give them reassurance that you could press a button and get help if you were lost.
Stephanie Sergeant, 59, said: I am amazed how much difference Georgie has made to my life. I used to struggle to know when to get off the bus - now I can hear where the bus stops are. I can travel anywhere with confidence thanks to Georgie!The app is available for any Android smart phone. For more information on visit www.screenreader.net In the UK almost two million people are living with sight loss.
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