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New Technology Designed for Visually Impaired Allows for Greater Personal Independence and Enhanced Connectivity to Family and Friends
[February 26, 2015]

New Technology Designed for Visually Impaired Allows for Greater Personal Independence and Enhanced Connectivity to Family and Friends


LOS ANGELES, Feb. 26, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Current mobile device hardware has the potential to improve people's lives. However, the problem with such devices is that the accompanying software is primarily designed to meet the needs of the mainstream user and many applications are inaccessible to non-mainstream users due to the user interfaces and complexity of navigating applications. This issue can become accentuated for the visually impaired, blind and even some elders.

VelaSense(R) is a comprehensive accessibility application for elders and visually impaired users of smart phones. This application has been rigorously developed within the context of the latest scientific research pertaining to the particular challenges of Android-based smart phone use for the visually impaired. VelaSense(R) provides improved ease-of-use, better efficiency and increased task execution speed while performing common smart phone functions such as voice calls, text messages, and emailing

Visus Technology was founded for the purpose of developing integrated solutions to improve the quality of life for people with all levels of visual impairment or mobile device accessibility needs. The company has just launched a platform technology, VelaSense, which will completely revolutionize the use of mobile phones by making them more accessible and incorporating new computer vision applicatins along with life management tools. VelaSense® is now available exclusively to Verizon Wireless customers and will operate on any Android™ phone with an operating system that is version 4.3 or higher.



"VelaSense® is one of the most exciting and life-changing technologies that I have had the privilege of working on in my professional career," said Dr. Stephen J. McCormack, Chairman and CEO of Visus Technology. "The platform has already demonstrated itself as an integral tool for improving lives."

VelaSense® is a comprehensive accessibility platform for visually impaired users, elders and others with accessibility issues. This platform has been rigorously developed through continuous and direct user feedback with Android-based smartphones and a functional emphasis on unique applications geared to the visually impaired.  VelaSense® provides improved ease-of-use, better efficiency and increased task execution speed while performing common smartphone functions such as voice calls, text messages, emailing and contacts management. With VelaSense, a visually-impaired person will be able to identify colors to pick out clothes, determine the denomination of the money in their hand, and read the label of a product at a grocery store.


VelaSense® is available only to Verizon Wireless customers and can be found in the Google Play Store under VelaSense.

About Visus Technology, Inc.

Visus Technology develops solutions to improve the quality of life for the elderly as well as people with a wide range of vision impairment. The first product, VelaSense® is a comprehensive platform for visually impaired users, elders and others with accessibility issues. VelaSense® enables easier and faster execution of common smart phone functions such as voice calls, text messages, emailing and contacts management. This innovative platform also offers quality-of-life improvements and new opportunities for increased social relevance to the blind. Highly accessible features allow users to socially network, search the web and use advanced camera-based vision features such as currency, text and color recognition. For more information about VelaSense or Visus Technology, Inc., visit www.velasense.com, www.visustech.com, or twitter #velasense, or #visustech

 

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SOURCE Visus Technology


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