Unifying Visual Localization and Scene Recognition for People With Visual Impairment

Supporting people with visual impairment

Here are some techniques to keep in mind when meeting with a patient with visual impairment. • Introduce yourself and say your name • Use the name of the person so they know you are talking to them. • Face the person and talk to them, not the person accompanying them. • Be specific in giving directions: say ‘left’ or ‘right’ rather than pointing. • Identify the room you are in if the person can...

Study of Factors of Marriage Motivation among Single people with Andwithout Visual Impairment

Objectives: Talking about needs, it means to consider the reasons of human behavior. Because such behavior starts with one or several needs which will cause to develop different societies according to the degree of civilization, and also social-cultural factors treat differently with blinds, so these different circumstances can create different needs and motivation for them. Methods: On this...

Causes of Spelling Weaknesses in Students with Visual Impairment and Teaching Strategies for Spelling Improvement

Background: Spelling is characterized as a basic skill for the children’s writing literacy. A wide range of factors may contribute to the formation and/ or intensification of problems related to teaching writing competencies, so that spellings come with a serious challenge called “invented spelling”. It is also a major concern for teachers and parents of children with visual impairments. Theref...

Attentive Visual Recognition for Scene Exploration

Vision is an active process where behaviorally important information is selectively gathered. We present a model of scene exploration in which the high-resolution fovea is deployed to interesting regions by selective attention processes. The system switches between exploratory and recognition modes such that in exploration mode, regions of interest are investigated and in recognition mode, a gi...

Improving healthcare access for people with visual impairment and blindness.