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App Lets Visually Impaired Explore Wonders of Woonsocket Museum

By Alicia Waters | October 24, 2019

The Museum of Work and Culture in Woonsocket, RI has found a way to make the museum more accessible to people with blindness or limited vision.

The idea is simple: A user installs a smart-phone app, and when they need help seeing around them, they call the app and connect with an “agent,” a sighted person who describes the view on the phone’s camera.

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Donita Naylor, Providence Journal Staff

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