Help include the visually impaired in Madagascar into the digital world!

If you are reading this, it probably means that you have crossed the digital divide and are independent enough to take in the sea of content, that we call the internet. But in Madagascar, out of 600,000 persons with visual impairment, less than 10 have access to computers! Three young social entrepreneurs have decided to [...]

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Changing the World… One idea at a time

One month ago, we told you about Inclusive Ideas and the initiation of the SANCB Challenge. We are really happy to tell you that Lindie’s initiative to look for a global solution through the Inclusive Planet community received a phenomenal response. When we set off attempting to hunt for feedback we did not anticipate the [...]

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Vodafone… get blind pedestrians back on track!

Released in April 2007, Wayfinder Access was the first GPS application that was accessible for blind and low vision users on their mobile phone. A breakthrough! an affordable product that made blind persons more independent by informing them about their surroundings and allowing them to walk any route they wanted. Vodafone recently bought Wayfinder Systems and [...]

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Inclusive Ideas – SANCB Braille Voting Template Challenge

Sometimes things happen for a reason. As discussions heated up inside our team on how to better leverage the abilities of our members and the strength of the community to bring in change, we received an interesting email. An email from lindie van zyl, the communications officer for the South African National Council for the Blind [...]

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