Visually impaired community urge government to reconsider decision to provide them with smart vision glasses
The HinduThe visually impaired community has urged the State government to reconsider its decision, as announced in the recent State Budget, to provide smart vision glasses under the assistive devices project. Terming it a “waste of resources”, Raghuraman Kalyanraman, assistant professor, Government Arts College, Nandanam, said, “The smart vision glasses only provide what we already have through free apps. To spend ₹40,000 on a pair is a waste.” Finance Minister Thangam Thennarasu, in his Budget speech in the Tamil Nadu Assembly, had announced a project to provide assistive devices, including Smart Vision Glasses, to improve the quality of life of persons with disabilities. The smart vision glasses help a visually impaired person read a print book, navigate roads by scanning for objects after taking pictures, and also utilises maps.
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