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University of Michigan: New Apps for Visually Impaired Users Provide Virtual Labels for Controls and a Way to Explore Images
June 13, 2023
ANN ARBOR, Michigan, June 13 (TNSres) -- The University of Michigan issued the following news release:

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With VizLens, users can touch buttons while their phones read out the labels, and Image Explorer provides a workaround for bad or missing alt text

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Visually impaired iPhone users have two new free tools at their disposal, developed by a team now based at the University of Michigan. One can read the labels on control panels while the . . .

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