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Convenção das Nações Unidas sobre os [br]Direitos das Pessoas com Deficiência

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Esse novo capítulo que eu vim aqui [br]falar com vocês

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Meu nome é Leslie Ann Gibbons,[br]Eu fui criada no Reino Unido,[br]

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e vivo a 17 anos

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na Califória do Norte nos EUA.

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E estou muito feliz em ter

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a oportunidade de falar com você um pouco

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sobre algumas mudanças da[br]tecnologia e como isso impacta o

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senso individual de independência e

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aprimorando a experiência do cotidiano.

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Então, eu posso ver suas mãos?

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Quantos aqui passaram a noite no hotel?

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Quantos de vocês tomaram [br]banho hoje?

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(risos)

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Quantos de vocês cometeu o erro [br]terrível de usar loção em vez de shampoo?

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(risos)

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Pare bobagem não é? [br]

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Mas para as pessoas que [br]são deficientes visuais descobrir

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qual dos dois é shampoo isso pode

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ser a diferença entre um dia péssimo

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e um dia maravilhoso

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6 anos atrás, pessoas com

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deficiência confiavam quase que inteiramente

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nos dispositivos especializados de standalone

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e programas de software, mas essas

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ferramentas e suportes que eram [br]antes caríssimas ou difíceis de usar

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agora são comuns nas salas de aula,

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Escritórios e nos nossos bolsos.

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E hoje, embora o nível do consumidor

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avanços e tecnologias tradicionais

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nem sempre são acessíveis, olhe para

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os seguintes avanços que temos visto

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na tecnologia ao longo dos anos.

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Houve uma enorme redução no poder

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necessidades e uma maior disponibilidade de

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new, more affordable, and smaller power

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sources. There’ve been significant

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improvements in networks and broadband

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capabilities. For example, high speed

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internet is now widely available in most

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public places — even in the UN — and so

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are smart phones. User interfaces and

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input options have increased. For

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example, touchscreens and gesture

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recognition are now commonplace.

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Social media- driven community [br]

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developments such as Kickstarter

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and other crowdfunding resources

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makes it possible for people who

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have just an idea to seek funding in

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new and creative ways. And today,

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having access to development tools

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such as 3D printers and app development [br]

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tools is by no means unusual. This

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explosion of new technologies has

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profoundly affected the ways in which

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people with and without disabilities are [br]

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using digital devices and resources.

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Assistive technology functionality has

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finally moved into the mainstream, and

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we now face a new demand for tools that

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are context-specific, user-created, data

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driven and nimble, embeddable, networked,

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and wearable.

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So how are wearables changing assistive

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technology? And what about that shampoo?

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With ever-smaller and less-expensive

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hardware and component pieces

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exploding on the marketplace, wearable

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technologies are fast becoming a fixture

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in our everyday lives, primarily in the

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form of fitness trackers and

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smartwatches. But beyond being able to

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measure our heart rate and count our

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steps, wearable technologies hold

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significant promise for people with a

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visual impairment.

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Imagine this: You’ve arrived at your hotel

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last night, and you go for a shower. In

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the bathroom are four small bottles, all

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the same size and shape. You assume

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they’re shampoo and conditioner, shower

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gel and lotion. But how do you know which

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one is which? If you have eyes and still

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have your glasses on, you can read the

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small print, and you lay the bottles out so

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you use the right one in the right order.

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But what do you do if you’re blind, or

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you’re unable to read the print?

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For a person whose blind or has a

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severe visual impairment, this is a

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typical day-to-day problem. One of

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the many “gotchas” that limit

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their independence.

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With the advent of live-streaming on

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mobile phones, one solution might be

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call a friend. Ask them which bottle is

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which. The limitation of this is just the

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availability, and ultimately the patience

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of your friend. The better solution might

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be to have a large pool of friends or

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volunteers who can be contacted.

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This is what Be My Eyes, the smart phone

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app, has set up. It’s technology that will

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quickly connect the user from their

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smartphone video feed to a volunteer,

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and the audio and video link enables the

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right bottle to be found. The service is

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free and well used. It’s ideal for simple

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problems, but it limits you to those

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problems that only need a video

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feed and a volunteer.