Matthew unlocks the iPad for blind and partially-sighted

3 Jan 2014 19:00

Businessman's Blindability training helps disabled people to use tablet devices

Blind businessman Matthew Carr has launched a unique firm offering key guidance on how to use an iPad for fellow sight-loss sufferers.

The Rowley Regis 30-year-olds company, Blindability, provides specialist training for partially-sighted and blind people in how to make full use of iPads and other IT devices.

The disabled Black Country man, registered blind in 2007 due to retinitis pigmentosa, which kills eye-cells, identified a niche in the market when he realised there was no specialist IT training for blind and partially-sighted people.

Putting it simply, no-one else does what I do and there are lots of people that need my help, Matthew said.

The iPad is a great tool to aid learning, independence and communication for people who are blind and partially-sighted, hearing-impaired and for people with serious physical disabilities.

The iPad has a number of settings and applications that make it incredibly useful for disabled people. I provide training to teaching and support staff in schools as well as individuals on how to use the iPad, along with the accessibility features it contains. With calls coming in all the time, I think Im going to be very busy in 2014.

I am currently working with schools in Birmingham, Peterborough, Blackburn and London. My equipment is quite technical so I have to have comprehensive insurance or I simply cannot get into the schools to do the training.

Matthew launched Blindability with the aid of a 500 grant from UK Steel Enterprise, a Tata-owned company which operates in areas of the UK affected by developments in the steel industry.

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Matthew unlocks the iPad for blind and partially-sighted