New technology is increasingly breaking down barriers for the blind community. Global positioning systems, mobile phones with scanners and cameras, screen-reading software, as well as less sophisticated but equally useful stuff like talking kettles and measuring jugs - they've become the 'tricks of the trade' for people who are visually impaired. Even shopping on the internet creates new opportunities - as Jenny explains "I've never been able to browse before, and now I can". And there's a website where folk share information about how to use new consumer items - things the manuals don't tell you, like whether the 'on/off' switch is at the top or the bottom! Five people who have no vision talk in this program about their lives, and about the way new technologies are making a difference.
