Advances in technology are making some every day tasks easier for people who are visually impaired. Assistive Technology consultant Jonathan Mosen has been blind since birth. He says thanks to the incredible advances in assistive technology, it's getting easier to do many simple things that people take for granted. He remembers when a pocket dictionary took up over 30 bulky Braille volumes and having to rely on a sighted person to read him the newspaper or a bank statement.
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