New software to help the visually impaired

A software technology termed 'Sonique' developed by Indian students would help improve the lives of visually challenged people by enabling them to move around more freely and perceive their surroundings better.

Four students of the Dhirubhai Institute of Information and Communication Technology have developed the software for global software giant Microsoft's technology competition 'Imagine Cup'.
The Sonique software would help the visually impaired to sense the environment around them and calculate the distance to objects present around them using an ultrasonic sensor technology. The users need to have a palmtop PC cum mobile phone for this software solution to work.