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The total solar eclipse in the U.S. on the 21st of August is being touted as a 'once in a lifetime' opportunity and it seems visually impaired people are not to miss out. NASA has sponsored the making of a tactile book depicting the different stages of the eclipse. There is a smartphone app people can try that allows the user to trace their finger over a picture of the eclipse, and the phone will play a sound or vibrate according to the intensity of the lightness shown on the screen. Harvard University has been working on a project to stream the sound of the eclipse to visually impaired people over the internet from Wyoming, one of the 14 states with a ringside view of it. Peter White speaks to Allyson Bieryla from Harvard University about the project. First broadcast on In Touch, 15 August 2017.
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