Talking Points

TalkingPoints is a collaborative project at the University of Michigan between the School of Information, the Whereabouts Project in the Computer Science department, and the Adaptive Technology Computing Site run by Information Technology Central Services.

Its goal is explore the possibility of using technology as a means for blind individuals to orient themselves in both outdoor and interior spaces, and to learn more about their surroundings during their normal walking from place to place, or when they choose to explore an area to learn what's nearby. Currently, we do this by tagging objects of interest with an RFID reader, and providing an RFID reader and computer to read the tags. Unlike ordinary RFID readers, the TalkingPoints reader speaks the information conveyed by the tag to the user.

To learn more, visit the Talking Points Web site.