Technology for vision-impaired people has grown in leaps and bounds in the time Ilonka Trost started to lose her sight 18 years ago.
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From a simple ‘liquid-level sensor’ that beeps when your cup is full, to a text-to-talk machine, there is now a vast range of aids available.
Ms Trost, who has 5 per cent peripheral vision, said things like iPhone apps had made her job as Vision Australia Albury volunteers co-ordinator easier.
“I can ask a question and it gives me an answer, it sends emails for me, and I find that really helpful,” she said.
“With all the technology available now, I can still do my job – before that, I felt left behind.
“You think, ‘I’m too old to learn this’, but you’re not, there is help out there.
“Vision Australia will help you get training in what you need.”
