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How mobile phones are helping the blind to see

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Video. How mobile phones are helping the blind to see

Updated: 23/11/2016 - 12:00 GMT+1

Mobile phone cameras are connecting their blind users with helpers ready to "be their eyes" in a phone app that can transform partially-sighted users' daily lives.

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