Novartis Launched ViaOpta an SmartWatch App For Visually Impaired

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For the first time, an application allows the use of Smartwatches with visual disabilities. The pharmaceutical Novartis has launched a new version of its app ViaOpta to make it accessible on a smart watch for people with some kind of visual disability. The application is available for both Apple Watch and Android Watch.

The camera incorporating the device identifies objects, helping the user to navigate through unfamiliar environment for example, to know the color of the clothes.

In addition, the application allows users to meet and save the exact position where you are and send it to who is responsible for the care of that person visually impaired or elderly person if necessary. The app is available in English, German, Spanish, French, Greek, Japanese, Arabic, Italian, Portuguese, Hungarian and Dutch. In addition, for ease of use Novartis has made a video in which you can discover how easy to use.

The pharmaceutical company Novartis is launching a new version of its “app” ViaOpta for patients with some form of visual impairment can use a smart watch.

For the first time an application allows people with visual disabilities have in your SmartWatch contents that facilitate their daily life, thanks to its vibration and sounds that alert them of intersections or landmarks. This is the new version of ViaOpta, an “app” developed by Novartis Pharmaceuticals.

The application, announced during the meeting “Innovating for patients” that the company has organized this week in the Swiss city of Basel, it is available for both Apple and Android Watch Wear. “This is a tool through which these patients can lead a normal life,” reports Ian Banks, a member of the European Forum Against Blindness.

This application also allows to identify objects through the device camera, helping the patient to move through unfamiliar environments. This tool makes everyday tasks such persons, such as know the color of the clothes are getting, the communication managers retina area of Novartis.

Moreover, the “app” allows users to meet and keep their exact location, or find locations near landmarks and, in turn, send the caregiver if needed. According to the pharmaceutical company, ViaOpta is the first application available for smart watch designed specifically for people with vision problems. The company has also released a video explaining for anyone to discover how easy it is for seniors to use this application.

Via mobihealthnews