How the OrCam MyEye is helping a Canberra man read

By Han Nguyen
Updated January 13 2018 - 10:51am, first published 10:37am
Roy Daniell is one of the first people in the ACT to try out the OrCam MyEye, a new device that reads to people with vision impairment. Photo: Jamila Toderas
Roy Daniell is one of the first people in the ACT to try out the OrCam MyEye, a new device that reads to people with vision impairment. Photo: Jamila Toderas

Roy Daniell was 10 when he was diagnosed with rod-cone dystrophy, an eye condition that leads to gradual blindness. Now he's one of the first Canberrans to use new technology that turns his glasses into a minicomputer, scanning and reading information for him. 

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