Accessibility/Blind people

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Open Food Facts is an opportunity to bring the blind at the same level of non-blind in terms of choosing food products. Few food products have Braille markings . How can I be sure of the product then?

Things to do on our side

ProductOpener (web)

• Test and Make the web site accessible and compatible with accessibility systems
• Use OCR when no data is available yet

Mobile apps

• Make all the mobile versions speech enabled (already done for Android) and compatible with system-wide accessibility systems
• generalize Moodstock recognition to all platforms because the blind can not easily find the barcode by themselves
• Improve the Hololens app to make it a gateway to products for blind people (voice synthesis when scanning a barcode)

Community Outreach / Content

• Communicate with the blind associations in all countries for feedback and to promote OpenFoodFacts
• Mention products including Braille marking
• Mention accessible brands

Existing Initiatives (France)

• http://mairie12.paris.fr/mairie12/jsp/site/Portal.jsp?document_id=1543&portlet_id=135
• http://www.iprevoyance.fr/index.php?NumArticle=Auchan-initiative-pour-rendre-non-voyants--709