For the Blind, Technology Does What a Guide Dog Can’t

T. V. RAMAN was a bookish child who developed a love of math and puzzles at an early age.

That passion didn’t change after glaucoma took his eyesight at the age of 14. What changed is the role that technology — and his own innovations — played in helping him pursue his interests.

A native of India, Mr. Raman went from relying on volunteers to read him textbooks at a top technical university there to leading a largely autonomous life in Silicon Valley, where he is a highly respected computer scientist and an engineer at Google.

By MIGUEL HELFT – NY Times

Full Story: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/04/business/04blind.html?_r=1