How a Visually Impaired Aspirant Turned His Dream into Reality by Securing AIR 91 in UPSC CSE

Thanks to artificial intelligence, visually impaired people in public transport will soon be able to benefit from great progress. In Lausanne, a blind person with a high-tech equipment has recently successfully travelled a longer distance independently with the Metro.

How a Visually Impaired Aspirant Turned His Dream into Reality by Securing AIR 91 in UPSC CSE

Manu Garg (23) has the ‘QWERTY’ keypad imprinted in his mind’s eye. He calls it his best-kept secret that permitted him to type out notes, despite his disability — Manu is blind — while prepping for the UPSC CSE 2024.  As he chats with The Better India about his AIR 91, he recalls having numerous breakdown moments in the months leading up to the exams, often touted to be the toughest to crack among exams in India. “A night before the results, I …

A major breakthrough for the visually impaired: it is now possible to take the metro without any external assistance and without knowing the route in advance. Lausanne's public transport (TL) has successfully tested a high-tech smart harness.