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Can blind people become architects?

Published: April 9, 2019, 8 p.m.

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In the latest version of Apple\\u2019s software for both iPhones and Macs, a feature has been included that tells websites a screen reader is being used. A screen reader is software that takes information from the screen and turns it in to digital speech or braille. This new feature is turned on by default. While it can be turned off, some blind people argue it shouldn\\u2019t be on by default as they don\\u2019t want websites or their developers, knowing they are blind. Ben Mustill-Rose is a developer who\\u2019s blind working at the BBC. He explains how the feature works and what his, and others\\u2019 concerns are.

Beyond Sight is a project challenging the tendency for architects to prioritise the visual above all else. As part of this, UCL is offering a week-long summer school to visually impaired people interested in becoming architects. The course will cover how design can incorporate other ways of imagining and creating space. \\nWe speak to Mandy Redvers-Rowe one of the course coordinators and to Carlos Mourao-Pereira a blind architect.

Presenter: Peter White\\nProducer: Lee Kumutat

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