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Episode Synopsis
Tennis has long been considered one of the hardest sports to adapt, especially if you have little or no vision. Well, it has been done and Amanda Green from Metro Blind Sport and VI tennis player herself, tells us about the history of where the adapted game came from. Amanda, along with totally blind player Monica Smith, also tell us about how it is played.
Wimbledon is in full swing and there are a couple of firsts at this year's championships. In conjunction with Vodafone and assistive technology company GiveVision, Wimbledon have been trialling wearable headsets that allow partially sighted fans at the games to view the finer details.
And The Wimbledon Foundation, the charitable arm of the championships, have teamed up with sight loss charity Merton Vision to provide eight visually impaired people with the opportunity to work in various roles throughout the championships. Alan Farrell and Nathan Maraj tell us about the kind of jobs they've been doing and what the experience has meant to them.Presenter: Peter White
Producer: Beth Hemmings
Production Coordinator: Liz Poole Website image description: Peter White sits smiling in the centre of the image, wearing a dark green jumper. Above Peter's head is the BBC logo (three individual white squares house each of the three letters). Bottom centre and overlaying the image are the words "In Touch" and the Radio 4 logo (the word Radio in a bold white font, with the number 4 inside a white circle). The background is a bright mid-blue with two rectangles angled diagonally to the right. Both are behind Peter, one of a darker blue and the other is a lighter blue.
Wimbledon is in full swing and there are a couple of firsts at this year's championships. In conjunction with Vodafone and assistive technology company GiveVision, Wimbledon have been trialling wearable headsets that allow partially sighted fans at the games to view the finer details.
And The Wimbledon Foundation, the charitable arm of the championships, have teamed up with sight loss charity Merton Vision to provide eight visually impaired people with the opportunity to work in various roles throughout the championships. Alan Farrell and Nathan Maraj tell us about the kind of jobs they've been doing and what the experience has meant to them.Presenter: Peter White
Producer: Beth Hemmings
Production Coordinator: Liz Poole Website image description: Peter White sits smiling in the centre of the image, wearing a dark green jumper. Above Peter's head is the BBC logo (three individual white squares house each of the three letters). Bottom centre and overlaying the image are the words "In Touch" and the Radio 4 logo (the word Radio in a bold white font, with the number 4 inside a white circle). The background is a bright mid-blue with two rectangles angled diagonally to the right. Both are behind Peter, one of a darker blue and the other is a lighter blue.
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