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The Country of the Blind

99% Invisible

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Andrew Leland's Blind Reading Technology

Andrew Leland was diagnosed with a degenerative eye disease during his freshman year in college. Over the past couple of decades he's slowly been going blind but he still has some sight so he exists between worlds based on vision. Andrew compares himself to Nunez and accidental and sometimes wary visitor to the strange and often beautiful country of the blind.

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