NFC based applications for visually impaired people - A review

Recent technological developments provide technical assistance that enables supporting people with visual disabilities in their everyday tasks and improve their quality of life. Considering that about 90% of the world visually impaired people live in developing countries, particularly in the local context, in Saudi Arabia, there is a lack of assistive tools and adapted environment supporting people with visual disabilities. To overcome this problem, a wide variety of relatively inexpensive applications adapt Near Field Communications (NFC) tagging technology in the development of assistive tools for people with visual disabilities. In this article, we will systematically review the current adaptation of NFC technology for visually disabled people and introduce NFC practical applications to help them overcome challenging tasks that they may encounter every day.