Inosight users

1) People with sight loss

     • 385,000 people are currently registered

     • 2,000,000 could be registered

       Consumers need a technology that doesn't require

       specialist knowledge (braille) or to be registered to access it.

4) Consumers with Dyslexia and other communication difficulties

     •  4% of the UK population are severely dyslexic- 2,500,000

        Consumers need access to information but many struggle

        to read current packs.

2) People with English as a second language

    • 6,500,000 people struggle to read

      English in print but can understand spoken English

      Consumers need a technology that speaks in English.

     There are links between sight loss and some

     ethnic minority groups.

5) Consumers with low functional literacy who

     understand spoken English but not  the printed word

     • 16% of UK adults are functionally illiterate: 5.2m adults

     • 1.7m adults have literacy levels below 11yrs old

     • C.6m people in UK have little/no ability to read info

      • 2m had no access to written information in 2010

      • 6m people will potentially have this problem in 2035

      • Prescribed & non prescribed medicine users – high

3) Older people with natural deterioration in their

     sight and age related medical need

    • 2010- 17% of UK population were 65+(10.5 m)

      1.1% of UK population were 85+ (690,000)

    • 2035-23% of UK population will be 65+ (16.5 m)

      5% of UK population will be 85+ (3.6m)