something maisy felt especially robbed of through this traumatic experience was her ability to read herfavourite books. we have a copy of harry potter and the philosopher's stone here. do you think you would be able to read us the first few sentences if i hold the microphone up? 0k. can you see it? yes. she cries. i'm sorry. 0k. "mr and mrs dursley of number 4 privet drive were proud to say that they were perfectly normal, thank you very much." applause. it made me really happy that i could have that back, that thing that was taken away from me, to have it back was lovely. i really do miss the sensation of purchasing a book, bringing it home and reading a book and to think in the future that this kind of technology may be quite mainstream and that ability will be back for me, it is a wonderfulfeeling. it has been a very overwhelming experience, but a really great one as well, i am really grateful. this really was an emotional moment for all of us. but what about other types of vision impairment? jen copestake has been looking at a piece of technology aimed at people who are colourblind. but does

maisy, are they working? yes! i can see your microphone and i can see that you are smiling and i can see the buttons on your shirt. look at the audience. yes. they are waving! i can see there is a lady in the front with a red jacket and the guy next to her is wearing stripes. it is so amazing! ididn‘t to her is wearing stripes. it is so amazing! i didn't realise how many people were there and then i them on andi people were there and then i them on and i could see everybody in the audience. it was a scary feeling, actually. something maisy felt especially robbed of through this traumatic experience was her ability to read her favourite traumatic experience was her ability to read herfavourite books. we have a copy of harry potter and the philosophers stone here. do you think you would be able to read us the first few sentences if i hold the first few sentences if i hold the microphone up westerner 0k. can you see it? yes. i'm sorry. 0k. mr and mrs dursley of numberfour privet drive were proud to say that they we

please welcome maisy mcadam and willow. applause. starred maisy mcadam and her dog willow. about six years ago at the age of 16, maisy was diagnosed with a brain tumour. over the next few months her vision was reduced to a tiny blurry circle in just her right eye. so if you want to pop those onto maisy now... well, maisy had agreed to try on stage the latest version of these givevision goggles. they use magnifiers and augmented reality to amplify the wearer's remaining vision and highlight outlines. maisy, are they working? yeah! i can see your microphone and i can see that you are smiling and i can see the buttons on your shirt. take a look at the audience. yeah! they're waving! i can see there is a lady in the front with a red jacket and the guy next to her is wearing stripes. oh, my god, it is so amazing! i didn't quite realise how many people were there and then i them on and i could see everybody in the audience. it was a really scary feeling, actually. something maisy felt especially robbed of through this traumatic experience was her ability to read herfavourite book