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The new generation of watch. Ian Macrae demonstrates a watch which uses Haptic technology and enables you to tell the time by a series of vibrations.Tom Walker goes to Salford to meet Paralympic swimmer Hannah Russell as she makes her final preparations for Rio. She'll be competing in the Fifty and One Hundred metres Freestyle, and the One Hundred metres backstroke. She made her Paralympic debut aged sixteen at London 2012, walking away with three medals. What can she achieve this time round ? And more on the challenges of recording your assessment interviews when applying for things like Personal Independence Payments PIPS). Presented by Peter White Producer Cheryl Gabriel. Editor Beverley Purcell.Guest; Hannah Russell Guest; Ian McCrae.

What does carrying a white cane or using a guide dog actually signify? Does it say to people that you're partially sighted, or completely blind? A new film by the Royal National Institute of Blind People tries to explain to the general public what it's like to be visually impaired, and all the different varieties of sight-loss. Also, why making a recording of your benefit assessment interview is fraught with difficulties. And if you're applying for a job, when's it appropriate to disclose your eyesight problem: on the application form or in person at an interview. Presented by Peter White Producer Siobhann Tighe.

The Marrakesh Treaty was designed to make the sharing of books more seamless between countries, and therefore make more literature available to people with visual impairments.It needed 20 countries to ratify it, and this was achieved at the end of June. Dan Pescod from the Royal National Institute of Blind People tells Peter White what happens next, and what it could mean for readers in the UK.Meanwhile. three guests give their suggestions for absorbing summer reads, and talk about the devices they use to read their books. They are: BBC Washington Correspondent Gary O'Donoghue, author Tanvir Bush and avid reader, Adrienne Chalmers.Adrienne Chalmers's choices: Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke published by Bloomsbury The Stone Diaries by Carol Shields published by Fourth EstateGary O'Donoghue's choices: The Lonely City by Olivia Laing published by Canongate Books Hotels of North America by Rick Moody published by Little Brown and CompanyTanvir Bush's choices: Good Kings, Bad Kings by Susan Nussbaum published by Oneworld Publications Sight Unseen by Georgina Kleege published by Yale University PressPresenter: Peter White Producer: Lee Kumutat.