Imagine if your computer only allowed you to see one line at a time, no matter what you were doing -- reading e-mail, looking at a Web site, doing research. That's the challenge facing blind computer ...

As with all devices meant for a very small percentage of the population, computing equipment for the blind is very, very expensive. A Braille typewriter – a relatively simple machine that puts dots on ...

Learn how a Princeton 12th grader created a nonprofit to help visually impaired people gain access to keyboards.

Signing up for college classes can be intimidating, from tuition, textbook requirements, to finding an engaging professor. Imagine signing up online, but you cannot use your monitor. We wager that ...

"A refreshable brailledisplay is an electro-mechanical device that creates braille patterns by raising rounded pins through holes in a flat surface. Braille-literate computer users use the braille ...

Gordon Gottsegen is a tech writer who has experience working at publications like Wired. He loves testing out new gadgets and complaining about them. He is the ghost of all failed Kickstarters. Apple, ...

Three Ohio State alums are developing technology that could make Braille more accessible than ever. Through their assistive technology company A Cubed Design, the trio is designing the Enigma Reader, ...

Award supports continued development of a refreshable braille and tactile graphics display for blind people ANN ARBOR, Mich., Sept. 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- NewHaptics, an innovative tactile display ...

Apple on Tuesday issued a handful of small software updates, including iPhoto 7.1.2, ProKit 4.5, and Braille Display Update 1.0. Late last week the company also released iWeb 2.0.3. Details of each of ...

Microsoft has been leaning into accessibility in gaming lately, most visibly with its amazing Adaptive Controller, and a new patent suggests another way the company may be accommodating disabled ...