If you ever thought about learning Braille or just wanted to quickly translate something written in UEB to your iPhone, there’s a new app that can help you with that. Software engineer Aaron ...

More than a half of a million kids in the United States are visually impaired. That's according to a survey done by American Community Survey for the American Foundation for the Blind. Teaching kids ...

This year marks the 200th anniversary of braille. You may have noticed braille on elevator buttons or hotel room number plates. It is the raised dots, or tactile code, through which blind and low ...

Two Cornell students have created BrailleWear, a smart glove that aims to improve accessibility and increase braille literacy rates among the visually impaired. BrailleWear was co-founded by ...

A pen which can transform Braille into English text has been developed by experts at the University of Bristol. Braille literacy is frequently reported as being in decline, this is despite visually ...

In 2020, the Lego Foundation began distributing its Braille bricks for free to organizations dedicated to the education of children with visual impairments. As of Sept. 1, 2023, others can now ...

As athletes gear up for the Olympic Games in a couple of weeks, another big competition is on the horizon. A local, visually-impaired student has worked for seven years to become a finalist in the ...

Learning changes the brain, but when learning Braille different brain regions strengthen their connections at varied rates and time frames. A new study published in JNeurosci highlights the dynamic ...

JACKSON TWP. – Amari Beasley's had butterflies in her stomach. "It's just nerves," her teacher Leslie Ullum-Shaheen said. "She's never done this before and we need to reassure her but I think she's ...

A pen which can transform Braille into English text has been developed. A pen which can transform Braille into English text has been developed by experts at the University of Bristol. Braille literacy ...