It wasn't all that long ago that we saw a student turn a tablet into a Braille writer, and now some researchers from Georgia Tech have done the same thing for smaller touchscreens, too. The Yellow ...

Louis Braille, who was born on January 4, 1809, invented a tactile reading and writing system which transformed the lives of countless people with severe vision impairments or blindness. Braille was ...

The week before Christmas is Santa’s busiest time of year. And as he prepares to circle the globe on his annual gift-giving trip, he relies on some trusty helpers. One of Santa’s special helpers is ...

KALAMAZOO -- Scott Davert is like a lot of other students at Western Michigan University -- he can't live without his PDA. He uses his to download books, to listen to MP3s, to check his e-mail and ...

Megan Marsh, 14, of Shoemakersville, won second place in the middle school short stories category of the Youth Braille Writing Contest sponsored by the nonprofit National Federation of the Blind ...

Since it was invented 200 years ago, braille has been helping people with visual impairments by providing a tactile writing system they can read with their fingers. Now, braille may receive a ...

For blind and low vision adults, the ability to read braille can be life-changing. Braille literacy is directly linked to higher rates of academic... Transforming braille education could help millions ...

On 17 December 2019, the Officer in Charge of the UNESCO Tehran Cluster Office, Mr Cvetan Cvetkovski, addressed the closing ceremony of the “First National Festival of Farsi Braille Writing: BrailleFa ...

A cool bathroom scale that shouts out when you’ve gained a few extra pounds. A jazzy TV remote control that you’ll never misplace. An amazing automatic needle-threader that always finds the eye. The ...

Students at Johns Hopkins' Whiting School of Engineering design a printer capable of punching braille text into beer labels and more ...