F&B vending operator ATLAS Vending to roll out a pilot programme for vending machines specially equipped with additional assistive features to enable accessibility for blind and visually impaired customers.
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New award-winning app helps the blind and visually impaired manage their clothes
Two Industrial Design students from Carleton University have won an Innovative Designs for Accessibility (IDeA) student competition award from Universities Canada.
Starbucks partners with technology company to make stores more accessible to blind and visually impaired customers
Starbucks Corp. is partnering with a technology company to make it easier for customers with vision problems to shop its stores.
This braille device will control your smartphone
This start-up from Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e) introduces the Hable, enabling blind people to operate their smartphone with braille..
Kellogg’s Makes Cereal Boxes Designed for the Blind with Inclusive Packaging
This cereal box features a UK-first technology that a smartphone detects and reads aloud the labelling and allergen information to people with sight loss.
Is Apple Developing Braille for a Watch Band?
With the onset of Apple to deliver Apple Watch 6, a technique containing patent has been granted to Apple. The patent includes techniques for delivering information to a user devoid of audio or visual outputs. Tactile outputs are being used by the watch band to convey notification to a user.
University of Singapore Scientists Develop Artificial Skin Capable of Reading Braille
A team of scientists from the National University of Singapore invented a new type of artificial skin packed with tiny sensors that allows it to actually “feel” whatever it’s touching.
Haptic Speaker Lets Blind and Visually Impaired People Read Braille in Midair
German researchers have developed an ultrasonic haptic speaker that allows them to display Braille numbers without contact.
Google Finally Launches Braille Keyboard for Android Devices
Google announced on Thursday the launch of a virtual braille keyboard for Android that’s designed to enable those with low vision or blindness to type on their phones without additional hardware. The tech giant says it collaborated with braille developers and users to create it, and to ensure it can be used anywhere a user would normally type — including social media, text messaging, and email apps.
3D Printed Tablets with Braille Could Help Visually Impaired Patients Improve in Taking Medication
Researchers from the UK and Spain continue to study the potential to use 3D printing to transform pharmaceuticals, outlining their studies in the recently published ‘3D Printed Tablets (Printlets) with Braille and Moon Patterns for Visually Impaired Patients.’
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