An Innovation Award Honoree at CES, this sleek tablet allows people with visual loss to utilize technology in a way never before possible.
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Engineering Students Design Scanner to Recreate Images from Braille
Engineering students at the University of St. Thomas are working to help almost 90,000 blind and visually impaired people in Minnesota.
Braille Signs Coming to Bus Stops in 2020
Beginning in 2020, TransLink will install tactile and braille signs at every bus stop in Metro Vancouver for the blind and visually impaired.
Building Raspberry Pi Smart Guitar for Blind, Deaf and Mute Musicians
Building a Raspberry Pi-based accessible Smart Guitar
The device, which is based around a Raspberry Pi, is called the Chord Assist, created by Joe Birch, an Android Engineer and Google Developer Expert for Android.
Mattel Releases Braille Version of Uno for Blind Players
Mattel rolled out a braille version of the popular game Uno, allowing people who are blind or partially sighted to play.
Lego Now Has Instructions for Blind and Visually Impaired Builders
All Lego sets come with visual instructions that indicate where builders should place each piece. But guidance wasn’t accessible for the blind, until now.
Activist Improving Accessibility Across Canada
Accessibility activist Rick Hansen has a new poster to show you. One with adjustable text at an eye level so people in wheelchairs can read it, text in multiple languages, a braille pad and even a recording of someone reading it.
Lego Unveils Prototype Designed to Help Blind and Visually Impaired Children Learn Braille
Recently, Lego unveiled a prototype of new “Braille bricks” at the Sustainable Brands Conference in Paris.
First Disney Activity Books in Braille Now Available for Children Across North America
An idea from six years ago has finally come to fruition — the first braille activity books featuring popular Disney characters are in the hands of children across North America.
First Braille Laptop DotBook Launches in India
Aiming at creating Independent Access to Digital Content, a feature-packed, ergonomic & affordable refreshable Braille display called Dot Book has been developed for blind and visually impaired users.
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