Researchers from the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona and the Organización Nacional de Ciegos Españoles have developed a more versatile Braille computer keyboard. Researchers from the (UAB) and the ...

Elyse Betters Picaro is the former Editor-in-Chief of Pocket-lint and the former Operations Manager for Valnet's Consumer Tech brands, including Pocket-lint, Android Police, and XDA. She is based in ...

In order to write this article, I am using the tech this very piece is about. It’s something called the Mantis Q40 and it’s a refreshable Braille display. This device allows me to interact with my ...

Google is introducing a new virtual keyboard that lets the visually impaired type messages and emails without additional hardware. The 'Talkback braille keyboard' is a new feature integrated directly ...

A Braille keyboard with a speech feedback that will make typing easy for the visually impaired has been developed by Pune engineering students. A group of third year engineering students at Pune has ...

Android will soon have a new built-in braille keyboard. It’s designed to let you type it wherever you may be in an app, whether in an email, a text message or on social media. Part of the TalkBack ...

Google this week introduced a virtual braille keyboard integrated directly into Android. Visually impaired users can ditch their cumbersome external hardware for the built-in convenience of TalkBack. ...

This week, we’re using the 30th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act to talk about technology and accessibility. Today, we’re looking at assistive technology, which aids people with ...

Braille can seem outdated in a world where touchscreens are ubiquitous A team of US researchers has devised a way for people with impaired vision to use the touchscreen of a tablet such as an iPad as ...

A new portable device for deaf-blind people allows them to have face-to-face conversations, make phone calls using a text relay service and communicate by SMS. The DeafBlind Communicator (DBC) ...