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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

LANCASTER, Pa. — The tradition of writing letters to Santa is getting a significant makeover this holiday season, as a nonprofit group in Lancaster works to ensure that all children—both sighted and ...

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 ...

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 ...

Because there is braille, I think we can do anything,” said Hyun Jae Sung, a fifth-grade elementary student with a visual ...

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 ...