WeWalk, a U.K.-based startup developing a “smart cane” for visually impaired people, today announced it has raised £2 million ($2.4 million) in venture funding from several notable institutional and ...

Three ASU students are working together to build a better future for students who are visually impaired and provide them with a better classroom experience. The system the students created, ...

Because of the way generative AI can ingest data from websites and allow users to interact with it verbally, it could be a boon for workers with sight problems. Internet accessibility can be a major ...

The National Training and Rehabilitation Centre for the Blind (NTRCB), located in Tongi, Gazipur on the outskirts of Dhaka, ...

Visual impairment is more widespread than you might think. According to the World Health Organization, 2.2 billion people experience it around the world – although sadly, just under half of such cases ...

A new piece of software is letting visually impaired players compete in first-person shooter games such as Counter-Strike 2 for the first time. Visually impaired people often face substantial barriers ...

Guide-dog users and trainers can provide insight into features that make robotic helpers useful in the real world. What features does a robotic guide dog need? Ask the blind, say researchers behind an ...

The Supreme Court on Monday granted a week to the UPSC to file its compliance affidavit on the proposed plan of action, timeline and modalities for the deployment and use of screen-reader software for ...

Stevie Wonder. Ray Charles. Andrea Bocelli. If you were to ask a random person to name a blind musician, one of those three would almost inevitably come up. Ask that same person about up-and-coming ...