Visually impaired people want to use their mobile phones like anyone else, said Astrid Weber, who researches user experience at Google, visiting visually impaired people in their homes to see what ...

Navigating airports can be tricky. They’re loud, crowded and not always laid out intuitively. They’re even more challenging for visually impaired people. Chieko Asakawa knows those challenges ...

TORONTO (Reuters) - For the visually impaired, navigating through neighbourhoods can be a struggle, but apps aim to shed light on places, people, and obstacles that lie in their paths. There are 285 ...

For people with visual impairments, daily activities such as reading a newspaper, texting or checking Facebook often require the extra step of sitting down at a computer or pulling out a text ...

One of the most common problems that many blind and visually impaired people experience is their day-to-day challenge in coping with their impairment. Equipment such as Braille, reading glasses, or a ...

Navigating airports can be tricky. They're loud, crowded and not always laid out intuitively. They're even more challenging for visually impaired people. Chieko Asakawa knows those challenges ...

This June 9, 2019 photo shows Chieko Asakawa using the airport wayfinding app that she and her team at Carnegie Mellon University to navigate through Pittsburgh International Airside terminal in ...