Blind people have used label makers to print labels in Braille for some time, but they're expensive, costing upwards of ...

Researchers have developed a robotic sensor that incorporates artificial intelligence techniques to read braille at speeds roughly double that of most human readers. Researchers have developed a ...

Parents in Lesotho who are visually impaired responded positively when a UNICEF-supported vaccination campaign involved ...

The popular toymaker hopes to encourage more people to learn to read Braille. Beginning Friday, Lego is launching its Braille bricks in English and French for the general public, a move meant to make ...

Building with Lego bricks has stayed a formative and important practice for kids around the world, partly because it’s so easily enjoyed by anyone, regardless of location, language, or ability. Now ...

Like a lot of smartphone users, Rolando Terrazas, 19, uses his iPhone for email, text messages and finding a decent coffee shop. But Terrazas' phone also sometimes serves as his eyes: When he waves a ...

Braille was invented by a nineteenth century man named Louis Braille, who was completely blind. Braille’s story starts when he was three years old. He was playing in his father’s shop in Coupvray, ...

Fewer than half of legally blind Americans read Braille. "When my son was born, he was the first blind person I’d ever met," Emily Coleman told "Good Morning America." Coleman, 40, now works as a ...

Braille is a crucial skill to learn for children with visual impairments, and with these LEGO Braille Bricks, kids can learn through hands-on play rather than more rigid methods like Braille readers ...

The Malaysian Foundation for the Blind (YOBM) has produced the country's first illustrated Malay-English Braille dictionary ...

Graeme Douglas has received research funding from a variety of research funding organisations, including: Royal National Institute of Blind People (RNIB), The Nuffield Foundation, Thomas Pocklington ...