MILWAUKEE -- Imagine touring the Milwaukee Public Museum with your eyes closed. How much would you be able to soak in? As it turns out, quite a lot. “They can feel it, and sometimes they have the ...
Illiteracy in the blind community is a human rights issue that activists have struggled to address for decades. But a new innovation may provide a solution. The Read Read is a Braille learning device ...
Visually impaired students can now learn to read braille on their own thanks to a new educational tool. Developed by T-var EdTech — a startup accepted to Harvard Innovation Lab’s incubation program — ...
MILWAUKEE (CBS 58) --The 22nd annual Braille Games were held Thursday, May 16, at the Milwaukee Public Museum, providing an interactive way to learn and play, through the power of touch. "All the ...
A partially-blind student at Belmont Central Elementary School spent last week putting her braille skills to the test in a nationwide competition. Isla Rose Hightower, a student in Kim Parrish’s ...
First in a three-part series exploring an Arizona prison program through which inmates create braille materials for the state’s visually impaired students. GOLDEN VALLEY, Ariz. — A rough, freckled ...
A group of six people standing in front of a white wall, each holding white papers, Barrier-Free Access Association banner in the background On World Braille Day, January 4, the Barrier-Free Access ...
A pen which can transform Braille into English text has been developed by experts at the University of Bristol. Braille literacy is frequently reported as being in decline, this is despite visually ...
LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The 2016 Braille Challenge ®, the only national reading and writing contest in braille for legally blind students ages six to 19, today announced the 50 participating ...