FARMINGDALE, N.Y. (CBSNewYork) --A Long Island history teacher said his Braille computer was stolen from his family's car earlier this week. Jim Hughes said he and his wife arrived home late Tuesday ...

Photo press operator Cham Cha, of Cranston, RI, attaches a braille plate to a printing press at the National Braille Press in Boston. AP BOSTON — For nearly a century, the National Braille Press has ...

BOSTON >> For nearly a century, the National Braille Press has churned out millions of pages of Braille books and magazines a year, providing a window on the world for generations of blind people. But ...

For people who are blind or have severely impaired vision, typing on a smartphone or computer typically requires an expensive and bulky physical braille computer – not exactly convenient if you just ...

PRINCE GEORGE — A blind University of Northern B.C. student just wants to show her two sons that anything is possible despite the challenges life has to offer. On Tuesday morning, Shea Anker, an ...

This week, we’re using the 30th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act to talk about technology and accessibility. Today, we’re looking at assistive technology, which aids people with ...

BOSTON (AP) - For nearly a century, the National Braille Press has churned out millions of pages of Braille books and magazines a year, providing a window on the world for generations of blind people.

[Matthiew] needed to create a system that would allow a computer to read braille. An electromechanical system would be annoying to develop and would require many hardware iterations as the system ...

As with all devices meant for a very small percentage of the population, computing equipment for the blind is very, very expensive. A Braille typewriter – a relatively simple machine that puts dots on ...

Chakshumathi, an assistive technology and empowerment centre for the blind, is hosting a braille/computer vidhyarambam for the blind, low-vision children and elders. Modern medical diagnoses have ...