Following the success of the Xbox Adaptive Controller and a pledge to continue pursuing inclusive design, Microsoft seems to at least be considering one other type of new, accessible control scheme: a ...

A new patent filing revealed Microsoft’s plans to allow more people to play video games. Last year, Microsoft released the Xbox Adaptive Controller, a clever and thoughtful invention designed to make ...

Google is working to improve braille support in Docs with a handful of new features today that cover navigation and output. It starts with a new keyboard shortcut — Ctrl+Alt+H on Windows or ...

WATERLOO, ON, Nov. 18, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- OpenText™ (NASDAQ: OTEX) (TSX: OTEX), today announced that the leading U.S. provider of reading materials for people who are blind, visually impaired, or ...

Having Braille as an additional format, produced automatically, will make these inexpensive textbooks also available to blind students. The group has begun discussions with professional organizations ...

ASouth Korean startup has created an active Braille smartwatch for the visuallyimpaired that can be read by touch. Aptly named Dot, the wearable relays the time with a set of pins that rise andfall.

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 ...

Mathematics and science Braille textbooks are expensive and require an enormous effort to produce -- until now. A team of researchers has developed a method for easily creating textbooks in Braille, ...

Punjabi University researchers have developed a groundbreaking technology that converts Punjabi text into Braille, empowering visually impaired individuals. The system, featuring Gurmukhi-to-Braille ...

The NYC Regional Braille Challenge stands as an unparallelled academic competition, exclusively designed for students who are blind or visually impaired. Spanning across the U.S., Canada, and the ...