Researchers from the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona and the Organización Nacional de Ciegos Españoles have developed a more versatile Braille computer keyboard. Researchers from the (UAB) and the ...

The lack of tactile feedback makes typing on a touchscreen difficult at the best of times, but the problem is even worse for blind and visually impaired users. That’s set to change thanks to Adam ...

In order to write this article, I am using the tech this very piece is about. It’s something called the Mantis Q40 and it’s a refreshable Braille display. This device allows me to interact with my ...

Elyse Betters Picaro is the former Editor-in-Chief of Pocket-lint and the former Operations Manager for Valnet's Consumer Tech brands, including Pocket-lint, Android Police, and XDA. She is based in ...

Google this week introduced a virtual braille keyboard integrated directly into Android. Visually impaired users can ditch their cumbersome external hardware for the built-in convenience of TalkBack. ...

Android will soon have a new built-in braille keyboard. It’s designed to let you type it wherever you may be in an app, whether in an email, a text message or on social media. Part of the TalkBack ...

Braille can seem outdated in a world where touchscreens are ubiquitous A team of US researchers has devised a way for people with impaired vision to use the touchscreen of a tablet such as an iPad as ...

Google is introducing a new virtual keyboard that lets the visually impaired type messages and emails without additional hardware. The 'Talkback braille keyboard' is a new feature integrated directly ...

A Braille keyboard with a speech feedback that will make typing easy for the visually impaired has been developed by Pune engineering students. A group of third year engineering students at Pune has ...

A new portable device for deaf-blind people allows them to have face-to-face conversations, make phone calls using a text relay service and communicate by SMS. The DeafBlind Communicator (DBC) ...