Why should blind children learn to read braille? Given the amazing rise of audio books and audio screen readers, is braille a technology of the past? Our guest Mike Tanner answers these questions with ...

A pen which can transform Braille into English text has been developed. A pen which can transform Braille into English text has been developed by experts at the University of Bristol. Braille literacy ...

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (WHNT) — January is a month meant to celebrate the importance of braille to those who are visually impaired. Vision loss can happen to anyone at any age, and for some, braille is a ...

Researchers have developed a fast and accurate flexible tactile optical sensor capable of reading Braille. The technology could enable smart readers that convert Braille to speech or text, helping to ...

When Carlton Cook Walker’s young daughter developed health problems that led to near-total blindness, she knew she wanted her to learn Braille. But the family’s school, in rural central Pennsylvania, ...

LEGO is testing a redesigned version of the iconic childhood toy that is meant to help blind or visually impaired children learn braille in an engaging way. It's a big mission, given that only 10% of ...

SANGAREDDY: Knowledge, many believe, should know no barriers. In Sangareddy, that idea has taken tangible form through a ...

CNIB and THE TEN SPOT launch Braille Nails, a national initiative supporting braille literacy during Braille Literacy Month in Canada.

January is Braille Literacy Month in Canada, a time to recognize braille as a cornerstone of literacy, learning, and independence for people who are blind, Deafblind, or have low vision. To mark the ...

Hakimi Hassan, founder and trustee member of the Malaysian Foundation for the Blind (YOBM), shows several examples of pictures in the new Braille dictionary. (Bernama pic) Reading is often described ...

A Lafayette first grader is heading to Los Angeles this summer to show off his fundamental braille skills, and hopefully bring home a trophy. Emerson Thom will compete against nine other first and ...

A new effort is underway to help blind and visually impaired children more naturally learn to read Braille, a system based on different configurations of six small, raised dots that blind people read ...