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Iranian researchers have made a touchscreen for the blind that transforms digital information to braille.

Newly-Developed Touchscreen Helps Blind People Read Digital Content Faster » IFP News Iranian researchers in Yazd Science and Technology Park have made a touchscreen for the blind that transforms digital information to braille. “We released ‘the braille touchscreen’ in order to make the digital information accessible to the blind,” said Moslem Azamfard, the project manager of this ne...

Kay Ratzlaff and I are spending a busy week in the Florida panhandle working with two groups of TVIs in QPVI bootcamp. Their student data is looking good! We're peer reviewing their Functional Vision Assessments too. Two great groups!

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The first-ever braille tablet has been developed, using a new liquid-based technology to create tactile relief outputting braille, graphics and maps for the blind and partially sighted.

Blitab: World's first tactile tablet is 'iPad for the blind' Blitlab tablet converts files and web pages into braille and relief maps and images for the blind.

The code that may treat blindness:
http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20141111-the-code-that-may-treat-blindness

The code that may treat blindness Neuroscientist Sheila Nirenberg has found a technique that promises to treat blindness, and it all began with her idea to crack the brain’s visual code…

Mark Cornell, who serves as the President of the U.S. Blinded Veterans Association, lost his vision two decades ago due to Lyme’s disease. However, incredible advances in technology are helping Cornell to see again, and he couldn’t be more thrilled.

Legally Blind U.S. Veteran Uses eSight Glasses To See For First Time In 20 Years Just over a month ago, we brought you the amazing story of Les Baugh, a Colorado man that spent 40 years as a shoulder-level double amputee as a...

Scientists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have developed a ring-shaped device that slips around a user’s pointer finger, scans any text above the fingertip, and reads it aloud in a robotic voice that could help open the world of letters to the visually impaired.

WATCH: This Ring-Shaped Device Reads Text to the Blind Hot off the presses of a 3-D printer, a prototype that could open the world of letters to the blind

“Virtual Cane” for the Blind, powered by Arduino and Android

“Virtual Cane” for the Blind, Powered by Arduino and Android The Abstract When used by a blind individual, this device will replace the traditional White Cane. Furthermore, the device acts as a personal assistant,

Scientists at Trinity College Dublin have made a major breakthrough which could help sufferers of the eye disease Age-Related Macular Degeneration (AMD), that can cause central blindness in sufferers.

New hope for sufferers of age related eye disease Scientists at Trinity College Dublin have made a major breakthrough which could help sufferers of the eye disease Age-Related Macular Degeneration (AMD), that can cause central blindness in sufferers.The scientists found that a component of the

Google is moving away from the H.264 video codec to VP8, a royalty-free codec that it launched in 2010. Using the VP8 codec means video Hangouts will be in high definition, which wasn’t previously possible with H.264. That’s because hosting a 10-person video call with H.264 apparently takes a lot of processing power.

Google Hangouts adds HD video, moves away from plug-ins with WebRTC Google Hangouts is already a good option for casual connections or business meetings, but now the service is getting an upgrade to 720p HD video.