For many people around the world, braille is their primary language for reading books and articles, and digital braille readers are an important part of that. The newest and fanciest yet is the ...

Lip reading is a critical means of communication for many deaf people, but it has a drawback: Certain consonants (for example, p) can be nearly impossible to distinguish by sight alone. Tactile ...

To continue reading this content, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings and refresh this page. The new multi-line braille and dynamic tactile device would ...

Team Tactile, an all-woman band of MIT engineering undergrads, is working on a device that translates Braille in real time. Lisa Brackmann is the author of the Ellie McEnroe novels set in China ("Rock ...

CINCINNATI (WKRC) - A new device designed by a student at Cedarville University may soon be on the market to help in medical emergencies. The device was designed to help stop blood loss. It’s the ...

CAMBRIDGE, Mass.--Lip reading is a critical means of communication for many deaf people, but it has a drawback: Certain consonants (for example, p and b) can be nearly impossible to distinguish by ...

Where Microsoft worked to make gaming more accessible for people with limited mobility, Sony has been doing the same but for the blind or visually impaired. According to a new patent published just a ...