For the very first time researchers have streamed braille patterns directly into a blind patient's retina, allowing him to read four-letter words accurately and quickly with an ocular neuroprosthetic ...

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 ...

Students from across Tamil Nadu are developing technology-driven solutions focused on accessibility, healthcare and inclusive education through Samsung’s “Solve for Tomorrow” innovation programme.

Learning to read Braille - the tactile writing system used by people who are blind and visually impaired - is notoriously difficult. To make this a little easier, researchers have designed vibrating ...

The system uses a grid of surgically implanted electrodes to enable a blind person to “see” the letters. Image via Second Sight Over the past few years, retinal implants have come a long way. The ...

For people who rely on Braille, reading displays and signs in public can be a challenge, but a new system could help. HaptiRead is a haptic feedback device that uses ultrasound pulses in precise ...

Braille wasn't designed to be seen or heard. For vision-impaired people already fluent in the language, this isn't a problem: Running their fingers across a page or a sign can give them valuable ...

"A refreshable brailledisplay is an electro-mechanical device that creates braille patterns by raising rounded pins through holes in a flat surface. Braille-literate computer users use the braille ...