She navigates life with the help of technology, such as screen readers, voice commands, or other accessibility apps. However, some websites do not include blind or visually impaired people.

The result is that the person can “see” through his mind”s eye. “It”s going to be a boon for a lot of visually-impaired people.

Blind and visually impaired people use audio descriptions to hear this visual information, but developers often leave out their voices in the design of these tools, such as audio readers.

A chess tournament for blind and visually impaired people that has been running for three decades has attracted players from ...

With a few adjustments, laptops offered by Alphapointe will become tools for 12 visually impaired or blind children who attended the nonprofit's annual technology camp, which began June 9 ...

On eclipse day, she and her classmates at the Texas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired planned to sit outside in the school’s grassy quad and listen to a small device called a LightSound ...

LEWIS CENTER, Ohio — Ohio is home to about 275,000 people who are blind or visually impaired. The state is making sure they can experience Monday's solar eclipse, too, with special technology ...

As eclipse watchers look to the skies on April 8, new technology will allow people who are blind or visually impaired to hear the celestial event. LightSound devices translate changing light in ...

But for those who are visually impaired, the City of Waco will have a special tool out at their Eclipse over Texas event so that they can listen to the eclipse.

Blind and Visually Impaired Central Illinoisans have options to keep their independence. With the population aging, many Senior Citizens are beginning to develop eyesight issues. Vision changes ...

January is World Braille Literacy Month—a time to learn more about the importance of braille and how it helps blind or visually impaired people. Navigating the digital world as a young adult who ...

Associated Press - April 5, 2024 WASHINGTON (AP) — While eclipse watchers look to the skies, people who are blind or visually impaired will be able to hear and feel the celestial event.