Researchers at the National Institute of Design in Bangalore, India have developed a new Braille telephone for the visually impaired. The telephone includes the ability to store telephone numbers and other basic contact information as well an interface for answering ...
SIAFU – Computer for the Blind
Industrial designer Jonathan Lucas has developed a concept PC specially designed for blind people. Named after a blind ant found in West Africa and Congo, the Siafu PC utilizes a conceptual material called Magneclay to provide a digitally tactile interface. ...
Helping the Blind See Electronic Images
The U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has been developing (and licensing) two novel technologies that may help bring to the market affordable graphic reading systems for the blind and visually impaired. The two systems bring electronic images ...
