Dan Wenzel, director of the Wisconsin Center for the Blind and Visually Impaired, said the goal is to continue supporting ...

Autonomous vehicles and robots use elaborate suites of sensors and cameras to make sense of their surroundings – but visually-impaired people still get by with canes and guide dogs. Now, engineers ...

ScribbleLive has acquired Visually for an undisclosed price. Toronto-based ScribbleLive was founded in 2008, starting out as a liveblogging platform and eventually growing to a broader set of tools ...

App accessibility isn’t just about a facelift. It’s the use of tech like AI and voice recognition to really make apps work for everyone. Shelby Brown (she/her/hers) is an editor for CNET's services ...

Visual impairment can be identified as a loss in the ability to see to a certain extent and is a condition that is not fixable by interventions such as glasses or surgery. On the other hand, blindness ...

In our ongoing series, High Contrast, we’re looking at how assistive technology can help people with disabilities overcome challenges in their lives, and the pioneers innovating in solutions to make ...

In a move that could usher in a whole new era of enjoyment for the visually impaired, Sony has officially announced that it will be incorporating Audio Description (AD) (a system already included in ...

While modern-day smartphones pack the greatest and latest hardware onboard, these phones aren’t suitable for people with visual impairment. Thankfully, there are several brands out there that offer ...

For visually impaired and blind athletes, competing in swimming is predictably more complicated than it is for swimmers with sight. “Tappers” are the individuals who assist these swimmers during their ...