Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Imagine that you have low vision and you’re completing an online job application using screen reader software. You get through ...

Umwelt is a new a system that enables blind and low-vision users to author accessible, interactive charts representing data in three modalities: visualization, textual description, and sonification. A ...

Among other new accessibility features, Android’s Lookout app can now detect seven total categories of objects. Among other new accessibility features, Android’s Lookout app can now detect seven total ...

SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Be My Eyes, the mobile app that allows anyone to assist visually impaired people through live video calls, today announced Virtual Volunteer™, the first-ever digital ...

In her childhood bedroom, Maxine Collard had a PC connected to a cathode-ray tube monitor so massive it bowed her desk into a smile that grew deeper every year. Collard has oculocutaneous albinism, ...

If you have geographic atrophy (GA), what likely started out as tiny specks in your central vision may have grown to noticeable blind spots in both eyes that make it difficult to see directly in front ...

Editor’s note: This is part of a series featuring the five finalists in the 14th annual Carroll Biz Challenge. The competition, which will conclude with a live finale at the Carroll Arts Center in ...

Assistive technologies like screen readers go a long way toward closing the gap between people who are blind or have low vision and their sighted peers. But the technologies often hit roadblocks ...

Pictured is an example multi-modal representation of stock data created with Umwelt. It includes a line chart, a sonification (top right), and a multi-level textual description describing various ...

Michele McDonnall receives funding from the National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research. Grant number 90RTEM0007 provided funding for the research discussed in ...