Imagine if your computer only allowed you to see one line at a time, no matter what you were doing -- reading e-mail, looking at a Web site, doing research. That's the challenge facing blind computer ...

Apparently a Braille computer display can cost several thousand dollars. That’s why [David Pankhurst] is working on a low-cost alternative. His offering is an open source version he calls the Audrey ...

As with all devices meant for a very small percentage of the population, computing equipment for the blind is very, very expensive. A Braille typewriter – a relatively simple machine that puts dots on ...

For most blind computer users, surfing the internet or catching up on e-mail means reading just one line at a time, because commercially available braille displays can't show full pages of text.

Non-sighted computer users, on the whole, have not had access to the tremendous gains in computer interfacing that many of us have taken for granted. Largely restricted to braille innovations ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The Christian Science Church, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The Church publishes the Monitor ...

Gordon Gottsegen is a tech writer who has experience working at publications like Wired. He loves testing out new gadgets and complaining about them. He is the ghost of all failed Kickstarters. Apple, ...

Normally, displays for the visually impaired are rather on the large and expensive side. Many actuators are used to create these refreshable tactile displays with 20 - 80 braille cells, each with ...

Mario Chitwood left his $5,700 braille tablet behind in the rush to flee the flames consuming his neighborhood. The company that makes the device is stepping in to help. Barefoot, his shoes in his ...

This update addresses issues when publishing photos to a .Mac Web Gallery, improves overall stability, and fixes a number of other minor issues. This update improves reliability for Apple's ...