KALAMAZOO -- Scott Davert is like a lot of other students at Western Michigan University -- he can't live without his PDA. He uses his to download books, to listen to MP3s, to check his e-mail and ...

Jun. 24—The Braille Institute announced its 50 finalists for the 2021 Braille Challenge Finals competition, one of which is Owensboro resident and student Carmynn Blakeley. The Braille Challenge ...

LOUISVILLE, KY. (WDRB) -- Kentucky students are showcasing their reading and writing skills in Braille. The Kentucky Braille Challenge was hosted by the American Printing House for the Blind and ...

Shianne Ramsey recently got the red-carpet treatment in Los Angeles when she competed as a finalist in the National Braille Challenge. Ramsey, 8, will be a third-grader at Cedar Hill Elementary School ...

Graeme Douglas has received research funding from a variety of research funding organisations, including: Royal National Institute of Blind People (RNIB), The Nuffield Foundation, Thomas Pocklington ...

In an era of rapid digitalisation, inclusion is not an accident of technology; it is a deliberate act of design. Observed every 4 January, World Braille Day transcends a simple system of raised dots ...

AUSTIN (KXAN) — A visually impaired Austin student is preparing for a national competition next month to put his Braille reading and writing skills to the test. Leo DeSantis, a 2nd grader at Doss ...

For almost 200 years, the Braille system has helped the visually-impaired read. Created by Louis Braille in the 1820’s after he lost his sight, the system uses embossed dot combinations to represent ...

Findings appear in recent edition of the Journal of Neurophysiology, a publication of the American Physiological Society (APS). Bethesda, MD (February 3, 2002) -- The federal government records that ...