Learn how a Princeton 12th grader created a nonprofit to help visually impaired people gain access to keyboards.

DES MOINES, Iowa — For the 20th consecutive year, the Iowa Library for the Blind hosted the annual Braille Challenge. The one ...

Braille is a method of physical writing used to allow humans to read by touch — most commonly used as a substitute for printed text by those who may be visually impaired. Both displaying Braille and ...

To any sighted person, braille looks like a language masked in encrypted code. It’s incredible, but totally indecipherable. As a result, braille is a companion to our visual language–an add-on for ...

When it came time for college, Kayla Weathers said she thought she was prepared. She attended public school for all of her educational career up to that point, except for her last two years of high ...

Braille Neue Standard by Kosuke Takahashi (all images courtesy the artist) In an attempt to make braille more familiar and accessible, Tokyo-based designer Kosuke Takahashi has redesigned the tactile ...

The challenger sat alone at a square folding table in the center of her teacher’s immaculate living room, stockinged feet whispering against the plush, white carpet, hands poised over a blue Perkins ...

Louis Braille was only 16 years old when he developed a sophisticated system of raised dots to allow the blind to read. Six dots on two parallel lines – Braille may seem like a simple invention, but ...

My eight-year-old son, Steven, has oculocutaneous albinism, a condition in which a lack of pigment in the eyes and skin causes varying degrees of poor vision, light sensitivity, and vulnerability to ...

Uno, the popular card game, is expanding its audience by offering a Braille edition that can be played by both visually impaired and sighted users. "We're making a real impact on a community that has ...

This question was submitted by reader Lindsey. It also may have been part of a Starburst advertising campaign in the late-1990s. ATM image via Shutterstock So the visually impaired can use them, of ...

Lego has unveiled a new project aimed at helping blind and visually impaired children learn Braille in a “playful and engaging way.” Lego Braille Bricks, a concept originally proposed to the toy ...