Standards group pushes for electronic braille reader A U.S. government standards body is close to unveiling an e-book reader for the blind that transforms electronic text into braille.

For many years, the shortage of Braille teachers in the United States has created challenges for blind students of all ages who wish to read the ubiquitous system of raised-dot text.

The Braille studies will be presented at the 18th International Symposium on Wearable Computers (ISWC) in Seattle in September. The study was funded by the National Science Foundation.

Blind people may soon have a new way to read e-mail, Web pages, and electronic books, thanks to an electronic Braille reader developed by the National Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST ...

Electronic Braille computers allow users to digitally store hundreds of Braille materials that would otherwise be large and unwieldy in print, not to mention access the internet and complete other ...

To solve this problem, many have tried inventing various electronic devices with varying degrees of success. However, these inventions often relied on streamlining the process of understanding Braille ...

Beaver and her colleagues developed the electronic textbooks with the aid of 15 blind students in grades two to 10. Each student received a BrailleNote, a personal note taker with refreshable Braille ...

In the same vein as an electronic newspaper, a new portable electronic Braille display has been announced, small enough to fit in your pocket—and can even be rolled up. Basically, it’s “a ...

For the National Braille Press and its 1960-era Heidelberg presses, that has meant developing and launching its own electronic Braille reader last year — the B2G. “Think Kindle for the blind ...

Researchers at North Carolina State Univeristy have created a method to allow for full screen electronic Braille displays. Current Braille displays show one line at a time, severely limiting the ...

AT LAST, the world’s first portable electronic Braille display. It is small enough to fit in a pocket and can even be rolled up like a newspaper. The display consists of a sheet of tiny plastic ...