In the United States, around 1 million adults 40 and older are blind, 12 million are visually impaired, and 93 million are at high risk for profound vision loss. Meanwhile, computers have quickly ...

Technology designed for the visually impaired, such as magnification followed by screen readers in the late 1980s, are expensive, clunky and not immersive, which is what we should be aiming for as ...

Joey Hintz showed Local 12 how the magnifying app works. "I can't read this, but with this app, I can zoom in, and now I can read it," said Joey Hintz. He said that it helps with his schoolwork.

Internet accessibility can be a major problem for the visually challenged. If a website doesn’t support screen readers, visitors with sight problems have to get help from someone else to use the ...

The devices can cost around $3,000 to $5,000. But through the Nebraska Library Commission's Talking Book and Braille Service, library patrons can get the refreshable braille e-readers for free.

Blind to problems: VA’s new medical record system is shutting out visually impaired patients The VA has a new medical record system. One problem: The million patients and employees who are blind ...

Jonathan is asking for vision-impaired customers to join the Sonos AMA on May 14 to politely yet firmly give the company feedback and ask for a fix to repair the trust that’s been broken.