At a Tuesday ceremony at the National Federation of the Blind, NASA unveiled a new book that brings majestic images taken by its Great Observatories to the fingertips of the blind. “Touch the ...

The Blind Assassin does not purport to be a mystery novel. Though the title evokes thoughts of crime, it is a memoir interspersed with pages from a science fiction/love story with the same name by one ...

While there are many ways blind and visually impaired people can enjoy reading, one of the most prolific ways is through the Connecticut Library for Accessible Books (CTLAB). CTLAB and the South East ...

It will be a talking book that even looks like a book, although most of its users will never see it. Instead of a cassette tape, it will have no moving parts but will read a volume digitally from a ...

Two universities say they won’t order large numbers of Amazon Kindles until the company releases devices that are easier for blind students to use. The University of Wisconsin at Madison and Syracuse ...

A few times a day, a strange, pulsating sound fills the Boston headquarters of the National Braille Press. Thun-thun. Thun-thun. This is what employees of the nonprofit braille publisher call the ...

Ben Foss grew up with dyslexia, a learning disability so severe that his mother had to read books to him throughout his school years, all the way through college. Now 36, he is spearheading the launch ...

Last December, Tasha Chemel agreed to participate in a Facebook study. A professional academic coach at a college, Chemel had been blogging about Facebook’s problems with accessibility for blind ...

Chris Reighard, a 62-year-old retired employee of the Arkansas Division of Services for the Blind who lives in Altoona, Pennsylvania, considers herself and her husband, Dave, to be pretty tech savvy.

When I was pronounced legally blind in 2009, I didn’t know one other person who called themselves blind – least of all “low vision” or “visually impaired.” Today, I manage the largest blindness ...