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Sc!FY logo Memor-i: An electronic educational game for children who are blind Mar 29, 2016 SciFY is a non-profit organization that uses state of the art information technology to solve... more
Child sitting on Santa's lap Braille Letters from Santa! Nov 16, 2015 Every year at Christmas, Santa and the elves at National Federation of the Blind send out letters... more
BANA logo BANA Held UEB Transition Forum & Fall Meeting Approaches Oct 28, 2015 On October 7, 2015, Braille Authority of North America (BANA) held its third UEB Transition Forum... more
Coffee house press logo Coffee House Press Announces Titles Formatted for Screen Readers Oct 21, 2015 Coffee House Press has converted more than 80 of their titles for use with screen readers that... more
Girl with glasses using braillewriter New York State Prepares Students for UEB Oct 18, 2015 Diane LaClair, a teacher for the visually impaired at the New York School for the Blind in... more
BANA logo Provisional Guidance for Transcribing Foreign Language Material in UEB Jul 21, 2015 BANA (Braille Authority of North America) announces Provisional Guidance for Transcribing Foreign... more
BANA logo BANA Announces Updates to Nemeth Code Jun 23, 2015 The Braille Authority of North America (BANA) has approved seven updates to Nemeth Code, as... more
Shopper using glove to identify cereal boxes Smart Glove Helps with Grocery Shopping Jun 09, 2015 Researchers at Penn State are working on this new Smart Glove to help shoppers who are blind to... more
Mother feeling 3-D print of baby 3D Printing Makes Ultrasound Accessible to Mother Who is Blind Jun 07, 2015 We've all heard about the many advancements now possible thanks to 3-D printing.  We were moved by... more
Toddler looking at tablet with picture of camel on it. Is e-Reading Story Time or Screen Time? Oct 18, 2014 The benefits of reading aloud to young children is well documented, but as tablets and eBooks... more
3-D illustration of tactile book Picture Books Using 3-D Printing Aug 18, 2014 This article on 3-D Printed Books for the Blind discusses the use of three-dimensional printing to... more
Cherokee language in braille Cherokee Language Now Available in Braille Jul 22, 2014 The Cherokee Nation has worked with the Commonwealth Braille and Talking Book Cooperative earlier... more
iBill U.S. Currency Reader Program Jul 15, 2014 The Bureau of Engraving and Printing (BEP) of the U.S. Department of the Treasury has announced... more
Cover of Insight Magazine Paths to Literacy Featured in RNIB's Insight Magazine! Jul 10, 2014 We are honored to be featured in the July/August 2014 issue of RNIB (Royal National Institute of... more
FingerReader FingerReader Increases Access Jul 09, 2014 The FingerReader from MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) scans text and uses a synthesized... more
Meeting of WIPO Accessible Books Consortium Accessible Books Consortium Launched through WIPO Jul 03, 2014 WIPO (the World Intellectual Property Organization) and a group of key partners launched the... more
Pediatrician showing picture book to mother and baby Pediatricians Help to Promote Reading Aloud Jun 25, 2014 The American Academy of Pediatrics has announced that they will help to promote reading aloud to... more
Students with iPads The iPad as a Learning Tool for Students with Visual Impairments May 16, 2014 Blogger Tara Mason talks about ways in which the iPad is an ideal learning tool for students who... more
Two young boys sit on a wooden cart Brotherly Love Apr 25, 2014 Blogger Liamsmom tells about her experience raising two young boys, one of whom is deafblind in a... more
NAEP logo Read-Aloud Accommodations and the Common Core Mar 26, 2014 According to a study of about 2,000 California 4th and 8th graders who were given the National... more
NFB and PARCC logos Settlement Will Make K-12 Assessments Accessible to Students Who Are Blind Feb 25, 2014 The National Federation of the Blind (NFB) announced that it has reached a settlement agreement... more
Emily Wharton with Paul Parravano, Chair, NBP Board of Trustees Touch of Genius Prize for Innovation Feb 20, 2014 The Louis Braille Touch of Genius Prize for Innovation was developed by National Braille Press to... more
Braille printer made of legos Braille Printer Made Out of Legos Feb 15, 2014 7th grader Shubham Banerjee is a 12-year old boy from Santa Clara, California who has developed... more
BANA logo Developers of Tactile Graphics Guidelines Win Award Jan 08, 2014 BANA has announced that the developers of Tactile Graphics Guidelines and Standards have been... more
Vocabulary words displayed in a classroom Language-Gap Study Points to the Importance of Early Years Oct 23, 2013 A new study by psychologist Anne Fernald at Stanford University has found that found that affluent... more

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