Healio

Q&A: What you need to know about assistive eye wear for blind, visually impaired patients

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . According to the Optometrists Network, one in six adults older than 45 years and one in four older than 75 has ...
Government Technology

Digital Inaccessibility: Blind and Low-Vision People Have Powerful Tech But Still Face Digital Barriers

Imagine that you have low vision and you’re completing an online job application using screen reader software. You get through half the form and then come to a question with drop-down options the ...
Romania Insider

.lumen teams up with Orange to provide assistive mobility technology for the visually impaired in Romania

Orange Romania and deeptech startup .lumen have signed a strategic partnership aimed at improving independent mobility for people with visual impairments. Under the agreement, the partners will ...
Yahoo

Innovations in assistive technology for people with disabilities

Recently, I visited the 39th Annual CSUN Assistive Technology Conference. Here are just a few of the inclusive tech innovations on display: Innocaption – Free smartphone app that displays what a ...
Decatur Daily

Visually impaired receive assistive vision devices at Institute for Deaf and Blind in Decatur

Thanks to modern assistive vision technology, some visually impaired individuals at the Alabama Institute for Deaf and Blind Decatur Regional Center will be able to read text and see images more ...
Richmond

Assistive technology a key ingredient at Virginia's center for the blind

Mike Fish puts a bill on the table and places his iPhone on top of it. Within seconds, a money reader app announces: “Five dollars, five dollars, five dollars!” “I’d like the money maker application, ...
Derry Journal on MSN

'There’s never been a better time to be blind’ says Richard Moore as RNIB Tech Fair is Derry-bound

Richard Moore is delighted to be officially opening the annual RNIB NI Technology Fair in Derry on February 11, and said: ...
Derry Now

WATCH: "On a level with my sighted colleagues": Richard Moore on the tech powering his role as CEO

Ahead of opening the flagship RNIB NI Technology Fair at Foyle Arena, Richard Moore reveals how modern assistive technology ...
Advanced Television

Edgbaston cricket stadium trials assistive technology for visually impaired fans

Edgbaston Stadium has completed a trial of GiveVision’s assistive technology, giving visually impaired cricket fans a new way to watch and experience live sport. On August 8th, during The Hundred’s ...
Technical

Digital inaccessibility: Blind and low-vision people have powerful technology but still face barriers to the digital world

Screen reader software converts text to audio for people who are blind. Imagine that you have low vision and you’re completing an online job application using screen reader software. You get through ...
Nextgov

Digital inaccessibility: Blind and low-vision people have powerful technology but still face barriers to the digital world

COMMENTARY | Technologies often hit roadblocks because the information they are designed to work with – documents, websites and software programs – don’t work with them. Imagine that you have low ...