Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Imagine that you have low vision and you’re completing an online job application using screen reader software. You get through ...

Engineering and social sciences are widely considered to be separate fields of practice. However, all technology we develop has the capacity to shape the society in which it is applied. This spring ...

Researchers at the University of California, Santa Cruz, are developing new assistive technologies for the blind based on advances in computer vision that have emerged from research in robotics. A ...

GOLDEN, Colo. — An innovative, new device is helping people who are blind or low-vision feel facial expressions. HapWare uses haptics or vibrations on the wrist to relay visual cues like gestures. It ...

There's a new initiative from a local nonprofit to get technology in the hands of children who are either blind or visually ...

When Matthew Sherwood goes shopping for clothes, he needs help to ensure that what he’s picking up is the color or style he’s looking for. Sherwood has been blind for more than 15 years; he has a ...

After 33 years of providing resources, devices, and training for self-sufficiency, Signal Centers’ Assistive Technology Services is turning a new chapter with Deardra McGee at the lead. Ms. McGee was ...