Umwelt is a new a system that enables blind and low-vision users to author accessible, interactive charts representing data in three modalities: visualization, textual description, and sonification. A ...

Access to rich imagery shouldn’t be something that blind or low-vision people have to do without. These projects are helping. In 2020, in the midst of pandemic lockdown, my husband and I bought a ...

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 ...

Researchers at the University of Cambridge and Meta Reality Labs have, for the first tim,e mapped the resolution limits of ...

Impaired vision and blindness are common. About 3.4 million people in the US are blind or visually impaired. Vision is usually measured by visual acuity charts, and normal vision is expressed as 20/20 ...

Last week, at the American Academy of Optometry Annual Meeting and Expo, southern California-based Eyedaptic announced the release of its latest smart glasses to enhance sight for the visually ...

What if you couldn't use your vision to tell sugar from salt when cooking? Or set the correct oven temperature? Or read a recipe at home or a menu in a restaurant? These are just a few of the everyday ...

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- Our eyes help us see a clearer picture. But sometimes, that image can turn blurry. "So low vision is where people who have lost vision from macular degeneration, diabetes or ...

When Parker Fortenberry was a baby, he was diagnosed with a brain tumor. Although he survived the tumor, they knew at the time it was destroying his vision. “Going through this as a parent, you feel ...

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