The latest upgrade to the iPhone and iPad version of Amazon’s Kindle reading app brings a bunch of new features aimed at blind and visually impaired users. At the top of the list is the ability to read aloud 1.8 million Kindle Store titles, with h…
Phone options for the blind previously been pricey hardware based solutions — or feature-light (physically-heavy) handsets. While the functional abilities of smartphones have expanded out wildly from the mobile devices we used to use, accessibility …
The crafty engineers at Google aren’t the only ones working on augmented reality glasses. Researchers at the Instituto de Oftalmología Aplicada have created a prototype system, based around a head-mounted display and a pair of small cameras. I…
Skipping on the LTE, HD IPS screen or dual-processor is usually not a recipe that will land your phone on the pages of Engadget. But, these LG-LU2700Ss are not just any unspectacular flip phone. The handset has been specially modified for use by the …
Google’s doing a lot to bolster its Android developers guide at the moment, with fresh design tips we covered yesterday and then a new section on accessibility arriving shortly after. The latter provides a bunch of suggestions on things like minimum b…
Two high school students are taking part in a bit of an experiment at Vanderbilt University. The college’s Medical and Electromechanical Design Laboratory (MED Lab) is working on an Android app that turns tablets into a teaching aid for the visually i…
Engineers from Google have commandeered a booth at this year’s CSUN accessibility conference and they’re keen to talk up their latest efforts. For the visually impaired, there’s now a beta version of a Chrome screen reader called ChromeVox (demo’d aft…
It’s certainly not the first Braille label printer we’ve seen, but Ted Moallem’s Braille-It Labeler does bring notably unique element to the table — namely, “sightless construction.” Presented at this year’s A Better World by Design conference, thi…
Have you ever looked at a robotic dog, scratched your head and thought, “Why?” Well, NSK has just responded with a pretty valid “Because.” Turns out, the Japanese manufacturer is working on a new mechanized canine that could one day serve as a guide…
One one side of the field was a team of former pro soccer players. On the other, a squad of visually impaired amateurs. The two sides laced ‘em up, stretched out their quads and went head to head in a scrimmage, though the matchup was a lot more eve…
