Michigan's Governor Gretchen Whitmer declares January Braille Literacy Month to highlight the importance of braille for the ...

Photo courtesy of Roar Media Today is World Braille Day World Braille Day is a moment to reflect on the power of tactile ...

When the local nonprofit Blind Industries & Services of Maryland reached out to Johns Hopkins University's mechanical engineering program last year, they asked for one thing: a printer that adds ...

GOODING • Donning yellow T-shirts, five teenage boys, each taking cues from their teacher, sung a mantra to get them in the mood for the day’s work. Before long, they were sitting at their desks, ...

COMPETED IN AN ACADEMIC BRAILLE CHALLENGE HERE IN DES MOINES YESTERDAY. IT’S THE ONLY COMPETITION OF ITS KIND RIGHT HERE IN NORTH AMERICA. FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE BLIND OR VISUALLY IMPAIRED. THE SIGN SAYS, ...

In the 1820s, Louis Braille devised a raised-dot system of letters, numbers and musical notation. 200 years later, it’s still ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Central High School students are using technology not only to prepare for their futures, but to make learning accessible to everyone. Teacher Chris Brown said students have been ...

Janay Reece came back home to Baltimore to join WJZ in August 2023. Before coming back to the Charm City, Janay was a morning anchor and reporter for WDBJ7 in Roanoke, VA. She joined the WDBJ7 morning ...

BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — Amadou Ndiaye meticulously ran his fingers across bumps in a piece of paper, making sense of the world he can no longer see. Two hundred years have passed since the invention of ...

For students who are blind or visually impaired, moving from high school to college, work, or independent living can be ...

BALTIMORE (WJZ) — A group of engineering students at Johns Hopkins University put their invention skills to work and delivered by building a printer that can add braille to beer labels. It’s a tool ...