Google has been developing apps and capabilities geared at improvement accessibility features in its products and services such as the Live Transcribe app or the live captions feature. Now, the firm ...

Google delivered a new way to type on Android this week with the release of the TalkBack braille keyboard. This new tech is virtual braille keyboard integrated directly into Android – so it won't cost ...

Today, Google is rolling out a new keyboard that will let blind and low-vision users type in braille without any additional hardware and in any app. The TalkBack braille keyboard is integrated ...

For people who are blind or have severely impaired vision, typing on a smartphone or computer typically requires an expensive and bulky physical braille computer – not exactly convenient if you just ...

The proliferation of touchscreen technology revolutionized mobile computer input, even for those who can't see what's on the screen. In addition to existing VoiceOver and Accessibility features, blind ...

Google this week introduced a virtual braille keyboard integrated directly into Android. Visually impaired users can ditch their cumbersome external hardware for the built-in convenience of TalkBack. ...

Android has received a wealth of accessibility features over the last couple of years, but one that has been left to third-party developers is a way for blind users to type using braille. That changes ...

Originally hailing from Troy, Ohio, Ry Crist is a writer, a text-based adventure connoisseur, a lover of terrible movies and an enthusiastic yet mediocre cook. A CNET editor from 2013 to 2024, Ry's ...

(CNN) — If Mario Romero has his way, we’ll all be learning Braille soon. The post-doc researcher at Georgia Institute of Technology has co-developed an app, called BrailleTouch, that could help blind ...

As with all devices meant for a very small percentage of the population, computing equipment for the blind is very, very expensive. A Braille typewriter – a relatively simple machine that puts dots on ...

Google this week introduced a virtual braille keyboard integrated directly into Android. Visually impaired users can ditch their cumbersome external hardware for the built-in convenience of TalkBack. ...