Squirrel Devices Tactile Caliper: Accessible Ruler for Users with Blindness

Pranay Jain and Anshul Singhal are two Ph.D. candidates from MIT.  They’re also the developers at Squirrel Devices.  Squirrel Devices’ mission is to “enable Math and Science accessibility for students with blindness.”  Their first commercial product is the Squirrel Devices Tactile Caliper, which is a “geometry instrument for persons with blindness to measure and draw with high […]

STEM Storiez: Switch-accessible ebooks!

Zyrobotics is a company dedicated to developing several accessible technologies focused on Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM).  Their products include math and educational games, smart toys and switch interfaces.  One of the apps in the STEM series is STEM Storiez, a switch-accessible e-book featuring a lovable smart toy named Zumo.  The company states that […]