Project RAY: Devices for the Blind and Visually Impaired

When commuting to work, we select our favorite albums on our smartphones to sing along to.  When traveling, we often type in the destination using a maps app.  Throughout the day, we check our email, make phone calls, send texts, and so much more–all on our smartphones.  We hold onto these handheld computers with white knuckles because it’s our […]

Smash-a-Ball: Electronic toy for visually impaired

Nadia Guevara and Pedro Bori are both educational psychologists with years of experience of working with children with visual impairments.  Play is an essential part to a child’s development, especially his or her cognitive development.  Guevara and Bori realized there aren’t many options available for children with visual impairments so they came up with a solution: […]

Inpris’s UpSense Super Braille Keyboard

Touch screens on tablets and smartphones are sleek and often convenient to most users.  However, for individuals with visual impairments, they tend to be quite a challenge.  Inpris is an Israeli technology company addressing blindness and touch screen technology by creating an “eye-free” experience for mobile devices.  To do this, they have created the UpSense Super […]

Tech Tip: Blindfold Video Poker App

For this week’s Tech Tip, our equipment loan specialist Justin Amber is going to introduce us to the Blindfold Video Poker app.  This is a free iOS app that allows individuals to enjoy video poker–without ever having to look at the screen!  NOTE: The money used in this game is fictitious and will rejuvenate after a certain […]

Tech Tip: GPS Options for the Visually Impaired

For this week’s Tech Tip, assistive technology specialist Anna Leung is going to show us three GPS options for the visually impaired.  One is a device called the Trekker Breeze by Humanware.  The other two are iOS apps called LookTel Breadcrumbs and Seeing Assistant. Check this out!

Welcome to Our Updated Website!

The past few months have been very busy for us here at the INDATA Project, especially this past week!  Last week, we introduced individuals to a lot of new assistive technology in our lab including the very popular ARTI at our Open House. And as you may or may not have noticed, we launched our updated website! […]