Braille is an incredibly empowering tool for people with sight loss, opening many doors to literacy, education, and employment. However, Braille on paper is costly because it takes up more space than the printed word. Braille displayed on an electronic display with dots that pop up and down to form characters is a less costly alternative. …Read More about Orbit Reader 20: Making Refreshable Braille More Affordable

Feer is a game in which the character runs along a road of endless fog trying to avoid attacking zombies and other terrifying obstacles. There are no visual cues to help the player, and they must rely on listening skills to avoid obstacles or danger. With headphones, the sounds will come from left, right or …Read More about Audio Games for everyone

Bone conduction is a technology heavily used in hearing loss technology where the cochlear bone is stimulated with vibrations and carry this sound information directly to the hearing centres in the brain. If the ear canal is damaged and in-ear hearing aids can’t be used then cochlear implants or cochlear conduction devices are used to …Read More about Bone Conduction Headphones

The Orcam featured on RTE’s Nationwide program on the 7th of January 2019 we put together some information on the unit below. The Orcam is a small wearable device that attaches to your glasses or sunglasses. The units also come with a pair of glasses with clear lenses for those who do not own glasses. …Read More about Orcam Features on RTE’s Nationwide

Joanne Walker Senior Meteorological Officer and her team in Met Éireann have recently put together a new accessible webpage within Met Éireann’s Website. The page contains National Weather Forecasts as well as Localised Forecasts. It also contains a 7-day Outlook with links to full day forecasts broken down by the hour all contained in an …Read More about Accessible Weather forecasts from Met Éireann