Artificial intelligence (AI) is helping people see the world in new ways every day, including the blind, who find AI helping them navigate the world with greater ease and more options than they ...

SAN RAFAEL, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Guide Dogs for the Blind (GDB) has announced a new partnership with Be My Eyes, an innovative app that provides real-time video assistance to individuals who are ...

In the age of coronavirus, it is more important than ever before to help the blind and low-vision community feel supported and safe. Be My Eyes is a free mobile app with one main goal: to make the ...

Schools teach the blind life skills to help them live independently. “Our goal is to demonstrate through belief and example that blind individuals can live the lives they imagined,” says one educator, ...

When Jagadish Mahendran heard about his friend's daily challenges navigating as a blind person, he immediately thought of his artificial intelligence work. "For years I had been teaching robots to see ...

BERKELEY, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Blind, the leading anonymous professional social network, today announced the launch of Talent by Blind. Talent by Blind connects some of the hardest-to-reach ...

The doctors told him his blindness was temporary, a result of swelling in the brain. But after a few months of frustrated coping, Bryan Duarte went to see an optometrist. “He told me I would be blind ...

SPRINGFIELD, Virginia, March 25 -- The Education Department's Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services has issued a proposed rule, published in the Federal Register on March 25, ...

GREEN BAY, Wis. (WBAY) - Over 100 families throughout the state are concerned about how a potential loss in funding could impact their deaf-blind children. Those children are a part of the Wisconsin ...