Apple’s got some game-changing accessibility features coming. Learn what’s dropping soonApple has recently announced new accessibility features. These features cover both visual and audio aid. They can be tapped across Apple ec...
15 May, 2025, 12.27 PM IST
Govt releases draft guidelines to make railways more user-friendly for people with disabilitiesThe draft includes the development of a dedicated mobile app and a one-click template for people with disabilities displaying all the infor...
30 Dec, 2023, 01.50 PM IST
Along with Pixel 8 series launch, Google might release Android 14 update with native braille display mode & battery cycle countGoogle is set to reveal its Pixel 8 series and Android 14 operating system on Wednesday. Leaks suggest that the Android 14 rollout with enh...
03 Oct, 2023, 07.47 PM IST
Ease doing business for differently-abledAccording to Census 2011, there are 26.8 million PwDs in the country. The number would be much more today. CAG has identified government bu...
19 Jul, 2023, 11.01 PM IST
Joystick in one hand, Braille device in other: Blind video game champion takes on Twitch audienceVan de Wege navigates his way around Street Fighter V, a game with "a very detailed sound design", using solely its sound effects.
01 Sep, 2021, 08.26 PM IST
How this Anand Mahindra-backed startup is empowering the visually impairedBraille has been a fundamental tool for the blind in terms of literacy, employment and independence. Annie, a self teaching Braille device,...
05 Dec, 2019, 09.49 AM IST
These five trains have changed the face of Indian RailwaysFive new trains are at the centre of Modi's ambitious project to transform Indian Railways. The project is important for Modi due to its hu...
28 Jun, 2018, 09.35 AM IST
Champaran Humsafar Express will benefit 33 parliamentary constituenciesIt will facilitate faster, safer and comfortable journey experience. The train will run bi-weekly - Tuesdays and Fridays -- covering a dist...
10 Apr, 2018, 05.27 PM IST
Government claim on GST benefit on disability aids incorrect, misleading: Disability organisationsDisability organisations today said aids and appliances used by disabled persons were tax free before the GST regime came into force.
10 Jul, 2017, 10.48 PM IST
From Braille tablets to tabletop robots, all the cool gadgets to expect from CES 2017Even before the biggest tech show of the year officially kicks off, here are some of the upcoming products and trends that you might find.
04 Jan, 2017, 09.53 AM IST
21 Humsafar coaches to roll out next monthThe train will also have integrated Braille displays, GPS-based passenger information display and announcement system, among other faciliti...
07 Aug, 2016, 12.38 PM IST
Tejas trains to give passengers feel of world class travel with personal video screens, Wi-Fi, coffee vending machinesTejas and Hamsafar trains along with Antodaya Express and Deen Dayalu coaches are to be introduced in the current fiscal as part of the bud...
10 Jul, 2016, 07.27 PM IST
New Braille smartwatch lets blind read texts, e-booksThe wearable, named Dot, relays the time with a set of pins that rise and fall. Users will be able to receive and read text messages in rea...
10 Aug, 2015, 02.13 PM IST
Bengaluru-based college dropout invents e-reader for the blindThe device, as big and thick as an average tiffin box, refreshes three ines of 20 braille characters in 100 milliseconds.
24 Jun, 2015, 12.17 PM IST
From talking ATMs to magnifying glasses at branches for physically and visually challenged customersIn 2009, the central bank had asked lenders to ensure that one-third of their ATMs were talking ATMs.
24 Jun, 2014, 03.39 AM IST
All new ATMs to be installed by banks from July 2014 to provide audible instructions, Braille keypads: RBIAll new ATMs to be installed by commercial banks from July 2014 onwards would provide audible instructions and Braille keypads to customers...
21 May, 2014, 10.46 PM IST
India's Sumit Dagar invents world’s first smartphone for blind peopleDagar, who holds a PG degree from the National Institute of Design, Ahmedabad, had always been passionate about making technology more usab...
21 Apr, 2013, 04.41 AM IST