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We Need to Move Toward Conceptual and Accessible Sound Art

by Rosana Cabán December 14, 2021December 14, 2021

Elaborate soundscapes billed as performances that are indistinguishable from bourgeois sound bath events sponsored by an Equinox gym aren’t pushing the medium forward.

Posted inNews

A Braille-Based Typeface Readable by Both Touch and Sight

by Claire Voon April 23, 2018April 20, 2018

A new typeface updates the nearly 200 century-old system by superimposing raised dots onto carefully configured letterforms, allowing it to be understood by both sight and touch.

Posted inArt

Google Maps Makes a Modest Attempt at Wheelchair Accessibility

by Valerie Piro April 13, 2018

For wheelchair users like myself, technology elicits both joy and skepticism: Can an app really change the way I experience architecture that wasn’t designed for me?

Posted inNews

Apple Proposes New Emoji to Represent People with Disabilities

by Claire Voon March 29, 2018March 29, 2018

The 13 proposed emoji include icons of a hearing aid, prostheses, and two types of wheelchairs.

Posted inArt

Digitizing the World’s Largest Braille Music Collection

by Allison Meier August 10, 2016August 10, 2016

Digitizing braille music isn’t as easy as just scanning the page. The tactile notations require multiple steps for accurate transcription, and their history of touch means the dots are sometimes smashed or otherwise unreadable.

Posted inNews

A New App Attempts to See for the Blind

by Carey Dunne January 19, 2016January 19, 2016

What if your smartphone could see for you, the same way it tells time, takes pictures, crushes candy, and occasionally calls people for you?

Posted inNews

Two Crowdfunding Campaigns Aim to Create Art for the Blind

by Laura C. Mallonee November 17, 2015November 18, 2015

Imagine never being able to see the Mona Lisa, much less understand what people mean when they talk about her enigmatic smile.

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Museo del Prado Leads the Charge Toward Better Accessibility for the Blind

by Laura C. Mallonee February 12, 2015February 16, 2015

Touching the Prado invites visually impaired people to touch relief replicas of six collection masterpieces.

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