The app was originally created by blind Westminster High School student Derrick Day for personal use. Westminster High teacher Emily Brynes is his co-applicant. Show Caption Courtesy Photo 1 of 3 ...

LDOT, winner of the 2023 Carroll Biz Challenge, was developed in a Westminster High School classroom by 17-year-old Derrick Day with guidance from business teacher Emily Brynes, 27, of Westminster.

The blind community has already utilized new technology with AI-adjacent capabilities for a number of years, notably through the app Be My Eyes, which launched in 2015 and utilized computer vision ...

The app is designed to help blind and low-vision users understand their surroundings. People can also ask follow-up questions for more information about an image.

A team of researchers has built two apps that only need the sensors fitted inside a phone to help blind people navigate buildings. It's almost magical ingenuity.

Two new apps will enable blind people to navigate indoor buildings with spoken directions from a smartphone app, providing a safe method of wayfinding where GPS doesn’t work.

"They are AI-powered smart glasses designed to give people who are blind or low-vision hands-free access to information," a ...

Estee Lauder launched Voice-activated Makeup Assistant last year to help blind and low-vision people do their makeup. Cosmo chatted with four app users.

The GoodMaps app provides assistance to those who are blind or have low vision who are trying to navigate the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library in D.C.

A new trip-planning app has shown encouraging results in improving navigation inside subway stations, according to a study published in IEEE Journal of Translational Engineering in Health and ...

A team of researchers has built two apps that only need the sensors fitted inside a phone to help blind people navigate buildings. Here's how they work.The Latest Tech News, Delivered to Your Inbox ...