An AI-enabled smart cane designed to transform the lives of people with sight loss has won a prestigious international design award and was featured at RNIB Scotland’s Inclusive Design for ...

Other technology exhibited at the conference included an electronic Braille display which can “read in real time”, and a ...

Robbie the robot guide dog met his canine counterpart Peggy at RNIB Scotland’s Inclusive Design for Sustainability Conference in Glasgow.

Hundreds of people affected by sight loss flocked to Lagan Valley Island to get up close with the latest assistive technology designed for people who live with sight loss. The RNIB NI Technology ...

James Adams, Director of RNIB Scotland, said the charity was “excited” to see how cutting-edge technology can help improve people’s lives. He said: “We’re incredibly proud to have been able to work in ...

The Inclusive Design for Sustainability conference, which is organised by RNIB Scotland and takes place in Glasgow on Monday and Tuesday, will explore how cutting-edge technology is transforming the ...

However, developments in technology are also making braille more user-friendly than ever before. An average book or novel will be made up of five volumes of braille. The largest book in the RNIB ...

In 2018, while working on a rebrand for sight loss charity the Royal National Institute of Blind People (RNIB), The&Partnership creative Helen Rogerson stumbled across a startling fact. There, buried ...

Changes to the welfare system, aimed at saving £5bn a year by 2030, could seriously impact blind and partially sighted people, according to the Royal National Institute of Blind People (RNIB).

In an episode broadcast last summer, the RNIB's CEO, Matt Stringer joined us to discuss financial pressures facing the charity and the consequent need to save millions of pounds. Since then ...

The Inclusive Design for Sustainability conference, which is organised by RNIB Scotland and takes place in Glasgow on Monday and Tuesday, will explore how cutting-edge technology is transforming ...