ARDEN HILLS, Minn. — Twelve visually impaired students from across Minnesota competed in the inaugural Minnesota Braille Challenge in Arden Hills this weekend. Competition categories included ...

The competition, hosted by Clovernook Center for the Blind & Visually Impaired, focuses on fundamental braille literacy skills such as reading comprehension ... times these kids feel isolated ...

And 'reading' on a smartphone is gaining prominence ... Are iPads and iPhones rendering Braille obsolete? And if so, should advocates for the visually impaired be worried? Click "listen" above ...

At her college in Pennsylvania and as a child growing up in New Jersey, she has used screen-reading technology that turns written documents or books into audio recordings and hardcover braille texts.