In our latest episode of AGU's podcast Third Pod from the Sun (thirdpodfromthesun.com) we talk w/ astrophysicist Trae Winter who lead in the development of a phone app to help the visually impaired experience the 2017 solar eclipse. The tools developed by him and his colleagues are designed to make astronomy and astrophysics more accessible to everyone, including people who are blind and visually impaired.
Check out the episode here: http://tinyurl.com/yaen8ov5