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Got the idea for a device blind people could use to read from the internet without help of a voice. (self.Blind)
submitted by stertyy
I'm not blind, the concept just seem like something that would exist already in some form and it interests me.
A pad with soft elastic surface and underneath are mechanical buttons that will come up as braille letters, forming words and numbers. It would basically make one able to read without disturbing others.
A pad with soft elastic surface and underneath are mechanical buttons that will come up as braille letters, forming words and numbers. It would basically make one able to read without disturbing others.
fastfinge 16 points 5y ago
Yup, this already exists:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Refreshable_braille_display
Also, when that's not practical, I use headphones. So the disturbing people problem can be solved in several ways.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Refreshable_braille_display
Also, when that's not practical, I use headphones. So the disturbing people problem can be solved in several ways.
1000100001 5 points 5y ago
>headphones
Problem solved
Problem solved
LarryWren 3 points 5y ago
Google *refreshable braille display.* :/
friday_the_12th 2 points 5y ago
I think BliTab's looking for devs if you code: https://blitab.com/
dmazzoni 1 points 5y ago
BliTab looks very sketchy to me.
friday_the_12th 1 points 5y ago
Could be. I don't claim familiarity with the project. Concept sounds interesting, and I remembered the name from a news blurb last year.
dmazzoni 6 points 5y ago
I would love to be proved wrong, but here's what seems fishy to me:
* They show off their stuff at conferences like CES, where nobody knows about assistive technology, but they don't show up at *any* assistive technology or blindness conferences (CSUN, NFB, ACB, RNIB, etc.)
* The specs are "too good to be true" - from their own press releases, $500 price point, battery life of 5 days of 8 hours of use on a single charge. Note that the Blitab is a full Android tablet in addition to being a braille display, and no tablet has battery life that good.
* No technical details on their actuator technology, which is the part that makes other braille displays cost so much.
* Their CES video has a bizarre demo where the user navigates using the touch screen and then presses an extra side button to render the screen in braille. Why the extra step?
* I've seen no evidence that it actually functions. Their demos are always canned, they show off one screen worth of braille but don't actually show that it can display arbitrary content that refreshes quickly.
* They show off their stuff at conferences like CES, where nobody knows about assistive technology, but they don't show up at *any* assistive technology or blindness conferences (CSUN, NFB, ACB, RNIB, etc.)
* The specs are "too good to be true" - from their own press releases, $500 price point, battery life of 5 days of 8 hours of use on a single charge. Note that the Blitab is a full Android tablet in addition to being a braille display, and no tablet has battery life that good.
* No technical details on their actuator technology, which is the part that makes other braille displays cost so much.
* Their CES video has a bizarre demo where the user navigates using the touch screen and then presses an extra side button to render the screen in braille. Why the extra step?
* I've seen no evidence that it actually functions. Their demos are always canned, they show off one screen worth of braille but don't actually show that it can display arbitrary content that refreshes quickly.
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