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Have you guys heard of the eLIA frames kickstarter and what do you think of it? (kickstarter.com)
submitted 5.2251978523662554y ago by Suraido
War-WarNeverChanges 2 points 5y ago
Allow me to tell all of you what I have learned. I have had the distinct displeasure of talking with Mr. Andrew Chepaitis.

1. They have no readily available print technology for this "code". They're currently using a Frankensteined printer.
2. Any printer or technology is going to be highly expensive and can only be purchased through him as he has patented all of it. The ink used isn't available for the mass market and is highly expensive commercially, and according to multiple print firms, it does not stay permanently embossed \(their words: It will deflate over time as the technology used has not been perfected\) so anything you print is temporary.
3. On Facebook he has been caught outright lying to desperate Parents, claiming that Braille is a "hurdle to communication", and that his "code" is the "common media".
4. This "code" is slower to read, and more expensive to produce.
OutWestTexas 2 points 5y ago
I’m not impressed. It looks like it was designed more for sighted than blind people. Braille is far superior in my opinion.
themanje 2 points 5y ago
It’s more for the sighted than for the blind. I don’t see it replacing Braille. They have some innovative ideas that could be advantageous if they could turn their software and equipment into something Braille transcriptionists could use. Or if a blind person would like an inexpensive Braille embosser for home. EdIT: **But it would need to work with the current Braille code.
-shacklebolt- 1 points 5y ago
> They have some innovative ideas that could be advantageous if they could turn their software and equipment into something Braille transcriptionists could use. Or if a blind person would like an inexpensive Braille embosser for home.

There's nothing novel about that. You can type in any text editor using a braille font, print it on special swell paper like used in the picture in a flash system, and then heat it up (using a PIAF machine or similar.)

There's also free braille translation and formatting tools readily available if you are producing braille for a tactile printer or a braille embosser, like brailleblaster.
themanje 1 points 5y ago
Immediate embossing is quicker than the PIAF. And this embosser of theirs is only $200. That was the point I was trying to make.
-shacklebolt- 1 points 5y ago
Do they have a working, commercial embosser for that price that I can currently purchase and use?

There's a lot of vaporware in the "promised low cost blindness technologies" category.
redstone1337 1 points 5y ago
At least the Orbit reader is out there. I just ordered mine two days ago.
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