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My understanding is that braille displays are quite mechanically complex, as each cell needs to be able to individually raise and lower six pips. An 80-characte
by callahad 9y ago
My understanding is that braille displays are quite mechanically complex, as each cell needs to be able to individually raise and lower six pips. An 80-character, single-line terminal display would require 480 tiny actuators.
- katastic 9y agoExcept they already make bigger than that. A 25x40 display. https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Refreshable_braille_display https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Refreshable_braille_display A full page braille display with 1,000 cells (25 lines of 40 cells) was developed in 2015 by the Tactisplay Corp.[3] With total 12,000 pixels configured in 120*100, it can show any BANA compatible braille graphic page in 8 seconds. This video shows operation of the device. http://www.tactisplay.com/product/tactisplay-table http://www.tactisplay.com/product/tactisplay-table
- Sir_Cmpwn 9y agoWhy did you link to this instead of the actual article? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Refreshable_braille_display https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Refreshable_braille_display That site is proprietary, adds trackers, etc. -1