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Breakthrough Braille Smartphones For The Blind
- Someone 13y agoThis reeks of those other developments from India that get lots of publicity, then never really materialize ($35 tablet: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-south-asia-10740817 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-south-asia-10740817) 'Normal' Braille cells use piezo-electrics cells that are centimeters tall, making it infeasible to have more than, say, one line of 10 characters in anything resembling a mobile phone. On top of that, Those cells need high voltages to operate (200V or so), and are at least $20 a piece (yes, a ten-character, single-font, single style, single colour display will set you back at least a couple of hundred dollars) So, this combines a novel technology with a very low price. Impossible? No, but it isn't likely, either. Also, I expect the likes of Apple, Google, Microsoft and Samsung will try and buy this firm, if the product is real. The market for the Braille-reading blind is minute, but imagine having that functionality in the edge of your tablet, in a game controller (configurable tactile key layout), or possibly even on your screen.