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A cheap Bluetooth enabled Braille display would be a good option although would only serve a small segment of the population in developing countries. For more i
by jareds 12y ago
A cheap Bluetooth enabled Braille display would be a good option although would only serve a small segment of the population in developing countries. For more info see
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Refreshable_braille_display http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Refreshable_braille_display
All current models I have seen are over $1000, over $2000 for anything of a decent size. Something that could use Bluetooth to connect to old iPhones, low end Android devices, and windows computers running the open source screen reader NVDA could be very useful in countries where government does not subsidize the purchase of expensive assistive technology.
- hershel 12y agoThis could be a starting point http://www.raspberrypi.org/mudra-a-braille-dicta-teacher/ http://www.raspberrypi.org/mudra-a-braille-dicta-teacher/
- jareds 12y agoI saw that but unless I missed something when looking at the github page I didn't see any information on the device they hooked up to the GPIO pins.
- csytan 12y agoIt's interesting that you mention that. Yesterday I was visiting the neighboring teaching lab and a student was working on making a cheap braille reader. They were using a series of parallel rods that can slide up and down. Here's a (poor) rendition of how it works: http://mondrian.io/?p=NlAQ8x http://mondrian.io/?p=NlAQ8x
- jareds 12y agoAs someone who is totally blind I would be interested in this if it ever got to a somewhat usable prototype stage.
- abracar 12y agoIndia would be a good place to test it: "Of the 37 million people across the globe who are blind, over 15 million are from India."(http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/India-has-largest-blind-population/articleshow/2447603.cms http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/India-has-largest-b...)