[accesscomp] FW: Blitab: World's first tactile tablet is 'iPad for the blind, Dan's tip for June 29 2015
- From: "Robert Acosta" <boacosta@xxxxxxxxxxx>
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- Date: Mon, 29 Jun 2015 07:12:01 -0700
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From: dan Thompson [mailto:dthompson5@xxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Monday, June 29, 2015 5:33 AM
To: dan Thompson
Subject: Blitab: World's first tactile tablet is 'iPad for the blind, Dan's tip
for June 29 2015
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* Why do we ship by truck and send cargo by ship?
* Why do feet smell and noses run?
* How can a SLIM CHANCE and a FAT CHANCE be the same, while a WISE MAN
and a WISE GUY are opposites?
· Why do we ship by truck and send cargo by ship?
· Why do feet smell and noses run?
· How can a SLIM CHANCE and a FAT CHANCE be the same, while a WISE MAN
and a WISE GUY are opposites?
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Blitab: World's first tactile tablet is 'iPad for the blind'
By Anthony Cuthbertson on June 26 2015
Source link is below:
http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/blitab-worlds-first-tactile-tablet-ipad-blind-1508042
The first-ever braille tablet has been developed, using a new liquid-based
technology to create tactile relief outputting braille, graphics and maps for
the blind and partially sighted.
Austria-based startup Blitab Technology claims the "revolutionary" technology
could be used to open up the digital era to the visually impaired, with plans
to develop a braille smartphone.
"We are creating the first tactile tablet for blind and visually impaired
people," Slavi Slavev, chief technology officer and co-founder of Blitab
Technology, told IBTimes UK at the <http://hello-tomorrow.org/> Hello Tomorrow
Conference in Paris. "What we are doing is creating a completely new technology
which outputs braille in a completely new and innovative way without any
mechanical elements.
braille tablet blind blitab slavevTactile relief is created instantly through
small liquid bubbles on the screen(Blitab)
"This is revolutionary and we want to solve a great issue, and that's the
literacy of blind people. The technology is quite scalable so we can output
images and put any tactile relief representation like maps and graphics, such
as geometric figures, in order to serve as an educational tool for blind
people."
Other devices currently on the market are mechanical and only allow for one
line of braille to be generated at any one time. They also cost about
three-times the price of the €2,500 (£1,778, $2,802) Blitab. More recent
refreshable braille concepts, such as the Anagraph e-reader, have run out of
funds before being able to bring the product to market.
The Blitab tablet uses liquid bubbles to instantly generate braille text or
relief images, while the corresponding technology allows text files to be
instantly converted into braille from USB sticks, web browsers or NFC tags.
braille smartphone tablet ipad ereaderRefreshable braille devices currently on
the market only offer one line and are typically expensive(Hims
"Currently there are some solutions which are extremely expensive and they
represent only one line [of braille]," Slavev said. "These devices were
developed 40 years ago and because no one has offered any new innovations since
then, that's still all that's on the market."
In the UK, interest in the Blitab has been shown by the Royal National
Institute for the Blind (RNIB) and Barclays bank, due to its potential for
helping blind and partially-sighted customers instore.
Blitab is currently in the prototyping stage but if the ongoing investment
round is successful the startup is hoping to bring the first product to market
by September 2016.
Slavev added: "We think blind people should be included in the digital era in
which we live, with all of the smartphones and tablets, but also ensure that
they have a proper way to do everything that sighted people do, like web
browsing, reading books and downloading books.
"Only 1% of all books worldwide are available in printed braille, as it's very
expensive to produce printed braille. Some people are even saying that braille
is decreasing among blind people but we want to get to the point where we can
actually change this."
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