[duxnews] Orbit Research Group & TBG announes project for low cost braille display.

From: "Neal" <neal@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: <duxnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 7 Aug 2014 11:31:30 -0400
Hello:

I thought the following press release would be of interest.

This is not an endorsement.

Cheers,  Neal

Email: Neal@xxxxxxxxxx

TEL:+1 978-692-3000 

FAX: +1 978-692-7912

URL:  <http://www.duxburysystems.com/> http://www.DuxburySystems.com

Duxbury Systems, Inc. 

The name for Braille since 1975.

 

Orbit Research and the Transforming Braille Group Announce Agreement to Produce 
Low-cost Refreshable Braille Display

 

WILMINGTON, DE – August 6, 2015 – Orbit Research LLC and the Transforming 
Braille Group LLC are pleased to announce an agreement to produce a low cost, 
refreshable braille display.

 

Orbit, an international engineering company based in Wilmington, Delaware, 
specialising in high quality, low cost products for blind and partially sighted 
people, will be undertaking the research, development and manufacture of this 
unique product. 

 

The Transforming Braille Group LLC is a global consortium of organisations of 
and for the blind which is investing $1m in the project.

 

The objective of the project is to produce a stand-alone 20-cell refreshable 
braille display for $300 (or £200) which will bring refreshable braille within 
the reach of children in developing countries and will provide libraries in 
developed countries with a viable alternative to hard copy braille. The product 
will be launched at CSUN in 2016.

 

The display is designed to work through USB and Bluetooth connectivity with 
'smart' phones and tablets. It is not intended to compete with high 
specification refreshable braille display already on the market, primarily used 
in education and employment but is intended to bring braille displayed e-books 
to a wide audience at an economical price.

 

"The agreement with TBG is a landmark in our journey to develop and manufacture 
essential products at an affordable cost through the application of mainstream 
technology in unique and innovative ways” said Dr. Gina Spagnoli, Orbit 
Research’s Founder.  “While each of our previous products has brought a 
multi-fold improvement in the state of the art in terms of performance, cost, 
size and features, we are thrilled that through this partnership with TBG, we 
will be able to offer a game-changing product that will impact the daily lives 
of millions of blind people across the world”

 

TBG President, Kevin Carey said: "At last we have a technology which will 
guarantee the survival of braille. It has been my long-standing, publicly 
stated objective to find a disruptive technology which will radically force 
down the cost of refreshable braille so that the world's digital content 
becomes available in a tactile format. This new device will bring braille 
within the price range of educators in developing countries and will enable 
most blind people to access e-books and other internet material without 
resorting to specialist libraries."

 

TBG estimates that its new product will retail at a unit cost less than 20% of 
the current market price. 

 

Contact details:

Kevin Carey, President,

Transforming Braille Group LLC           

Tel:  +44(0)1273 834321

Email:  humanity@xxxxxxxxxxx

www.Transformingbraille.org  (under construction)

 

Carla Morris

Orbit Research LLC

Tel:  1-888-606-7248

Email: morris.carla@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 

www.orbitresearch.com
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