Zdravo svima,
Žao mi je što ovaj tekst ispod ne mogu prevesti. Vjerujem da će
zainteresovani već naći nači da ako ih ovo interesuju da ga i prevedu,
koristeći Google Translate ili nešto drugo. Mogao sam to i ja uraditi, u
ostalom tako sam i pročitao ovaj tekst ali takvi prevodi nisu za listu.
Još 7. Avgusta 2014. napisao sam tekst pod subjektom: Orbit Research
grupa i TBG najavljuju projekt za jeftine brajeve retke. Ko hoće da pročita
originalnu poruku neka posjeti link:
https://www.freelists.org/post/slikom/Orbit-Research-grupa-i-TBG-najavljuju-projekt-za-jeftine-brajeve-retke
U tom tekstu, pojava ovog jeftinog redka je najavljena za 2016. godinu.
Evo sada je taj projekat i doživio svoje finale i ovaj redak će se uskoro
pojaviti na tržištu. U tekstu su detalji a ja samo kratko prenosim. Redak
od 20 slovnih mjesta, cijena 320 dolara. Sve vrste konekcije, USB,
bluetooth i ostalo. Jest da je i dalje skupo ali je najmanje pet puta
jeftinije nego sada dostupan sličan model.
Originalni tekst:
A low-cost revolution in refreshable braille
After five years of research, Transforming Braille Group unveils affordable
refreshable braille display for use in developing countries and libraries
Dave Power and Kevin Carey holding a refreshable braille display
Perkins President and CEO Dave Power and Kevin Carey with a prototype of
the
new low-cost refreshable braille display.
March 24, 2016
In 2011, Kevin Carey made an announcement that shocked the audience at the
Braille 21 Conference in Leipzig, Germany.
"I got up and said the Royal National Institute of Blind People (RNIB), the
organization I'm the president of, would lead a global effort to cut the
price
of refreshable braille displays by 90 percent," he recalled. "It was kind
of
a big deal to say that. Most people thought I was mad."
Five years later, Carey has succeeded in his mission with support from
blindness organizations like Perkins School for the Blind. On March 23, he
unveiled
a new 20-cell refreshable braille display at the CSUN Conference in San
Diego.
The groundbreaking device has the potential to be manufactured for around
$320, making it a significantly less expensive alternative to braille
displays
that are currently on the market, many of which carry price tags between
$1,000 and $3,000.
"The reality is that many people around the world today cannot afford a
refreshable braille display," said
Perkins Solutions
Vice President Bill Oates. "By making this technology affordable, we're
opening up access to millions of braille readers worldwide and giving them
an
opportunity to gain literacy skills and the independence that comes with
that."
Perkins has long supported making refreshable braille technology available
globally at an affordable price, and contributed funds for the development
of
the new device. Perkins is one of nine managing members of Carey's
Transforming Braille Group.
Refreshable braille displays use moveable electronic pins to generate
braille from computer screens, mobile phones or memory cards, so users can
instantly
access braille versions of emails, text messages or e-books. For braille
readers, the displays are a more convenient alternative to bulky hard-copy
braille
books and documents.
Carey's new display, manufactured by
Orbit Research
and expected to be available for sale this autumn, is a simplified version
of the complex braille notetakers used by many students at Perkins and
other
schools for the blind. Intended primarily as a reading device, it also
includes a simple keyboard for text entry and navigation. Users with mobile
phones
can connect to it with built-in Bluetooth technology.
The device is aimed mainly at students living in poorer countries where
access to technology and printed braille is limited or nonexistent. An
affordable
refreshable display could bring braille into the most remote classrooms,
helping students learn to read and write more effectively, Carey said.
"Current blind children in sub-Saharan Africa have access to speech
synthesis through fairly cheap mobile phones," he said, "but their literacy
level (isn't)
high enough because they (aren't) feeling text under their fingertips."
Carey said an inexpensive braille display would also be popular with
patrons
of national library services, who borrow accessible books from places like
the Perkins Library. By providing borrowers with inexpensive braille
displays, libraries could distribute more books on memory cards and cut
back
on printing
costs for expensive braille books.
"We wanted this device to save libraries all over the world from sending
out
huge amounts of hard-copy braille," Carey said. "If you look at the United
Kingdom, RNIB is spending massive amounts of money every year on (braille)
paper."
Perkins has been actively involved in testing the device throughout its
development. In February, the
Perkins Library
hosted a testing session for the device, inviting staff and library patrons
to give feedback on the display while it was still in the prototype phase.
For several hours, the group discussed everything from the weight of the
display to the noise produced by the mechanical pins. Although not meant to
compete
with high-end displays, the device held its own among experienced
technology
users like Perkins Library Director Kim Charlson.
"The refresh rate is better than I ever thought it would be," Charlson
said.
"For a low-cost display, to see this quality of braille is astonishing."
Library patron Steve Dresser, a retired programmer and frequent braille
user, expressed similar sentiments.
"I've been using braille displays since 1982, and this is terrific," he
said. "It's durable, it's crisp, it seems reasonably responsive - I'm
happy."
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