[dbaust] Article - Mobile phone for the blind
- From: "Di Hartman" <diandjon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <dbaust@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 22 Apr 2013 09:41:15 +1000
The smartphone market is rapidly growing and according to the latest
innovation, blind people will soon be able to receive SMS's and emails
on their smartphones, which automatically converts text into Braille
patterns.
The smartphone for the blind will be based on an innovative touch screen
that is capable of elevating and depressing to create readable text from
the content it receives.
Sumit Dagar, the developer of the latest innovation claims to have
started the project about three years back and will be collaborating
with IIT Delhi on making the prototype, which is currently in its
testing phase.
The smartphone for the blind will use Shape Memory Alloy technology to
sport a grid of pins which will move up and down as required. The grid
is said to have a Braille display, where pins will come up with a
character or a letter.
The screen will also be capable of elevating and depressing the contents
that forms patterns in Braille. However, the rest of the elements will
be like any other smartphone.
Source: http://tinyurl.com/d6jtq3f
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