[fb-exchange] Fwd: [IrelandVIPNews] Hands-on with the Canute

  • From: Dominique Farrell <hollyandopal@xxxxxxxxx>
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  • Date: Tue, 11 Aug 2015 12:33:58 +0100


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From: Stuart Lawler <stuart.lawler@xxxxxxx>
Date: 11 August 2015 10:45:43 a.m. IST
To: "List for discussing news and issues relating to the visually impaired in
Ireland" <irelandvipnews@xxxxxxxx>
Subject: [IrelandVIPNews] Hands-on with the Canute
Reply-To: List for discussing news and issues relating to the visually
impaired in Ireland <irelandvipnews@xxxxxxxx>

Dear All,

The Irish National Braille and Alternative Formats Authority (INBAF) have
been working with Bristol Braille Technology
(http://www.bristolbraille.co.uk) and recently, we took delivery of the
Canute, the world’s first multiline refreshable Braille E-book reader.

Bristol Braille Technology intend that Canute will help reverse the decline
in Braille literacy by bringing digital Braille within financial reach of the
average user for the first time.

The Canute uses different internal mechanisms from traditional Braille
displays, which allows it to have the unique format of 28 characters per line
over 4 lines.
It uses off the shelf motors and plastic components from laser cutters, and
runs off Open Sourced E-book software that can be freely changed so users can
add their own functionality and adapt the user interface to their
specification.

INBAF will be holding a public event on the afternoon of Thursday September
10th, in NCBI, where you will get an opportunity to not only see the Canute,
but to meet the people behind it, and have a chance to input into its future
development.

In the meantime, we are holding the device in NCBI, Whitworth Road, until
the start of September and are very happy to arrange for anyone to come in
and test it out.

If you’d like to arrange an appointment to do this, please contact me
either by reply email or on 087 9926360.

The more Braille readers who can see this device while it is in development
stage the better!

Kind regards,

Stuart

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Stuart Lawler

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NCBI: Working For People With Sight Loss
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