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A braille smartwatch that brings text messages to the blind
This is pure genius! A South Korean startup has introduced a smartwatch called Dot. This sleek and cool device does more than your swanky LED-display ones do. For starts, it has a tactile face with dots that pop up and move to represent data in braille, as it is updated. The smartwatch makes used of…
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Braille Touch for the visually impaired makes smartphones easier to use
Quite a few of us have mastered the art of touch typing i.e. typing without having to look at the keys on the keyboard. For those who haven’t, this open-source application is bound to lend a helping hand with the same. Also designed keeping the visually impaired in mind, this application called the Braille Touch…
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Money Identifier for the blind will be more than just useful
The blind have always had a problem with currency, especially bills. There exist felons who take undue advantage of those who have vision disabilities and con the blind by handing them less change than they should be getting. And this is just one instance. Identifying currency notes never was an easy thing for the blind…
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Will the Thimble see the light of the day?
Over the years, mobile technology has evolved to make life easier for the handicapped. Thimble, a Bluetooth finger-glove is a new such concept designed to help the blind. Thimble is designed to hook up to your iPhone via Bluetooth and works as a Braille display. By transmitting Braille shapes onto the fingertip via an “electro-tactile…
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Porn for the blind by Tactile Minds leaves nothing to the imagination, it’s all in the hands
There’s no denying the fact that the porn industry is big. Well maybe big is a bit understated, but you get the idea. But my heart has always gone out to the blind as they really don’t get to experience most of the hardcore angles that you or I have taken for granted. One lady…
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Credit card for the blind is yet a concept
Though we have great news for those who are visually impaired we miss out on the opportunity of seeing it shower its blessing on them. This is because the technology is still in its conceptual days. We hope that it spills out into the commercial arena so that it can benefit the visually challenged. The…
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New Braille research allows the blind to read emotions
There are a few traces of a person’s emotion and mood hidden in the way they speak to a particular person at a particular time. However, seeing a smile on a person’s face amplifies the intensity of the emotions and let’s you know what they’re doing at that particular moment. This was denied to the…
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Braille phone is ‘a dream come true’ for the visually impaired
We had seen this novel vibrating phone some months back that sent out patterned vibrations to let blind/deaf people know whose calling. However, it didn’t really fulfill the purpose of giving them a fully functional device that could match its regular counterpart. So to settle the scores we have this fantastic Braille Phone that has…
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Touchscreen developed for the blind
Finnish scientists have created a vibrating touch screen phone, for the visually challenged, that can simulate Braille characters. A Nokia 770 mobile Internet tablet was the main research tool used, and since it already has haptic feedback built in to the screen, it’s relatively easy to develop and test the technique. Instead of recreating the…
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World’s first Vibrating Braille cell phone developed in Japan
A former teacher at a school for the blind and a professor from Tsukuba University of Technology have developed a cell phone that sends out vibrations representing Braille symbols to enable people with sight and hearing difficulties to communicate. The phone, reportedly the first of its kind in the world, was created by 73-year-old former…
