Braille has just got a lot more savvy a brand new tablet
that lets you to read in the tactile text! BLITAB
is the world’s first handheld tablet for blind and visually impaired people, opening
up a world of reading for them by becoming the first of its kind to let you to
read in braille.
Over 285 million blind and visually impaired people in the
world that can't fully be part of the modern social community we are living in
today, and the BLITAB aims to change this.
The accessible design allows you to convert any text file from
USB sticks, memory cards and online content, into braille code, which then
appears through raised buttons that move up and down on the interface! It is
like an e-book which instead of using a screen displays, small physical bubbles
rise and fall on demand, composing a whole page in Braille code without any
mechanical elements!
Unlike regular braille readers that show only one line of
text at a time, you can upload and read large text files, like books, with a
USB stick. The invention could allow blind and partially sighted people to read
during travel and improve access to study materials for students.
Kristina Tsvetanova, a co-founder of BLITAB came up with the
idea after helping a blind colleague to sign up to an online course. Her aim
was to give blind and partially sighted people the opportunity to enjoy reading
like sighted people.
BLITAB is currently in the
prototype stage and there isn’t a planned date for release yet, but watch this
space for development news! You can find out more on BLITAB here.
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