I wonder how fast we can read with 4 characters limit.
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From: "avinash shahi" <shahi88avin...@gmail.com>
To: "accessindia" <accessindia@accessindia.org.in>
Sent: Monday, August 10, 2015 11:37 AM
Subject: [Bulk] [AI] South Korean Tech Company Announces World's First
BrailleSmartwatch
http://www.iflscience.com/technology/south-korean-tech-company-announces-worlds-first-braille-smartwatch
A start-up tech company recently announced that it is developing the
world’s first Braille smartwatch.
Based in South Korea, Dot wants to develop affordable technology for
the visually impaired.
“Until now, if you got a message on iOS from your girlfriend, for
example, you had to listen to Siri read it to you in that voice, which
is impersonal,” said Dot CEO Eric Ju Yoon Kim, speaking to Tech in
Asia. “Wouldn't you rather read it yourself and hear your girlfriend's
voice saying it in your head?”
Driven mostly by the continual releases of Apple products, the market
for smartwatches and smart devices has recently grown exponentially.
According to the World Health Organization, there are 285 million
people worldwide with severe visual impairments. 39 million of them
are classed as legally blind.
Currently, smart braille devices are on the market at a cost of $3,000
and above. Dot aims to make this technology available for a fraction
of the cost at less than $300.
This product will be the first smartwatch option for the blind.
It works by using a Braille display on a smooth face, with four
depressed dots or “cells” that continually refresh and reveal new
Braille characters as they rise and fall.
The size of a watch, the product will be light and easy to use. Dot.
If you’re a speedy reader, the device can also be altered by the user
to change the character refreshing speed.
Haptic technology allows for the smartwatch to provide information to
its user in real time, using touch alone. The smartwatch can connect
to any device using a Bluetooth connection, which converts any text
into Braille letters.
With the battery lasting 10 hours on a single charge, that’s a lot of
reading.
Developed in South Korea, the smartwatch has successfully been tested
on the country’s Braille screens, which are present on ATMs and in
train stations and continually update and deliver information.
“90 percent of blind people become blind after birth,” said Kim, “and
there’s nothing for them right now – they lose their access to
information so suddenly.”
Dot brings the modern wearable technology of now to the blind. The
start-up will make 10,000 Dot smartwatches available by the end of
this year.
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Avinash Shahi
Doctoral student at Centre for Law and Governance JNU
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