We’ve written a number of times about devices that help the blind.
It’s always exciting to see new technologies that contribute to lives in a special way.
Here’s another sweet tool for the blind.
It’s called the Haptic Braille. It is a nicely designed mouse-like device that translates regular printed text into braille on its surface.
Crazy, right!?!
This makes it possible for the blind to read almost anything on the printed page.
The Haptic Braille uses optical character recognition, so all you have to do is skim over the text, and wait for the haptic feedback. I really like the common design. It looks familiar, so it’s not likely to stick out. Plus, it’s really portable!
This makes every book, in every library, in the world, available for the blind to read.
The Haptic Braille is a 2010 Red Dot Concept Design winning entry by Samsung Art & Design Institute student designer Baek Kil Hyun.
#winning
[via Yanko Design]
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