I'd suggest you do a bit more research before jumping to such
conclusions. I doubt you have any idea whether this company worked with
blind people in the research and development of this product or not.
Your comments seem to indicate that you haven't done much reading on
this device, and obviously, you haven't seen it in action yet.
As others have said, a 12 or 14 cell braille display won't be as mobile
as a watch. Just because you don't see how such a device would be useful
doesn't mean there aren't others out there who wouldn't find this device
beneficial.
Luckily there are smart engineers out there who don't listen to such
uninformed negativity and don't just assume it's impossible to come up
with a braille smart watch. It's a good thing Apple engineers didn't
listen to all of the blind nay sayers who said a touch screen could
never be used by the blind. For me, I say put your smart guys on it,
bring me your good ideas, and I'll buy it if I think it's worth it or
I'll move on if I don't. Either way, all blind people will have more
options and more choices.
On 08/14/2015 12:01 AM, Devin Prater wrote:
Companies are getting more stupid every day. Rule 1. Contact actual
blind people before making something, or all you'll do is make yourself
look incredibly stupid.
Now, if you want to make braille, make an 18 cell or even 14 cell device
for mobile, and 40 or 32 for computer usage. Want to make the price go
down? Make a braille display with 12 cells for less than $100 and you'll
gain my respect as Apple has. But until then, braille, my precious, we
must be apart in the digital age.
Sent from my iPhone
On Aug 13, 2015, at 10:37 PM, Alex Hall <[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
My own opinion, since that seems to be the thing for this thread, is
that four cells is just not enough. Even assuming spaces don't matter,
imagine trying to read a hundred-character message or tweet? Unless
there's an ingenious panning solution in this watch, I can't imagine
how whacking the "Advance" button twenty-five times would be
efficient. Of course, I'd love to try this thing out, as the price is
low for what it is, and I'm just intrigued. I'm also very skeptical
that this will prove useful. It seems easier to just leave a small
braille display hooked on your belt or over your shoulder, if braille
is important to you. After all, would that not provide the same kind
of silent notification/reply options that a smart watch can? I'm not sure.
On Aug 13, 2015, at 10:47 PM, Kerri G <[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
Still further, for my 3 cents worth, which you are also getting for
free, grin, if you are navigating with your guide dog or cane, you
have to stop, put the harness or cane in the other hand and read your
smart watch, this is one time I prefer siri or Talk back or voice over.
We live in a society exquisitely dependent on science and technology,
in which hardly anyone knows anything about science and technology.
On Aug 13, 2015, at 10:41 AM, Richard Turner
<[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>>
wrote:
Thinking this out a little further, can you wear a 20 cell display
on your wrist?
I’m not going to buy one, but just like the apple watch, (which I am
also not going to buy,) you are paying for the convenience.
Just my two cents worth, which you are getting for free, grin.
Richard
*From:* [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>
[mailto:[email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Larry Lumpkin
*Sent:* Thursday, August 13, 2015 10:36 AM
*To:* [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>
*Subject:* RE: A Braille Smart Watch?
Let’s think this out. At 4 cells for $300, when you look at 20
cells, you’re back in the price range of what you can get a 20-cell
display for.
*From:* [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>
[mailto:[email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Richard Turner
*Sent:* Thursday, August 13, 2015 12:24 PM
*To:* ViPone list <[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>>
*Subject:* A Braille Smart Watch?
I know nothing more than what is in the article below. This was in
an Email I received today from the National Braille Press. I thought
some folks might be interested.
The link to the article is at the end.
Now The Blind Can Read Texts On This New Braille Smartwatch
Giving the blind one more technological tool to make life easier
By Alexandra Ossola
Posted July 28, 2015
now-blind-can-read-texts-shifting-braille-smartwatch#
Touchscreens are not conducive to the blind as they cannot see the
shifting pixels on the smooth device. That has not only slowed down
the technological literacy for the blind, but has also impaired
their reading literacy, cutting them off from most information that
isn't published in print. Some tech companies have found
workarounds, like having Siri read texts or creating braille
e-readers, but they are often clunky and expensive.
A South Korean startup company may have finally found a solution.
They created
Dot
, the first braille smartwatch, complete with shifting cells of
dots. This inexpensive gadget could help the blind catch up to the
age of smartwatches, the sales of which have increased 475 percent
in the last year thanks to the Apple Watch. But it could also be
used as an educational tool.
“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,” Dot CEO Eric Ju Yoon Kim told
Tech in Asia
. “Wouldn’t you rather read it yourself and hear your girlfriend’s
voice saying it in your head?”
The Dot wearable looks like a cross between a Fitbit and a Pebble Time,
Alphr notes
. On its face, it has four cells each with six active dots, which
can raise or lower to make four braille letters at a time. It links
up with Bluetooth to convert text from apps like iMessage into their
braille letter equivalents with the user’s voice commands. The
device can last for five days without stopping to charge.
One key feature of the Dot wearable is its cost. Unlike braille
e-readers, which can cost thousands of dollars, the device is slated
to cost less than $300 when it hits the U.S. market in December.
But Dot envisions bringing braille beyond the wrist. The inventors
have tested braille screen modules at ATMs and train stations,
programming them to display information that regularly changes, such
as account balances or train schedules. After the wearable’s launch
in December, the startup will shift towards the public sector,
which it anticipates could be its largest market.
http://www.popsci.com/now-blind-can-read-texts-shifting-braille-smartwatch
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