I was in touch with Bristol Braille a couple years ago, and told them about 
SenseG's E-Sense technology. They contacted the company, and were told that, at 
that time, E-Sense lacked the necessary resolution for braille dots. Hopefully 
the technology improves. I have heard nothing since that email in 2012, so who 
knows what has happened since. Last I looked, though, Bristol had no hard 
details, just more prototypes and goals than solid products. I don't mean to 
put them down, as I am totally behind what they are trying to do, I'm just 
saying I don't think development has gone the way they hoped it would.
On Jul 13, 2014, at 2:06 PM, Teresa Cochran <[email protected]> wrote:

> I wonder if the new displays will involve the technology that Senseg in 
> Finland were working on. It's not haptic, but some kind of film that is 
> touch-sensitive and produces electrical virtual buttons, etc. This film is 
> supposedly very inexpensive to produce and program. It was speculated it 
> could be used for buttons on touch screens, so why not Braille? Pure 
> speculation, of course.Teresa
> 
> 
> 
> "We're made of star stuff."--Carl Sagan
> 
>> On Jul 13, 2014, at 10:58 AM, Eileen Misrahi <[email protected]> 
>> wrote:
>> 
>> Hi Sandy,
>> 
>> In the mid to late 1990s, at CSUN there was a company that had a full page 
>> display and also a tactile full page display. What caught my eye with the 
>> tactile (may not be using the right name) was that one could track the 
>> second hand on the computer in the time dialog box. It never came to  the 
>> general blind community because I remembered the price was out of sight and 
>> the pockets of most consumers. I'll be intersted if more information comes 
>> out about this or a multi-line braille display. For myself, I think I could 
>> only handle a 4-6 line display. Otherwise, I think I would get lost. JMO.
>> 
>> Oh by the way, I'm still working on the Text Grabber issue and will post 
>> later.
>> 
>> Eileen 
>> 
>> Sent from my iPhone
>> 
>>> On Jul 13, 2014, at 10:31 AM, Sandratomkins <[email protected]> 
>>> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Hi,
>>> Does anyone know anything about a new type of braille display called midas? 
>>> It is being developed by Bristol Braille technology. It may be a haptic 
>>> display, but I am only guessing...
>>> 
>>> They also seem to have a multi-line braille display which appears to be 
>>> much cheaper than our usual fare. I would like to know more about both of 
>>> these, but can't seem to find much in the way of detail. If anyone has more 
>>> success searching the net...
>>> 
>>> Sandy
>>> 
>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>> 
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