For example, the HumanWare Brailliant can connect to mobile devices and computers, allowing the user to type on the six-keyed braille keyboard and read using the one-line display of 32 characters ...

In theory, making a refreshable Braille display is relatively easy. All we need is an array of mechanical devices that can be switched between up and down states.

The devices are typically sold by the Braille dot (one character has six dots), and they can go for $30 or more per dot. But Tactile, proposed to be the size of a candy bar with 36 characters (216 ...

The device began development as a way to adapt the new braille pin (i.e., the raised dots that make up its letters) mechanism created by Dot, a startup I covered last year.

According to the American Foundation for the Blind’s website, a Braille display is an external device that converts text — usually from a computer screen — to Braille via round-tipped pins ...

Video: Tech I Can't Live Without: Mantis Q40 Braille display. Video shows close-up shots of the Mantis Q40 device. It's a standard QWERTY keyboard with a line of refreshable Braille cells at the ...

The device saves costs and increases reliability by using six vibration motors to represent the six dots of a braille cell. However, this leads to an important issue.

Braille devices integrate seamlessly with computers and the internet. Braille readers and writers may use refreshable braille devices like a braille display that connects to a computer and ...

The devices can cost around $3,000 to $5,000. But through the Nebraska Library Commission's Talking Book and Braille Service, library patrons can get the refreshable braille e-readers for free.

Technology has played a significant role in Robinson’s life since 2010. Using a refreshable braille display, she can connect the device to her computer, type directly from it, and transfer text ...

The Narrator in Windows 10 works with Braille displays that use a USB or serial port. To use your Braille display with Narrator, download & install it first.

The Monarch device is essentially a tablet made up of pins that rise and collapse to form Braille cells — it's revolutionary in the fact that it can display 10 times as many cells at a time as ...