ALVA BC640 Braille Device


Today, Optelec is setting the standard in Braille communication. With the introduction of the ALVA Braille Controller 6-series, Optelec presents the first series of Braille Access solutions that merges classic Braille display access with modern note taking functionality. The ALVA BC640 combines powerful features with a compact and lightweight design. High quality Optelec Braille cells and easy-to-operate keys allow for effortless reading and smart navigation. The optional Braille Audio Feature Pack makes the ALVA BC640 uniquely versatile. The ergonomically designed Braille input keys and integrated high quality audio speakers makes you operate your ALVA BC640 efficiently and comfortably. Upon request the ALVA BC640 can even be equipped with internal memory, allowing you to store your documents or host your preferred screenreader on-board.


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SMS for those both deaf and blind


PocketSMS is a free app for Android phones, which could be used by people who are deaf and blind to read SMS and send ra eply via SMS. The application communicates by converting the message into vibrations using the Morse Code for reading the SMS and allows users to use any installed keyboard, such as Graffiti, to respond. Before this, the deaf-blind could only electronically communicate using refreshable Braille devices costing thousands of dollars.


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Another step forward for Braille readers


The latest development to impact the visually-impaired is a Braille device born by engineering students in Canada. The inventive undergrads have developed a Braille printer that lets the blind and visually impaired easily label objects that feel similar to the touch, like DVDs. The ergonomic device has six keys for embossing – one for each of the six dots that make up a Braille character. It's still being developed, but according to Cnet's gadget blog, it could hit the market at around $200 – that's £122. A date for release is not yet known. So if you'd like to get your hands on a top office device with Braille features now, the BROTHER HL7050N LASER PRINTER is a reliable printer with a Braille keypad – available from the A1stores site.


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SRI's Electroactive Polymer Artificial Muscle (EPAM)


Surface topology actuation using SRI International's Dielectric Elastomer (aka Electroactive Polymer Artificial Muscle, or EPAM). Applications include vibrotactlie devices, Braille devices, and active 3-D surface texturing for relief mapping or fluid drag reduction. For more information about SRI's patented EPAM technology, visit www.sri.com


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Electronic Braille Tutor


Our graduation project titled "Electronic Braille Tutor" It is an educational tool that is designed to assist blind children from the age of 4-7 years old or for those who've lost thier vision in an advanced age to read and write English or Arabic letters and numbers in Braille code. The device is provided with a voice record/playback chip so that the user could use the device independently and for a long time to improve his reading and writing skill. the idea of this device is based on a manual device called "Albaseer",,a comparison between the two devices is shown in this video. Senior Project submitted to the Electrical Engineering Faculty Islamic University of Gaza Done by: Ameera O. Elrayess Alaa A. Hussien Supervisor: Eng. Moayed Almobaied


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WearaBraille, a virtual wireless Braille keyboard, with an iPhone and VoiceOver


Dr. Joshua Miele demonstrates the WearaBraille, a new virtual wireless Braille keyboard, as an input device to an iPhone running the built-in VoiceOver screen reader. The technology was developed at the Smith-Kettlewell Eye Research Institute by Dr. Miele and engineering fellow Owen Edwards, and presented at CSUN (The Annual International Technology & Persons with Disabilities Conference) in 2010 and 2011. The project described was supported by the Smith-Kettlewell Eye Research Institute and by the National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research. See our other video with WearaBraille using an Android phone: www.youtube.com


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Bookshare.org Member Steffon Middleton


Profile of Bookshare.org member Steffon Middleton, a student at the Alabama School for the Blind. Steffon and his teacher Jill Dunaway read digital books from Bookshare.org on their BrailleNote, a portable Braille device. Bookshare.org is the worlds largest online library for people with print disabilities. It offers more than 40000 books and periodicals in accessible formats for reading in Braille, large print or with digital text-to-speech audio. The Bookshare.org library is free to all qualified US students thanks to funding from the US Department of Educations Office of Special Programs (OSEP). Bookshare.org www.bookshare.org is a project of Benetech www.benetech.org a Palo Alto, California-based nonprofit technology development organization.


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Blind Student Curtis Holman Demonstrates Bookshare


Profile of Bookshare.org member Curtis Holman, a student at the Alabama School for the Blind. Curtis reads digital books from Bookshare.org on his BrailleNote, a portable Braille device.


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Braille Notetaker - Assistive Technology for the Blind


A brief look at how braille notetaker devices are being used by the blind and visually impaired students at the Florida School for the Deaf and the Blind in St. Augustine, Florida.


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Bookshare.org How-To By Steffon Middleton


How-to video featuring Bookshare.org member Steffon Middleton, a student at the Alabama School for the Blind. Steffon reads digital books from Bookshare.org on his BrailleNote, a portable Braille device. Bookshare.org is the worlds largest online library for people with print disabilities. It offers more than 40000 books and periodicals in accessible formats for reading in Braille, large print or with digital text-to-speech audio. The Bookshare.org library is free to all qualified US students thanks to funding from the US Department of Educations Office of Special Programs (OSEP). Bookshare.org www.bookshare.org is a project of Benetech www.benetech.org a Palo Alto, California-based nonprofit technology development organization.


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Stanford Course Yields Touchscreen Braille Writer


In a two-month summer course on high-performance computing, promising undergrads compete to create innovative applications. This summer's winner developed a touchscreen Braille writer that stands to revolutionize how the blind negotiate an unseen world by replacing devices costing up to 10 times more. Related article: news.stanford.edu Stanford University: www.stanford.edu Stanford News: news.stanford.edu Stanford University Channel on YouTube: www.youtube.com


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Multi-Line Refreshable Braille Display: Working & Construction


This is a demonstration of the prototype of a mechanical multi-line Refreshable Braille Display device. View my other videos if you want to skip the technical stuff. Try 'Lincoln Flips' or 'Nat Geo Final Presentation'


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BrailleTouch Helps Visually Impaired Users


A team from Georgia Tech, led by Post Doctorate Fellow Mario Romero (School of Interactive Computing) has designed BrailleTouch for touchscreen mobile devices. The prototype app allows visually impaired people to easily type and opens the door for everyone to text or type without looking at the screen. For more information, visit www.gatech.edu


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Bruce talks about refreshable Braille


Bruce Maguire decribes how he uses a screen reader and refreshable Braille to access the internet. He also demonstrates using the technology to buy a book online.


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Electronic Braille Reader For Internet Webpages


This is a piece from NTDTV about a gadget that helps blind people be able to read the information displayed on internet webpages.


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Refreshable Braille Display with iPhone 4G Tutorial


Victor Tsaran of the Yahoo! Accessibility Lab demonstrates how to use a refreshable braille display to drive the iPhone.


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Beth Demonstrates Braille TTY System


WEBSITE: www.teachertube.com Beth Koenig demonstrates the Braille TTY system that enables deaf blind people to communicate through the telephone.


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Samsung Tab Serving as a Notetaker with a Braille Keyboard!


People without vision loss can take advantage of a wide range of smart devices to take notes, create calendar events, play music, make ohone calls, send SMS and e-mail messages, surf the web,and much, much, more. In a majority of instances, mass-marketed smart tablets are not fully-usable by people who are blind. In order to accommodate these access needs, assistive technology manufacturers designed and developed devices specifically for people who are blind. They are called notetakers. A notetaker may have a Braille or a Qwerty keyboard. They are basically, adapted smart devices. Users who are blind can do the same type of tasks that a non-visually-impaired user does on an off-the-shelf-smart device. Because the electronic notetakers are adapted for persons who are blind or visually impaired they have built in speech output. Users who have hearing impairments as well as vision loss or learn better by reading Braille can purchase an electronic notetaker that has a refreshable Braille display. In fact, some electronic notetakers that have a refreshable Braille display can be attached to a computer and used as the refreshable Braille display for the computer. The cost for these specialized devices start at ~$1500 for a notetaker with a braille or QWERTY keyboard with no Braille display to approximately $5000 with a braille display. While the prices for these devices have decreased somewhat over the years... they are still "separate but equal" devices. But, as just like the <b>...</b>


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CCVIP Demonstrates the BrailleNote Apex, part 1


CCVIP Director, Karen Gourgey demonstrates Humanware's BrailleNote Apex, an accessible Personal digital Assistant (PDA) and note taking device. It offers many features including email, word processing and internet surfing. Information can be input using a braille input keyboard, and output can be delivered through a refreshable braille display as well as through speech technology. Part 1 of 2.


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Refreshabraille 18 from APH with Larry Skutchan


Refreshabraille 18, with Larry Skutchan describes this unique hand-held refreshable braille display that sets a new standard in functionality, flexibility, and portability. Refreshabraille 18™ from APH is an ideal refreshable braille display and braille keyboard for APH's Braille+™ Mobile Manager and other mobile devices such as notebooks, mobile phones, and PDAs. Connects to your mobile device via USB cable or wireless Bluetooth®. Supports common screen readers like Window-Eyes® and JAWS® for the PC and Talks® and Mobile Speak® for mobile phones and PDAs. It combines an elegant design, reliability, and ease-of-use with a rugged metal case. You can purchase the Refreshabraille 18 from the American Printing House for the Blind by clicking on this link: tinyurl.com


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WearaBraille, a virtual wireless Braille keyboard, with an Android phone


Dr. Joshua Miele demonstrates the WearaBraille, a new virtual wireless Braille keyboard, as an input device to an Android phone. The technology was developed at the Smith-Kettlewell Eye Research Institute by Dr. Miele and engineering fellow Owen Edwards, and presented at CSUN (The Annual International Technology & Persons with Disabilities Conference) in 2010 and 2011. The project described was supported by the Smith-Kettlewell Eye Research Institute and by the National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research. See our other video with WearaBraille using an iPhone: www.youtube.com


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Braille 'n Speak


This is a sixteen year old handheld PDA for people with limited vision. We call them note takers. There is no touch screen, in fact there's no screen period. This is the forerunner to the modern PDA as we know it today. There was a need for this type of device back in the mid eighties. I go into how this works, including some random reboots that it did on it's own. LOL


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Refreshing of the Braille Display Explained


This Video is a further explanation of how this multi line refreshable Braille Display device works and the principle of setting and refreshing is also dealt with. If you want skip this technical video - look at 'Lincoln Flips' or 'Nat Geo Final Presentation'


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PAC Mate Braille Display with NVDA-001


Sharon Nichols, Assistive Technology consultant for the Texas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired's Outreach Program explains how to use a PAC Mate as a braille display with NVDA screen reader software. Duration: 8:41.


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PAC Mate Braille Display with JAWS-002


Sharon Nichols, Assistive Technology consultant for the Texas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired's Outreach Program explains how to use a PAC Mate as a braille display with JAWS screen reader software. Part 2 of 2. Duration: 8:25.


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APH Braille Print Protractor: Part 1, Introduction


Susan Osterhaus, Math Consultant for the Texas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired's Outreach Programs, gives a video tutorial for the series: American Printing House for the Blind's Braille Print Protractor: Part 1, Introduction of a protractor and the APH Braille Print Protractor.


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Piezoelectric Braille system with PC parallel port control and HV transistors


Here's a project that makes use of these electronic Braille characters: www.metec-ag.de I built a bunch of transistor amplifiers and use two 74hc373 chips driven by the parallel port to control the state of both Braille characters. Excellent resource for PC parallel port control: www.beyondlogic.org


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CSUN International Technology and Persons with Disabilities Conference 2011


NBC San Diego's coverage of the International Technology and Persons with Disabilities Conference, hosted annually by Cal State Northridge and held in San Diego for the past few years. The 2011 Conference ran from March 14 - 19 at the Manchester Grand Hyatt Hotel. For more info, visit: www.csunconference.org


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PAC Mate Braille Display with JAWS-001


Sharon Nichols, Assistive Technology consultant for the Texas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired's Outreach Program explains how to use a PAC Mate as a braille display with JAWS screen reader software. Part 1 of 2. Duration: 5:52.


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OPAS UIS


Fast texting - single keystroke for any letter. The most efficient communication device that allows you to send messages more quickly with fewer buttons to push. And also enables you to read imcoming messages by placing your thumb over the 6 keys and feeling the movement.


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APH Refreshabraille Display paired with the iPod Touch-iPhone


This video describes pairing the APH Refreshabraille 18 cell display with the Apple iPod Touch/iPhone


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On the Go Braille - Amrita University


An embedded FPGA based device that performs electronic transcription of text to braille using National Instruments Compact Vision System. This has been achieved by B.Tech EEE students of Amrita University.


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Impact of New ADA Standards on ATM Terminals - Switch Commerce


New ADA standards have a full compliance deadline of March 15, 2012 for all ATM machines. The Americans with Disabilities Act requires that all ATM terminals meet these new requirements. There will be no safe harbor provision for existing units the the new regulations apply universally to all lobby, walk-up and through-the-wall ATM terminals. The design standards impact: - Height - Reach - Clear Floor Space - Accessible Route - Voice Guidance - Display Screen - Braille Instructions - Function keys - Input Device - Numeric Keypad - Multi-terminal Locations ATM Independent Sales Organizations (ISO) and Independent ATM Deployers (IAD) need to inventory their ATM portfolios, including: - Manufacturer - Model Number - Year Manufactured - Software Version - Speech Capabilities For more information, please go to: www.switchcommerce.com


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BrailleNote APEX.MOV


A video demonstration featuring Jim Sullivan of Humanware demonstrating the Braille Note Apex a revolutionary device for people who are blind.


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Sensor Fusion on Android Devices: A Revolution in Motion Processing


Google Tech Talk August 2, 2010 ABSTRACT Presented by David Sachs. Gyroscopes, accelerometers, and compasses are increasingly prevalent in mainstream consumer electronics. Applications of these sensors include user interface, augmented reality, gaming, image stabilization, and navigation. This talk will demonstrate how all three sensor types work separately and in conjunction on a modified Android handset running a modified sensor API, then explain how algorithms are used to enable a multitude of applications. Application developers who wish to make sense of rotational motion must master Euler angles, rotation matrices, and quaternions. Under the hood, sensor fusion algorithms must be used in order to create responsive, accurate, and low noise descriptions of motion. Reducing sensing errors involves compensating for temperature changes, magnetic disturbances, and sharp accelerations. Some of these algorithms must run at a very high rate and with very precise timing, which makes them difficult to implement within low-power real-time operating systems. Within Android specifically, this involves modifying the sensor manager, introducing new APIs, and partitioning motion processing tasks. David Sachs began developing motion processing systems as a graduate student at the MIT Media Lab. His research there led him to InvenSense, where he continues this work with MEMS inertial sensors used in products such as the Nintendo Wii Motion Plus. David's designs incorporate gyroscopes <b>...</b>


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SixtyFour


This application is used to learn grade 1 & 2 Braille cells used by blind people to read and write. One can study the cells in a list or construct the cells them self by touching the white blocks until the correct ones are orange.


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