{"id":13959,"date":"2017-02-21T18:57:52","date_gmt":"2017-02-21T23:57:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=13959"},"modified":"2017-02-21T18:57:52","modified_gmt":"2017-02-21T23:57:52","slug":"sci-tech-blitab-tactile-tablet-for-the-blind-and-visually-impaired","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=13959","title":{"rendered":"Sci-Tech: BLITAB tactile tablet for the blind and visually impaired"},"content":{"rendered":"

The touch tablet computer display for the blind is one of those devices that I was sure must already exist in our high-tech world but in fact it does not. However, BLITAB\u00ae\u00a0<\/a>\u00a0of Austria is not only bringing one to market but at a reasonable price, something that is fairly uncommon for such aids for the handicapped:\u00a0This $500 Tablet Brings Words to Blind Users\u2019 Fingertips – Technology Review<\/a>\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

BLITAB describes the device as follows:<\/p>\n

BLITAB\u00ae is the World\u2019s first tactile tablet for blind and visually impaired people. BLITAB\u00ae is a next curve Braille device for Braille reading and writing that displays one whole page Braille text at once, without any mechanical elements. It is like an e-book which instead of using a screen displays small physical bubbles. For the first time our users can have an overview of a whole document. The new developed technology used in the BLITAB\u00ae tablet provides an opportunity for an affordable, 100x better solution, disrupting a market that has no innovations in the last 40 years.<\/em><\/p>\n