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<DIV><FONT face=Calibri>What are you talking about I don't know know what that
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<DIV><FONT face=Calibri>Meg</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=marysefigueroa@gmail.com
href="mailto:marysefigueroa@gmail.com">maryse figueroa</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Sent:</B> Friday, October 14, 2011 1:04 PM</DIV>
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<DIV><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Home-on-the-range] FW: [nfbcs] Braille on the
iPad</DIV></DIV></DIV>
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<P>If this is what you want, rally advocacy angels...that,s you</P>
<P>Maryse<BR>HOTR monitor</P>
<DIV class=gmail_quote>On Oct 14, 2011 1:01 PM, "Meg Silkey" <<A
href="mailto:megmiller@earthlink.net">megmiller@earthlink.net</A>> wrote:<BR
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class=gmail_quote>I think that this is a great idea. I would buy one if that
was one of the features. Braille would be real nice on a touch screan. I hope
that they can get it on there for us braille
users.<BR>Meg<BR><BR>------------------------------<U></U>--------------------<BR>From:
"Stanzel, Susan - FSA, Kansas City, MO" <<A
href="mailto:susan.stanzel@kcc.usda.gov"
target=_blank>susan.stanzel@kcc.usda.gov</A>><BR>Sent: Friday, October 14,
2011 7:43 AM<BR>To: "NFB of Kansas Internet Mailing List" <<A
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[Home-on-the-range] FW: [nfbcs] Braille on the iPad<BR><BR>
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class=gmail_quote>Hi Everyone,<BR><BR>I got this from the computer science
list. It is really a fantastic glimpse into the
future.<BR><BR>Susie<BR><BR>-----Original Message-----<BR>From: <A
href="mailto:nfbcs-bounces@nfbnet.org"
target=_blank>nfbcs-bounces@nfbnet.org</A> [mailto:<A
href="mailto:nfbcs-bounces@nfbnet.org"
target=_blank>nfbcs-bounces@nfbnet.<U></U>org</A>] On Behalf Of Fred
Wurtzel<BR>Sent: Thursday, October 13, 2011 9:37 PM<BR>To: 'NFB of Michigan
Internet Mailing List'; NFB in Computer Science Mailing List<BR>Cc: 'Mike
Ellis'; <A href="mailto:mikeeellis@comcast.net"
target=_blank>mikeeellis@comcast.net</A><BR>Subject: [nfbcs] Braille on the
iPad<BR><BR>This is not simply connecting a Braille display or keypad, it is
Braille<BR>directly through the touch screen. This sounds pretty
cool.<BR><BR><BR><BR>_next article<BR><BR>Tablets turned into Braille
keyboard by US researchers<BR><BR>Man reading Braille Braille can seem
outdated in a world where<BR><BR>touchscreens are ubiquitous<BR><BR>A team
of US researchers has devised a way for people with impaired<BR><BR>vision
to use the touchscreen of a tablet such as an iPad as a
Braille<BR><BR>keyboard.<BR><BR>It turns some previously fundamental
thinking about how to make<BR><BR>technology accessible to blind people on
its head.<BR><BR>Instead of using a keyboard or mechanical writer, users
type directly<BR><BR>onto the flat glass.<BR><BR>The inventors used a novel
design for the keyboard to overcome the lack<BR><BR>of tactile
features.<BR><BR>Smart keyboard<BR><BR>"Instead of having fingers that find
the buttons, we built buttons that<BR><BR>find the fingers," said Stanford's
Sohan Dharmaraja, one of the<BR><BR>researchers on the project.<BR><BR>Mr
Dharmaraja using iPad with Braille software The software creates
a<BR><BR>smart keyboard for users<BR><BR>Users place eight fingers on the
screen and the keyboard appears.<BR><BR>Shaking the device activates a menu,
and further interaction is<BR><BR>achieved by regular touch
gestures.<BR><BR>Mr Dharmaraja, alongside team-mates Adam Duran - an
undergraduate from<BR><BR>New Mexico University - and assistant professor
Adrian Lew, came up<BR><BR>with the idea during a boffin's X-Factor-style
contest.<BR><BR>The competition, organised each year by Stanford University,
challenges<BR><BR>students to come up with some innovative future computing
ideas over<BR><BR>their summer break.<BR><BR>In demonstrations Mr Duran
typed out a complicated mathematical formula<BR><BR>and the chemical
equation for photosynthesis.<BR><BR>But it also offers a solution for more
basic problems.<BR><BR>"Imagine being blind in the classroom, how would you
take notes? What<BR><BR>if you were on the street and needed to copy down a
phone number? These<BR><BR>are real challenges the blind grapple with every
day," said Prof Lew.<BR><BR>There are some obvious benefits to using
touchscreen technology over<BR><BR>traditional Braille
writers.<BR><BR>"Current physical note takers are big and clunky and range
from $3,000<BR><BR>(£2,000) to $6,000 (£4,000). Tablet PCs are available at
a fraction of<BR><BR>the cost and do so much more," said Mr
Dharmaraja.<BR><BR>Promising development<BR><BR>As part of the project, the
students had to learn Braille. The system,<BR><BR>originally developed for
the French military, is made up of six dots<BR><BR>arranged in various
patterns. They are read by people's fingertips.<BR><BR>But the system can
seem outdated in a modern era where touchscreens
are<BR><BR>ubiquitous.<BR><BR>Accessible touch screen devices such as the
iPad offer a huge range of<BR><BR>possibilities for developers and for blind
and partially sighted<BR><BR>people," said Robin Spinks, the Royal National
Institute for Blind<BR><BR>People's manager of digital
accessibility.<BR><BR>"This prototype Braille keyboard for touch screen
devices represents a<BR><BR>very promising development, and RNIB look
forward to being able to test<BR><BR>it with our members in the future," he
added.<BR><BR>It may be some while until the Stanford project is turned into
a<BR><BR>commercial reality but the team are determined.<BR><BR>"Who knows
what we will get because of this device. It is opening a<BR><BR>door that
wasn't open before," said Mr
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