[nabs-l] Braille e-Book CONCEPT

[Sarah Alawami]

I do agree there.  I can see it beeing used maybe as a multi line brl
display, or beeing used by nls patrons to read web braille books.

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Sent: Thursday, April 30, 2009 11:19 PM
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Subject: [nabs-l] Braille e-Book CONCEPT

Note that this is only a CONCEPT! This article tells nothing about
availability, price, or even if it will exist on the production line. To sum
it up, it's like a Braille version of the Amazon Kindle. You don't even need
a Braille display to use it. Just like the Amazon Kindle uses a refreshable
paper technology for it's print to reduce the battery life and make reading
more natural for sighted people, so to does this use a technology to achieve
a similar effect in Braille. The link is below a blank line. I do this to
separate the text from the web page to avoid a possibility of run-on speech
with some synthesizers. Enjoy. A side note: If we want hard copy Braille in
the twenty first century, and don't want to bother with expensive embossers
or Braille displays for things like textbooks, I'd say this is the way to do
it. I think we should push for this to go into production. 

Link: http://www.yankodesign.com/2009/04/17/braille-e-book/



      
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