Braille eReader @ Canute
It is the world’s first viable multi-line Braille
eReaders, it can be real gift for the blind user in terms of Reading
Technology.
For insight available @ Press Release
Canute Braille eReader @ Multi-line Braille ereaders
A New Braille E-Reader Is Heading
into Production
Multi-line Braille ereaders are the holy grail of reading
technology, and it looks like one may soon be available to buy.
UK startup Bristol Braille Technology has developed the
Canute, a multi-line Braille reader that is expected to retail for "around
the cost of a new iPhone, not far off the price of a Perkins Brailler," BBT
said on their website. "That’s around twenty times cheaper per cell than
existing digital Braille devices."
Canute is the world’s first viable multi-line refreshable
Braille e-reader; a ‘Kindle for blind people’. Available for a price comparable
to a new iPhone or Perkins Brailler, Canute has been developed by Bristol
Braille Technology with, by, and for the blind community.
Canute has been in development since 2012. In March 2018
it will begin its final pre-production testing pilot, prior to beginning sales
later in the year. We’d love to give a specific release date, but its important
to us to be transparent with our users: we want to hear back from the pilot
programme feedback before we give a definitive date, and we don’t want to rush
to market, only to deliver a sub-standard machine.
The Canute is supposed to hit the market later this year,
but in the meantime BBT is showing off the Canute next
Friday at the Royal National Institute Of Blind People. So if you are in
London, you can check it out.
Other Braille tablets include the Blitab
and an ongoing research project
at the University of Michigan. Neither device has been released yet.
Regards
Prof. Pralhad Jadhav
Master of Library & Information Science (NET
Qualified)
Senior Manager @ Knowledge Repository
Khaitan & Co
Mobile @ 9665911593
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