Braille Keyboard Could Benefit the Sighted

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External News Details

BrailleTouch, an app designed by Mario Romero (Interactive Computing), incorporates the Braille writing system into a touch-screen device . It essentially turns an iPhone ‘s touch screen into a soft-touch keyboard programmed for Braille, thus requiring only six keys. Source: Wall Street Journal

Additional Information

Groups

College of Computing, School of Interactive Computing

Categories
Computer Science/Information Technology and Security
Keywords
Mario Romero; BrailleTouch; Braille; iPhone; app; visually impaired; blind
Status
  • Created By: Michaelanne Dye
  • Workflow Status: Published
  • Created On: Feb 20, 2012 - 6:09am
  • Last Updated: Oct 7, 2016 - 10:25pm