FYI: More on the affordable braille device

Colleagues:

On today's APA call, I mentioned that a new refreshable braille display
was lighting up the email lists following on CSUN.

The device is called the Orbit Reader 20. It's a 20-char refreshable
braille display expected to cost approximately $500 USD.

The device is more than a simple display device. It also:

*	Supports simple note taking
*	SD card read/write
*	USB and BlueTooth
*	Runs on rechargeable batteries


Read more at APH's page for this device:
http://www.aph.org/orbit-reader-20/

The background of how the device came to be is provided here:
http://www.transformingbraille.org/orbit-reader-20-launch/

Enjoy!

Janina


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Janina Sajka,	Phone:	+1.443.300.2200
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		Email:	janina@rednote.net

Linux Foundation Fellow
Executive Chair, Accessibility Workgroup:	http://a11y.org

The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI)
Chair, Accessible Platform Architectures	http://www.w3.org/wai/apa

Received on Wednesday, 30 March 2016 17:18:01 UTC