- From: Janina Sajka <janina@rednote.net>
- Date: Thu, 31 Mar 2016 14:08:14 -0400
- To: W3C WAI ARIA <public-aria@w3.org>
Colleagues: On today's ARIA 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 -- Janina Sajka, Phone: +1.443.300.2200 sip:janina@asterisk.rednote.net 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
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