A start - up tech troupe of late announced that it is developing the world ’s first Braille smartwatch .
Based in South Korea , Dot want to evolve low-cost applied science for the visually impaired .
“ Until now , if you got a message on Io from your lady friend , for object lesson , you had to listen to Siri read it to you in that voice , which is neutral , ” said Dot CEOEric Ju Yoon Kim , speak toTech in Asia . “ Would n’t you rather read it yourself and get a line your girl ’s voice saying it in your head ? ”
Driven mostly by the continual releases of Apple product , the market for smartwatches and smart devices has recently grown exponentially .
accord to theWorld Health Organization , there are 285 million people worldwide with life-threatening visual impairments . 39 million of them are classed as lawfully blind .
presently , smart braille devices are on the market at a price of $ 3,000 and above . back breaker purport to make this technology available for a fraction of the cost at less than $ 300 .
This mathematical product will be the first smartwatch option for the blind .
It work by using a Braille display on a fluid face , with four depressed dots or “ cells ” that continually review and bring out new Braille characters as they arise and fall .
The size of a watch , the mathematical product will be light and well-fixed to use . Dot .
If you ’re a speedy reader , the gadget can also be altered by the exploiter to change the type refreshing stop number .
Haptic engineering science allows for the smartwatch to provide entropy to its drug user in genuine time , using touch alone . The smartwatch can join to any equipment using a Bluetooth connexion , which exchange any text edition into Braille alphabetic character .
With the battery lasting 10 hour on a single charge , that ’s a lot of version .
explicate in South Korea , the smartwatch has successfully been test on the country ’s Braille screens , which are present on ATMs and in train Stations of the Cross and continually update and deliver selective information .
“ 90 pct of blind the great unwashed become unsighted after birth , ” said Kim , “ and there ’s nothing for them right now – they lose their access to information so short . ”
Dot brings the modern wearable technology of now to the blind . The start - up will make 10,000 Dot smartwatches available by the closing of this year .
[ H / T : Popular Science ]
