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Braille
An Affordable, Open Source
Smartphone Braille Reader
About us
Idea
Current
Currently refreshable braille displays or keyboards are expensive and bulky!
Now
We are building a universal phone case which integrates a refreshable braille display and keyboard. It's open source so anyone can replicate it!
Future
We create braille "touch" screens at the back of a smartphone for full functionality!
Project Gallery
Partners and Awards
Partners
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Department of EEE, The University of Hong Kong
Gallant Ho Experiential Learning Centre
CEDARS@HKU
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Awards
Gallant Ho Experiential Learning Fund 2018
HKU '81 Inclusion Fund
Hong Kong
Based out of HKU we do most of our design, prototyping and user testing in Hong Kong. We are supported by a team of 8 and the Gallant Ho Experiential Learning Fund at HKU. Our work has also been rewarded the '81 Inclusion Fund as well.
Shenzhen
Being the hardware capital of the world, Shenzhen's ecosystem that we access through x.factory and partners at Huaqiangbei help us reduce the hardware costs of the device.
Tokyo
We traveled to Tokyo in October 2018 to visit the Japan Braille Library as well as meet Josh Grisdale, Emi Aizawa and Mark Bookman who gave us incredible feedback and insignt into our work and the disability space as a whole.
The Team
Sidhant Gupta
sdhntgupta.com
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Rohak Singhak
krohak.me
