It should not be too hard to make, methinks. But all I've seen is machines printing on paper. Does this "ereader" exist, anybody knows?
... Further googling:
Engadget hopes it's not far away.
The displays exists, of a sort, but: "Because of the complexity of producing a reliable display that will cope with daily wear and tear, these displays are expensive. Usually, only 40 or 80 braille cells are displayed."
Another thing of course is that now we have text-to-speech, and the latest iteration in the Kindle Fire HD is actually really good, I read whole books with it.
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Another thing of course is that now we have text-to-speech, and the latest iteration in the Kindle Fire HD is actually really good, I read whole books with it.
Good to know. I need to try that, one of these days. Was trying to sell my "old" Fire, today, so that I could get the new one. I hadn't even thought of that, before; does the first Fire have text-to-speech capabilities? I don't recall. Must go investigate.
I'm pretty sure it doesn't.
Braille readers, or rather braille displays, have been around since the 1950s. How did you think blind people have been using the computer for all these years?
There is not that big of an advantage to having multiple lines of braille displayed on top of each other; you can only read one line at a time anyway. And I would imagine it helps if you don't have to move your hands vertically in order to access the next line.
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