Yanko Design is featuring a product concept that can quickly and automatically read tactile Braille to the user. The donut shaped device, named Snail, would have a touch sensitive surface that can resolve individual bumps on paper and a speaker that would vocalize the text. Guide wheels along the outer edge of the sensor would help navigate the unit down the line of text to be read. Additionally, a built-in Bluetooth radio would be able to transmit the audio to an ear piece for less conspicuous use.
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Snail Reader Vocalizes Printed Braille
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