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In Pursuit of an Affordable Tablet For the Blind


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Braille tablet prototype

A prototype of the tablet, which uses air or fluid to raise the dots that create braille letters.

Credit: Kelly O'Sullivan, University of Michigan College of Engineering

An inexpensive, full-page braille tablet could make topics like science and math more easily accessible to the blind, according to a team of researchers who have built a prototype device.

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