Tactile (device)
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tactile-device-281-3472766
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Tactile (device)
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Tactile is a real-time text-to-braille translation device currently under development at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. It was conceived by a team of undergraduate students, competing as "Team 100% Enthusiasm", during a 15-hour MIT "hackathon". The device is slid over printed text and a camera captures images of the words and sends them to a microcontroller. The information moves the pins up and down, translating the text into Braille. Once on the market it is hoped to be much cheape
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tactile_(device)
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2022-12-27T10:09:46Z
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