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Billy Smith

Chewy design! 😁

This is similar but different to the Hackaday solution:

hackaday.io/project/191181-ele…

Electromechanical Refreshable Braille Module

The big drawback to refreshable braille devices has always been their cost. The loose rule of estimation applied to these products has translated into something like $100 to $150 per braille cell.
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Billy Smith

It would be worth his looking at the Sensorica business model:

sensorica.co/ventures

They only work on OSHW, but the people working on the hardware get paid for the designs, and, then use localised manufacturing for the distribution. 😁

It gets the overall energy-costs down per end-user, but still means that the engineers involved can get paid a fair rate. 😁

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Sara Joy

this looks great but it's just a single module, right?

If someone wants to read braille, I imagine (but I don't know, I'm very happy to be corrected) they'll want to move their finger along the word or phase and be able to go back and forth if needed.

Wikipedia reckons most braille displays have 40-80 characters, while some note taking devices have less.

If he can still keep it cheap and robust with that many characters then great!

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LibreFaso

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This, and also, is 86% recognition enough for actual use ?

@hypra would you know that ?

There's also the question of the time needed to read (which I guess is related to the issue you're mentioning); though a 30$ braille reader would still be useful even if very slow I suppose, for those who have no way to afford the costlier ones.

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D.Hamlin.Music

@JStark @Jage Yep, we get about 40 of these a year across the #OurBlind platforms, I do not know one that has resulted in any product. Also the $50 price listed above is for a single cell, which works out to $1000 for a 20 cell #BrailleDisplay, IE the same price as the #OrbitReader Q20.
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D.Hamlin.Music

@Jage @JStark I think the more likely route for this is improving cheaper technology that's already in production, the Orbit electromechanical ones, and the magnetic resistance ones that I believe the BrailleMe used. Along with improved availability of long term loan programs like the #NLSEReader, and expanding grant programs like the Association of Blind Citizen's Assistive Technology Fund.
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Jage

@dhamlinmusic @JStark Thinkerbell, also in India, was showing a 32-cell display at CSUN that they were aiming for a $1,000 price point with a November release. It was also quite tiny and would definitely be something I would consider for a travel bag. It seemed a bit similar to the Orbit tech but quieter. I'm not sure if this is at all related to that.
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