[optacon-l] Re: Fw: [napub] Orbit Research Group & TBG announce project for low cost braille display.
- From: Maureen Hogg <m.e.hogg@xxxxxxxxxxx>
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- Date: Mon, 11 Aug 2014 19:26:31 -0600
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Maureen
[optacon-l] Orbit Research Group & TBG announce project for low cost
braille display.
Orbit Research and the Transforming Braille
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Group Announce Agreement to Produce Low-cost Refreshable Braille Display
WILMINGTON, DE – August 6, 2015 – Orbit Research
LLC and the Transforming Braille Group LLC are
pleased to announce an agreement to produce a
low cost, refreshable braille display.
Orbit, an international engineering company
based in Wilmington, Delaware, specialising in
high quality, low cost products for blind and
partially sighted people, will be undertaking
the research, development and manufacture of this unique product.
The Transforming Braille Group LLC is a global
consortium of organisations of and for the blind
which is investing $1m in the project.
The objective of the project is to produce a
stand-alone 20-cell refreshable braille display
for $300 (or £200) which will bring refreshable
braille within the reach of children in
developing countries and will provide libraries
in developed countries with a viable alternative
to hard copy braille. The product will be launched at CSUN in 2016.
The display is designed to work through USB and
Bluetooth connectivity with 'smart' phones and
tablets. It is not intended to compete with high
specification refreshable braille display
already on the market, primarily used in
education and employment but is intended to
bring braille displayed e-books to a wide audience at an economical price.
"The agreement with TBG is a landmark in our
journey to develop and manufacture essential
products at an affordable cost through the
application of mainstream technology in unique
and innovative ways� said Dr. Gina Spagnoli,
Orbit Research’s Founder. “While each of
our previous products has brought a multi-fold
improvement in the state of the art in terms of
performance, cost, size and features, we are
thrilled that through this partnership with TBG,
we will be able to offer a game-changing product
that will impact the daily lives of millions of
blind people across the world�
TBG President, Kevin Carey said: "At last we
have a technology which will guarantee the
survival of braille. It has been my
long-standing, publicly stated objective to find
a disruptive technology which will radically
force down the cost of refreshable braille so
that the world's digital content becomes
available in a tactile format. This new device
will bring braille within the price range of
educators in developing countries and will
enable most blind people to access e-books and
other internet material without resorting to specialist libraries."
TBG estimates that its new product will retail
at a unit cost less than 20% of the current market price.
Contact details:
Kevin Carey, President,
Transforming Braille Group LLC
Tel: +44(0)1273 834321
Email:
<mailto:humanity@xxxxxxxxxxx>
humanity@xxxxxxxxxxx
www.Transformingbraille.org
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Carla Morris
Orbit Research LLC
Tel: 1-888-606-7248
Email:
<mailto:morris.carla@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
morris.carla@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
www.orbitresearch.com
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