Thursday, February 16, 2012

Braille comes unbound from the book: how technology can stop a literary crisis

By Saabira Chaudhuri from The Guardian

Apple is at the vanguard of a push behind technology that's helping old-fashioned Braille replace text-to-speech audio for the blind – and it couldn't have come at a more critical time

On a lazy Sunday afternoon, Chancey Fleet reads the menu of Bombay Garden to four friends gathered at the back of the Chelsea-based Indian restaurant in New York City.

Although she is reading aloud, there are no menus on the table. They aren't necessary, because Fleet is blind.

Read complete article HERE.

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