Sharon Nichols, Assistive Technology consultant for the Texas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired’s Outreach Program, explains how to use a BrailleNote mPower as a braille display with JAWS screen reader software. Part 3 of 3. Duration: 5:07.
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This video is a demonstration of the display. You will get to see close up views of the pins being actuated. The actuators are very robust and you can get to see Lincoln flippin! For a more detailed description look at other videos on my channel. Search for ‘pgdsouza’
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In a world-leading initiative, a research group led by Takao Someya at the University of Tokyo has developed a material that has high electrical conductivity, but can stretch and contract like rubber. The group has used this material to make integrated circuits containing organic transistors.
Recently, carbon nanotubes dispersed in polymers have been used in efforts to create conductive materials that can stretch and contract. However, carbon nanotubes clump together, and this problem has prevented researchers from obtaining the desired characteristics. Someyas group solved the clumping problem by dispersing the nanotubes in an ionic liquid before mixing it with a polymer. The resulting material, with its uniformly dispersed nanotubes, shows hardly any change in electrical conductivity even when stretched by up to 70%.
Someyas group has used this elastic material to make a large integrated circuit, and is studying how to incorporate sensors for temperature, pressure, ultrasound, and light. Such a large, flexible sensor could be attached to the surface of a robot, to give the robot a sense of touch similar to that of human skin. The group is also working to create a flexible Braille display, by building in actuators instead of sensors. Artificial Skin
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I know there is some sort of color coded light display application/device that allows deaf people to "see" music through various colors representing notes or instruments.
-But is there anything for people who are blind and deaf?
Maybe something that utilizes bass and/or vibrations?
Pherhaps a modified braille of some sort?
Please note that while sound are vibrations in the air, hearing is actually the ear’s ability to turn these vibrations into an electrical signal, which is sent to the brain. If the ear cannot turn these signals into an electrical signal, or if the brain cannot get the signal, the person does not hear. There is something called a tactile hearing aid, which a person wears either on their body, such as their chest, or their fingers. This changes sound into a stronger vibration, so the person can tell when there’s a sound. If a blind/deaf person wears this while listening to music, they might be able to feel the rhythm of the music, but they wouldn’t be able to ‘hear’ it. As far as the bass goes, anybody can feel that if it’s loud enough. Bass is much easier to feel (think of a loud car with the bass booming, it can rattle your windows and you can feel it in your chest), because low frequencies are turned into tactile energy at a much lower intensity than high frequencies.
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fingers glide…intently
seeking the meadow of refuge
a season in the absence of knowing
where time is but a fleeting worry
and the cuvature of space is all that matters
reading the braille of soft silk
lips sigh near the port of madness
no words will find the eager tongue
only trembling keeps its company
mouth draws open hotly
hovers other the site
awaiting surrender to the invitation
the bombardment to commence
as floods rage against elasticity
pressure surges forward into veins
the facade of inhibition begins to crack
the tensile strength of modesty is threatened
cages heave for lack of breath
spines curl with longing
passions voice is low and haggard
rasped with desperate hunger
a clash of wills is displayed
testing limits of abandon
the skin cries its abuse
salty tears bead and pool
lubricating the animals have become
locked in natures drive
compelled to seek the meaning
tactile
sensory elation
reality is a whispered encouragement
the eyes light up in vanity
glazed by the sudden release
near the edge the call is heard
tugging back to this place
as walls are hurriedly raised
to keep the enemy at bay
thanks for the advice
I do not really plan my stuff out
it just kind of happens verse by verse
I like your "voice" but not your tone and form. Can we have some punctuation "up in here"?
hovers other the site…over?
!st thought was ecstasy but your ending deflates that.
You may be bored but your mind is very much "entertained".
This is a short video made for the Nat Geo “Shaping The Future” contest – for which the device prototype won a national award. The coin flipping is used to depict the scale of the Braille cells and the firm action of the actuators. If you want a slightly more detailed video – look at ‘Lincoln Flips’.
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I am legally blind, but I can still read large print. I already get braille, large print, and audio books from my state library for the blind, but some books I can only get through Bookshare (a service for the blind and learning disabled that produces books in .xml and .html formats from scanned books). I hate reading books from Gutenberg and Bookshare on my desktop, and my laptop doesn’t have that great of a battery life, so I am wondering if the Sony Reader might be a good portable option for me. I can read print that is at least 14 point, but prefer 16 or 18 if possible. How large is the large font size? Are there any add-on programs or hacks that can increase the font size beyond what the machine ships with? Is the digital paper display comfortable to read for long periods?
I have a sony reader and not only is it comfortable but also its zoom function is able to make huge sized font (20 or more) if the book is from a pdf format but with the ones you have I am unsure.
This Video is a further explanation of how this multi line refreshable Braille Display device works and the principle of setting and refreshing is also dealt with. If you want skip this technical video – look at ‘Lincoln Flips’ or ‘Nat Geo Final Presentation’
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Refreshable Braille display