Publication/Creation Date

May 8 2017

Creators/Contributors

Marion Harsh (contributor)
Paul Parravano (contributor)
Chen “Bonnie” Wang (contributor)
Chandani Doshi (contributor)
Grace Li (contributor)
Jessica Shi (contributor)
Charlene Xia (contributor)
Tania Yu (contributor)
Maya Wei-Haas (creator)

Description

On Valentine's Day last year a team of six women, all MIT engineering undergraduate, completed  their first iteration of a portable text converter for the blind. The team's latest version, which is about the size of a candy bar, can display six characters at a time and has a built-in camera. 

Augments

Reading, Learning, Interacting

Technology Keywords

Cameras, Microfluidics, Real-Time Display

Keywords

Braille, Blind Literacy, Blind, Accessibility

Marketing Keywords

100% Enthusiasm, Massachusetts Institute Of Technology (MIT), University Of Glasgow, Tactile, Lemelson-MIT Student Prize

Source

http://www.smithsonianmag.com/innovation/device-translates-text-braille-real-time-180963171/