The blind and partially sighted have to face many obstacles every day, but their lives will become a little easier in the future. After several years, the Dot smart watch for the blind and visually impaired is coming to the market, which will contribute to their easier everyday life and equal communication opportunities.
Did you know that in the world there is 285 million people, which have large problems with your vision. Now their lives will become easier and more closely related to the lives of those we are lucky enough to see and of whom she has become a large part wearable technology, which until now the blind have had nothing to help themselves with. The first smart watch for the blind and partially sighted Dot it changes.
It contains four dynamically active cells, which enable reading Braille, and the user chooses the speed of changing characters himself. The watch, like any other smartwatch, connects to the smartphone via a link Bluetooth and "decrypts" the text of any application or services (Messenger, Google Maps...).
There are two buttons and a crown on the side that allow quick answers, receiving calls, remote control … The battery provides hours seven days of autonomy.
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The watch is an important contribution to a better quality of life for the blind, because Braille reading devices they are quite expensive, as are books in Braille. The range of these is very limited and these are all reasons why Braille is used only five percent are blind. There is a charge for the Braille smartwatch 300 euros, and one of the first owners will be a musician Stevie Wonder.
Gallery - the first clever trick of the blind and partially sighted Dot:
More information:
dotincorp.com
