Back to Search
Start Over
A portable piezoelectric tactile terminal for Braille readers.
- Source :
- Applied Bionics & Biomechanics; 2012, Vol. 9 Issue 1, p45-60, 16p, 3 Color Photographs, 10 Diagrams, 1 Chart, 4 Graphs
- Publication Year :
- 2012
-
Abstract
- This paper introduces a novel concept on reading assistive technologies for the blind: the TactoBook, a system that is able to translate entire electronic books (eBooks) to Braille code and to reproduce them in portable electronic Braille terminals. The TactoBook consists of a computer-based translator that converts fast and automatically any eBook into Braille. The Braille version of the eBook is then encrypted as a file and stored in a USB memory drive which is later inserted and reproduced in a compact, lightweight, and highly-portable tactile terminal. In particular, this paper presents a piezoelectric ultrasonic actuation approach to design and implement such portable Braille terminal. Actuating mechanism, design concept, first prototype, and performance results are presented and discussed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 11762322
- Volume :
- 9
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Applied Bionics & Biomechanics
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 71860377