libre braille devices

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Masaru Suzuqi -under review-
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A rejoint: 06/06/2018

Chao. I have been having an idea to develop a braille device something like this:

1. Looks like an iPad or such. But it has countless projections on its surface instead of a screen.

2. The projections move up and down like some braille devices do.

3. Entirely libre hardware by default.

I think that reading by fingers is faster and more efficient than listening the reader's voice such as Orca.
And since people can touch and read any point on the screen freely without order, I think it is more like seeing the screen.

I know that there are few projects to develop the latest braille devices. If you search for the web, you would be able to see some pictures of those, one of them seemed very similar to of the idea above. I have sent some emails to some projects but it seems that some of them came to deadlocks.
And there are already some kinds of braille devices, and some of them seem to be useful, but some of those seem ridiculously expensive. I guess that maybe the developers rely on a subsidy, so they would set the prices so high but it does not seem to be so healthy.

I would like to know the current precise situations of braille devices world. Would someone who is familiar with it mind telling me the information? I wonder if there is already such a braille device. But even if there is, it probably would not respect your freedom. Thank you.

Magic Banana

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A rejoint: 07/24/2010

Would someone who is familiar with it mind telling me the information?

Pawel Loba recently tested a Braille device on Trisquel 9: https://listas.trisquel.info/pipermail/trisquel-users/2020-April/096755.html

He may inform you if you write to him.

Masaru Suzuqi -under review-
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A rejoint: 06/06/2018

Thank you. I see. It seems that he has several braille displays. How many and which/which kind of braille displays does he have?

Magic Banana

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A rejoint: 07/24/2010

I have no idea. Ask him by email.

Masaru Suzuqi -under review-
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A rejoint: 06/06/2018

Don't you think we should share this kind of information on the forum rather than emailing privately?

Magic Banana

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A rejoint: 07/24/2010

Then, signal him by email the existence of this thread.

Masaru Suzuqi -under review-
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A rejoint: 06/06/2018

No, you do. I mean, above all, I am perhaps older than you. And I am not such an arrogant person who can do such a thing in spite of being a relatively new user. You are a senior user.

Magic Banana

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A rejoint: 07/24/2010

No, you do. I mean, above all, I am perhaps older than you.

So what? You are the one who "would like to know the current precise situations of braille devices world". I simply remembered a thread was published on this forum on using a Braille device on Trisquel. I thought it may help your quest for information. I do not know Pawel Loba.

I am not such an arrogant person who can do such a thing in spite of being a relatively new user.

How is it arrogant to politely ask somebody by email for information?

andyprough
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A rejoint: 02/12/2015

I emailed Pawel about this question and thread. As much as it would amuse me to watch you two continue to go at each other, I decided Pawel might actually like to engage on this topic.