The "dirty" secret is that only a very small number of blind people in the U.S. know how to read Braille. Something like 15 percent. Yeah, Braille literacy is a problem. Cool device, though.
Dan -- see this quote from the 6dot website: "As suggested by the parents and teachers whom we met at the CTEVH conference, the 6dot could have a significant impact on a child’s literary development. Teachers discussed their common practice of affixing Braille labels onto every item in a classroom to create a Braille-rich environment and facilitate learning." This device could change that statistic!
The Triumph proved to be one of the better looking and performing pre-paid handsets we'd had the pleasure of holding in our sweaty mitts, but we had one major hangup: the name.
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The "dirty" secret is that only a very small number of blind people in the U.S. know how to read Braille. Something like 15 percent.
Yeah, Braille literacy is a problem.
Cool device, though.
Dan -- see this quote from the 6dot website:
"As suggested by the parents and teachers whom we met at the CTEVH conference, the 6dot could have a significant impact on a child’s literary development. Teachers discussed their common practice of affixing Braille labels onto every item in a classroom to create a Braille-rich environment and facilitate learning."
This device could change that statistic!