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The Dot Translate mobile device, in real-time, enables translation of text input to braille, the tactile language that the blind and sight-impaired use to read and write. The ultraportable Dot Translate mobile device not only bypasses embossed braille card-stock sheets, together with the prior art of manual or automated braillers, used for embossing braille on braille sheets, the Dot Translate mobile device also opens access to refreshable braille. Braille that constantly changes on screen, thereby vastly expanding the types, sources and volume of texts available in braille, in real-time, for the blind and sight-impaired. Using pin-actuated hardware with perforated glass to create tactile relief, together with Artificial Intelligence (AI) neural network translation algorithms, the Dot Translate mobile device is designed to convert any text input from the web to braille, including web pages, pdfs, and text messages.
In addition to the many US utility patents awarded for all the various aspects of this breakthrough technology, designed for the blind and sight-impaired, the slick and ultraportable Dot Translate mobile device is the recipient of a US design patent. As a reminder, a US design patent covers the ornamental aspects of an invention, or the way an invention looks, in contrast to US utility patents, which cover the functional aspects of an invention, or how the invention works. The US design patent USD815631, titled Mobile computing device for the vision impaired, was awarded on April 2018, to Ju Yoon Kim, the inventor and CEO of Dot Incorporation. A South Korean company dedicated to creating a barrier-free world for the blind.
Below, the patent coversheet figure drawing, depicting a front isometric view, and a left elevation view of the mobile computing device, for the vision impaired. An image of the marketed, slick and ultraportable, Dot Translate mobile device for the blind and vision impaired, is also included.
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An online demonstration of the Dot Translate, text to Braille, AI neural network translation engine, is also included here. You might try the engine live here. Just type your text in English, and Dot Translate will convert it to Braille(1). Braille that becomes readable, in real time, for the blind or sight-impaired, using refreshable braille, tactile relief hardware, such as that which is embodied in the Dot Translate mobile device.
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Note (1) In case the Dot Translate, text to Braille, live engine is glitchy, please experiment with the link BrailleTranslator.org , which also includes a back translation field.
References
Dot Incorporation
Dot Translate
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