an online magazine from eyeway.org
an online magazine from eyeway.org
issue 13
november-december 2006
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sections in this issue: by george | focus | prespectives | profile | headlines | snapshots
Japanese inventor, Yazaki Eletronics, has just built a one-pound keyboard with six keys that lets blind people take notes. It stores the data on what is presumed to be a flash drive. When you type, the keyboard speaks each letter as a tone and can be configured to type in Japanese, Chinese or Roman script. The keyboard can then be hooked up to a computer so that you can download your transcripts. Of course, all those features don't come cheap-it is priced at $1,750.
For details, visit www.engadget.com
Other World News stories in this issue:
Pakistan's first Internet café for the blind
Diners try tasting blind
T-Base brings Santa's letters in Braille to blind children
HEADLINES brings you summaries of some news items related to visually impaired people. For more news, visit eyeNEWS, the national and international news digest, at www.eyeway.org/inform/news/index.php
