Multi-line Braille Display, TACTIS100, Launched by Tactisplay Corp.

    CHEONAN-SI, KOREA, July 05, 2015 /24-7PressRelease/ -- Tactisplay Corp. launched TACTIS100, multi-line text braille display, having 100 cells. There are many 20, 40, 80 cells braille display in the market. But, all these displays have just one line where TACTIS100 has 4 lines of 25 cells each.

Multi-line functionality enables this display to show spreadsheet contents easily. Using its 4 lines, top line displays title of column when other 3 lines can display column contents. If selected current cells is changing, this display can show cells contents around the selected one.

In the text braille reading, its 100 cells will enable braille reader to sense 100 characteres simultaneously. It can display additional 20 characters than 80 cells display, which is 570mm long. Its length, 305mm, is shorter than that of 40 cells braille display.

Screen reader S/W modified from NVDA will be supplied with this device. When connected to PC using Bluetooth, PC monitor contents will be transferred to the device. In standalone mode, text files in the USB memory stick can be displayed.

Refresh time of the display is set to 5 sec or less. Dimension is 305*128*45mm, weight is 1 kg.

Price of this display is set to under 2,000 USD, which is lower than any 40 cells braille display in the market, apart from the 80 cells braille display, which is normally sells at more than 7,000 USD.

Tactisplay Corp. is a small firm located in South Korea and in the business since 2008. Our specialty is creative design and low cost manufacturing. We developed various sensors, actuators, controllers, DSP systems, simulators, production monitoring systems, production schedulers for automotive, flat panel display, oil & gas, water processing industries for years. But, our main interest is developing & producing graphic tactile display for the blind or deafblind people.

We tested hundreds of ideas, targeting at low cost, high density tactile pins, fast enough, durable graphic tactile display. Finally we were able to develop innovative GTD product for blind people that meets our cirteria. We know that usage scenario and S/W side of the product is equally important for these products. We have talented S/W developers that can cope with various user requirements around these products. For example, smartphone has current GPS position, map information. If such information is supplied to GTD, blind people can use it as a navigation tool. New applications about GTD must be further developed.

We think there is lot of opportunity for a competent small company to grow. There are still many vendors around world that claimed to develop portable thin graphic braille display in near future, but there is no vendor that kept promise. Saying is very easy compared to lot of efforts and creativity required in designing a practical & innovative mechanical system. If you are interested in cooperation or investment, please don't forget to enlist our company.

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