The new Smart Watch named “DOT” makes a huge promise to the vision disable people as it promises Braille Reading. The Dot is a tiny wearable with perforated holes featuring magnets and pins inside that rise to form the content of messages in braille, making them much easier to read for the vision-impaired. So when a user receives a text message, corresponding dots pop up in braille and he or she can run their finger along the watch to read the text.
Dot Smart Watch comes from a Korean startup that is looking to make new technology more accessible. Dot CEO Eric Ju Yoon Kim told Tech in Asia, “Until now, if you got a message on iOS from your girlfriend, for example, you had to listen to Siri read it to you in that voice, which is impersonal”.
Not only text messages, Dot relays directions and can serve as an alarm. Of course, it tells the time too. There are other helpful features such as haptic engine to buzz on a user's wrist when a new message is received.
Dot comes with a very cheap price comparing to Portable Braille Readers/Computers. Portable Braille Reader/Computer costs approximately $3000 where you can afford Dot for only $300. Dot will be available by December 2015, but you can always book one by Pre-Order.
The DOT Team
(L-R): Lead designer Mason Joo, CEO Eric Kim, CTO Ki Sung, and software engineer Juhwan Lim.
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