Anicet Mbida 06:52, January 16, 2023

Anicet Mbida delivers to us every morning what is best in terms of innovation.

This Monday, he is interested in an object that could help the visually impaired.

This is a glove capable of interpreting Braille writing.

Today's innovation should help more visually impaired people to read.

This is a glove capable of interpreting Braille writing.

You should know: nearly 90% of blind people cannot read braille.

If you didn't get started at an early age or if you gradually lost your sight, learning can become extremely long and tedious.

And for good reason, how do you know that a small dot at the top left means "A", that two dots vertically is "B" if you have no way of associating what the you feel at your fingertips and what it represents.

This glove will decode each group of dots that passes under the finger and speak the letter out loud.

As a result, we end up associating more easily the tactile sensation and the corresponding letter, which accelerates learning.

Is this glove expensive?

No, 300€, which is still reasonable.

We are still talking about a device full of electronics and sensors.

Especially since it is not reserved for learning.

Nothing prevents you from using it simply for convenience, as an automatic reading tool.

A future version will even make it possible to read any printed text thanks to character recognition.

It will suffice to run your finger over the pages of a book for it to be read aloud and at your own pace.

For the first time, we will be able to make the link between Braille reading and traditional reading.

So offering many more reading options to the visually impaired.

Among these options, there are also screen readers and audio books that are developing...

Yes, smartphones and their accessibility features have been a blessing for the visually impaired.

They allow them to listen to any page on the web, to listen to any newspaper article, to dictate emails or text messages… But despite this, everyone recognizes that learning Braille is still necessary.

It's like learning to read, it allows you to work on your spelling and grammar.

It is therefore good news to know that there is technology to facilitate learning.

A technology developed by the startup Orama AI.