SBIR Phase II: An Affordable, Multiline Screen, Paperless Braille Technology

9501190 Becker在这个小型企业创新研究第二阶段项目中，Tactilics将完善在第一阶段测试的无纸盲文技术的概念，方法是准备单行和多行机器的硬件、软件和制造设计，并在不同开发阶段仔细听取重点盲人计算机用户和专业人员的意见，包括制造工程模型和为重点小组互动Beta测试准备一些手工预制单元。这个小型企业创新研究第二阶段项目将使盲人能够直接获得具有成本效益的数据库、公告栏、CD-ROM和其他印记来源；它将消除盲文/凸版印刷的“障碍”。因此，这项技术有可能对盲人使用计算机产生重要影响。

9501190 Becker In this Small Business Innovation Research Phase II project, Tactilics will refine the concept of the paperless Braille technology tested in Phase I by preparing hardware, software, and manufacturing designs of single moving line and multiline machines carefully informed by the input of a focus group of blind computer users and professionals at various developmental stages, including the fabrication of engineering models and the preparation of a number of handmade preproduction units for focus group interactive beta testing. This Small Business Innovation Research Phase II project will enable the blind to have direct cost effective access to databases, bulletin boards, CD-ROMs, and other sources of indormation; and it will eliminate the Braille/letterpress "barriers." Thus the technology has the potential to make an important impact on computer use by blind people.