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

小行星9501190 在这个小企业创新研究第二阶段项目中，Tactilics将完善第一阶段测试的无纸化盲文技术的概念，通过准备硬件，软件和单移动线和多线机器的制造设计，并仔细了解处于不同发展阶段的盲人计算机用户和专业人士的重点小组的投入，包括制作工程模型和准备一些手工制作的预生产单元，用于焦点小组互动测试。 这一小企业创新研究第二阶段项目将使盲人能够以成本效益高的方式直接使用数据库、公告牌、光盘和其他标识来源;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.