Linux-Tag: Image Viewer for people who are blind

[Hans Zoebelein]

Translated from Heise News
( http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/61054 )

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Linux-Tag: Image viewer for people who are blind

Today diplom physicist Klaus Rieger is presenting at Linux-Tag a new version 0.4 of his image viewer for visually handicapped people. That program called
'Seebytouch' is facilitating a  presentation of image data through a
matrix of Braille buttons. This display is about as big as the palm of a
hand and is weighting below one kilogram. Therefore that display can be
used as a mobile device. This viewer for Linux was released under GPL
license. Appendant braille reader was published under GNU Free Documentation
License.

A first version of that software was published in March 2004 at
Sourceforge. Included is a construction manual for that accompanying Braille
display. Mr. Rieger has chosen easy to get and low cost components. He
estimates cost of materials around USD 120,-. For each Braille button
used you have to add around USD 60,-.  In theory you could run that
display with a single Braille button. But usually you'll prefer two or
three Braille buttons. More than five Braille buttons are never needed.
It is claimed that assembly of that Braille display should be possible even
for people having only rudimental soldering knowledge. So at least you have to
know how to handle a soldering iron.
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Related URLs:
Heise News article: http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/61054
Seebytouch at Sourceforge
English version: http://see-by-touch.sourceforge.net/index_.html
German version: http://see-by-touch.sourceforge.net/index.html

Enjoy!
--Hans