The first "smart" watches for the visually impaired will appear in 2015 at a price of $ 300

Korean startup Dot made the first "smart" watches, which in addition to the normal functions of these gadgets perform the role of a teacher of Braille and e-books for the visually impaired. In 2015, a start will begin taking pre-orders.





In a world of two hundred eighty-five million visually impaired. Of these, 1% in the UK read Braille, in the US - 10%. The cost of devices for reading Braille begins two thousand dollars , and out of every hundred ordinary books on this font converted only one. Development of South Korean startup - «smart» Watch Dot - is designed to help in solving this problem: the hours are, first, learn to read, and secondly, will give access to any literature directly to the owner of the wrist in just three hundred dollars.

Among the functions of hours - time, alarm, instant messenger and navigator. The gadget works with smart phones that support Bluetooth 4.0.

The device has four fields for the "display" Braille characters using the retractable points. The user can adjust the display speed of characters: maximum speed - ten characters per second. The clock will work in active mode - read mode - up to ten hours.

Target audience - more than ninety percent of the visually impaired who can not recognize Braille.







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