Braille Smartwatch to Help the Visually Impaired

A Braille smartwatch to help the visually impaired was imagined by a South Korean start-up. Dot, that's his name, therefore becomes the very first wearable for the visually impaired.

This Braille smartwatch, according to Tech in Asia, has a series of four groups of six dots that lift up to produce Braille characters. Their speed can be adjusted from 1 to 100 per second to suit all skill levels in braille. The solutions on the market are either expensive or unsightly and most applications on the phone read aloud, which can be a hindrance for use in public. It can be quite embarrassing to hear Siri read the last text message you received from your girlfriend while on a bus.

With this braille smart health connected watch, the user has 10 hours of autonomy; which is about five days of use for an average user. Company co-founder and CEO Eric Ju Kim Yoon said, "So far, if you have a message from your girlfriend on iOS, for example, you should ask Siri to read it to you. Now the visually impaired can read it themselves. "

In a first round of seed funding, Dot successfully raised $ 100,000 from ActnerLab and $ 500,000 from the South Korean government's Tech Incubator program. In a second round, the team hopes to raise $ 1,000,000 to go international. With the growth potential of the Internet of Things (IoT), Dot is looking for other applications for its Braille technology. The company, for example, has started experimenting with ticket offices in train stations. She also tests it on vending machines.

If all goes well, the Dot smartwatch should be on sale in the United States in December. It will be offered at a price just under $ 300.

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