Canute: Reversing the Decline in Braille Literacy
I have been developing radically more affordable forms of digital Braille since 2008. Since September 2012 my company, BBT, has put all its efforts into developing Canute.Canute will be the world's first multiline Braille ebook reader. It will be an entirely new class of device to bring Braille to…
The Canute Mk8 team in Mid-March 2016. From left: Ed, Kaspar, Russ, Jasmine, Matt, Jon, Nic and Jonny.
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Ed Rogers
Ed joined the Pervasive Media Studio in June 2010. He founded the not for profit Bristol Braille Technology CIC in Febrary 2011.I have been developing radically more affordable forms of digital Braille since 2008. Since September 2012 my company, BBT, has put all its efforts into developing Canute.
Canute will be the world's first multiline Braille ebook reader. It will be an entirely new class of device to bring Braille to people who would otherwise be unable to afford anything other than massive, bulky hard copy Braille. It will be 32 cells by 8 or 16 lines and cost less than a Perkins Brailler or iPad Pro. Canute will make digital Braille reading 40 times more affordable. It is Open Sourced and developed with the blind community.
