Ed Rogers
Bristol Braille Technology CIC
Ed joined the Pervasive Media Studio in June 2010. He founded the not for profit Bristol Braille Technology CIC in Febrary 2011.
Projects
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…Ed joined the Pervasive Media Studio in June 2010. He founded the not for profit Bristol Braille Technology CIC in Febrary 2011. BBT are focused on reversing the decline in Braille literacy amongst blind people through the invention of a radical new kind of digital reading machine, Canute.
By developing the revolutionary Canute, an affordable Braille e-reader Bristol Braille Technology are attempting to transform the lives of blind people around the world by providing access to reading matter which the vast majority do not currently have.