The Braillists and Canute
Lunchtime Talks
Please note: This event took place in April 2016
Lunchtime Talks are a series of informal presentations at Watershed's Pervasive Media Studio. They normally take place at 13:00 on a Friday, are free and are open to everybody who is interested in what they do. Come along, bring a sandwich, and get to know more about the Studio community, current and up-coming projects, or residents' work.
Too often the blind community find themselves as passive recipients of assistive technology which they get little choice over; either because it is so expensive that it is only available by a prescriptive hand-out scheme, or because the device was designed with minimal input from the end-users.
In this Lunchtime Talk we will hear from the Braillists, a community group set up in Bristol in 2014 to connect Braille readers with Braille technology developers and funders at an early stage. The group now has over 200 members, and will talk about their process of product co-design and develeopment.
Studio resident and Director of Bristol Braille Technology, Ed Rogers, will also join us to talk about Canute – a radically affordable, multi-line Braille e-reader. Canute was co-developed by the Braillists and Bristol Braille Technology.
The Pervasive Media Studio is located within the Watershed building. Let us know if you'd like a tour and we'll be happy to show you around. Send an email to admin@pmstudio.co.uk