Braille Touch App Brings Texting to Blind

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Braille Touch

Braille Touch is an app being developed that redefines the touchscreen keyboard, turning it into a usable system for the blind. The alternative to a QWERTY keyboard uses a multitouch system similar to guitar chords. Visually impaired people were capable of typing at up to 32 words per minute during testing. Read the full article at LATimes.com

About Shelly Palmer

Shelly Palmer is the Professor of Advanced Media in Residence at Syracuse University’s S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications and CEO of The Palmer Group, a consulting practice that helps Fortune 500 companies with technology, media and marketing. Named LinkedIn’s “Top Voice in Technology,” he covers tech and business for Good Day New York, is a regular commentator on CNN and writes a popular daily business blog. He's a bestselling author, and the creator of the popular, free online course, Generative AI for Execs. Follow @shellypalmer or visit shellypalmer.com.

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