A design we at Mustard are impressed with this week: the Omnifer, a braille overlay for Apple iPads.
Jayson D’Alessandro’s entry for the 2011 IDEA Awards, this design aims to make iPads more accessible for the visually impaired.
Thin and light, the three-panel flip design transforms part of the iPad’s surface into a braille keyboard. A corresponding app automatically streams text into braille format, setting off a chemical reaction that raises the braille keys as required.
We hope this design makes it to the mainstream, but at any rate, it’s good to know there’s still a lot of innovative thinking out there.
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