THE ROLE OF BRAILLE IN
ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY
ASEAN-ITU Seminar on ICT Accessibility and
Assistive Technologies for Equity in Society
Bangkok, Thailand
August 25-26, 2014
Wiraman Niyomphol
Ratchasuda College Mahidol University, Thailand
E-mail : wiraman.niy@mahidol.ac.th
Mobile : + 66 (0) 89-200-2203
Web : www.rs.mahidol.ac.th
August 26, 2014
RATCHASUDA COLLEGE
MAHIDOL UNIVERSIT Y
 Rehabilitation Science Department
 Deaf Studies Department
Master degree: Rehabilitation Science
 Administration
 Counseling
 Assistive Technology
 Visual Impairment
BRAILLLE ACTIVITIES
Braille related activities at Ratchasuda
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Braille Training
Braille Technology Research
Braille Translation Software
Braille Production Service
Annual Braille Writing and Reading Contest
ASEAN Braille Forum
BRAILLE STRUCTURE
Braille cell (6 dots)
Braille cell (8 dots)
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4
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4
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5
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5
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6
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6
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8
ENGLISH AND THAI BRAILLE
 alphabet g and Gaw Gai (Thai first character) (dots 1 -2-4-5)
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4
2
5
3
6
COMPUTER BRAILLE
 Computer Braille standard (US or North America)
 Question mark in Computer Braille (dots 1 -4-5-6)
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4
2
5
3
6
ACCESS WITH SPEECH AND BRAILLE
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Screen Reader
JAWS
Window -Eyes
Supernova
* Mobile devices
 Iphone, Ipad (IOS)
 Android (Talkback, Brailleback)
BRAILLE DISPLAY
 Focus 40
 Brailliant Bi 40
 Focus 14 Blue
BRAILLE NOTETAKER
 Braille Sense
 BrailleNote Apex BT 32
 Seika
 Pacmate
 BraillePlus 18
BRAILLE TRANSLATION
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Duxbury DBT
Thai Braille Translation TBT
Index Direct Braille
Tiger Software Suite TSS (Braille and graphics)
DBT with Mathtype
DBT math (Nemeth and Unified Braille Code)
GoodFeel (Braille music)
BRAILLE EMBOSSER
 Juliet
 Bookmaker
 Index Basic
 Index Everest
 Emprint Spotdot
OTHER USE OF BRAILLE
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Optical Braille recognition
Full page Braille display
Jotjum bluetooth Braille keyboard
Virtual Braille keyboard for mobile device
CONCLUSION
 Braille is here to stay. As technology moves forward, Braille
access will be made possible for Braille users
 Wiraman Niyomphol
Ratchasuda College
Mahidol University, Thailand
E-mail wiraman.niy@mahidol.ac.th
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