For blind people, technology can offer a way to perceive images through touch
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Marketplace Tech
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audio
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Technology
Publication Date |
Sep 30, 2022
Episode Duration |
00:05:03

For almost 200 years, the Braille system has turned the written word into raised bumps that blind people can read. But what about images? A device called an embosser pricks and crimps 3D dots and lines on paper to produce a tactile image, allowing people to perceive pictures through touch. Chancey Fleet is a technologist at the Andrew Heiskell Braille and Talking Book Library in New York City. She’s Blind and teaches low-vision and blind patrons to print their own images.

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