This mechanical Braille typewriter is lighter, smaller and quieter, and requires less key force than its predecessor. A user creates the six dots that form a Braille character by activating the six main front keys: Braille letters and numbers are embossed on the paper loaded into the machine.

Contact: Tanya Sillitti: [email protected] Credit: Sona Patadia, IDSA, Lisa Yanz, Linda Pulik, David Carhart, Bjorn Gunderson and Stanislav Dmitriyev of Product Development Technologies; and David Morgan and Jude Jonas of Perkins School for the Blind/Perkins Products Client: Perkins School for the Blind/Perkins Products