IDSA

Perkins/APH Mechanical Braille Writer

Silver Award
Category: Office & Productivity
Client: Perkins School for the Blind/Perkins Products (U.S.)
Design: Sona Patadia, Lisa Yanz, Linda Pulik, David Carhart, Bjorn Gunderson and Stanislav Dmitriyev, Product Development Technologies (U.S.); David Morgan, Jude Jonas of Perkins School for the Blind/Perkins Products (U.S.)

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.

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