iBrailler Notes: An app to help the blind type quickly on iPad

New York: This new app can help blind
people type quickly and efficiently on an
iPad.
Created by Stanford engineer Sohan
Dharmaraja, the app - named iBrailler Notes
- uses eight keys. What's different about it
is that the keys form around the fingertips
when they're placed on the screen.
Which means that if a user loses his way,
he simply lifts his fingers from the screen
and places them down again.
"It's a great feeling to think our work has
the potential to connect and empower
people, something their sighted counterparts
may take for granted," Dharmaraja was
quoted as saying by NotImpossibleNow.
The iBrailler also has an easy undo/redo
function that requires a simple clockwise or
counter-clockwise twist of a single fingertip
across that glass. Google is one click.
A blind user can cut, copy and paste on the
device. Traditional Braille writers come in a
variety of models but are very costly. But
for an iBrailler all that is required is an iPad
and an app.
Since January, a free test version of the
iBrailler app has been available on the app
store.
But for something around $40, users are
allowed unlimited writing and sharing
through Dropbox, email, clipboard or
opening the note in another app.
"We want to continuously improve the typing
experience on touchscreen devices for the
blind so we want to develop relationships
with our users and testers," Dharmaraja was
quoted as saying.