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Chinese scientists develop affordable e-notebook for people with vision disabilities

  • Chris McMillan
  • Jul 25, 2020
  • 1 min read

SciDev.net


Chinese scientists develop affordable e-notebook for people with vision disabilities


Feb 9, 2013


BEIJING: Chinese scientists have developed and tested a prototype electronic notebook for people who are blind that is designed to be cheap to manufacture.


The e-notebook, called B-Notes, allows people to take notes or memos using Braille or by recording speech. It is similar in size to a mobile phone.


B-Notes makes use of technologies developed by the Chinese Academy of Sciences’ Institute of Computing Technology (ICT), including translation software.


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