Braille Monitor
Accessible visualization for your projects
Blind or visually impaired people face many challenges in the digital world. Starting in 2025, the German Accessibility Strengthening Act and the EU Accessibility Act are set to create better conditions for inclusion. These laws establish new standards, requiring that products and services be accessible to everyone—regardless of disability or other limitations.
For monitors and displays, this means providing an acoustic or tactile alternative to visual content. While screen readers and text-to-speech functions are often effective for text, the question remains: what about graphics and images?
Feel what others see
This is where the Braille Monitor comes in: As the first device of its kind worldwide, it combines tactile graphics with Braille text, opening up entirely new possibilities for information access for people with visual impairments. Equipped with 2,400 pins, the Braille Monitor renders graphics, diagrams, maps, and visual content in real time. This allows users to physically explore images, websites, and apps—promoting greater independence and inclusion in education, work, and daily life.
The integrated image processor uses artificial intelligence to analyze visual content and transform it into meaningful, tactile graphics. Features such as zooming, panning, inverting, and rotating allow users to explore details directly on the device with their fingertips.
The Braille Monitor is designed for maximum user-friendliness and is ideal for making display content accessible to people with visual impairments:
- 6 freely assignable function keys
- 30×10 Braille cells for tactile graphics
- 20×1 cells for Braille text
- Dot Actuator 3.0 – patented electromagnetic technology for precise tactile feedback
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Seamless Connectivity
The Braille Monitor connects quickly via USB-C (Power & Data) or Bluetooth Low Energy 5.0 – making apps, websites, and documents instantly accessible. The screen reader and VoiceOver functions of macOS, iPadOS, and iOS are natively supported, with the AxBrailleMap API from Apple providing integration.
Weighing only 1.2 kg, with compact dimensions of 273 x 228 x 16 mm, and an integrated battery, the Braille Monitor is available in a mobile standard version.
Do you require a different format for your use case or would you like to integrate a Braille matrix into your solution? Contact us – we’d be happy to advise you on the custom options of this technology.
