There’s hardly a shortage of pocketable devices for the blind, but the Zen is lookin’ out for the visually impaired who crave a more full-fledged computing experience. Essentially, the Sandbox PC (hardware) and Zen (operating system) would team up to “create a computing environment that could be used with eyes closed.” More specifically, it would utilize an Active Surface for displaying text in Braille and producing images, windows and icons that

could be felt. No word on whether that contraption would handle other tasks such as reading one’s e-mail aloud or enabling the blind to still participate in Hot or Not, but nevertheless, it’s definitely a step in the right direction.

 

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Original post by Darren Murph