Support to develop a prototype of Canute, an affordable display to increase access to Braille (360G-phf-29384)
Ed Rogers founded Bristol Braille Technology CIC in 2011 with the goal of helping to reverse the decline in blind literacy. Braille is very important for a blind person's literacy, education, employment and independence. There is a huge difference between listening to an audio book and reflecting on a written text at one's own pace. The Canute is a BBT project which has been on-going since 2012 to make digital Braille radically more affordable. It will be the world's first full page Braille ebook reader, which will also allow access to musical notation and mathematical formulae.
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Grant Details
| Amount Applied For | 30000 |
| Amount Awarded | 30000 |
| Amount Disbursed | 30000 |
| Award Date | 2015-12-21T00:00:00+00:00 |
| Beneficiary Location: Country Code | GB |
| Data Source | http://www.phf.org.uk/about-phf/transparency/ |
| From An Open Call? | Yes |
| Grant Programme: Title | People and Ideas - Ideas and Pioneers Fund |
| Last Modified | 2019-09-09T00:00:00+00:00 |
| Planned Dates: Duration (months) | 5 |
| Planned Dates: End Date | 2016-06-01T00:00:00+00:00 |
| Planned Dates: Start Date | 2016-01-01T00:00:00+00:00 |
| Recipient Org: City | Bristol |
| Recipient Org: Company Number | 07518101 |
| Recipient Org: Description | We are a small team who operate out of the Bristol Hackspace, a community workshop. I have put all my savings into the company and the engineers either volunteer or work at half-rates. The challenge --- of individually controlling over three thousand pins and overturning decades of industry orthodoxy --- is extreme, but I am very proud that ours is the first team to truly solve this issue. Beyond the engineering team we have built up a community group of blind activists around the UK and Ireland who assist us in the design and advocate for Braille. |
| Recipient Org: Web Address | http://bristolbraille.co.uk |