Canute 360 is the first “Kindle for the Blind” is a multi-line digital braille e-reader and it is now publicly available! The Canute provide nine lines of text with forty characters per line. The Canute has 360 braille cells enabling the reader to:
- Read literary braille in whole paragraphs
- Read tables and lists, not single items
- Read code in whole functions
- Read mathematical matrices and algebraic problems
- Read both hands of sheets music on one page
- Read bar charts and other tactile diagrams
The Canute will turn text downloaded from a memory stick into braille. Currently the Canute is 14.5″ x 7.5″ x 1.5″ and weighs 6 pounds. The Canute currently sells for $2,500 and is available from the American Thermoform.
Note: The Canute is a braille e-reader. (It is not the same as a braille display or a braille notetaker.)
By Diane Brauner
