We had seen this novel vibrating phone some months back that sent out patterned vibrations to let blind/deaf people know whose calling. However, it didn’t really fulfill the purpose of giving them a fully functional device that could match its regular counterpart. So to settle the scores we have this fantastic Braille Phone that has an Electric Active Plastic that displays letters that have been typed on the number pad as embossed impressions. Letter blocks are provided in 2 x 3 dot matrixes. This helps the visually impaired user to type in message and make and receive calls. The downside is that it is still in its conceptual days. I pray that it sees the light of day soon.

Deservedly so, the Braille Phone won the Red Dots Award 2009 recently. It can change the way we communicate with our friends, relatives and contacts that are visually impaired. Hats off to you guys!

[Tuvie]