Samsung is developing a special ink "TOUCHABLE INK" that can be touched for the visually impaired

The "Braille" which the visually impaired person reads with the fingertip touch feeling is generally outputted by a Braille printer, but the Braille printer is very expensive compared to a general household printer. However, Samsung is developing "TOUCHABLE INK"Is an ink that can be used with a printer for home use and can print braille at cheap prices even at home.

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You can see what kind of special ink that can be touched by seeing the following movie.

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Taking a sentence with a smartphone ......


The service that reads it is a useful tool for visually impaired people.


"But no matter how much technology evolves, I can not understand 100% accurately the text being written," says City Chalk, who has visual impairment since he was 15 years old.


It seems that people reading "with hands" rather than "listening with ears" gets a sense of satisfaction that they are reading sentences.


Also, from the time he was born "Reading is useful for remembering", Tichan Kan who has visual impairment talks. The action of reading Braille does not require the help of others, so it can lead to confidence of people with visual impairment that "even one person can do it".


However, a printer that prints braille costs as much as $ 15,000 (about 1.6 million yen) is a very expensive product.


So what Samsung is developing is ink that will come into contact after the output "TOUCHABLE INK".


By blending special ingredients, you can harden the ink so that it emerges after printing.


Since TOUCHABLE INK can be used with inexpensive printers for home use, there is no need to bother to purchase expensive Braille printers.


A sentence ......


Convert to Braille.


I will print it with TOUCHABLE INK.


After printing it is a dryer or ...


Warm ink with electric appliances in general households such as microwave ovens.


When it warms up, the ink rises and solidifies, it becomes possible to read braille.


TOUCHABLE INK allows visually impaired people to write letters and give them to loved ones freely.


TOUCHABLE INK is a product under development, but if it diffuses for general households it will be no doubt that it will help people with visual impairment.