Intention

Project Objectives

The purpose of the Tactile Tablet PC project is to developing a prototype for a tactile interface that targets the visually impaired.

The deliverable is a web-enabled presentation of two major components: conceptual industrial design of a physical device, and, a conceptual tactile interface itself.

Project Limitations

The tactileTabletPC may ultimately prove to be too expensive for adoption. Due to "dead pixels" being more unacceptable than in visual applications; the mechanical stresses undertaken by precision components; and the tolerances required to achieve high resolution; the incidence of failure is hypothesized to be high.