However, only about 10 percent ofvision-impaired peoplecanreadBraille, and even those who do, typically use acombination of Brailleandtext-to-speechdevices for the computer.
Blunkett urges people to learn Braille saying that even the best computerBraille displays and earpieces won't help you do a presentation in the same way as having your information on paper in front of you.
His senior year in High School, Greeley invented a device that translated the light patterns on a computer screen into Braille, so the visually impaired could use a computer.
In the future, so many of the public forms and communications we receive could easily be put in Braille by the use of computer software and the transcription equipment now readily available to public authorities.