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Products that do what Ever wanted to look at yourself in Braille? does

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   Conway's Game of Life, but as a div full of Braille characters▲104

   I built this many years ago to try out rendering images in textboxes, using braille characters as groups of 8 pixels. You can try different fonts to see how the spacing changes too.

   2024 · px.neocities.org

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   Braille Scanner▲84

   Scan braille and convert it to text

   2022

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   Braille Neue Typeface▲239

   A new typeface that blends visual with Braille

   2018

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   Envision for Android▲85

   Bringing the visual world to life for the visually impaired

   2018

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   Be My Eyes for Android▲171

   Lend your eyes to the blind

   2017

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   Assistive24 ▲522

   Free assistive technology for individuals with disabilities

   2024

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   Draw “text-mode” diagrams using Braille characters▲22

   2019 · github.com

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   Dot Watch▲148

   World’s first braille smartwatch

   2017

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   Johari Window▲133

   Know Yourself Better

   Dec 2025

10. 10
    Unloop▲506

    Visual pattern mapping for adhd & neurodivergent minds

    Dec 2025

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    I created a PoC for live descriptions of the surroundings for the blind▲73

    The difference in cost between products that are developed as accessibility tools compared to consumer products is huge. One example is camera glasses where the accessibility product costs ~$3000 (Envision Glasses), and the consumer product costs ~$300 (Ray-Ban Meta). In this case the Ray-Ban Meta is getting accessibility features. The functionality is promising according to reviews, but requires the user to say "Hey meta what am I looking at" every time a scene is to be described. The battery life seem underwhelming as well. It would be nice to have an cheap and open source alternative to…

    2025 · github.com

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    eSight▲97

    Glasses helping the legally blind see

    2018

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    Envision | Sponsorship▲75

    An initiative to empower visually impaired people in need

    2018

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    Dotmatrix – Go app to encode images as Braille art▲10

    2016 · github.com

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    Googly Eyes▲317

    Watchful eyes in your menu bar

    2025

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    Voice - An iOS App that lets blind people read▲57

    2014 · shalinshah.me

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    Toolwiz Eyes▲75

    A tool for blind and visually impaired

    2017

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    Vision - Personal OKR Tool▲110

    Achieve your goals with this personal OKR tool

    2021

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    Blink▲252

    Strengthen your eyesight with eye tracking

    2019

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    XSight▲171

    Find friends and places in AR using your phone camera

    2021

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    A dot matrix rendered using Braille characters▲18

    2021 · github.com

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    Google Lookout▲125

    An app that identifies objects for the visually impaired

    2019

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    Braille Cube▲96

    Rubiks Cube for the blind

    2015

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    Wayfindr▲158

    Empowering blind people to navigate the world independently

    2017

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