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# you know, 24 hours ago I would have thought you were joking
Turns out you can actually buy these little things that look like graphics tablets that plug into your usb and display shit in braille
(, Wed 14 Feb 2007, 20:40, archived)
# Shit? In Braille?
Surely blind people could identify shit by smell alone?
(, Wed 14 Feb 2007, 20:41, archived)
# ha ha
BURN
(, Wed 14 Feb 2007, 20:42, archived)
# Thats ice cold man
(, Wed 14 Feb 2007, 20:46, archived)
# Oh no. Its all about touch these days
Simply observing the poo is sooooo 2 dimentional
(, Wed 14 Feb 2007, 20:44, archived)
# really?
(, Wed 14 Feb 2007, 20:42, archived)
# yup
there are ones with the braille display at the top of the keyboard, they scroll to the left as well so you don't even have to moe your hands
(, Wed 14 Feb 2007, 20:43, archived)
# They've been around for years
used to work with a blind techie who used one.

bemoans lack of punchline, but figures someone will come up with one.
(, Wed 14 Feb 2007, 20:45, archived)
# Yea, the college I work at has a room full of stuff for the
"challenged" computer users.

Haven't actually tried it out though, wouldn't make much difference as I can't read braille anyway
(, Wed 14 Feb 2007, 20:45, archived)