Bristol Braille Technology CIC

Affordable Braille is essential for blind literacy, education and employment, yet Braille use has been declining for decades due to stagnant technology. Bristol Braille Technology is building a revolutionary and radically affordable Braille ereader for blind people called Canute, designed with and by the blind community.

A quote from RNIB about Canute:
“With Bristol Braille’s Canute, you will be able to condense your braille library into one simple reading device”

The Canute is the world’s first multiple line Braille ereader — forty characters per line by nine lines — and we intend to distribute it for the price of a Perkins typewriter or iPhone.

That’s around £600–800; or 20x cheaper per cell than existing digital Braille devices.

We aim to release the Canute Winter 2017 or Spring 2018.

Services offered:

• Assistive technology products