Because the Perkins Brailler is used globally already, adaptation to the SMART version will be seamless.

ENGADGET: Perkins Smart Brailler helps the blind learn to type, closes the digital divide

In 2008, PDT worked with Perkins Products to develop a lighter, more efficient and durable Next Generation Perkins Brailler that is now actively used in classrooms and homes around the world.

ENGADGET: Perkins Smart Brailler helps the blind learn to type, closes the digital divide

John Godber, Head of Products and Publications for the UK's Royal National Institute of Blind People (RNIB), says, "This is the biggest step forward for learning braille since the invention of the Perkins Brailler" in 1951.

ENGADGET: Perkins Smart Brailler helps the blind learn to type, closes the digital divide