A US patent was issued for Tactile World's High Resolution Tactile Graphic Display.
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March, 2015
Tactile world received a Chinese patent for Navigation system.
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March, 2014
Tactile World received its fourth US patent regarding navigation on the computer.
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June-Nov, 2013
have been spent contacting various government funding agencies, angels, VC-s and banks.
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June 2013
Matthew Wohl attended the National Federation of the Blind (NFB) convention in Orlando, Florida and presented the Tactile Explorer.
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May 2013
Matthew and Yulia Wohl, traveled to Chicago, IL to make a presentation to NAblement at the Itkan meeting in the Microsoft Technology Center.
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June/July 2012
Matthew and Yulia Wohl spent 3 days as guests on the campus of the world famous Perkins School for the Blind in Watertown, MA.
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October 2011
Hi-Center in Haifa invited Tactile World to join their Business Accelerator
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March 2011
Tactile World Ltd. went to California
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October 2010
Tactile World Ltd. was awarded a SILVER MEDAL in the International Trade Fair in Nurenberg, Germany.
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February 2010
Techshare India 2010 –Bridging the Barriers (New Delhi, India).
Tactile World attended and presented the Tactile Explorer at this year’s Accessibility Conference and Assistive Technology Exhibition.
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December 2009
Jerusalem Post features the Tactile Explorer in its Stellar Startups section.
The conference for “Integrating the Handicapped into the Workforce”.
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November 2009
The Economist publishes article on the Tactile Explorer.
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September 2009
Israel TV Channel 9 presented a news magazine report by Eugenij Erlich.
Tactile Explorer alpha version, presented at the World Innovation Summit 2009.
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January 2009
Tactile World (TW) presents the Tactile Explorer at the ATIA Conference in Orlando.
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T1.Tactile Explorer (TE)
TE is a complete system of access to computer information for the blind based on a tactile mouse. The tactile mouse resembles a regular computer mouse, but differs in having two tactile pads on top that have pins that go up and down. These translate the data on the screen to tactile sensation (e.g. letters, Braille, graphics etc.) See Demos.
Being easily switched from “Navigation” to “Reading” mode and back, TE provides wide possibilities to find, select desirable on-screen information and study it with different options. TE is the only product providing not only text but also GRAPHIC information.
Tactile World is continuously working on increasing the Tactile Explorer’s capabilities and scope.
The Tactile Explorer is being vigorously tested by a wide range of blind and visually impaired individuals including, employees at government and private offices, teachers and university students.
One of the early prototypes of the Tactile Explorer was awarded the European Information Society Technology prize.
On October 2010 Tactile Explorer was awarded a SILVER MEDAL at iENA (International Trade Fair “Ideas – Inventions – New Products”) that took place at Nurnberg, Germany.
Advantages of the Tactile Explorer
Tactile Explorer | Conventional Refreshable Braille Display | |
Text Reading Ability | YES | YES |
Navigation | Intuitive | Memorization |
Graphical Support | YES | NO |
Weight and Size | Light, portable | Usually heavy |
Time to Master | Quick Learning Curve | Slow |
Hardware Retail | $695 | Average $5,000 |
Software Retail | Included | $1,000 - $3,000 |
2.TW affordable compact Refreshable Braille Display (TW mini RBD)
TW mini RBD can be used with existing Screen Readers. Due to our new patented technology it is by far the cheapest RBD in the world ($695). This will be of special interest in countries such as China and India as we develop planed new models and mass production brings the retail price under $ 300.
3. TW high resolution tactile graphic display
having pin matrix with N (e.g. 30) rows and M (e.g. 20) columns has a significantly smaller amount of moving actuators than N*M (600); the cost of these actuators is a main part of RBD prices. Pin density is at least twice as much as standard Braille cells presently used for construction of RBDs. Such a display will open new areas for use of tactile displays for graphic output and, especially, for mobile devices such as the iPhone, iPad, etc.
4. TW on-screen magnifier system
Existing on-screen magnifiers widely used by visually impaired computer users suffer from serious negative aspects caused by the nature of magnification where the user is able to manipulate only the location of the magnifying area and value of a scale factor. The
TW on-screen magnifier with orientation and navigation abilities is a system for assisting the visually impaired to view displayable textual, graphical and contextual data in a way most convenient for the user, depending on the content and form of the displayed data.
5. TW games
The possibility for tactile access to graphics from the computer screen creates a unique opportunity for creation of computer games for the blind and visually impaired. Moving the tactile mouse and sending commands with it to achieve a game goal is one of the most attractive feature for our customers! TW created:
Labyrinth games based on tactile perceptions of graphic texture on the screen: Car racing, Target shooting, Star war, etc.
Directional games where the player achieves a goal orienting on tactile animations directing the player to move the mouse to required location: Hide&Seek games.
Gesture games where the user controls the game process by making special motions gestures: Protect Yourself games.
And many more.