So the visually impaired would need to learn a new alphabet/representation all to make things readable to the sighted.
I don’t think that suggestion would go over well.
Also it looks like it would be less informative dense for a given area, which seems like a downside as well.
It’s a neat exercise and could make a cool font for an ultra-low resolution display. But this does not seem like a better solution than just printing normal text above/below/on top of the Braille.
Maybe I'm wrong, but it seems like the advantage here is that as people loses their sight (slowly or quickly) they would quickly be able to pick up a tactile font with little to no additional training. Normal sighted people would also be able to read things in the dark (safety factor for things like power outages). Percent of people with blindness and vision impairment drastically increase by age so I think it is safe to say that most blind people aren't born blind.
They generally learn Latin letterforms already for reading embossed signage. These are designed to be composed from Braille pairs so that you get dual purpose text with existing production methods.
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So the visually impaired would need to learn a new alphabet/representation all to make things readable to the sighted.
I don’t think that suggestion would go over well.
Also it looks like it would be less informative dense for a given area, which seems like a downside as well.
It’s a neat exercise and could make a cool font for an ultra-low resolution display. But this does not seem like a better solution than just printing normal text above/below/on top of the Braille.
Maybe I'm wrong, but it seems like the advantage here is that as people loses their sight (slowly or quickly) they would quickly be able to pick up a tactile font with little to no additional training. Normal sighted people would also be able to read things in the dark (safety factor for things like power outages). Percent of people with blindness and vision impairment drastically increase by age so I think it is safe to say that most blind people aren't born blind.
They generally learn Latin letterforms already for reading embossed signage. These are designed to be composed from Braille pairs so that you get dual purpose text with existing production methods.