1. ASEAN-ITU Seminar on ICT Accessibility and Assistive Technologies for Equity in Society Bangkok, Thailand August 25-26, 2014 THE ROLE OF BRAILLE IN ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY Wiraman Niyomphol Ratchasuda College Mahidol University, Thailand E-mail : wiraman.niy@mahidol.ac.th Mobile : + 66 (0) 89-200-2203 Web : www.rs.mahidol.ac.th August 26, 2014

2.  Rehabilitation Science Department  Deaf Studies Department Master degree: Rehabilitation Science  Administration  Counseling  Assistive Technology  Visual Impairment RATCHASUDA COLLEGE MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY

3. Braille related activities at Ratchasuda  Braille Training  Braille Technology Research  Braille Translation Software  Braille Production Service  Annual Braille Writing and Reading Contest  ASEAN Braille Forum BRAILLLE ACTIVITIES

4. Braille cell (6 dots)Braille cell (8 dots) BRAILLE STRUCTURE 123123 456456 12371237 45684568

5.  alphabet g and Gaw Gai (Thai first character) (dots 1-2-4-5) ENGLISH AND THAI BRAILLE 123123 456456

6.  Computer Braille standard (US or North America)  Question mark in Computer Braille (dots 1-4-5-6) COMPUTER BRAILLE 123123 456456

7. * Screen Reader  JAWS  Window-Eyes  Supernova * Mobile devices  Iphone, Ipad (IOS)  Android (Talkback, Brailleback) ACCESS WITH SPEECH AND BRAILLE

8.  Focus 40  Brailliant Bi 40  Focus 14 Blue BRAILLE DISPLAY

9.  Braille Sense BRAILLE NOTETAKER  BrailleNote Apex BT 32  BraillePlus 18  Pacmate  Seika

10.  Duxbury DBT  Thai Braille Translation TBT  Index Direct Braille  Tiger Software Suite TSS (Braille and graphics)  DBT with Mathtype  DBT math (Nemeth and Unified Braille Code)  GoodFeel (Braille music) BRAILLE TRANSLATION

11.  Bookmaker BRAILLE EMBOSSER  Juliet  Index Basic  Index Everest  Emprint Spotdot

12.  Optical Braille recognition  Full page Braille display  Jotjum bluetooth Braille keyboard  Virtual Braille keyboard for mobile device OTHER USE OF BRAILLE

13.  Braille is here to stay. As technology moves forward, Braille access will be made possible for Braille users  Wiraman Niyomphol Ratchasuda College Mahidol University, Thailand E-mail wiraman.niy@mahidol.ac.th ** end of presentation ** CONCLUSION