13 years old Indian Teen Develops Low Cost Braille Printer
Today we are here with the discussion on 13 years old Indian-origin teen, Shubham Banerjee working on Braille Printer with Microsoft. Today the age of talent is getting down and down, the same example is the Shubham Banerjee the one who is working on Braille printer.A braille embosser is an impact printer that renders text as tactile braille cells. Using braille translation software, a document can be embossed with relative ease, making braille production efficient and cost-effective. Blind users tend to call other printers “ink printers,” to distinguish them from their braille counterparts. This is often the case regardless of the type of printer being discussed (e.g., thermal printers being called “ink printers” even though they use no ink).
his teen was having great curiosity to find how blind people read when he was just 12 years old. And this curiosity leds to build a low cost printer with its lego game blocks. And he also found his new partner that is working in mIcrosoft that helped him to make his dreams real.
Banerjee told a Windows blogger earlier this week that “I discovered that typical Braille printers cost about $2,000 (about Rs 126,000) or even more, and I felt that was unnecessarily expensive for someone already at a disadvantage. So, I put my brain to work, and the first thing that came to mind was to create an alternative using my favourite toy.”
Banerjee failed by seven times but finally at 8th time he was successful in making this printer which costs him about 350$.“I achieved an 82% reduction in cost and have been overwhelmed by the encouraging feedback from both the sighted and the blind,” he was quoted in a blog. This big thing is that he did no kept the idea bounded to him instead he posted the method for other to make it yourself online.
And this was a revolutionary step towards these printers as the printer that cost above 2000$ can now be build at home within 350$. Now benerjee started his own company named Braigo (combined Braille and Lego) Labs, and became the youngest entrepreneur to pick up venture capital funding when Intel Capital invested in his startup, Braigo Labs.
“Also, think about the banks, the government institutions or even the libraries where Windows-based computers are widely used. They will all benefit from having a Braigo to provide accessibility services to their visually impaired customers,” added by him.
So above discussion is all about 13 years old Indian-origin teen, Shubham Banerjee working on Braille Printer with Microsoft Now benerjee is working with microsoft to develop the next version of his printer named Braigo 2.0 and he will ensure that this printer will now available for public at max 500$. Hope this will be done soon by mr. Benerjee. Hope you like the article, don’t forget to share this awesome talent discussion with your friends and leave a comment if you have any related queries. Don't hesitate to like my facebook page.
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