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by jhy 1726 days ago
There are definitely electronic Braille reading devices. They're called refreshable braille displays, and are often also combined with a specialized keyboard.

Wider adoption could conceivably improve these interfaces through more users and commercial interest.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Refreshable_braille_display

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Awesome, I wasn't aware of this! Thank you for the link! I believed Text-to-Speech is the only option used for HCI by people who can't see a screen.
That doesn't read Braille. It reads digital data and writes Braille.
its a reading device in the sense that an amazon kindle is a reading device, a device with which to read