An inspiring middle school student, Shubham Banerjee, has created an affordable Braille 3D printer and accompanying translation software prototype, called the Braigo. The first version of this project, the Braigo 1.0, began with a LEGOs robotics kit!
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In the video, Shubham demonstrates how he uploads a PDF that is 160 pages with graphics and layouts. The translations software takes about 30 seconds to pull out the text, translate and braille out the first page.
By Diane Brauner