Seductive content: Content you can touch, Dot Mini increases access for the visually impaired

This article is from a series of short pieces describing tiny (or not so tiny) moments of delight experience in the course of engaging with content. All in celebration of smart content design and the people who do it.

Those of us in digital marketing and content love to prattle on and on about the deluge of content. We emotionally stun our audiences with grandiose statistics about the amount of content published every day, how many messages our poor eyes and ears are pummeled with, and so on. 

And we talk about it like it’s a problem. 

But from the point of view of the visually impaired, the content deluge is not a problem, it’s a privilege. 

John Musau, teacher of the visually impaired says, "One of the biggest challenges we face is the lack of content”

I know, (my sighted friends), shocking, right?

I had the privilege of seeing and hearing John's perspective in this video from Dot Mini, a company with a product that translates text into braille, so it can be read by the visually impaired.

According to the product site;

• Dot Mini’s 16 Braille Cells are powered by our innovative Dot actuator technology: Ten times smaller, lighter and more energy efficient than conventional devices. It feels great and has a fast refresh rate, while being durable and easy to repair.
• The Dot Mini’s integrated Dot Translation Engine uses AI to surpass the accuracy of other translators. It automatically translates from English to contracted Braille. Read anything, from any source.

Learn more at Dot Mini.

Happy designing.