Winter 2015/2016 - The Innovation Highway Newsletter | Page 13

2015 WINNERS Creative Cup Blitab –World’s First Tablet for the Visually Impaired 1st PLACE 2015 Blitab is the First Place Winner of the Creative Cup, earning the prestigious title of World Champion in Creative Entrepreneurship with the amazing His Royal Highness Prince Joachim Of Denmark Presented Blitab the 1st Place Award at the Gala Ceremony on November 18th in Copenhagen Blitab The world’s first tactile tablet for the visually impaired. BLITAB® is the World’s first tactile tablet for the blind and visually impaired. BLITAB® is a next curve Braille device for reading and writing that displays one whole page Braille text, without any mechanical elements. It’s like an e-book, which displays small physical bubbles instead of a screen display, the bubbles rise and fall on demand, resulting in one whole page which can be read and written via a Braille Perkins Keyboard. For the first time users can have an overview of a whole document. BLITAB® allows a direct converting of any text file into Braille from USB sticks, memory Cards, web browsing and obtaining information via NFC tags. Our aim is to make BLITAB a leader in digital lifestyle for every blind and visually impaired user. Our motivation – to make blind people independent at school, at home, and at work which enables them to maintain gainful employment. The BLITAB website includes a LISTENING option for the visually impaired. For more information visit http://blitab.com/#about