AWARD YEAR
2017
CATEGORY
Body
GOALS
Reduced Inequality
KEYWORDS
blindness, smart watch , wearables
COUNTRY
Republic of Korea
DESIGNED BY
Eric Juyoon Kim, Ki Kwang and the Dot team
WEBSITE
https://blog.dotincorp.com/2016/10/10/dot-watch-quick-facts/
DOT Braille Smart Watch
The first smartwatch for the visually impaired
B&VI people can benefit from DOT in all areas of life: DOT makes communication easy and private, provides fast access to information anywhere, makes navigation and transport more convenient and safe, enables efficient, independent and joyful education, improves work performance and increases job opportunities, supports leisure and sports activities. Through the open DOT API, anyone can develop apps or services for DOT. Existing ones can be easily adapted. Apps for Braille education, social networking, navigation, newsfeed, weather and many more are already in development. DOT is connected to the smartphone via Bluetooth and can receive any information in text-form, from any app or service – e.g. notifications, texts, directions. It has a crown and two buttons for input – e.g. quick reply, accept calls, remote control. DOT comes with full smartwatch functionality: time, timer, alarm, stopwatch, gyroscope and accelerometer. It’s made from superlight durable aluminum.