Dot Pad is the "first intelligent tactile graphic display for the visually impaired". It can display any visual content from any source, the agency says, because Dot's innovative image processing technology uses artificial intelligence to analyze and understand visual input and render it as accurately as possible on the Dot Pad's 2,400-dot tactile display.

For the first time, visually impaired people could access all visual content on the Internet. Dot Pad promotes independent learning, enables further employment opportunities and supports artists: inside and creative people. The case film is available here .

Dot Incorporation co-founder Ki Kwang Sung, who co-founded the company with Eric Ju Yoon Kim, says, “In the 21st century, the need for graphical information is increasing, but blind and partially sighted people are being forgotten. Even when home schooling and working from home were needed during the pandemic, there was no solution for them.”

Alexander Schill, Chief Creative Officer, Serviceplan Group , says: “When we partnered with Dot Inc. in 2015, the idea of ​​the Dot Pad was a big dream. For seven years we have worked together to develop innovative devices and software that make text accessible to the visually impaired. But the goal was always to open up further horizons - with the Dot Pad we are now entering a new dimension."

Herkömmliche taktile Geräte verwendeten Piezoelektrizität zur Stromversorgung ihrer Aktoren, was sie sperrig und teuer mache. Außerdem sei die Übersetzung von visuellen Inhalten in taktile Inhalte sehr komplex. Einfache Vektorisierungs- oder Kantenerkennungsalgorithmen seien nicht in der Lage, taktile Grafiken zu erzeugen, die für blinde Benutzer:innen geeignet sind. Das Dot Pad löse diese Probleme mit einer Kombination aus innovativer Hard- und Software.