"Reading remains one of humanity's most fundamental activities, yet millions of visually impaired people face significant barriers when trying to access books, magazines, or educational materials that rely heavily on visual content. Current solutions like audiobooks handle text well but completely miss images, diagrams, and visual elements that often carry crucial information. E-readers with Braille displays exist but remain expensive, limited, and unable to convey the rich visual content that makes many books complete experiences."
"The Feel Book concept by Young Jin Jeong and Dong il Lee tackles these limitations through a visionary approach that imagines what reading could become with advanced AI and tactile technology. This speculative device proposes a future where both text and images become accessible through a combination of intelligent recognition, audio feedback, and revolutionary tactile display technology that doesn't yet exist in practical form."
"The design philosophy centers on thoughtful simplicity and seamless integration into everyday life. Feel Book features a minimalist, portable form that's designed to be easy to perceive through touch, with spatial harmony ensuring all controls fall naturally under the user's fingers. The device is intended to blend into any environment, supporting reading anywhere without drawing attention to the user's visual impairment."
Feel Book is a speculative assistive device concept that combines AI-powered page scanning with audio narration and a proposed tactile image display to broaden access for visually impaired readers. Designers Young Jin Jeong and Dong il Lee envision a minimalist, portable form optimized for touch and everyday use. The AI camera recognizes text and images in real time, converts text to speech, and follows natural page-turn rhythm. The concept aims to render illustrations, photographs, and diagrams into tactile form so that image-based information becomes perceivable by touch while blending unobtrusively into any environment.
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