https://oskars.org/en/tags/define/ Recent content in Define on Oskar Hugo en-gb Wed, 10 Dec 2025 15:15:00 +0100 https://oskars.org/en/developments/metabraille/ Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000 https://oskars.org/en/developments/metabraille/ <p>Metabraille is a mobile Braille keyboard. This keyboard can be used to remotely control iOS and Android smartphones as well as PCs via Bluetooth. The assembly is designed for people with visually impairements or blindness. Metabraille was developed in a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Participatory_design">participatory</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Design_Thinking">design thinking</a> process as part of the <a href="https://defineblind.at/post/metabraille/">Define</a> project.</p> <p> Metabraille and the Define project are described in German in a <a href="https://youtu.be/JA42fR7Z098">youtube video</a>.</p> <p> <figure><img src="https://oskars.org/images/metabraillefront.webp" alt="The keyboard housing of the Metabraille mobile Braille keyboard is red and made of plastic (125 x 95 x 25 mm). The housing is rectangular, with a flat, trapezoidal extension on the long side. The shape resembles a house with windows in the centre. The ten keys are white and rectangular. Eight keys are arranged in four rows and two columns on the flat front."><figcaption> <h4>Metabraille front, CC BY-SA 4.0 BSVWNB</h4> </figcaption> </figure> </p> https://oskars.org/en/projects/define/ Wed, 10 Dec 2025 15:15:00 +0100 https://oskars.org/en/projects/define/ <div id="outline-container-headline-1" class="outline-3"> <h3 id="headline-1"> Project for inclusive, digital work </h3> <div id="outline-text-headline-1" class="outline-text-3"> <p>The <a href="https://www.blindenverband-wnb.at">Association for the Blind and Visually Impaired in Vienna, Lower Austria and Burgenland</a> held a do-it-yourself/maker course. Participants with blindness or visual impairments developed their own Braille remote control for smartphones and PCs. Work was carried out using digital manufacturing processes (3D printing) in Vienna&#39;s makerspaces (open workshops) from September 2022 to August 2023.</p> <p> In the process, new forms of digital and inclusive collaboration were developed. Together, we designed prototypes in many small steps.</p>