Dot Pad. The first smart tactile graphics display.

While most people rely on visuals to understand complex topics, the 285 million blind and visually impaired people worldwide are left out. Tactile books are scarce, expensive, and impractical. Audio descriptions fail to describe complex information. While it’s simple to find any information on the internet, it isn’t accessible to all. There is a digital divide which is growing and excluding visually impaired people from content, products, and services.

Dot Pad. The first smart tactile graphics display for mobile use. It can display any visual content from any source because the innovative Dot Image Processing technology uses Al to analyze and understand visual input and present it most accurately on Dot Pad’s tactile display of 2,400 dots.

Thanks to a partnership with Apple, Dot Pad integrates seamlessly with iOS and iPadOS, thereby giving users access to the 2.2 million apps on the App Store, out of the box. Dot Pad reduces dependence on tactile books and audio description for graphical content which sighted people are used to freely enjoying.

By partnering with institutions and organizations for health, education, entertainment, marketing, and governance, Dot Inc. is making Dot Pad accessible to individuals. Starting with Apple, Dot Inc. is partnering with major tech players such as Google and Microsoft to create a unified tactile graphic file format. The Dot Pad technology is even being shared with competitors to give visually impaired people all around the world access to tactile graphics. Dot Pad technology is permanently installed in public kiosks in Busan, South Korea.

Launched in 2022, Dot Pad has earned huge interest from the media as well as public and private institutions worldwide, with millions in dollars in orders. The Dot Pad was awarded at CES (Consumer Electronics Show) 2023 for Best Product Innovation and recognized as a World Changing Idea by Fast Company. Dot Pad has disrupted the field of accessibility technology with tactile graphics. Dot Inc. is partnering with many educational and governmental institutions like Carnegie Mellon University, McGill University, Columbia University, and American Publishing House for Blind.