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    • Engineering
    • Assistive Technology
    • Human-Computer Interaction

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    • Current Braille readers are expensive and limited.
    • There is a lack of affordable tactile displays for images.
    • Existing solutions do not meet the need for accessible tactile graphics.

    Purpose of the Study:

    • To develop a low-cost, electronically refreshable vibrotactile display.
    • To create an affordable alternative to current Braille technology.
    • To enable tactile display of images and complex patterns.

    Main Methods:

    • Designed a vibrotactile display using printed circuit board (PCB) and Kapton film.
    • Modeled the system using finite element analysis (FEA).
    • Characterized performance using laser vibrometry and conducted a human subject study.

    Main Results:

    • Achieved vibration amplitudes of 1.0–7.0 μm peak-to-peak.
    • Generated distinct tactile patterns, including Braille characters.
    • Ten participants achieved >70% accuracy in a discrimination task (p = 0.0027).

    Conclusions:

    • The vibrotactile display prototype is feasible and cost-effective.
    • The technology is scalable for large-area tactile displays.
    • This approach offers a promising solution for accessible information display.