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The recipients presented their device at a symposium at Massachusetts Institute of Technology on October 25, 2007.
Dr. Karen Gourgey comes from a teaching background, having taught English at the high school level for some three years, and then served as an instructor in the Columbia Teachers' College Department of Special Education, where she received her doctorate in 1983. In that same year, she began as the Director of the Computer Center for Visually Impaired People (CCVIP) at Baruch College, City University of New York.
Steven Landau is Director of Research at Touch Graphics, Inc., a company Mr. Landau founded in 1997 for the purpose of commercializing research on audio-tactile interactive computing, to create new products for the blind and low vision markets. The company has been the recipient of numerous US government R&D grants, and has brought to market a Talking Tactile Tablet (TTT), a low-cost computer peripheral device that acts as a "viewer" for images produced in tactile (raised-line and textured) format. In 2006, the TTT won a Gold Medal in the IDEA Awards competition.
2008 WINNER
National Braille Press would like to thank all the applicants for the
2008 Louis Braille Touch of Genius Prize for Innovation. The Prize was
established, with support of The Gibney Family Foundation, to identify
and inspire innovation in the field of tactile literacy for blind people.
After careful deliberation, the adjudication committee has announced
that no winner was chosen for 2008.
We look forward to receiving applications by July 20, 2009 for the
2009 Touch of Genius Prize. Download the application here.
Thank you for your interest in National Braille Press and the
Touch of Genius Prize for Innovation.
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