Members of the Asian region’s blind associations held their biannual regular conference in Hong Kong for four days from November 20th. Opinions were exchanged on a wide range of topics, including the provision of various information due to advances in information technology, education, and employment issues.

Our company participated in the attached exhibition, exhibiting braille printers and braille displays, which were well received. Ten other companies from the US, UK, South Korea, etc. participated in the exhibition, exhibiting magnifying reading machines and reading and text-to-speech devices with OCR functions.

Our booth was visited by people from Hong Kong, China, Taiwan, Malaysia, Thailand, and Mongolia, who eagerly checked out the explanations on how to operate the equipment.

Nippon Telesoft participated in the 8th China Conference of the Visually Impaired, held on September 20th and 21st at the Blind Association Building in Beijing, China. The conference included the announcement of the government’s disability support policy, reports on educational examples from schools for the blind in Beijing and other parts of China, and introductions to the Internet and the latest information devices.

In the research presentation, Professor Emeritus Mao of Tsinghua University spoke about the process that led to the development of the Braille display “Seika Series” and its usefulness, including its functions. Professor Mao is known for formulating China’s Braille rules, developing Chinese Braille translation software, and putting screen readers to practical use, and many related parties listened intently to his talk. Nippon Telesoft demonstrated the Braille printer “DOG Multi” at its booth at the venue, promoting its Braille and ink-based printing capabilities.

Nippon Telesoft exhibited and participated in the CSUN (Conference on Visually Impaired Devices) held in San Diego, USA at the end of February. This time, about 300 companies, mainly from the US, exhibited various devices, and many visitors came to the event. In addition to Nippon Telesoft, two companies, a company that manufactures DAISY devices, participated from Japan.

The majority of the exhibits at the venue were magnified reading devices equipped with the latest HD cameras and LCD displays, and products with functions to read aloud English and other languages ​​were popular.

In addition, Microsoft set up a large booth to promote the voice assistance function for the visually impaired that will be standard on their new OS, and explained the functions.

Our company introduced the overseas-market braille printer “GEMINI MULIT SUPER”, the braille display “Seika Series”, and a drawing pen made of beeswax made by a Japanese manufacturer. The braille printer was highly praised for its quiet printing sound, and the Seika Mini was highly praised for its ability to connect to an iPhone.

We were also able to develop new markets such as Poland, and achieved success.