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Figure 2: Braille EmbosserBraille displays are devices that convert text from the screen into Braille. They use aseries of electronic “pins” that are either in the up or down position, to represent theBraille characters so that blind and visually impaired people can read them. Commonmodels of Braille Display are Alva, Navigator, PowerBraille and Tieman ranges(DATWA, nd).Figure 3: Braille DisplayA screen reader is software that works together with a speech synthesizer to readaloud information such as icons, menus, text, punctuation, and control buttons from acomputer screen. Table 1 lists a few screen readers running under Windows andLinux platforms.5