ABTIM

ADVANCED DISPLAYS for the BLIND

Welcome to ABTIM

VideoTIM - the monitor for the blind - is now available in the USA. Ask for the current price and training opportunities at info@abtim.com

After more than two years of tests and training we know that VideoTIM is working very reliable. Users have a fast learning curve. Many of them are working 6 hours and more with VideoTIM every day. VideoTIM has a very low noise and is not vibrating. It is simple to read printed text. You can also look at simple grafics with VideoTIM.

Read about the latest technical features of VideoTIM 2.0 here.

You are a specialist in touchable grafics for blind persons and you like the good old OPTACON? We like it too. And we try to be better.

VideoTIM is a combination of the perceptible display TIM and a videocamera. The mini-hand-videocamerea films the object with text or simple grafics. The grafic-display TIM shows the videopictures in realtime.

We found out that most of the persons trained by our team were able to read complete sentences of printed text after the first day. After the second day they were much faster in reading with VideoTIM. Within two weeks by training themselfes the users learned to read by the unique TPS-Technology - developed by ABTIM. That means that the reading hand lies on the TIM display without movement and is able to percept all the text while it is written on the skin.

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The VideoTIM

How does VideoTIM work? Here is a description how to handle VideoTIM and the mini hand-videocamera.

Technical Data

Here are detailed informations about the size of VideoTIM, the speed, the resolution, the voltage, ...

Usage

Where to use the VideoTIM, examples of tactile grafics and letters on the TIM display...

Research

Read about the theories of TIM, the new mechanics and electrotechnical hardware standing behind the success of VideoTIM.

What is the work of the Bergische University of Wuppertal as cooperating partner of the TIM project?

TIM-Design

Design-feeling by Prof. Ulrich Reif. Touchable design concepts for TIM and the new design for a complete PC workplace for blind persons you will find here ...

CeBIT Prize

VideoTIM presentation on the worlds largest computer fair CeBIT with nomination as most innovative product, lots of TV-, radio-, newspaper, magazin- and internet reports. Everything about the latest developements we showed on the fair...

Contact

If you like to ask us about ABTIM products or if you want to give us informations please email. Here you will also find our telephone number, fax, voicebox (UMS) and full post address.

blind-links.org

The blind-links.org link list shows more than 150 links of themes of blind and low-vision peoples´ interest. The subjects are media, computer, devices, organizations mainly of German speaking countries in German language.

 Thanks to all supporters and friends of the TIM project!

The TIM-Project was supported by the German Government. Activities of the cooperating Bergische University Wuppertal are supported by the ERTOMIS-Foundation

The owner of this website is not responsible for the content of links to external websites.

Updated 2006-03-13

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