Touch Screen Braille

With the advent of touchscreen phones, typing messages without the benefit of a tactile keyboard meant that the blind had an infinitely harder time typing.  Yes, a keyboard comes up on an iPhone, for example, but there's no raised markers to properly orient the fingers or edges of keys to be sure what buttons they are hitting. 

A new application called BrailleTouch has recently been released that allows the blind to type in Braille code quickly and efficiently.  They are able to send text messages as quickly as sighted people.  Of course, those who understand the Braille alphabet are also able to send text messages now without looking at their screens...

This video is excellent at demonstrating how it works - I was having a hard time visualizing how the phone should be held and where the fingers need to be placed.