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Feelif ’ s mission has its roots in an older linguistic device : braille , that nineteenth century invention which allows blind and visually impaired people with the tools to read . Updating for the contemporary world , Feelif seeks to do the same for digital devices .
Company founder Željko Khermayer was inspired after watching a television documentary in 2013 . It started rudimentarily : punching holes in a business and putting it over the screen of his smartphone . With his eyes closed , his fingers reached their appointed targets . This was the germ of an idea that led to the company ’ s founding in 2015 .
A tactile grid was invented to cover touch screens , enabling users to literally feel what is there . By integrating a combination of sound , haptics and visual cues , the user can become ‘ digitally sighted .’ The programme is designed for multiple applications : education , entertainment , and everyday use .
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