摘要 |
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a Braille keyboard that enables a key entry on the same keyboard irrespective of visual deficits of a user for input to an information processor and is variable in keyboard key arrangement according to usability and taste of the user. SOLUTION: Each key 10 comprises, in common with another, a key bearing part 51 and a key top 11 detachably mounted on the key bearing part 51. The key top 11 comprises a given number of Braille character forming pins 14 detachably attachable to and variable in arrangement on one surface thereof to form a Braille character, and a Braille character information determining means for detecting the arrangement mode of the Braille character forming pins 14 to determine Braille character information indicated on the one surface. The key bearing part 51 comprises a Braille character information transmitting means for transmitting the Braille character information output from the Braille character information determining means of the key top 11 to the information processor 7 when the key top 11 is depressed.
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