Are you going to CES this year?
Among our startup community, asking whether you attend the CES (Consumer Electronics Show) in Las Vegas has become a kind of New Year's greeting, replacing the usual one.
Over 700 companies and organizations from Korea participated, collectively winning 143 CES Innovation Awards, making up approximately 40% of the total awards. This achievement vividly demonstrates the remarkable depth of our technological expertise.
The theme of this year's CES wasThe theme for this year's CES was 'All Together, All On'. It suggested working together to tackle societal challenges through the integration of all technologies. The standout point was the widespread presence of AI technology. Almost every company at the event showcased their AI solutions, highlighting how AI is now being used across various industries.
The convergence of AI across all industries, CES 2024 highlights introduction. (Source: Samil Accounting Corporation.)
At CES, around 4,000 companies from over 150 countries gathered, hosting over 250 diverse sessions covering the latest tech trends and business strategies. Particularly in sessions like AI, future mobility, and future energy, new ideas and visions were abundant. Thus, CES 2024 can be seen as a festival showcasing the 'convergence' of technologies and their potential for advancement.
Dot received the best of Innovation in Accessibility Award in 2023 Dot. This year, they were honored with the Innovation Award for Dot Canvas, a software enabling the creation, storage, and sharing of digital tactile graphics.
Dot Canvas is divided into web and app versions, with the web version specially designed for both visually impaired and sighted individuals. The app version can be downloaded from the App Store and used in real-time on an iPad. With Dot Canvas, users can create, store, and share digital tactile graphics. Users can easily create tactile graphics without specialized knowledge using various editing tools and can also store them in the cloud for later use. For example, they can upload images or photo files to automatically convert them into tactile graphic format, and use the braille engine to view brailled text on Dot Pad.
Dot Canvas web version and app version introduction images
Dot Canvas is a Dot Pad-optimized service that allows the visually impaired and the blind to create, edit, and access tactile images and multi-line Braille. All contents that are created into tactile can be edited immediately and shared with multiple users with one connection. Dot Canvas provides creation tools such as Draw, Paint, AI-based image transformation, PDF translation, Textbox, and different templates. It also comes with a Dot Cloud system where users can save their images and share them with other users.
Dot Canvas is a service tailored for Dot Pad, allowing visually impaired and blind users to create, edit, and access tactile images and multi-line Braille. Dot Pad features 2400 pins for tactile graphics and Braille, enabling immediate editing and sharing of created content. Dot Canvas offers tools like drawing, painting, AI-based image transformation, PDF translation, text boxes, and templates. Users can store and share their work through Dot Cloud.
Available in web and app versions, Dot Canvas caters to both visually impaired and sighted individuals. The app, downloadable from the App Store, works in real-time on iPad. Users can easily create, store, and share digital tactile graphics, including automatic conversion of images to tactile format and brailled text reading on Dot Pad. Additionally, their work can be stored in the cloud for future use.
Blind individuals can get into all sorts of stuff like education, artsy stuff, design gigs, coding, smart classes, and rehab training. Thanks to winning the top innovation award two years running, Dot has been putting Korea's tech smarts on the map, especially in the accessibility scene.
Can we keep up the innovation streak in 2025?
Keep an eye on the Dot crew as they go for three in a row ;)
"Dot Canvas feels like a sketchbook to me. When my teacher draws something here, I can immediately feel it on the Dot Pad. I'm not good at drawing, but it's fun to touch shapes on the Dot Pad and try to replicate them. Last week, I even drew a snowman with my teacher using Dot Canvas."
From chatting with a 12-year-old kid who's into Dot Canvas.