HOUSTON, July 23 -- The University of Houston issued the following news release:

International Red Dot Award Winning Technology Fills Gap in Braille Literacy

University of Houston's PXD Lab aims to make tactile literacy more accessible with their new design: a new two-device learning system called LUCID. (Rendering credit PXD Lab)

In an increasingly audio-driven world, the University of Houston's Product Experience Design (PXD) Lab is creating new pathways to Braille literacy for blind and low-vision learners. With a new two-device learning system called LUCID, PXD Lab designers aim to make tactile literacy more accessible, engaging and self-directed.

Designer Varshini Chouthri, a UH alum, and Min Kang, industrial design professor and P...