Title | MAKING THE WORLD ACCESSIBLE, DOT BY DOT |
Brand | DOT |
Product / Service | BRAILLE DEVICES FOR THE VISUALLY IMPAIRED |
Category | A01. Creative Effectiveness |
Entrant | DOT INCORPORATION Seoul, SOUTH KOREA |
Idea Creation | SERVICEPLAN KOREA Seoul, SOUTH KOREA |
Idea Creation 2 | DOT INCORPORATION Seoul, SOUTH KOREA |
Name | Company | Position |
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Alexander Schill | Serviceplan Group | Global Chief Creative Officer |
Eric Ju Yoon Kim | Dot Incorporation | CEO |
Jae Seong Joo | Dot Incorporation | CDO |
Ki Sung | Dot Incorporation | CTO |
Ahrum Choi | Dot Incorporation | Director of Social Impact |
Jimin Ryu | Dot Incorporation | Global Partnership Manager |
Yeong Kyu Yoo | Cloudandco | Creative Director / CEO |
Ki Hwan Joo | Dot Incorporation | Designer |
Franz Röppischer | Serviceplan Innovation | Creative Director |
Lorenz Langgartner | Serviceplan Innovation | Creative Director |
Saurabh Kakade | Serviceplan Innovation | Creative |
Eduardo Alvarez | Serviceplan Innovation | Art Director |
Carolina Soto | Serviceplan Innovation | Junior Copywriter |
Dieter Pries | Hyperinteractive GmbH | Technical Director |
Bozhidar Yovchev | Hyperinteractive GmbH | AI Director |
Anton Petrov | Hyperinteractive GmbH | AI Engineer |
Vasil Vasilev | Hyperinteractive GmbH | Data Analyst |
Daniel Kuhnlein | Standardabweichung | Creative Code |
Maximilian Heitsch | Moby Digg GmbH | Creative Direction |
Niklas May | Moby Digg GmbH | Concept |
Marco Kawan | Moby Digg GmbH | UI Design |
Sebastian Haiss | Moby Digg GmbH | Animation |
Julie Kang | Serviceplan Korea | CEO |
Kyungsin Kim | Paulus Co. Ltd | Producer |
Dahoon Chung | Paulus Co. Ltd | Director |
Yongsang Cho | Paulus Co. Ltd | DOP |
Handong Ryu | Paulus Co. Ltd | Cinematographer |
Young Woo Choi | cloudandco | Designer |
Nara Ok | cloudandco | Graphic Designer |
Silver Eunman Kim | Serviceplan Korea | Creative Director |
Yoon Seo | Serviceplan Korea | Copywriter |
Jihyun Seo | Serviceplan Korea | Art Director |
Yujin Ko | Serviceplan Korea | Senior Account Manager |
Yerim Kim | Serviceplan Korea | Account Executive |
For 285 million blind and visually impaired people worldwide, the world remains inaccessible. Only 3% of all content is available in braille, and existing conventional technology is expensive, impractical and outdated. With no alternative to braille, the impact is significant—especially in education where 90% of people who can’t read braille are unemployed. Since 2015, Dot Technology has been under continuous development, with its first integration into the first braille smartwatch Dot Watch in 2016. It was later integrated into Dot Mini in 2017 and released as a standalone product in 2019. Today, it has so far translated over 20 million words and is being further developed for use in accessible facilities. From the first braille smartwatch with patented Actuator technology at its core, to translating over 20 million words worth of previously inaccessible content using machine learning, Dot technology is continuously developed for further day-to-day accessibility. Through hardware and software, Dot reduces size, weight, and price by up to 10 times compared to conventional braille technology. Now, Dot looks to the future, by integrating its technology into public spaces for smart city needs, making the world more accessible and inclusive for all blind and visually impaired persons, dot by dot.