This Braille Label Printer Helps Blind Associates and Household Seize the Proper Capsule Bottle

Ever reached for the incorrect drugs bottle however noticed the label in time to keep away from taking it? For the blind, mistaking drugs might be tougher to keep away from — and doubtlessly harmful. At CES 2026, I noticed a method to forestall these errors that is a bit cheaper than the widespread labeling technique. It additionally makes use of a voice interface as a substitute of typing.

Blind individuals have used label makers to print labels in Braille for a while, however they’re costly, costing upward of $1,250. Mangoslab’s Nemonic Dot is a brand new competitor within the Braille label area of interest with a considerably cheaper $995 price ticket. The printer is envisioned as a manner for household and mates to assist their blind family members. 

Mangoslab is a startup that spun off from Samsung’s internal C-Lab analysis division to launch its Nemonic sticky notice printer years in the past. At CES Unveiled this yr, the group confirmed off its evolution of that printer within the Nemonic Dot. It is a plastic field concerning the dimension of a stack of drink coasters that wirelessly connects to a smartphone. Utilizing a proprietary app, individuals converse the label content material and text-to-speech interprets that first into textual content after which into Braille phrases. These are printed out on a sticky strip that may be connected to no matter is being described.

On the Unveiled sales space, pattern objects simply mistaken for one another had been labeled with Nemonic Dot strips, from salt and pepper shakers to painkillers and probiotics, all in identically sized bottles. With the strips, they may very well be advised aside. 

Standard digital Braille label makers use direct textual content typing, both with the Perkins-style Braille button configuration or an ordinary QWERTY keyboard. The Nemonic Dot is a wholly voice-based interface: you say a phrase aloud, and it is transformed to textual content after which Braille on the smartphone app. 

I watched because the Nemonic Dot app translated spoken phrases to textual content, although I noticed it have a tough time discerning lengthy, particular phrases of widespread medicines (acetaminophen, paracetamol). It was arduous to inform if the misfire was as a result of din of the crowded flooring or the app not listening to appropriately — when it was closed and reopened, it comprehended and translated the spoken phrases appropriately. 

Conceivably, an exterior text-to-speech service may learn this again to a blind particular person to make sure the phrase they’re printing is correct, however the Nemonic Dot as I noticed it appears conceived as a tool for sighted individuals to print labels for his or her blind family and friends. Whereas there’s nothing incorrect with that, it does cater the system towards a unique demographic than typical Braille label makers — at the very least till extra blind-friendly options are launched within the Nemonic Dot app.

The Nemonic Dot has an anticipated worth of $995, although it may change earlier than the product goes on sale within the second quarter of 2026. Normal sticky tape refills price $5, and house owners may also purchase firmer copper tape, although Mangoslab hasn’t but finalized a worth for that.