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  • adjective computing, electronics That can be refreshed (updated).

Etymologies

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refresh +‎ -able

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Examples

  • As such, he and his team are working on producing what they call a "refreshable" Braille display, that would be more functional, and also less expensive than existing systems.

    Softpedia News - Global Tudor Vieru 2010

  • Willner says his company focuses on "refreshable" content -- which attracts consumers who go back to the apps more frequently for updates-than the kind of static content found in app games.

    Brandweek - News and Features Noreen O'Leary 2010

  • The main aim of the treaty is to allow the cross-border import and export of digital copies of books and other copyrighted works in formats that are accessible to persons who are blind, visually impaired, dyslexic or have other reading disabilities, using special devices that present text as refreshable braille, computer generated text to speech, or large type.

    Archive 2009-05-01 2009

  • A proposal had been made to institute a treaty allowing cross-border import and export of digital copies of books and other copyrighted works in formats accessible to people who are blind, visually impaired, dyslexic, or have other reading disabilities, using devices that present text as refreshable braille, computer generated text to speech, or large type.

    Treaty would stop the blind from reading 2009

  • The main aim of the treaty is to allow the cross-border import and export of digital copies of books and other copyrighted works in formats that are accessible to persons who are blind, visually impaired, dyslexic or have other reading disabilities, using special devices that present text as refreshable braille, computer generated text to speech, or large type.

    Boing Boing 2009

  • The Stereogranimator makes it simple to create GIFs out of the images available, providing a constantly changing, refreshable selection of stereographs for users.

    Are 19th Century Stereographs The Modern-Day GIF? The Huffington Post 2012

  • Recently I discovered “refreshable” needed to be “refrshble”; otherwise, Kate spoke it as “refreeshable”.

    Do It Myself Blog – Glenda Watson Hyatt » 2009 » April 2009

  • The Stereogranimator makes it simple to create GIFs out of the images available, providing a constantly changing, refreshable selection of stereographs for users.

    Are 19th Century Stereographs The Modern-Day GIF? The Huffington Post 2012

  • This is a new concept that can result in affordable page-sized refreshable braille displays.

    Braille E-Book by Seon-Keun Park, Byung-Min Woo, Sun-Hye Woo & Jin-Sun Park » Yanko Design 2009

  • Digital works delivered over the Internet or through cell phones can be accessed with refreshable braille readers, through synthetic text to speech, or in other ways, It is often expensive to take books and other copyrighted works created in inaccessible formats, and to make digital versions that are accessible, and also easy to navigate and use.

    James Love: Why Is the Obama Administration Not Standing Up for People with Disabilities? 2010

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