Touch activated audio module and sign

In a wall mountable signage system having a sign panel with a first surface with permanently formed visual information and tactile information designed to be perceptible by visually impaired persons and a second surface opposite the first surface for mounting to a wall in a building, a signage device for placing adjacent the sign panel comprising:

• audio storage and playback circuitry to be placed adjacent the sign panel and adapted to play aural information stored in said audio storage circuitry, said aural information relating to the visual and tactile information;
• a speaker operatively associated with said audio storage and playback circuitry for providing audible play of said aural information;
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• an actuator operatively coupled to said audio storage and playback circuitry, said actuator initiating playback of said aural information when touched;
• wherein the visual information, the tactile information and said aural information relate to an area or object in the building to provide information to those with and without visual impairments by viewing the sign panel, tactilely reading the sign panel or listening to said aural information after touching said actuator.

A wall mountable, touch activated audible sign system for visually impaired persons comprising:

• a sign panel having a first surface with permanently formed visual information and a second surface opposite said first surface for mounting to a wall in a building;
• audio storage and playback circuitry adjacent to said sign panel and adapted to play aural information stored in said audio storage circuitry, said aural information relating to said visual information and tactile information associated with said sign panel and designed to be perceptible by visually impaired persons;
• and
• an actuator operatively coupled to said audio storage and playback circuitry, said actuator initiating playback of said aural information when touched;
• wherein said visual information, said tactile information and said aural information relate to an object or area in the building to provide information to those with and without visual impairments by viewing said sign panel, tactilely reading the tactile information or listening to said aural information after touching said actuator.

In a wall mountable signage system having a sign panel with a first surface with permanently formed visual information and a second surface opposite the first surface for mounting to a wall in a building, a signage device for placing adjacent the sign panel comprising:

• audio storage and playback circuitry to be placed adjacent the sign panel and adapted to play aural information stored in said audio storage circuitry, said aural information relating to the visual information and tactile information associated with the sign and designed to be perceptible by visually impaired persons;
• a speaker operatively associated with said audio storage and playback circuitry for providing audible play of said aural information;
• and
• an actuator operatively coupled to said audio storage and playback circuitry, said actuator initiating playback of said aural information when touched;
• wherein the visual information, the tactile information and said aural information relate to an area or object in the building to provide information to those with and without visual impairments by viewing the sign panel, tactilely reading the sign panel or listening to said aural information after touching said actuator.