Segito

Update, Nov 1st 2011

We started Segito in September 2010 during our undergrad years in Mumbai. Our mission was to educate 1 million differently-abled & special needs individuals using low cost technology.

We built 'Braille Tutor' a self-paced device for visually impaired & blind individuals to study braille language without the need of a human tutor. We received several grants & investment support; we built the technology using piezoelectric sensors; in lowest possible costs.

However, we failed during commercialisation of the technology. Despite building the product on a shoe-string budget; the price per product with 'zero' gross margin was still 2-3X higher than paying capacity / allotted learning budget for visually impaired & blind individuals.

As young engineers; we could not do justice to the mission we started. Hence, we have decided to take a pause on our product efforts as on October 2011. Past 13 months have been the most disruptive years of our lives; may be in near future, we plan to resume & complete what we started as young minds.

Regards,

Segito Team

Gratitude to our supporters; we could not have started our journey without them. 

• Ventura Entrepreneurship Cell, National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli

• Centre for Entrepreneurship Development and Incubation, National Institute of Technology Tiruchirappalli

• Global Social Entrepreneurship Competition, University of Washington

For any queries, we are available at info@segito.in