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Braille 200 archive
In 2025 we celebrated the bicentenary of inventing the braille scripture. Every day we published one peace about braille. And even after the bicentenary has passed, some posts are still arriving and are published. Articles published in this initiative have been moved...
Susanna Halme: Braille as a Builder of Literacy, Everyday Life, and Participation
Master Thesis by Susanna Halme at the University of Helsinki Braille as a Builder of Literacy, Everyday Life, and Participation – Discourses and Attitudes in the Survey Responses of People with Visual Impairments The ful thesis can be found here:...
Braille Display Mobile Frame: A Handy Tool for Braillists Designed by Myself Using 3D CAD
Introduction I usually work using a laptop computer together with a braille display. How these two devices are positioned is a very important issue, as it directly affects work efficiency and physical strain. In this article, I introduce in detail a...
Presents with Love and Braille
Presents with Love and Braille By Svetlana Vasilyeva It’s a holiday season again and I really like to give presents. Even in the darkest times like now, finding presents for my friends and family cheers me up a little bit. Thinking about gifts reminded me about...
Let’s play, let’s Braille: Stardew valley
In the cozy farming simulator game Stardew Valley a gardener took inspiration from this year’s braille anniversary celebrations. The video starts in the gardener’s house, everything in the cute, pixelated visuals reminiscent of old 2D retro games. The gardener finds a...
Let’s play, Let’s Braille: Tetris + braille = Dotris
The video starts with the Braille 200 and Living Braille logos. Christine films Reiner sitting at a wooden table with a Braille display and a small laptop. He plays Dotris, the Braille version of Tetris, and explains how to play. From 0:40, the camera shows a close-up...
Let’s play, Let’s Braille: Shogun 2
In the computer game Shogun 2 the samurai army of the historic Date clan joins in on the celebrations of the 200th anniversary of braille. The video starts with a group of samurai armed walking towards the camera. The camera then moves to the left and many more groups...
Please touch
a Quilt Wall Hanging I am Traude Pruen from Germany The quilt was made as my contribution in a challenge to the 40 year jubilee of the „Patchwork Gilde Deutschland“. All fabrics used had to be red. The quilt is now shown in different exhibitions. Usually the quilts...
Expert Table Talk Series: Using Your Braille Display Like a Pro 28 January
do you use a Braille display? Do you still find some of its features daunting? Would you like to get in touch with some of the top-notch Braille display experts in order to get your questions answered? Now you can. The Braille Working Group of the European Blind Union...