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Latest posts
Braille 200; bicentenary of braille code invention
In 1825, a 16-year-old blind boy named Louis Braille, at his school in Paris, invented the braille code for tactile reading. This invention has since spread enhancing literacy, education and employment of millions of blind people around the world. In 2025, we will...
Slateal Kombat
For more than 300 days now, we’ve been celebrating the anniversary of Braille, and in doing so, we’ve shamefully overlooked that there’s actually another birthday to celebrate on the very same day. Because together with the Braille system, another essential tool...
Engaging with Braille: Stories That Shape a Community
To start the week, we’d like to introduce you to a podcast that can sweeten long waiting times for Braille enthusiasts or serve as a relaxing listen at home: The Braillecast by the British Braillists Foundation: A platform dedicated to highlighting the importance of...
Too often unknown
Many people don’t even know what Braille actually is. We’ve probably all had this experience at some point. Lydia Zoubek from Germany is no exception. Based on this experience, she reflects in today’s article on the importance of Braille in her life....
Amsterdam day: Two musicians, one message
Solveig-Marie Oma and Christof Siems from Germany are undoubtedly among those people whose lives would be unimaginable without Braille. Both are musicians and attended the Tactile Reading & Graphics Conference in Amsterdam. You can listen to their Braille message...
Braille Pumpkin Day
Halloween! A day of costumes, candy, and, of course, decorations. And what is an absolute must? Pumpkins! No, Braille 200 didn’t find 28 giant pumpkins today to spell out “Braille 200” in Braille. That would be a great idea, but we’ll leave that to you....
Braille in Poland and Hungary
It is always exciting to learn more about the learning and teaching situation regarding Braille in other countries. This time, we have prepared a very informative interview for you: Host Michal Tkáčik talks to Judit Gombás and Marta Kanarek about the situation in...
The Braillefinders in Action: Bergamo
Our Braille Finders have left Ferbania behind, but Italy still has many discoveries in store for them and for us at Braille 200. Only about 53 miles further, in Bergamo, they came across their next work of art— a detailed model of the Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore....
An old acquaintance returns!
Sometimes chance just plays along: About six months ago, we introduced you to the artist The Blind. At that time, we had no idea that we would encounter him again so soon and almost unexpectedly. Of course, he has Braille in his luggage again this time! For our...
Braille as a tool for resilience and autonomy
Today, Samira, a young Sahrawi woman, brings us a story of resilience from the desert, from the Sahrawi Refugee Camps. These camps, located in the Tindouf region of southwestern Algeria, host the Sahrawi population that fled following the Moroccan invasion of Western...