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Talking Tactile Books – TaTaBooks
Talking Tactile Books – TaTaBooks for blind and visually impaired children project is an Erasmus+ project funded by the European Commission and runs from November 2021 to October 2023. A total of eight partners from four countries (Austria, Czech Republic,...
European Blind Union issued a Position paper about braille
In september 2023, European Blind Union issued important document position paper on Access to Reading and Using Braille – a matter of the future clearly outlining our position. (external link, PDF file, 271 kB) The position paper clearly states the situation we are in...
Braille concept – interactive and easy-to-follow braille course
Since 2010, Themis Games develops games for fun and joy. There are more games of interest with accessible content for people with disabilities. One outstanding game is tightly related to the braille. It is interactive and playful course of basic knowledge in braille...
Slovakia is celebrating the 25th anniversary of the national prize for the design of braille typewriter TATRAPOINT Adaptive
Almost 200 years have passed since Louis Braille created the braille system of writing for the blind and visually impaired. The first tools to “emboss” the dots on a sheet of paper were a simple slate and a simple stylus, probably the first ones made just of cardboard...
Dotris – wonderful game for the braille display
The fact that a lot of effort is now being put into adapting computer games for the blind is giving us a great hope for brighter gaming future. Getting lost in the sounds of stories and games and letting your imagination wander along with your fingers on the keyboard...
African Braille Code
For those interested in finalized African braille code, there is a document in 30 languages available – Braille Systems for Africa: A Multilingual Document. The file was created by David Holladay from Duxbury Systems,...
Drawing with the braille
The braille cells can be used not only for the representation of letters, numbers, punctuation, musical notes, and many more symbols. They can represent a picture, which can be a simple drawing of a diagram, silhouette of an animal, Christmas tree, and far more. The...
EBU video promotion of Braille in eight languages
In September 2022, the Braille Working Group of EBU performed in the video The Importance of Braille. The video was published in December 2022 in English and, until July 2023, has reached nearly 900 views on YouTube. To bring the video message forward in more...
BrailleRAP: Open Source Braille embosser
Sometimes, braille in the digital environment needs to be materialized in the paper form and braille embosser is a very handy tool for that. This area is being quite often criticized for the high prices of the devices providing a embossing possibilities, although it...