Yesterday, it was already briefly mentioned in a speech of the WBU Summit. Today, we are dedicating an entire post to the topic. This is about an important cause that resonates with Braille users all around the world. So, have…
A Powerful Finale
This Friday, we present the last two speeches from the Braille panel at the World Blindness Union General Assembly—and they are truly remarkable! With powerful words and thought-provoking ideas, they impressively demonstrate how important Louis Braille’s invention was, is, and…
A campaign for all of us
In their speech at the World Blindness Summit, Gertrude Oforiwa Fefoame and Martine Abel-Williamson will present a campaign that anyone interested in Braille should definitely keep an eye on now and especially next year! Stay tuned, it’s worth it! Especially…
Braille in Brazil
The speech by Professor Márcia Noronha that we have prepared for you today also comes from the World Blindness Summit and focuses on the current situation of the Braille system in Brazil. Above all, it deals with the challenges and…
Week of speeches: Braille in the age of AI
Today we continue with our next speech. Like several others this week, it comes from this year’s World Blindness Summit 2025. This takes place every four years and, unsurprisingly, this year’s event featured several presentations on the topic of Braille.…
Week of speeches
This week, there’s a lot for you to get your hands on and listen to. We’ve picked out some great speeches from various events that deal with Braille at a basic level. We’ll start today with Michal Tkáčik and his…
Fingerbraille
At the final meeting of the EU project SHIFT, which aimed to make cultural heritage more accessible with the help of AI: wwwshift-europe.eu in Siena, Tuscany, Reiner from the Braille200 Team sat at dinner on a chair with a uniform…
What Braille does for us
When we think of Braille, we usually associate it with information and its transmission. But learning and using Braille changes much more than that: it sharpens our perception, promotes new connections in the brain, and strengthens our ability to perceive…
Amsterdam day: Richard He
Our statement today from the Tactile Reading & Graphics Conference in Amsterdam is full of enthusiasm! Simple, but apt: Richard He sums up the greatness of Braille! A Beautiful system that we can all be proud of. Richard He on…
Our winner for September
September is already behind us. So it’s high time to look back on it once again. We were treated to some great contributions this month: exciting events, wonderful texts from people who shared their experiences of living with Braille, and…