Let’s stay with the topic of Braille images for a little longer. An equilateral triangle stands on its tip, its sides consisting of lines two dots wide. Superimposed on this is a second equilateral triangle, lying on its base, its…
Merry Braille Christmas
Braille 200 is decorating your festive day today with a special fun fact: Did you know that the custom of the Christmas tree originated in Germany and spread from there to France and many other countries around the world? The…
Imre Gergyes Braillepack
Braille 200 keeps things playful This Tuesday, Imre Gergye from Hungary presents his invention, the Braillepack, which makes learning and practicing Braille fun. Thank you, Imre, for allowing us to present your invention here at Braille 200. The Braillepack A…
Snails, balls and a little boy
Today, Britta Winkelnkemper not only presents her game ideas, which largely revolve around Braille, but also tells us how she came up with this idea. We at Braille 200 would like to thank Britta for her exciting insights and for…
Learning and understanding Braille: Learning Braille Through Distance Courses
Braille is best learned through face-to-face instruction. The DBSV trains many instructors; however, blind people still often cannot find a qualified teacher in their local area. For this reason, the DBSV has begun offering distance learning courses in Braille. Participants…
Learning and Understanding Braille: Working with Braille Legos
At the suggestion of blind people in Denmark, the LEGO Foundation organized the production of Braille LEGO bricks and their distribution in many countries. The official website for using the bricks can be found here The bricks are distributed free…
Learning and understanding Braille: Learning Braille with the DBSV Punktum course
Five years ago, the DBSV began addressing the issue of Braille learning for the blind. It is very important that blind children receive good instruction in order to learn to read and write Braille. However, most people only lose their…
Learning and understanding Braille: Learning with enlarged Braille
Working with enlarged Braille can be particularly helpful for older blind people. If the sense of touch still struggles with Braille in its original size, it is possible to learn the shape of the characters in advance. However, the media…
Learning and Understanding Braille: The Punktum material for tactile training
The DBSV has also developed a package of worksheets to prepare the sense of touch and tactile skills for learning Braille. Punktum Course Part 2 can be downloaded as a BRL file here Direct link to the file Each worksheet…
Learning and Understanding Braille: Tactile training to prepare for learning Braille
Reading Braille is not that easy. That’s why many people who touch Braille for the first time say: It’s like woodchip wallpaper. For both children and blind adults, it can be very useful to train the sense of touch and…