This Wednesday, Oleg Shevcun presents an exceptionally fascinating web tool from Russia. A creation that’s as ingenious as it is unexpected, and one that truly deserves our admiration. Some at Braille 200 might never have believed such a thing was…
Wool That Warms – and Says Thank You
Today, Cristina Pérez Ruiz from Spain introduces a Special Project which she coordinates as a psychologist. A group of members of the Spanish National Organization for the Blind in the city of Malaga knit garments that are given to people…
A Tracklist for Monday
Monday morning, time for an energetic start to the week. Statewide Vision Impairment Services from the Queensland Department of Education in Australia released 26 songs a while back, ranging from rap to pop, designed to make learning the Braille alphabet…
Dreams and Other Sweet Things
Some dreams just take their time. Like good dough that needs to rise. But when they finally come true, they’re all the more satisfying! In this case: a childhood dream with a gummy twist and a touch of Braille finesse.…
Robobraille
Today, Braille 200 is not only presenting you with a fantastic Braille tool, but also a highly powerful online converter that gives you a wide range of possibilities. The goal of the developers is to make documents automatically accessible. This…
Braillepost: Finally wait for the postman again!
You want to write a letter to someone who is blind or enjoys reading Braille but have no way of writing in Braille yourself? Then it’s worth taking a look at
Safety Braille
More than 170 years ago, a certain Walter Hunt found himself in debt, owing what was at the time a rather serious sum of 15 US dollars. In today’s terms, that would be somewhere between 500 and 600 dollars. And…
Poem: “I would like to see”
Today, Patricia Sanders shares a very personal poem with us: She writes about how reading Braille books often reminds her of everything that would be visible to the eyes. Precisely because so much has already been said about Braille, she…
Braille-a-bird
Braille 200 wishes you all a happy Draw-a-Bird Day! What? You’ve never heard of this Special day? Well then, let’s change that real quick: Many observance days don’t really have a proper origin story. But this one does! In 1943,…
Lucky Links
Before we dive into today’s post, we have some wonderful news to share with you: Do you remember Lawrence Schimel and The Village of Stones? That very book is one of the five nominees for the Swiss Children’s and Youth…