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Materials and tools for learning Braille
Braille cube as a keychain: On three levels, you can rotate the four sides of the cube to represent all Braille characters. Available at Braille Würfel mit Schlüsselanhänger:Marland.eu Onlineshop 2. Braille set bar made of wood for displaying 10 enlarged...
Pop-It Toys
Pop-It Toys are silicone sheets with half-spherical dimples arranged side by side. You can press these dimples upward, creating bumps. When arranged at right angles, they can also represent enlarged Braille characters. On a sheet with 6×5 points, 3 characters go...
Summary of the tactile image libraryes
There are more online libraries offering a possibility to download the sources for creating a tactile images using different technologies. Those can include simple but very powerful braille graphics, dots graphics, tactile relief images for thermofoil, ZY Fuser,...
World Braille Day 2024
For the sixth time, on 4TH of January 2024, the whole world celebrates Braille as one of the most important communication tools for blind people. World Braille day was announced by the United Nations in 2018 and has been celebrated since January 2019. The system of...
Santa’s letters in braille: where is the truth?
How does Santa answer to children in your country? In Slovakia, if Santa gets letter in braille, he answers in braille too. It is a service offered by the Slovak National post in cooperation with the Matej Hrebenda Slovak Library for the Blind in Levoca. Similarly,...
Multi-lined and graphical refreshable braille displays: pillars of the braille future
Since the eighties of the last century, when the first refreshable braille displays came on the market, we experienced a huge change in their shapes, syzes, appearances, and functions. We will be closing on 50 years of the refreshable braille display usage quite soon...
Braille display usage survey
The European Blind Union (EBU) invites you to take part in a survey to enhance the use of braille displays. Braille displays become more and more important to read and edit text in an electronic way. But the performance of electronic braille should get better. So EBU...
The Tactile Times accessible advent calendar
We have developed an online, fully-accessible advent calendar with 24 hidden surprises to uncover over the course of the next three weeks. This is great fun, and can also help you with internet navigation practice. There are interactive sounds when doors open and...
Egg-cellent Braille Learning: Innovative Methods Using 6-Egg Cartons
Introduction: Braille, a tactile writing system widely used by the visually impaired, can often be challenging to teach in an engaging and interactive manner. However, a surprising solution lies in the humble 6-egg carton. This article explores creative and practical...