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…
Spielerisch mit Braille: Entzifferung der Knotenschrift der Ute Diez
Die Knotenschrift der Inka ist bis heute rätselhaft. Ute Diez ist eine Künstlerin in Kiel, die schon sehr früh begann, auch haptisch zu arbeiten. Schon als Kind erdachte sie eine Knotenschrift. Dass deren Code sich entschlüsseln lässt, wenn man die…
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…
Learning and Understanding Braille: The P tastes like pineapple
This week, we will be looking at one of the most essential topics related to Braille: the actual learning process. The focus will be on adult learners, but we will not completely ignore children. To kick off the week, we…
Our Braille Fingers
The report we are presenting to you this Sunday was written by Magdalena Nowaczyk from Poland and follows Damian Cichocki as he learns Braille. Thank you very much, Magdalena, for this positive contribution! The movie Our Braille fingers (Nasze Brajlowskie…
Simply feasible
In today’s post, Nermin Hasic not only tells you about the Einfach machbar association, but also shares a really nice anecdote with you that happened during one of her projects. Thank you, Nermin, for sharing this special story with all…