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Refreshabraille Portable Braille Display and Keyboard: A Product Evaluation

… In 1997, I purchased a state-of-the-art braille display for my desktop computer. Its 85 cells were … to being as mobile as we are. With its 18-cell Refreshabraille, the American Printing House (APH) for the Blind has … remarkable versatility as well. Description The APH Refreshabraille has a footprint about the size of a standard index …
Deborah Kendrick
AccessWorld July 2010

Editor's Notes: A Focus on Braille

… for our January issue, we celebrate the month with a braille focused issue in honor of Louis Braille's birthday. It is an exciting time to be a braille reader as over the past few years, braille has …
Aaron Preece
AccessWorld January 2023

The Quest for “The Holy Braille” Full-Page Refreshable Braille Display: An Interview with Alex Russomanno

… If all goes as planned, The Holy Braille, a project from the University of Michigan School of … would do this through developing a full-page, refreshable braille display. Project designers believe that the device … impairments receive and interpret information. Currently, braille readers or devices that attach to the bottom of a …
Francesca Crozier-Fitzgerald
AccessWorld January 2017

Letters to the Editor

… to Scott Davert's January 2020 article, A Review of the Braille Me Braille Display from Inovision. I appreciate the work that … I am glad that I purchased the Orbit Reader rather than the Braille Me. Even though the Orbit Reader is more expensive …
AccessWorld February 2020

A Look Back: Two Historical Interviews with Deane Blazie

… Deborah Kendrick (Reprinted from TACTIC, Fall 1987.) The Braille'n Speak, as indicated in the preceding article, is a new device uniquely tailored to the needs of Braille users. The device is so new, in fact, that Deane Blazie exhibited one of the first Braille 'n Speak units for the first time at the National …
AccessWorld March 2010

World Braille Day: Braille, Books, and Beyond

… 01/04/2022 I learned to read braille later in life than most. I was in my mid-30s when I … A very wise technology specialist suggested I learn enough braille to label my files. My fingertips could reach any of … than my face could, and that is how my love of reading braille began. In three evenings, with a friend/colleague …
Neva Fairchild

200 Years: The Life and Legacy of Louis Braille

… Celebrating the Bicentennial of Louis Braille's Birth Postcard with drawing by Jean Roblin. The … medallion. In the middle of the postcard the words Louis Braille are written in braille. At the bottom of the postcard are the words Ne a …

Reading Comes Naturally

… her enthusiasm when with big Elmer's Glue dots I added the braille words Jamaica's Circle Book to the cover. (Lucky was … to the shelf, ready for the next reading. A Search for Brailled Books But in spite of all my efforts, Jamaica was … "D" in the text. I could see that Jamaica needed books with braille so she could find her letter too. When I went to …

AccessWorld News

… First-Ever Braille Summit to Solicit Ideas on Promoting and Supporting Braille Literacy More than 50 braille readers, braille literacy professionals, librarians, …
AccessWorld May 2013

The Mountbatten Braille Writer Learning System from HARPO: Good for Children of all Ages

… The Mountbatten Braille Writer Learning System (MB-LS) from HARPO is a … the size of a computer printer, that helps children learn braille. It's much more than just a braille embosser, boasting many advanced features including …
Janet Ingber
AccessWorld December 2014

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