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An Overview of Braille Support on the Kindle Fire Tablet

… for Kindle Fire tablets. VoiceView did not offer direct braille support, but very limited access to braille was available through Amazon's version of BrailleBack. With BrailleBack, not all Kindle titles which …
Scott Davert
AccessWorld January 2019

Braille and Tactile Graphics at CSUN 2022

… Braille and Tactile Graphics at CSUN 2022 Judy Dixon In … usual number of exhibitors featuring tactile graphics and braille-related products. In this article, I will describe … graphics items in the exhibit hall and a few of the other braille items. Elsewhere in this issue, J.J. Meddaugh …
Judy Dixon
AccessWorld April 2022

Braille Writing Tools and Technology

… Braille writing devices run the gamut from old-school slate and stylus approaches to electronic braillers with built-in screen and speaker to provide immediate visual and audio feedback. "Braille printers" are more accurately referred to as …

Product Features

… 311: No; 312: Yes; Plextalk PTR2: Yes; PAC Mate: Yes; BrailleNote/VoiceNote: Yes; Braille Sense/Voice Sense: Yes; Braille+/Icon: Yes. Plays NLS books: BookCourier: No; Victor …
AccessWorld September 2008

AccessWorld News

… APH Partners with DAISY Consortium on New Digital Braille Standard The American Printing House for the Blind … the DAISY Consortium to develop a brand-new, electronic braille standard. This development is an important step as … continues to imagine, create, and produce more high-tech braille devices. It is essential that the eBRF be accessible …
AccessWorld December 2022

Questions and Answers: What Is Web-Braille?

… Question: I think I heard something about downloading braille books from the library. How does that work? Answer: Web-Braille is the best thing to come along since the interpoint embosser. Best of all, you don't have to be a braille reader to benefit. You can download the electronic …
Crista Earl
AccessWorld May 2001

Take a Note: A History of Braille Note Taking

… a nearby public school. My first writing tool, the Perkins Brailler, was a ten-pound mechanical distant cousin of the … With one key assigned to each of the six dots in a braille cell, words could be rapidly produced on paper. The braille writer is a magnificent tool, and most …
Deborah Kendrick
AccessWorld July 2021

For the Primary Grades

… Leave short braille notes in your child's lunch box or on her pillow … well as at school. As soon as your child has begun to read braille, arrange with the teacher of the visually impaired to have a braille book or simple teacher-made story sent home …

Freedom Scientific Focusing On Braille Part 2: A Review of the Focus Blue 40 Braille Display

… two products is size and price. The Focus 14 offers 14 braille cells, measures 3.5 by 6.5 inches, and sells for $1,295. The Focus Blue 40 has, as you might guess, 40 braille cells, measures 13 inches wide by 3 inches deep, and … keyboard, a cursor router button above each of its 14 or 40 braille cells respectively, and an impressive array of …
Deborah Kendrick
AccessWorld September 2014

Hadley’s New Braille Workshops

… Steve Kelley The first of Hadley's new tactile braille workshops has just launched and it’s going to make teaching and learning braille a lot more engaging for the older adult! Like … Research and Development team, she outlined the newest braille workshops from Hadley, which will be available …
Steven Kelley
AccessWorld January 2022

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