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Latest posts
Let’s play, Let’s Braille: Tetris + braille = Dotris
The video starts with the Braille 200 and Living Braille logos. Christine films Reiner sitting at a wooden table with a Braille display and a small laptop. He plays Dotris, the Braille version of Tetris, and explains how to play. From 0:40, the camera shows a close-up...
Let’s play, Let’s Braille: Shogun 2
In the computer game Shogun 2 the samurai army of the historic Date clan joins in on the celebrations of the 200th anniversary of braille. The video starts with a group of samurai armed walking towards the camera. The camera then moves to the left and many more groups...
Please touch
a Quilt Wall Hanging I am Traude Pruen from Germany The quilt was made as my contribution in a challenge to the 40 year jubilee of the „Patchwork Gilde Deutschland“. All fabrics used had to be red. The quilt is now shown in different exhibitions. Usually the quilts...
Expert Table Talk Series: Using Your Braille Display Like a Pro 28 January
do you use a Braille display? Do you still find some of its features daunting? Would you like to get in touch with some of the top-notch Braille display experts in order to get your questions answered? Now you can. The Braille Working Group of the European Blind Union...
Our final awards ceremony
This Sunday, let’s look back at eleven entries that won prizes last year and were selected from many other great entries. Many of them were stories from special periods in people’s lives: learning new skills, adapting to new circumstances, and special life...
Weekend of Winners
Welcome to the final weekend of our daily publications. Tomorrow marks the official end of our Braille 200 initiative. However, that doesn’t mean we’re stopping overnight. We still have a few things we would like to share with you, and you can also send us...
the ICEVI–WBU Global Braille Literacy Campaign
Our initiative is coming to an end. But another campaign is just getting started, so 2026 also promises to be a fantastic year for Braille. And you can all be part of it at the kick-off event this Sunday. There will be a panel discussion with internationally...
Happy New Braille Year
As we all know, a picture is worth a thousand words. And Braille images are no different. But even a Braille image cannot express how grateful we are to you for the past year full of contributions, feedback, and suggestions. We all had a lot of fun celebrating 200...
Braille calendars
On this last day of the year, we present a contribution from María García, who addresses a topic that is very fitting for the turn of the year. Thank you, María, for the wonderful idea and for an article that is as enjoyable as it is informative, marking the end of...