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Latest posts
Expert Table Talk Series on Braille Displays: the Second C, Consuming
The second webinar in the European Blind Union’s Braille Working Group series focused on consuming information on braille displays, featuring presentations from multiple experts on various aspects of reading with braille technology. Our panellists: Oleg Shevkun,...
Switch easy from computer braille o contracted braille with one key combination
In Screenreaders and Smartphones you can switch the braille output on your display from computer braille to 6-dots braille or contracted braille. For this you can go to the menue of your screenreader.In IOS on your iPhone you have keycombinations for this: braille...
Reading E-books in EPUB format with a Braille display
Ute Lutzenberger from ProTak explanes how to prepare an E-‘Book for reading on a braille display in stand-alone mode comfortably. Introduction To be able to read E-books with any braille display – no matter whether it has got an internal E-book conversion...
Short Research on the Presence of Tactile Graphics in Culture and Education
A short international survey titled “Short Research of Tactile Graphics Presence in Culture and Education” gathered 91 responses and explored how tactile objects and tactile graphics are represented in cultural and educational institutions. This pilot research is a...
Take part in recognizing braille as intangible cultural heritage
For braille users it is really ovious that braille is cultural heritage. Therefore many counties are on the way to include braille in their national lists of intangible cultural heritage. Slovenia, France and Germany succeded already in this. France and Germany are...
Expert Table Talk Series on Braille Displays: the first C, connecting
The Braille Working Group of the European Blind Union hosted a Table Talk webinar to discuss connecting and using Braille displays, with table talk moderator Oleg Shevkun and expert panelists including Ron Miller, Adi Kushnir, Matthew Horspool, and Svetlana Vasilyeva....
Braille 200 archive
In 2025 we celebrated the bicentenary of inventing the braille scripture. Every day we published one peace about braille. And even after the bicentenary has passed, some posts are still arriving and are published. Articles published in this initiative have been moved...
Susanna Halme: Braille as a Builder of Literacy, Everyday Life, and Participation
Master Thesis by Susanna Halme at the University of Helsinki Braille as a Builder of Literacy, Everyday Life, and Participation – Discourses and Attitudes in the Survey Responses of People with Visual Impairments The ful thesis can be found here:...
Braille Display Mobile Frame: A Handy Tool for Braillists Designed by Myself Using 3D CAD
Introduction I usually work using a laptop computer together with a braille display. How these two devices are positioned is a very important issue, as it directly affects work efficiency and physical strain. In this article, I introduce in detail a...