List of braille display manufacturers

This webpage contains information about the braille display manufacturers in the world. We have collected most important information about the companies manufacturing braile displays and present them here for braille users. Our main intention is a clear and neat list of information for the correct decision for the right braille display fulfilling the users’ needs. We encourage all braille display manufacturers to let us know about any suggestions for additional information or corrections at our e-mail: team@livingbraille.eu. If your company is missing here, let us know and we will gladly add you to this list.

We intend to keep here also information about companies, which might have ended the braille display production of some specific model or completely. The purpose of this is a possibility for braille users to find the manufacturer of specific product models.

Many useful information about braille displays can be found in the book Braille on Display written by Jackie Brown.

Bristol Braille Technology:

Dot Inc:

  • Contact address: #403, 146, Gasan digital 1-ro, Geumcheon-gu, Seoul, Republic of Korea (08507)
  • Website of the product(s): Dot Inc products
  • Main products/models: Dot Pad; Dot Kiosk; Dot Module 20; Dot Cell
  • Braille devices training materials (general website with trainings or guidelines for all products): Dot Inc PR/IR website
  • Website with regional distributors: none found
  • Social Media: Dot Inc Facebook page
    Dot Inc YouTube channel

Eurobraille:

Freedom Scientific (now as a part of Vispero company)
Vispero:

Harpo Adaptive Technology:

  • Contact address: Harpo Sp. z o. o., ul. 27 Grudnia 7, 61-737 Poznań, Poland
  • Website of the product(s): Harpo products
  • Main products/models: BraillePen14, BraillePen24, Jot-A-Dot Pocket Brailler
  • Braille devices training materials (general website with trainings or guidelines for all products): none found
  • Website with regional distributors: Available for each product on the main website under a heading “Find your local dealer”
  • Social Media: Harpo Assistive Technology YouTube channel

Help Tech GmbH & Co. KG (previously Handy tech Technology)

Humanware:

Metec Ingenieur-AG:

  • Contact address: metec Ingenieur-AG, Hasenbergstr. 31, 70178 Stuttgart, Deutschland
  • Website of the product(s): Metec braille products for blind people
  • Main products/models: manufacturer of the Piezoelectric braille cells; one-lined braille displays (Braille Display BD III 40, Braille Display BD-20 Blue); graphic displays (Braille Display BD-20 Blue, Hyperflat, HyperBraille F)
  • Braille devices training materials (general website with trainings or guidelines for all products): Metec download centre
  • Website with regional distributors: None found
  • Social Media: None found

Nippon Telesoft Co.,Ltd:

  • Contact address: Nippon Telesoft, Co., Ltd, 3F, 2-1-3,Momoi, Suginami-ku, Tokyo 167-0034 Japan
  • Website of the product(s): Seika Braille displays
  • Main products/models: Seika; Seika mini; Seika Studio
  • Braille devices training materials (general website with trainings or guidelines for all products): Download section under each product individually
  • Website with regional distributors: None found
  • Social Media: Nippon Telesoft YouTube channel

Optelec (now a part of Vispero company):

Orbit Research:

Papenmeier Rehab Technology:

Selvas BLV (previously HIMS International Corporation)

  • Contact address: Selvas BLV, 2113 Wells Branch Pkwy, Suite 6100, Austin, TX 78728
  • Website of the product(s): Selvas BLV braille products
  • Main products/models: HIMS refreshable braille notetakers and displays: BRAILLESENSE 6; BRAILLESENSE 6 MINI; QBRAILLE XL; BRAILLE EMOTION; TAPTILO V4.0; BrailleEdge 40; Polaris; U2; Smart Beetle
  • Braille devices training materials (general website with trainings or guidelines for all products): Selvas BLV Download center
  • Website with regional distributors: none found
  • Social Media: Selvas BLV Facebook page
    Selvas BLV YouTube channel

Tactile Engineering:

VisioBraille GmbH
visiobraille.de
(previously Baum Retec AG):