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Oliv is the new Braille
This weekend, we at Braille 200 went all out for you – and rendered a truly great service to art! Let’s see someone top this! It’s art, it’s controversial, and best of all: it tastes fantastic! Now, you might be wondering how something controversial can also taste...
Braille as the key to kreativity
Today, Adél Taskovics from Hungary will present her books to us. She is 33 years old, and writing stories and poems has been her favourite leisure activity since early childhood. She states that since she is blind herself, she might never have had the opportunity to...
Your help is required!
Today, I would like to draw your attention to a small but important project that will benefit all of us! A group of European experts is currently working on a unified system for Braille LETTERING IN PUBLIC SPACES that aims to improve orientation for visually impaired...
Making Braille Audible – A Musical Approach
How would Braille sound if it were turned into music? Three women explored this question and developed a method to make Braille characters audible through musical arpeggios. An arpeggio is a sequence of musical notes played one after another, rather than...
Braille for all
In recent months, friends from the internet have repeatedly asked me how they can display certain sentences in Braille. I have to admit, this question initially left me a bit stumped. But now I’ve come across a solution that I don’t want to keep to myself! It’s...
Provide feedback on tactile lettering standard
A small group of experts is working on a European standard on tactile lettering in the built environment. Tactile lettering means information provided both in Braille and raised characters. The document sets out rules for content, design, arrangement and application...
Set Braille
When was the last time you traveled by ship? For me, it’s been at least two or three eternities, and I don’t remember there being any Braille on board back then. Yeah? Sometimes things change quite drastically. What, you don’t believe me? Then Paloma Ferreras will...
Learning by playing
Introduction We all probably have a few unpleasant memories of yawningly boring classes. Today, we will show you that it can be completely different. Richard Bruse is a instructor in vocational rehabilitation for visually impaired and blind people at the SFZ...
Project Metabraille
It is a great pleasure for me to take the first small step today in one of my heartfelt projects for Braille 200 together with you. At the end of 2024, as I began searching for interesting topics related to Braille and Braille writing in general, I came across a small...