Braille working group of European Blind Union recognizes the importance of a braille display, now perhaps more than ever before. We are facing a promissing future of multi-lined braile displays and new format of digital braille. The importance of using…
Results of the survey “Braille Display Usage”
From December 2023 to the end of February 2024 braille working group of European Blind Union conducted the survey Braille Display Usage. This survey offers overview of braille display usage and braille display users’ expectations. The questionnaire contained questions about…
Some thoughts regarding dots 7 and 8 for highlighting text vs capital letters an so forth
For a while I have used six dots braille instead of eight dots braille, since a Swedish six dot liblouis braille code was added a few years ago, nowadays available for all known screen readers including iOS and MacOS., and…
Braille eMotion – a new braille display from HIMS
Braille eMotion is a multimedia 40-cell braille display with new dimensions in braille connectivity and innovation. It features 40-Cell Braille Display, 64 GB of internal storage, WiFi, 1 USB Type-C (Device), 1 USB Type-A (Host), Bluetooth (5 connections possible), 1…
New addition of Orbit Q-series to the Orbit braille devices
the announcement was written by Carla Morris, Orbit Research LLC, delivered to the list of braille display users. The Orbit Reader Q40 and Orbit Reader Q20 will be presented at the 39th Annual CSUN Assistive Technology Conference! Quoted announcement of…
Review of the braille display: Zoomax Braille eReader
Zoomax Braille eReader is a sleak 20-cell braille e-reader with wifi, bluetooth and USB connection. It offers standard 6-dot keyboard with space, backspace and enter (on the positions of dots 7 and 8), 20 cursor routing keys and 11 function…
Multi-lined and graphical refreshable braille displays: pillars of the braille future
Since the eighties of the last century, when the first refreshable braille displays came on the market, we experienced a huge change in their shapes, syzes, appearances, and functions. We will be closing on 50 years of the refreshable braille…
Braille display usage survey
The European Blind Union (EBU) invites you to take part in a survey to enhance the use of braille displays. Braille displays become more and more important to read and edit text in an electronic way. But the performance of…
Second hand braille displays
Braille displays play a key role in education or braille training. For now, many people in many countries are not able to enjoy the comfort of the digital braille in their braille display and work with digital braille content, simply…
Thorough Review of the braille display Active Braille 40 2021
Read a very interesting and thorough review of the braille display Active Braille 40 2021 by Scott Davert. Scott Davert is a Coordinator at Technology, Research and Innovation Center, Helen Keller National Center for DeafBlind. The article can be found on…