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When we talk about braille, we often hear statements like:
“Only 7–10% of blind people read braille.”
“Blind children aren’t learning Braille at school like they used to.”
“Technology is making braille irrelevant.”
But how true are these statements?
Help us on our mission to find out!
A global braille survey is being launched by ICEVI and the …
In our UKAAF webinar on 21 March 2024, we were joined by Philippa Campsie and taken on a fascinating journey of research and discovery.
A chance encounter at a museum in Paris in 2016 led Philippa to cast fresh light on myths and fiction built up over many years about Charles Barbier and Louis Braille, and …
In our UKAAF webinar on World Braille Day, 4 January 2024, we celebrated the life and work of Louis Braille whose name is synonymous with the reading and writing system used by many people throughout the world.
There were three presentations given by Helen Wilson, Ed Rogers, and Stuart Lawler. As you can imagine, braille was …
Speech synthesis has been around since the late 1950s, and for blind and low vision users of technology, it is a key part of everyday life, on computers, phones, tablets, televisions, smart home devices and much more.
In the first of a two-part webinar series on 25th April, hosted by Sight and Sound Technology, and the …
In our March 2023 UKAAF webinar, Roger Firman was in conversation with Victoria Ward from New College Worcester.
Victoria spoke about her introduction to music learning the cello, her studies at the Birmingham School of Music as it then was, playing in youth orchestras, and in a semi-professional string quartet where she had an experience of …
In January’s 2023 webinar, Matthew Horspool spoke about a wide range of issues concerning braille, the Braillists Foundation, UKAAF Braille Groups, and how he uses braille as a member of the choir at Coventry Cathedral.
No one could doubt Matthew’s passion for braille, particularly since as a teenager he wondered what place it would, or not …
In October’s webinar, James Bowden, Braille Technical Officer at RNIB, spoke about a wide range of issues concerning braille.
He told us about his education using braille, learning a variety of different codes including music, maths and some languages, and spoke of his fascination with how signs had been created. James was also clearly interested in …