The Holy Grail of Braille
January is Braille Literacy Awareness Month in honor of Louis Braille’s Birthday, January 4, 1809.
The phrase, “Holy Grail” of Braille was coined by a research team at University of Michigan School of Information and references at least two aspects of braille technology–the anticipated development of a tablet size braille display, and a reduction in the cost of refreshable braille technology. These are the subjects of a recent article on AFB, “about The Holy Grail of Braille.”
Since that article was written, the American Printing House (APH) Monarch is getting surprisingly close to the Holy Grail, by putting multiple lines of braille on a single device for both graphics and reading–coming the closest to approximating a page of electronic braille.
Learn braille yourself: Hadley has several ways to learn braille—the Braille by Touch workshop series, and the Braille by Sight series. Registration is free. Call Hadley Help Desk at 800-323-4238 for more info.
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