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Braille homepage

Summary: Information about braille, how it is used and produced as well as links to useful pages across the site.

• Latest news
• About braille
• Using braille
• Producing braille
• Braille - other useful sites
• Other related links

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Braille is a system of embossed type used by blind and partially sighted people for reading and writing. It has been adapted into almost every known language. It is used everywhere from bus stops and maps to music notation and text books.

Find out about the history of braille and the different ways it is used today. We run training courses, can convert your information into braille and sell hundreds of different braille products.

Latest news

• Happy birthday Louis RNIB is celebrating Louis Braille's 200th birthday throughout 2009.
• Braille champions wanted! Would you like to help promote braille next year during the bi-centenary of Louis Braille's birth? RNIB is planning a series of events and activities to demonstrate how braille has changed lives and opened up new opportunities for many blind and partially sighted people. We are looking for "braille champions" - people who enjoy using braille and would like to tell their story. To get involved email pressoffice@rnib.org.uk

About braille

• The life of Louis Braille - life story of the man who invented braille.
• Braille alphabet card - available from the online shop.
• About braille and Moon - comparison of tactile languages.
• Everyday braille - different types of braille including representations of numbers and money.
• Communicating with blind and partially sighted people.
• For other resources about the history of braille search in our Publications Archive.

Using braille

• Learning braille - courses and resources to help.
• How access technology uses braille and speech.
• Braille music - sources of music magazines and scores in braille.
• RNIB Library's braille collection.
• Keep up-to-date with new braille titles available to buy or borrow - New Books.
• Buy braille publications and equipment from our online shop.

Producing braille

• How braille is produced - different methods and equipment.
• Producing braille for your organisation - RNIB transcription services.

Braille - other useful sites

• Braille Bug - fun braille stuff for children by the American Federation for the Blind.
• BAUK - Braille Authority for the United Kingdom.
• UK Association of Braille Producers
• National Braille Week.

Other related links

• The history of Moon
• The life of Helen Keller
• Right to Read campaign

Content author: webeditor@rnib.org.uk

Last updated: 21/11/2008 9:41