In the 1820s, Louis Braille devised a raised-dot system of letters, numbers and musical notation. 200 years later, it’s still ...

World Braille Day 2025 highlights the history and importance of Braille, celebrating Louis Braille’s invention and its role ...

Charming Holiday is a news article writer from the United States. He is a former cultural policy advisor who has turned his focus to his lifelong passion of gaming. He lived and worked in South Korea ...

In 2020, the Lego Foundation began distributing its Braille bricks for free to organizations dedicated to the education of children with visual impairments. As of Sept. 1, 2023, others can now ...

Louis Braille was only 16 years old when he developed a sophisticated system of raised dots to allow the blind to read. Six dots on two parallel lines – Braille may seem like a simple invention, but ...

Michigan's Governor Gretchen Whitmer declares January Braille Literacy Month to highlight the importance of braille for the ...

We're celebrating the 200th anniversary of the invention of the Braille system, highlighting its historical significance for the inclusion of blind individuals and its ongoing relevance today. A new ...

On World Braille Day, Louis Brailles powerful words remind the world that disability is not a weakness but a call for ...

KALAMAZOO -- Scott Davert is like a lot of other students at Western Michigan University -- he can't live without his PDA. He uses his to download books, to listen to MP3s, to check his e-mail and ...

In an effort to be more inclusive, Lego is rolling out a first-of-its-kind set designed to help those with vision disabilities learn to read. The company said this month that it will make Braille ...

LEGO is bringing its Braille Bricks to the general public for the first time ever. The toy company initially released the special set to organizations that work with children with vision impairment, ...

An "artificial eye" is still a long ways off, but researchers have made the low-resolution devices now available useful in a new way. Instead of trying to replace vision entirely, they only "translate ...