A U.S. government standards body is close to unveiling an e-book reader for the blind that transforms electronic text into braille. The reader will be demonstrated next week at the National ...

to create a new electronic braille standard, called the eBRF,” explained an APH representative in an email. “This will provide additional functionality to Monarch users including the ability ...

Since the 1980s, many blind readers have used electronic braille displays, which have refreshable braille composed of small pins that shift as the reader progresses. Over time, these displays have ...

Could a $50 electronic braille device truly become the latest and greatest technology for reading? Suppose a high school student with creativity and a desire to help others can build a working ...

Within a few minutes they receive their document either as an MP3 audio file or as electronic Braille. Electronic Braille can be read by a tactile display - a device connected to the computer with a ...

a free digital service providing hundreds of thousands of audio and electronic braille versions of reading and music material. The WTBL offers services to Massachusetts residents unable to ...

Emerging technology—from braille translation software and keyboards to portable electronic braille displays—can help support students with low vision in a general education classroom.

And Braille often requires more pages and thicker paper. What has changed now, in part, is the growing availability of electronic Braille. Digital files for Braille e-readers, which are devices ...

Braille is a tactile method of reading and ... The Perkins Brailler is still in use today, now with the addition of electronic and smart braillewriters. One type of braillewriter, the Mountbatten ...