Braille Literacy
Braille Index
- Description and History
- Louis Braille: biographies
- Legislative Initiatives
- Organizations and Advocacy
- Research
- Software, Educational Materials and Learning
- Transcription Services
- Unified English Braille (UEB)
Description and History
- NYISE's History of Braille
- The Braille Code: Past - Present - Future The Educator (pdf)
The International Council for Education of People with
Visual Impairment. ICEVI The Educator 01.2009: . - Education of the Blind - Catholic Encyclopedia on CD-ROM
- Who sets the standards and rules for braille?
- Braille and Other Tactile Reading/Printing Systems
- BRL: Electronic Braille Programs
- How Braille Began Enabling Technologies
- CNIB: The Braille System
- What is Braille:
- Download Braille and ASL Specialty Fonts
Legislative Initiatives
- The Alice Cogswell and Anne Sullivan Macy Act
Louis Braille: biographies
- The life of Louis Braille - RNIB
- Louis Braille Biography - AFB Braille Bug
- Louis Braille - Duxbury
- The Story of Louis Braille
- Louis Braille School bio.
- Louis Braille: A Touch of Genius Book
- Books on Louis Braille:
Organizations and Advocacy
- Braille transcription and proofreading courses, National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped (NLS), Library of Congress administers a program of courses leading to certification in braille transcribing and proofreading
- Adult Braille Literacy Empowerment Guidelines by the American Foundation for the Blind
- Braille Authority of North America
- The Braille Forum is the monthly magazine of the American Council of the Blind. Besides this web version, the Forum is available in braille, audio cassette, and large print.
- Braille Institute is a private, nonprofit organization whose mission is to eliminate blindness and severe sight loss as a barrier to the fulfillment of life.
- Canadian Braille Authority: "Promoting braille as a primary medium for blind persons"
- Internet Law Library Handicapped individuals and the law
- The Jewish Braille Institute of America a resource of information on blindness that it would greatly benefit the Jewish blind
- Lutheran Braille Workers, Inc.: a non-profit organization devoted to providing braille and large-print Bibles and Christian reading materials to the blind and visually handicapped of the world.
- National Braille Press: Catalog listing books, booklets, and reference cards
Research
- International Council on English Braille
- Unified English Braille Code: The largest project of the ICEB has been to develop a single Unified English Braille Code (UEB or UEBC) for both literary and technical purposes throughout the English-speaking world. See UEB Project Information.
- Tactile Graphics: This project is to coordinate research and write guidelines for the production of tactile graphics and related teaching methods. See Tactile Graphics Project Information.
- BANA Braille Research
- Emerson Foulke
- Publications of Susan J. Lederman Ph.D. in tactile psychophysics and haptic perception. The Touch Laboratory, a member of the Robotics and Perception Lab at Queen's University in Kingston Ontario is directed by Dr. Susan Lederman.
Software, Educational Materials and Learning
- Become A Braille Transcriber: National Braille Press has a 27-week training program which will prepare students for certification in Unified English Braille (UEB) transcription from the Library of Congress.
- Braille Certification Training Program: NFB
- Braille Courses at Hadley Institute for the Blind and Visually Impaired: Adult Continuing Education and High School Program and Hadley Institute for Professional Studies
- BRL: Braille Through Remote Learning is no longer holding remote classes but you can download the lessons for self-instruction.
- Braille Books and Aids at Amazon.com
- Future Aids- Braille Bookstore.
- Dancing Dots: Accessible Music Technology for Blind & Low Vision Performers since 1992
- Duxbury Braille Translator grade 2 braille translation and editing software with versions for DOS, Windows, and Macintosh systems.
- Music Braille Code: BANA is pleased to announce the publication of the new Music Braille Code, 2015. This completely revised publication is available for free download in two electronic versions: PDF and BRF. Hardcopy versions will also be produced and sold by the American Printing House for the Blind.
- Tack-Tiles Braille Systems are interchangeable with standard international toy building blocks. They provide a unique bridge, a smoother, shorter, more interesting path to Braille literacy.
Transcription Services
- Duxbury Systems maintains a list of transcribers.
- A2i Transcription Services Braille, Large Print, Tape and Disk Birmingham, United Kingdom
- Braille Plus Transcription Service a leading provider of Braille transcription and embossing, large print documents, audio services, voice synthesis, and more serving the blind and disabled community and those who work with and/or serve them.
- Braille Jymico: production of graphics using raised contours and the first Canadian enterprise to produce musical texts in braille.
- Clovernook's Braille Printing House is recognized as one of the largest volume producers of Braille in North America. The Printing House annually produces more than 40 million pages.
- Midwestern Braille Volunteers Organization Web Site, St. Louis, MO Midwestern Braille Volunteers have been producing Braille material since 1963. We were originally formed as a service organization to produce Braille documents for the Catholic Church. As demand for other Braille materials grew, we formed a stand-alone non-profit organization serving schools and businesses with all kinds of Braille material in addition to our work for the church.
- World Wide Braille Producers
Unified English Braille (UEB)
- BANA UEB Rules and Guidelines: Paths to Literacy
- UEB Quick Reference Sheet from Paths to Literacy
- UEB Chart from Duxbury Systems-PDF
- UEB Resources for Learning the New Braille Code
- The UEBOT project was developed to meet the unique need of retraining a nation of professionals that instruct and produce braille.