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 ...

A LB Block workshop hosts a Braille writing contest as participants demonstrate tactile writing techniques discuss technology ...

ALBANY, N.Y. (NEWS10) — In the early 19th Century, a French teenager at the National Institute for Blind Youth in Paris ...

LEGO is launching Braille Bricks, a new method of play designed to help children with vision impairment develop new skills and learn the Braille writing system. After a successful pilot scheme ...

Every year on 4 January, the world observes World Braille Day, a day dedicated not merely to a system of reading and writing, but to the fundamental idea that access to information is a human right. .

France's main Braille publisher is in financial crisis after a bold decision to sell its embossed books for the same price as standard ones. Its future raises the broader question of whether printed ...

World Braille Day, celebrated every January 4th in honor of the birth of Louis Braille, the creator of the Braille writing system, serves as an international awareness day about the importance of this ...

Lego has unveiled a new project aimed at helping blind and visually impaired children learn Braille in a “playful and engaging way.” Lego Braille Bricks, a concept originally proposed to the toy ...

A boy with short brown hair runs his left hand over a set of colorful Braille Bricks attached to a square panel. Source: LEGO Foundation LEGO is rolling out a new toy to increase literacy in blind and ...

Is Now a Good Time to Do Nothing? A boy with short brown hair runs his left hand over a set of colorful Braille Bricks attached to a square panel. Source: LEGO Foundation LEGO is rolling out a new toy ...

Baltimore County high school student Sujan Dhakal isn’t shy when talking about his experiences competing in Braille literacy competitions over the past decade. Earlier this year, the Perry Hall senior ...