Braille

Welcome to our braille pages. This section of the website is for you if you don’t know anything about braille but want to learn, you know braille but want to brush up your skills, you want to know where to purchase braille products, or you’re a sighted friend or family member of a braillist.

  • If you’ve never heard of braille before, start with our What Is Braille? page
  • Our Learn Braille page provides links to courses and supplementary resources at a range of levels
  • Our Braille Tips page provides some helpful hints for making the most of braille and remembering parts of the code which you might find tricky
  • Our Braille Equipment page provides information about the Perkins Brailler, slates and styluses, braille labelling, and other useful braille products
  • Our Braille and Tactile Consumables page provides information about the various sizes and types of braille paper on offer, suppliers of braille labelling tape and braille paper ring binders, and other tactile products such as Bump Ons and Wikkistix
  • For peer support with any aspect of braille, visit our Braille Communities page
  • For contact information for suppliers of braille equipment or consumables, please visit our Suppliers page
  • The Braillecast podcast is the official podcast of the Braillists Foundation with exclusive interviews and features about braille