Latest News
- Blazie Technologies April Webinar Recording
The April webinar contained demos of several upcoming features, including using AI tools to ask questions, perform spell check, grammar check and summarization of a document. They also demonstrated their speech history where you’ll be able to review the last 500 utterances spoken by the BT Speak or BT Braille. And if that isn’t enough, they went to town, quite literally, showing everyone their new BT Towne open world social platform.
You’ll find the webinar recording on their Guides and Media page.
- BrailleSense 7 Webinar Recording
If you missed the BrailleSense 7 webinar from Selvas BLV last month, or want to rewatch a part of it, you can find the recording with the Q&A section on YouTube. This webinar proved valuable to consumers, educators, and assistive technology professionals who are seeking a detailed look at the next generation of braille productivity and accessibility tools. This webinar reviewed what comes in the box, hardware overview, device layout, settings and navigations, and software capabilities, as well as a 30 minute Q&A at the end.
Webinar Chapter Timestamps:
- 00:00: Introduction
- 01:54: Physical Layout
- 17:15: User Interface and Menus
- 34:16: Gestures and Editing
- 40:29: Excel Editor
- 56:09: NVDA Remote
- 1:02:27: Gemini
- 1:11:36: Web TV
- 1:17:13: Q&A
- 1:57:29: Wrap Up & Contact Info
- Braille isn’t just reading — it’s freedom
A statement from the joint ICEVI/WBU Global Braille Literacy Campaign, 20 April 2026
For blind children, braille builds the same foundation that printed books give sighted kids: spelling, grammar, structure, and the power to write their own story.
And mathematics? You can’t listen your way through an equation. Braille gives children the tactile access they need to understand mathematical notation, work through problems, and truly master numbers — not just hear them.
Audio tools are great — but they can’t replace the independence that comes from reading, writing, as well as doing math in braille.
Braille equals confidence. Braille equals opportunity. Braille equals a future without limits.
More Braille means more empowerment. More Braille means more opportunity.
#MoreBrailleMoreEmpowerment #BrailleBuildsFutures #GlobalBrailleLiteracyCampaign
For information, contact ICEVI and WBU:
Email: [email protected]
Visit websites: https://wbu.ngo/about/global-braille-literacy-campaign; https://icevi.org/icevi-wbu-global-braille-literacy-campaign/
The Braillists is a grass-roots community group offering high quality training and support to emerging and established braille users. We also work with family members, friends, colleagues and teachers of braille users, and connect braille users with braille technology developers and funders.
Everyone at the Braillists would sincerely like to thank our sponsors and partners.
What Is Braille?
Braille is a simple code for representing written language. We believe braille has the potential to transform the life of any blind person who has the opportunity to learn it.
Discover more about braille on this page.
Learn Braille
We support hundreds of adults to read braille by touch in a few short weeks through our innovative and approachable Braille for Beginners course. Free of charge, it comprises hard copy resources through the post and a series of short pre-recorded lessons, supplemented by email and Zoom support from highly qualified and experienced tutors.
Find out more about Braille for Beginners and register here.
There are plenty of other courses available too, for both children and adults, reading by touch or by sight. We have made a list of these on our Learn Braille page.
Perkins Repairs and Other Braille Equipment
The Perkins Brailler is the most established braille writer in use today, and even machines from the 1950s can still be serviced and repaired. We have compiled information about Perkins repairs, places to purchase Perkins Braillers, and other types of braille equipment on our Braille Equipment page.
If you are looking for braille paper, you can find it on our Braille Consumables page.
Our Aims
- Promote the value of braille as a proven literacy tool that enriches the lives of blind people.
- Support efforts to make affordable braille and tactile reading technologies available to all blind people irrespective of education and employment status.
- Provide an open forum for the exchange of ideas about the development of future braille technology.
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