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If you’re a blind Android user, you’re bound to have come across Steve Nutt at Computer Room Services. He’s blind himself, been in the accessible smartphone business for over 20 years, and has a vast amount of knowledge and experience when it comes to using smartphones with braille displays.

We’re delighted that he’ll be joining us to present an introduction to using an Android device with a braille display. We’ll cover which braille displays work with Android, how to connect them, how to navigate the operating system, other key concepts, and how to use braille input. There will also be time for your questions.

Is the only reason you never judge a book by its cover because you can’t read the cover in the first place? With three rooms — Beginners, Intermediate and Advanced — the Book Club is a welcoming group who meet every week to answer each other’s questions regarding reading using refreshable braille and to practice reading amongst friends. You don’t have to choose your group in advance, and you can move to another group at any time if you think it would be more suitable.

We are currently reading Just William, by Richmal Crompton. It can be found:

• In ahrd copy in the UK from RNIB, in both grade 1 and grade 2
• In grade 1, in the “Children g1” folder on the RNIB Orbit Reader SD card from April 2020 or April 2021
• In grade 2, in the “Children Stories” folder on the RNIB Orbit Reader SD card from April 2020, or the “Children Stories 2” folder on the card from April 2021
• For download in the UK from RNIB Reading Services
• For download in the US from BARD, the Braille and Audio Reading Download facility of the National Library Service for the blind and print disabled (NLS)

This week we will read chapter 1.

Our popular braille-related drop-in session. No registration required – just turn up and ask your braille questions.

Is the only reason you never judge a book by its cover because you can’t read the cover in the first place? With three rooms to suit different ability levels, the Book Club is a welcoming group who meet every week to answer each other’s questions regarding reading using refreshable braille and to practice reading amongst friends. You don’t have to choose your group in advance, and you can move to another group at any time if you think it would be more suitable.

We are currently reading Just William, by Richmal Crompton. It can be found:

• In ahrd copy in the UK from RNIB, in both grade 1 and grade 2
• In grade 1, in the “Children g1” folder on the RNIB Orbit Reader SD card from April 2020 or April 2021
• In grade 2, in the “Children Stories” folder on the RNIB Orbit Reader SD card from April 2020, or the “Children Stories 2” folder on the card from April 2021
• For download in the UK from RNIB Reading Services
• For download in the US from BARD, the Braille and Audio Reading Download facility of the National Library Service for the blind and print disabled (NLS)

This week’s starting places are as follows:

• Beginners: Chapter 1, starting on page 2
• Intermediate: Chapter 1, starting from “Inside the drawing room, Ethel was talking to her mother.”
• Advanced: Chapter 2

Friend of the Braillists Stuart Lawler, from Dublin, is pioneering a new initiative to support the learning of Braille Music, using the Clubhouse social network.

Each session will run for 45 minutes with time at the end for questions and general discussion. No prior knowledge of Braille Music is necessary, and the sessions are aimed at those with little or no knowledge of the Music code.

Following a number of technology-based sessions over the past few weeks, this Masterclass has a more low tech flavour as we take a wander into the heart of the household. If you’ve ever wondered how to read braille recipes without ruining them or what to do when the label is too big for the jar, this session is for you.

Emma Williams will be leading – teacher of Independent Living Skills at New College Worcester, and a familiar voice to many from our Clever Cooking events last year. She’ll be drawing on a wealth of personal experience of using braille in the kitchen, as well as things which have worked well (and maybe some which haven’t) for her peers and her students.

Is the only reason you never judge a book by its cover because you can’t read the cover in the first place? With three rooms to suit different ability levels, the Book Club is a welcoming group who meet every week to answer each other’s questions regarding reading using refreshable braille and to practice reading amongst friends. You don’t have to choose your group in advance, and you can move to another group at any time if you think it would be more suitable.

We are currently reading Just William, by Richmal Crompton. It can be found:

• In ahrd copy in the UK from RNIB, in both grade 1 and grade 2
• In grade 1, in the “Children g1” folder on the RNIB Orbit Reader SD card from April 2020 or April 2021
• In grade 2, in the “Children Stories” folder on the RNIB Orbit Reader SD card from April 2020, or the “Children Stories 2” folder on the card from April 2021
• For download in the UK from RNIB Reading Services
• For download in the US from BARD, the Braille and Audio Reading Download facility of the National Library Service for the blind and print disabled (NLS)

This week’s starting places are as follows:

• Beginners: TBC
• Intermediate: Chapter 2
• Advanced: Chapter 3

Our popular braille-related drop-in session. No registration required – just turn up and ask your braille questions.

Is the only reason you never judge a book by its cover because you can’t read the cover in the first place? With three rooms to suit different ability levels, the Book Club is a welcoming group who meet every week to answer each other’s questions regarding reading using refreshable braille and to practice reading amongst friends. You don’t have to choose your group in advance, and you can move to another group at any time if you think it would be more suitable.

We are currently reading Just William, by Richmal Crompton. It can be found:

• In ahrd copy in the UK from RNIB, in both grade 1 and grade 2
• In grade 1, in the “Children g1” folder on the RNIB Orbit Reader SD card from April 2020 or April 2021
• In grade 2, in the “Children Stories” folder on the RNIB Orbit Reader SD card from April 2020, or the “Children Stories 2” folder on the card from April 2021
• For download in the UK from RNIB Reading Services
• For download in the US from BARD, the Braille and Audio Reading Download facility of the National Library Service for the blind and print disabled (NLS)

This week’s starting places are as follows:

• Beginners: TBC
• Intermediate: Chapter 2, starting on page 37
• Advanced: Chapter 4

Friend of the Braillists Stuart Lawler, from Dublin, is pioneering a new initiative to support the learning of Braille Music, using the Clubhouse social network.

To support this, he is also running some mid-month drop-in sessions for you to ask any questions about the previous session, or the braille music code in general. No prior knowledge of Braille Music is necessary, and the sessions are aimed at those with little or no knowledge of the Music code.