This blog post from Even Grounds may be of interest.
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From Blazie Technologies: Updated BT Braille Product Page
We’ve updated our BT Braille product page. Feel free to visit it to learn about all things BT Braille.
Jonathan Mosen Discusses the Monarch and Dot Pad Braille Displays: Braille Monitor, May, 2026 Edition
The invention of the Braille code is an enduring, striking example of how we as blind people have solved our own challenges and shaped our own futures. A blind teenager named Louis Braille invented the code 200 years ago, and it remains vibrant, relevant, and adaptable to evolving technology.
Recently, refreshable digital Braille has been liberated from the confines of a single line of text, making digital graphics, complex data, and more fluent reading possible.
In the May edition of the National Federation of the Blind’s flagship publication, “The Braille Monitor”, I discuss the two leading devices in this space, Monarch and Dot Pad, describing the different philosophies adopted by each.
We have been waiting for viable multiline Braille for a long time. It’s wonderful that we now not only have it, but have a choice of device.
Read Two Displays, Two Philosophies: Comparing and Contrasting the Monarch and the Dot Pad X
Guides and Tutorials Available for BrailleNote Evolve
Humanware has a page containing several guides for the new BrailleNote Evolve.
Access On Episode 80: The BrailleNote Evolve
Episode 80 of Access On, is on. This week, HumanWare begins shipping the Windows-based BrailleNote Evolve. In this extended episode, we bring you the first independent, extensive review of the device.
Subscribe to Access On wherever you get podcasts, or download the audio of this week’s episode at: https://pinecast.com/listen/f2d89618-33c6-462e-9a38-1cbe88026a53.mp3
Recording Now Available: Explore Reading with Dot Book & Dolphin EasyReader on the Dot Pad X
Webinar Recorded: May 18th, 2026
Assistive Technology at Easter Seals Crossroads: Communicating with Touch Through the DOT Pad
Readers may find this blog post of interest.
Recording of the June 2026 Orbit Research Zoom Meeting is now available
The recording of the June 2026 Orbit Research Zoom Meeting hosted by Robert Carter is now available for direct download at:
https://www.turner42.com/OrbitResearchJune2026ZoomMeeting.zip
For other Orbit Research information, see: https://www.turner42.com/ori.html
From Blazie Technologies: Recording Available: June 2026 Blazie Technologies Webinar
Did you miss last week’s webinar from Blazie Technologies?
Did you hear it but liked it so much that you want a second replay?
If you fall into the first camp, the problem is solved. If you’re in the second camp, who could blame you?
Whatever camp you’re in, a recording of our latest webinar is now available from our Web site’s Guides and Media page. We have lots of news and announcements, plus demos of some of what’s coming in our next update. Enjoy.