PURPOSE: The World Braille Day observed on 4 January aims to raise awareness of the importance of Braille as a means of communication in the full realization of the human rights for blind and partially sighted people. Everyone deserves, and is legally entitled to, information in a format they can understand and this day raises awareness of braille as an additional accessible format.
FORUM: "Honoring the Louis Braille Legacy." World Braille Day 2024. Braille is a tactile representation of alphabetic and numerical symbols using six dots to represent each letter and number, and even musical, mathematical and scientific symbols. Braille (named after its inventor in 19th century France, Louis Braille) is used by blind and partially sighted people to read the same books and periodicals as those printed in a visual font. Follow the conversations with the hashtags: #Worldbrailleday, #LouisBraille, #braille, #4January, #Braillecode.
EVENTS: On Thrusday, January 4th, for World Braille Day 2024; The United Nations Department of Global Communications, the UNESCO, the DGACM and United Nations Regional Information Centres will host a webinar to mark the birth anniversary of Louis Braille.
PUBLICATION: World Braille usage: a survey of efforts towards uniformity of Braille notation.
PODCASTS: It’s crucial to understand the importance of visualizing stories with yours fingers. Listen to the audio-podcasts!
CAMPAIGN MATERIALS: Get the communication materials!
SHOP
Visually challenged people require braille books in order to read. However, not many books are available in braille due to cost and inefficiency. Translating a 500 page book into braille nearly doubles the thickness. EAP is a technology that can dynamically change the surface pattern by way of an electromagnetic signal – simulating braille text. Not exactly a new idea but a nice executive nonetheless.
Tactile Graphic Line Slate
This one-of-a-kind slate helps you create raised lines for tactile graphics onto various media (braille paper, vinyl, foil, and drawing film)
The Tactile Graphic Line Slate and specially designed two-ended stylus accommodate the tooling of common tactile line types for creation of tactile graphic displays by transcribers, teachers, and students. Use this lightweight slate to embellish tactile maps, graphs, charts, number lines, etc., with the following line types:
Large dotted line
Small dotted line
Wide solid line
Dashed line
Thin solid line
Vertical bar line
Combinations of the available lines also generate unique, discernible line paths (e.g., dot-dash-dot). The pointed end of the stylus is used to tool the small dotted line, dashed line, thin solid line, and vertical bar line; the rounded end of the stylus is ideal for tooling the wide solid line and large dotted line.
The Tactile Graphic Line Slate mimics the design and function of a typical braille slate, making its use intuitive and user-friendly. Its blue-tinted transparent plastic allows both visual contrast against the drawing surface/paper and positioning of lines in relation to surrounding tactile elements on the page.
The accompanying Instruction Booklet provides tips and techniques for using the Tactile Graphic Line Slate with various types of drawing media (braille paper, vinyl, heavy-gauge foil, and drawing film).
Measures: 12 x 2 1/2 inches.
56$
Slate
Braille DateBook Filler Paper and Tabs
Replacement item for Braille DateBook. Contains 250 sheets of punched, 4 x 6 inch white braille paper. Also includes a set of white paper tabs.
20 $
Braille DateBook Filler Paper and Tabs
Math Drill Cards: Division Cards (Nemeth)
Handy math skill reinforcing cards in five separate sets. The cards in the Number and Math Sign set have a math sign or number sign in braille and large print and braille on opposite sides. Large print/braille math operations cards have a math fact and the fact with the answer on opposite sides. Braille is Nemeth Braille Code for Mathematics.
3 1/2 x 2 inches; low-glare paper; black printing; orientation corner cut.
Note: Some assembly required. Storage box not included. These cards can be used with APH’s Card Chart, 1-03550-00.
26$
Handy math skill reinforcing cards in five sets, sold separately.