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- Braille Bar on Tuesday
Our popular Braille Bar returns this Tuesday at 7:30 PM. No question is too small, from kit to code – just ask and our experts will assist you!
Or, to join by phone, use these details:
- Phone number: 0131 460 1196
- Meeting ID: 880 3508 8878
- Passcode: 123456
- Invitation to Touch: Beyond Vision – Tactile Art Exhibition for the Visually Impaired, Monday 15 September, 10:00 AM-4:00 PM or 6:00 PM-10:30 PM
Carveco are excited to invite you to “Touch: Beyond Vision”, an inclusive exhibition that reimagines how we experience art.
Join them at the iconic OXO Tower in London for a unique event where visual culture is brought to life through the sense of touch.
This exhibition is designed especially for blind and visually impaired visitors, but it’s open to everyone—artists, educators, families, and accessibility advocates alike.
What Awaits You:
- Over 20 tactile artworks crafted using Carveco’s AI driven relief technology, featuring famous musicians, landmarks, historical figures, and personal stories.
- A community mural wall of 3D-printed, touchable photographs contributed by blind individuals.
- Audio descriptions, braille labels, and guided touchpoints for independent exploration.
Why Your Involvement Matters
This is a movement in consumerising Art for the visually impaired. Using our new AI driven technology, we aim to demonstrate how accessibility and design can intersect in real-world, creative applications and make it accessible to anyone with visual impairment. It also provides a platform to connect with others committed to inclusive practices — including educators, artists, charities, and advocates.
We’d be delighted to have you join us, not only to explore the exhibition, but to discuss potential ways we might collaborate further in supporting accessibility through design and technology.
If you’re interested in attending or know anyone who nay be, please don’t hesitate to use the links below to register your interest.
For further information, please email Ashlee Zogala on [email protected]
- Important Survey for Users of the Mantis, Chameleon, Monarch, PageBlaster/PicsBlaster, Polly and other Braille Products from APH
2025 Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA) Satisfaction Survey
Attention: All Users of APH Products! If you have purchased APH products and services to use in education or rehabilitation settings, we want to hear from you!
This brief survey is conducted annually and is designed to accomplish several key goals:
- Give users an opportunity to share their experiences with APH products and services.
- Help us coordinate priorities and improve our product development processes.
- Collect performance data as required by the federal Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA).
Follow the link below to complete the survey and learn more.
All individual responses will remain confidential. Your feedback about our performance and product effectiveness DOES make a difference.
Survey response deadline is Friday, October 10.
- Braille Research Makes 3-Minute Thesis Competition
Aasha Rose has been working towards a PhD focussed on braille literacy and quality of life at the University of Southern Queensland, Australia. As part of this, she has had the opportunity to submit to the 3-minute thesis (3MT) competition.
You can watch her presentaition on YouTube here: Does braille literacy impact quality of life?
The competition has a People’s Choice Award. If you would like to vote for Aasha’s presentation to win that award, simply like it on YouTube. Voting closes 12 September at 5:00pm.
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.
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.
Find Out More
Join our announcements only mailing list to receive our weekly newsletter.
Join the conversation and meet other Braillists on our discussion forum.
Connect with us on Twitter (@Braillists) or like us on Facebook for up to the minute Braillists news.
Listen to some braille-related audio on Soundcloud (braillists).
Please see our Sponsors and Partners for information on organisations who are supporting us.
Get In Touch
Email [email protected] or call 020 3893 3392. Further details on our Contact Us page.