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!
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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.
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]
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:
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.
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.
As we approach the end of the summer term, many of us are preparing for time away from home. Whether you’re going on a long holiday abroad or something more local, there’s bound to be some braille somewhere.
In this masterclass, prolific traveller Connor Scott-Gardner will share his experiences of where he has found braille on his travels and what steps he has taken to prepare himself to make the most of it.
Register for the Masterclass here.
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Don’t forget to come and see Chantelle, Matthew and others from the Braillists team at Sight Village Central on Monday (10:00 AM-4:00 PM) and Tuesday (9:30 AM-3:30 PM).
Further Information and Free Registration
Address: Eastside Rooms Conference Centre, Woodcock Street, Birmingham, B7 4BL
Braillists Stand: table 56, isle 5.
Hosted by Bristol Braille Technology at: Sacks of Potatoes, 10 Gosta Green, Birmingham B4 7ER (just a 4-minute walk from the Sight Village venue), Monday at 4:30 PM.
For more details on any of the above, visit our News page or check out last week’s Newsletter.
Sight Village are excited to be trialling NaviLens codes in Birmingham this year!
NaviLens uses smart QR-style codes which can be scanned from a distance using a smartphone to receive instant, spoken information, making navigation easier and more independent. If this sounds familiar, you might have come across a NaviLens code on your Kellogg’s breakfast cereal.
Simply launch the NaviLens app and pan your phone around the room. As soon as a NaviLens code is detected, you will be given information about what it has detected, how far away it is and in what direction. As you move around, the direction and distance will automatically update to match your location.
A number of codes will be placed around the Sight Village venue by the event organisers, and we will additionally be displaying a NaviLens code at our stand.
We hope this will help you find your way around Sight Village more effectively. If you’re able to try it, please do let ourselves and the Sight Village team know what you think. Your feedback will help shape how the Braillists and Sight Village use this technology in the future.
Download NaviLens for free on the iOS App Store | Download NaviLens for free on the Google Play Store
To celebrate this year’s Sight Village Central exhibition, Sight and Sound Technology are excited to be bringing you exclusive limited-time-only discounts from their partners!
Always hugely popular, the HIMS range offers solutions for those in education or the workplace, ensuring that you can work or study efficiently and maximize your productivity with Braille.
Get 20% Off selected HIMS products: BrailleSense6, BrailleSense6 Mini, QBraille XL, Braille eMotion.
The discounted prices are available from Tuesday 1st July, in-person during the event, and for a limited time after the event online, and over the phone.
Discounts are only available directly from Sight and Sound Technology.
Registration is now open for the autumn term for the Braille And Tactile Skills courses at Adult Learning Lewisham, starting on 22 September2025.
The courses take place on Mondays either between 10AM/12PM or 1Pm/3PM. Terms are eleven weeks long and are held at the Brockley Rise centre in South East London: 2 Brockley Rise, SE23 1PR
No previous knowledge of Braille is required and many applicants receive free or discounted places depending on their means.
The group is friendly and supportive, and all learners work at their own pace towards their individual goals. There are lots of great group discussions about various topics related to visual impairment and things like tactile games are used to make learning fun and to foster new friendships and connections.
To register, please call: 02083143300 Monday to Friday between 9am and 4pm to make an appointment for a pre-course assessment with supported learning, or you can email: [email protected]
Pre-course assessments are taking place from the 1st until the 19th September and you will be required to attend the Brockley Rise centre with ID, proof of address and copies of benefit letters where appropriate.
A message from Duxbury Systems:
Hello Duxbury customers and friends,
No one likes price increases. Accordingly, we at Duxbury have held the line for a long time now — since August 1, 2017, when our current price schedule was set. Unfortunately, to keep up with our increased costs since that date, we find it necessary to increase our prices at this time. New pricing, reflecting an increase of approximately 14.5% across the board, will take effect July 15, 2025. That leaves plenty of time to get orders in at current price levels. Also, the expiration dates on any quotations will of course be honored.
We look forward to continuing to serve the international braille community, as we have for the last 50 years!
– Joe Sullivan
President, Duxbury Systems, Inc.
“Software for braille since 1975”