The latest braille teaching tool from the American Printing House for the Blind busts some needed myths that we adults may have held over the years. It’s called the Braille Brain and it’s designed to get someone who’s blind or a teacher of the visually impaired into the benefits of the still new Unified English Braille Code.
Yes, the name says a lot, grouping the lessons and structure of the courses into sections like that of the human brain. If you have sight, take a look at the logo when you click on the link. It looks like a real brain.
APH intends this new tool for showing a systematic way of making sense of all the letters, numbers, and signs that the six dot cell or group of six-dot cells convey.
After all, braille is not a language in and of itself. Instead, it transliterates that which is written visually into words and symbols that our fingers can read. Even in our age when braille displays and notetakers have largely replaced the demand for the old Perkins brailler, we who are blind or very low-vision can touch our way through case management, tax calculations, or any other computer-based work our jobs might entail. With the quick navigation key, we can make the correction on an address or form’s edit field instead of the old way of scratching out the dots when we wrote on paper.
The Braille Brain wil show you just how practica;l and everyday braille is for us. Think of not just computer braille on the job but emergency signage in public buildings, labels for men and women to enter the right restrooms, and labeld elevator buttons.
Never mind the driver’s sign menus at MacDonald’s or the ATM that is on the driver’s side of the car, brailled kiosks and signage help us navigate a hotel’s layout, explore a hiking trail like at Elephant Rocks State Park in Missouri, or read menus that some chain restaurants provide.
So, let’s get brainy with our bumps, dots, and cells with APH’s new Braille Brain!
The latest braille teaching tool from the American Printing House for the Blind busts some needed myths that we adults may have held over the years. It’s called the Braille Brain and it’s designed to get someone who’s blind or a teacher of the visually impaired into the benefits of the still new Unified English Braille Code.
Yes, the name says a lot, grouping the lessons and structure of the courses into sections like that of the human brain. If you have sight, take a look at the logo when you click on the link. It looks like a real brain.
APH intends this new tool for showing a systematic way of making sense of all the letters, numbers, and signs that the six dot cell or group of six-dot cells convey.
After all, braille is not a language in and of itself. Instead, it transliterates that which is written visually into words and symbols that our fingers can read. Even in our age when braille displays and notetakers have largely replaced the demand for the old Perkins brailler, we who are blind or very low-vision can touch our way through case management, tax calculations, or any other computer-based work our jobs might entail. With the quick navigation key, we can make the correction on an address or form’s edit field instead of the old way of scratching out the dots when we wrote on paper.
The Braille Brain wil show you just how practica;l and everyday braille is for us. Think of not just computer braille on the job but emergency signage in public buildings, labels for men and women to enter the right restrooms, and labeld elevator buttons.
Never mind the driver’s sign menus at MacDonald’s or the ATM that is on the driver’s side of the car, brailled kiosks and signage help us navigate a hotel’s layout, explore a hiking trail like at Elephant Rocks State Park in Missouri, or read menus that some chain restaurants provide.
So, let’s get brainy with our bumps, dots, and cells with APH’s new Braille Brain!
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