A Braille teacher from Sheffield has called for more opportunities for people to learn the six-dot tactile reading system.

Braille is a method of physical writing used to allow humans to read ... Both displaying Braille and reading it is difficult to do with machines, but there has been a development in the latter ...

A tactile sensor based on an optical fibre ring resonator helps blind or partially sighted people interact seamlessly with braille-based devices ...

A pen that can transform Braille into English text has been developed by experts at the University of Bristol. Braille ...

Peter White's object is his Perkins Brailler. It is a Braille writing machine that works when 6 keys press holes in paper from underneath. By using different combinations of these keys the user ...

Boolean algebra was developed by George Boole, but a less obvious binary invention was created at this time: the Braille writing system. Using a system of raised dots (essentially 1s and 0s ...

He fixes Braille typewriters for a living and is the UK's only remaining certified fixer of the Perkins Brailler - a typewriting machine for people who are visually impaired. "I want to pass my ...