[Ohio-Talk] Happy Birthday Louis Braille

[Todd Elzey]

Fellow Federationists:

Happy Braille Day indeed. As Marianne pointed out Braille has been around
for many years, but that doesn't mean that braille is stagnant. The
National Federation of the Blind in partnership with the American Printing
House for the Blind has been working on a project that will take Braille to
a new level. This project is the creation of a multi-line refreshable
Braille display that includes the ability to view tactile graphics. I had
the pleasure of seeing the prototype of this device demonstrated in early
December, and it is amazing. Essentially, this device will allow readers to
read Braille books using a multi-line display while also having access to
tactile pictures from those books or other sources. The device will also
allow you to write multi-line braille text and create your own tactile
pictures. Read about the many opportunities this device will offer in th
Voice of the Nation's Blind Blog in the post by Karen Anders titled "The
Dynamic Tactile Device; A New Solution to an Old Problem". You can find the
post at:
https://nfb.org/blog/dynamic-tactile-device-new-solution-old-problem

Todd Elzey

On Wed, Jan 4, 2023 at 9:52 AM marianne denning via Ohio-Talk <
ohio-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:

> Louis Braille was born on January 4, 2009 and invented the Braille code
> when
> he was a teen at the school for the blind in France. It was not adopted in
> France until after he died. The students at the school loved it and used it
> to communicate with each other.
>
>
>
> Are you doing anything to celebrate his birthday?
>
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