Braille – Blind Access Journal

Episodes

1. 14

   Electronic Brailler

   In this approximately 22-minute podcast, Allison Hilliker and Darrell Shandrow speak with Sean Kelleher from Electronic Brailler LLC and learn all about the portable, quiet Cosmo Braille Writer for blind children and adults. Listen or Pause – Electronic Brailler Download – Electronic Brailler We...

   Jul 26, 2014
2. 13

   Let Literacy Ring: an Overview of the NFB BELL Program for Blind Children

   In this approximately 11-minute podcast, Allison Hilliker and Emily Gibbs talk about a summer Braille learning program for blind children. The two-week Braille Enrichment for Literacy and Learning (BELL) program focuses on intensive Braille instruction for children with some residual sight who...

   Jul 8, 2012
3. 12

   CSUN: Perkins Products Mini Braille Display

   Allison Hilliker and Darrell Shandrow chat with Gayle Yarnall and learn all about the Perkins Products Mini Braille display. Listen or Pause – Perkins Products Mini Braille Display Download – Perkins Products Mini Braille Display We thank Jeff Bishop (@jeffbishop) for his tireless hours of...

   Mar 5, 2012
4. 11

   CSUN: Freedom Scientific Focus 14 Blue Braille Display

   Allison Hilliker and Darrell Shandrow talk with Ryan Jones all about Freedom Scientific’s soon-to-be-released Focus 14 Blue Braille display. Listen or Pause – Freedom Scientific Focus 14 Blue Braille Display Download – Freedom Scientific Focus 14 Blue Braille Display We thank Jeff Bishop...

   Mar 4, 2012
5. 10

   CSUN: Braille 2000 and Accidental Accessibility

   I had an enlightening conversation with Dr. Robert Stepp, where I learned that the Braille 2000 translation software for transcribers is accidentally accessible but not marketed for use by blind people. I think we ended on a positive note, and I hope many of you will find this an interesting look...

   Mar 29, 2011
6. 9

   CSUN: Index Modernizes the Basic and Everest Braille Embossers

   Index Braille CEO Björn Löfstedt told me all about the refresh of the company's popular Basic and Everest Braille embossers. The updated features in the new hardware include front-panel status LEDs, multi-lingual speech for the user interface, network printing and USB connectivity.

   Mar 26, 2011
7. 8

   CSUN: Braille and Print on the Same Page and Tactile Graphics

   I spoke with Jason Castaneda from American Thermoform Corporation, who discussed and demonstrated the Braille and Print embosser and the Swell-Form tactile graphics machine.

   Mar 25, 2011
8. 7

   CSUN: Churning Out the Dots at 800 Pages Per Hour on the Index Braille Box!

   Just in case you're thinking there's nothing new and innovative in the field of hardcopy Braille production, Index Braille is here to turn heads with the new 800-pages-per-hour Braille Box! I spoke with Björn Löfstedt, Index Braille's CEO, about this fast, quiet $13,000 Braille embosser that...

   Mar 24, 2011
9. 6

   Exploring the iPod Touch and Learning Braille Using the Refreshabraille 18 Display

   Tyler Juranek demonstrates the iPod Touch with VoiceOver and the Refreshabraille 18 display. Tyler covers a number of topics in this approximately 30-minute podcast, including: A physical description of the Refreshabraille 18 with commentary and a demonstration of its durability. A thorough...

   Jan 7, 2011