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 Celebrating braille and keeping braillists informed with exclusive interviews, independent reviews, comprehensive demonstrations, clear presentations, thought-provoking commentary and up-to-the-minute braille news.Braillists Foundation, a registered charity in England and Wales no. 1187244. Episodes licensed under CC BY-ND 4.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0/) Foreign Language Audiobooks Social Sciences
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  • Using the Canute 360 with Duxbury (Extra 82)

    Using the Canute 360 with Duxbury (Extra 82)
    Sep 22 2025

    You might be familiar with many functions of the Canute 360 from Bristol Braille Technology, but did you know it can work seamlessly with the widely popular Duxbury Braille Translator? When connected to a Windows machine, the Canute can output Braille text in real-time using Duxbury's six-key Braille entry, or display any translated text loaded into the application.

    This added functionality can significantly enhance the usability of the Canute 360, particularly for those who need to quickly navigate content in a multi-line environment. If you already have Duxbury and the Canute 360, you're set to go!

    Join Bristol Braille Technology’s Ed Rogers and Sight and Sound Technology’s Stuart Lawler to learn not only how to set up this integration but also explore a variety of use cases. Don't miss this opportunity to maximize your Canute 360 experience!
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    47 mins
  • Perspectives from CSUN (Episode 66)

    Perspectives from CSUN (Episode 66)
    Sep 15 2025
    The 40th Assistive Technology Conference from the Centre on Disabilities at California State University, Northridge took place in Anaheim, California from Monday 10 to Friday 14 March 2025, bringing together manufacturers, distributors, educators, researchers and users from all over the world. As ever, a wide variety of braille products was on show at the exhibit hall, and the conference programme featured several braille-related presentations including research on how the length of a braille display affects reading speed, reflections on 200 years of tactile literacy, and the candidate release of the new EBraille specification from the DAISY Consortium and the American Printing House for the Blind (APH). In this session, recorded on Tuesday 18 March, we were excited to be joined by the team from Double Tap, the popular technology show from Accessible Media Inc. (AMI). Steven Scott and Shaun Preece both attended CSUN for the first time this year. They told us about the braille products they saw and shared their perspectives on how CSUN compares with exhibitions like Sight Village in the UK, Sight City in Germany, and more mainstream events such as the Zero Project Conference and the Consumer Electronics Show (CES). We were also joined by Australian assistive technology expert and braille enthusiast Scott Erichsen. Scott has been at the forefront of the development of braille technology for over twenty years as a user, a private beta tester and a distributor, and told us about the new and improved products in the exhibit hall. He also shared his insights into how the braille technology industry is evolving and the part that CSUN plays in driving innovation forwards. Links Procter & GambleDuxburyTreasure Ireland in EBraille FormatTactile Graphics Image Library (TGIL)Monarch, Mantis Q40 and TactileView from HumanWareBraille Doodle from the Touch Pad Pro Foundation, sold in the UK by Sight and Sound TechnologyBraille Pen 24 from HarpoDot Pad and Dot Cell from Dot Inc.Play with Braille from LegoBrailleSense 6, BrailleSense 6 Mini and Braille eMotion from Selvas BLV (formerly Hims)Activator and Activator Pro from Help Tech, sold in the US by Dream Vision Group and in the UK by VisionAid TechnologiesJAWS from VisperoOptima from Access MindBraille cells from KGSinsideONE+ and insideSUPRA from insidevisionb.book and b.note from Eurobraille, sold in the UK by Professional Vision ServicesBT Speak and BT Braille from Blazie TechnologiesOrbit Reader Q20, Orbit Reader Q40, Graphiti and Graphiti Plus from Orbit Research, sold in the UK by Aspire ConsultancyCodex from New HapticsBlind Level Tech podcast from AftersightMain Menu from ACB Media (American Council of the Blind)Tech Talk from RNIB (Royal National Institute of Blind People)
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    57 mins
  • Looking Back at the Tactile Reading and Graphics Conference (Episode 65)

    Looking Back at the Tactile Reading and Graphics Conference (Episode 65)
    Sep 8 2025

    The Third Tactile Reading and Graphics Conference took place at the Muziekgebouw aan 't IJ, Amsterdam, the Netherlands, from Monday 2 to Wednesday 4 June 2025. The event brought together over 400 participants from around the world to discuss braille, tactile graphics and much more.

    The host organisations were Bartiméus, Koninklijke/Royal Dutch Visio and Dedicon.

    In a special event on Tuesday 17 June 2025, we brought together an eclectic panel of attendees to relive the Conference and share their key takeaways.

    • Jesse Wienholts, one of the conference "Sidekicks", from Sensotec, makers of the Tactinom
    • Judy Dixon, President of the International Council on English Braille (ICEB)
    • Chantelle Griffiths, Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer of the Tactile and Technology Literacy Centre

    The conference app was provided by Yellenge.

    Live audio description was provided by Condatsine.

    The conference was opened by Princess Laurentien of the Netherlands, founder of Stichting Lezen & Schrijven.

    Other noteable mentions

    • UV printed hand frame from Deutscher Blinden- und Sehbehindertenverband e.V. (DBSV)
    • Churchill Fellowship NZ
    • Eindhoven University of Technology research on tactile illusions
    • Braillo and Zychem
    • Index Braille
    • Braille Doodle from the Touch Pad Pro Foundation, sold in the UK by Sight and Sound Technology and trialled at New College Worcester
    • Monarch and TactileView from HumanWare
    • The Monarch was shown with JAWS from Vispero
    • Dot Pad X from Dot Inc.
    • Braille On Display by Jackie Brown (STRIVE Ability)
    • Keynote from Jonathan Mosen, Executive Director, Accessibility Excellence at the National Federation of the Blind (NFB)
    • 200 Years of Braille Celebration from Living Braille from the Braille Working Group of the European Blind Union
    • Amsterdam750
    • Eurovision Song Contest
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    1 hr and 2 mins
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