Perkins School for the Blind Unveils the Perkins Braille Bloom: Bridging the Gap between Classic Braille and the Digital World

For 75 years, the Perkins Brailler® has been the most widely used and trusted braille writing device in the world, enabling literacy and communication for people who are blind all over the world.
The Union Democrat

Braille is everywhere, but most blind kids can't read it. A competition hopes to change that

Lynn is 14. The Perkins Brailler is 70. It made its debut in 1951, in the midst of a "blindness epidemic," caused by oxygen therapy for premature infants, that forced the rapid integration of visually ...
The Advocate

Students gather in Baton Rouge to show their talent, speed at Braille; winners head to Los Angeles

A Baton Rouge school library was filled with the sounds of clacks and dinging bells Wednesday morning. About a dozen students were listening and transcribing, competing against the clock — while ...
Morningstar

Perkins School for the Blind Unveils the Perkins Braille Bloom: Bridging the Gap between Classic Braille and the Digital World

First official digital companion for the classic Perkins Brailler connects to any screen to unlock learning and communication for braille users "Designed by Perkins experts, the Perkins Braille Bloom ...
Yahoo

Braille is everywhere, but most blind kids can't read it. A competition hopes to change that

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Rachel Heuser, left, a retired teacher of the blind, gives a festive welcome to Lynn Wu at her home in Laguna Niguel. Wu is there ...
Los Angeles Times

Braille is everywhere, but most blind kids can’t read it. A competition hopes to change that

The challenger sat alone at a square folding table in the center of her teacher’s immaculate living room, stockinged feet whispering against the plush, white carpet, hands poised over a blue Perkins ...