To any sighted person, braille looks like a language masked in encrypted code. It’s incredible, but totally indecipherable. As a result, braille is a companion to our visual language–an add-on for ...

For almost 200 years, the Braille system has helped the visually-impaired read. Created by Louis Braille in the 1820’s after he lost his sight, the system uses embossed dot combinations to represent ...

Lego is releasing a new product to help blind and visually impaired children learn Braille, the company announced Wednesday. The "playful and engaging" bricks will be inclusive to allow sighted ...

The popular toymaker hopes to encourage more people to learn to read Braille. Beginning Friday, Lego is launching its Braille bricks in English and French for the general public, a move meant to make ...

Illiteracy in the blind community is a human rights issue that activists have struggled to address for decades. But a new innovation may provide a solution. The Read Read is a Braille learning device ...

U.S. Rep. Joe Sestak’s (D-7) business cards are covered with tiny bumps. The indentations all over his new cards are actually letters of the alphabet. Braille letters.While the letters simply spell ...