HumanWare Sponsors the RNIB Braille 200: Championing Tactile Literacy Event at the British Library
Season 2, Episode 840, Nov 25, 12:22 PM
To mark 200 years since Louis Braille invented his six-dot tactile reading and writing system braille the RNIB is leading a year of celebrations with an event being held at The British Library on Tuesday 26 November 2024 for invited guests where a panel of distinguished braillists will delve into the rich history of braille and debate its promising future too.
RNIB Connect Radio’s Toby Davey caught up with Andrew Flatres, Braille Product Manager at HumanWare who are one of the sponsors of the RNIB Braille 200: Championing tactile literacy event to find out why HumanWare wanted to get involved and be one of the sponsors of the event at the British Library, a look at the development of braille technology from the early 1980s to what the future might be and what Andrew would say to people to encourage them to start their journey on learning braille.
To find out more about braille and how the RNIB is celebrating 200 years since Louis Braille invented braille by visiting the following link to the Braille 200 pages of the RNIB website - https://www.rnib.org.uk/about-us/braille-200
Image shows the Braille 200 logo with 'Braille 200' written at the top in white text on a pink background with a visual Braille representation of the same text below it. Across the bottom is written Powered by RNIB and EBU written in their respective logos.
RNIB Connect Radio’s Toby Davey caught up with Andrew Flatres, Braille Product Manager at HumanWare who are one of the sponsors of the RNIB Braille 200: Championing tactile literacy event to find out why HumanWare wanted to get involved and be one of the sponsors of the event at the British Library, a look at the development of braille technology from the early 1980s to what the future might be and what Andrew would say to people to encourage them to start their journey on learning braille.
To find out more about braille and how the RNIB is celebrating 200 years since Louis Braille invented braille by visiting the following link to the Braille 200 pages of the RNIB website - https://www.rnib.org.uk/about-us/braille-200
Image shows the Braille 200 logo with 'Braille 200' written at the top in white text on a pink background with a visual Braille representation of the same text below it. Across the bottom is written Powered by RNIB and EBU written in their respective logos.