Our Impact
At Braille Forward, we aim to normalize Braille usage in public spaces and advocate for the blind and low vision community through workshops, community events, tactile resource development, and more!
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People Impacted Across
41
States
4
Countries
33
Events
1170
Workshop Engagements
20
Foundational Braille Literacy Resources Created
But don’t just take it from us…
“We have loved using BrailleGen! It has been so helpful with our work with Clovernook!
My high school students at Ursuline Academy of Cincinnati have been working with Clovernook Center for the Blind this year to help design tactile learning tools. They have made a wide variety of designs, from simple geometric shapes labeled with braille to more complex models of clouds and the water cycle. BrailleGen has been such a great tool to elevate my student's designs by allowing them to add Braille with just a few clicks. Even my students who are brand new to CAD modeling find it simple to add braille to their models.”
— Jennifer Welch Kain Physics & Engineering Teacher Ursuline Academy of Cincinnati
“BrailleGen is the 3D braille generator we’ve been waiting for! In the past, choosing a 3D braille generator meant deciding between ease-of-use and accurate translations. Not any more! BrailleGen makes generating accurate, high-quality braille labels simple, and it offers a number of new features that far surpass any previous offerings. Automatic translation, multi-line braille labels, and an indicator to ensure the correct orientation for your braille are all major improvements that will let anyone create custom braille labels for their projects. This is exactly the kind of tool we need to advance braille access in our communities and to make high-quality braille labels more readily available.”
— Michael Cantino BVIS Technology Specialist Northwest Regional Education Service District
“The 3D-printed accessible games and materials Mountain Lakes Public Library Makerspace creates are thoughtfully designed for our blind and low vision learners. Some of our favorite creations include: Letter Farm, accessible chess game, crayon labels, and braille playdough stamps. Our partnership with Mountain Lakes Public Library Makerspace has made a meaningful difference in our ability to provide engaging, inclusive opportunities for our students.”
— Sarah Scapardine
Itinerant TVI, Operations Support Specialist VISTAS Education Partners
Special Thanks to Our Collaborators!
Clovernook Center for the Blind and Visually Impaired
Build a Better Book, University of Colorado
Janvi Singh, Marketing Intern
See3D
Sound Start Babies
VISTAS Education
St. Joseph’s School for the Blind (Jersey City)
Quorum Programming Language
Vision Loss Alliance of New Jersey
New York University Music Technology Department
PrintLab
Stacey Forsyth, Samuel Foulkes, Quentin Roa, Jennifer Hegelein, Monique Coleman, Sarah Scarpadine, Lauren Marron, Andreas Stefik, Maddy Mau, Kayley Mayer, Leslie Edmonds, Carl Blanchard, Yokasta Urena, Jessica Sickler, Angie Ong Jason Yeung, Lee Chandler, Tim Ogino, and Jennifer Scarpati
Special thank you to all of our Universal Design teen interns for their ideas, work, and commitment to learning about accessible design.