National Braille Week

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First Minister lends support to National Braille Week19/09/08

On a recent visit to the Royal Blind School in Edinburgh, the First Minister Alex Salmond praised the work of Royal Blind and gave his support to National Braille Week 2009. 

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New CD celebrates braille story-telling8/09/08

Braille-readers of all ages have contributed to a CD to celebrate the sharing of braille-and-print books from the ClearVision children’s braille library.

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Touch the Invisible Sky: Exploring the Cosmos in Braille24/01/08

Images from NASA telescopes are jewels of the space program, marvellous to behold. But how do you behold them when you can't see?

The answer lies between the covers of a new NASA-funded book written in Braille, Touch the Invisible Sky.

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National Braille Week – Live Web Chats03.01.08

To coincide with the birthday of Louis Braille (the inventor of Braille) and World Braille Day, Royal Blind is launching the very first National Braille Week.

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National Braille Week17.12.07

To coincide with the birthday of Louis Braille (the inventor of
Braille) and World Braille Day, Royal Blind is launching the very first
National Braille Week.

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