Braillecast

By The Braillists Foundation

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Episodes: 120

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Celebrating braille and keeping braillists informed with exclusive interviews, independent reviews, comprehensive demonstrations, clear presentations, thought-provoking commentary and up-to-the-minute braille news.

Episode Date
Setting Up Braille Displays on Windows and iOS (Extra 66)
Apr 29, 2024
Adding Your Own Contractions to Your Screen Reader Using Liblouis (Extra 65)
Apr 22, 2024
The Braille Shorthand Code (Extra 64)
Apr 15, 2024
The New Braille Features in iOS 16 and 17 (Extra 63)
Apr 08, 2024
CSUN Round-Up 2024 (Episode 54)
Apr 01, 2024
Tactile Diagrams at the Open University (Extra 62)
Mar 25, 2024
Catching Up with Bristol Braille Technology: Canute 360 and Canute Console (Episode 53)
Mar 18, 2024
Multi-Line Braille in the Classroom (Episode 52)
Mar 11, 2024
Two Conferences in the Summer … Or Should That Be Winter? (Episode 51)
Jan 08, 2024
The Braillists at NFB 2023 (Episode 50)
Jan 01, 2024
Braille Into Christmas (Extra 61)
Dec 25, 2023
The Braille Doodle (Episode 49
Oct 02, 2023
Transferring Content to your Braille Display (Extra 60)
Sep 25, 2023
Revitalise your Braille Reading Technique (Extra 59)
Jul 03, 2023
An Introduction to the Orbit Reader (Extra 58)
Jun 26, 2023
UEB Indicators: How to show capitals, bold, italics, underline and more (Extra 57)
May 22, 2023
CSUN 2023 (Episode 48)
Apr 03, 2023
Programming for the Canute Console (Extra 56)
Mar 27, 2023
Six Dots to Success: What Braille Means to Me and Panel (Extra 55)
Mar 20, 2023
Six Dots to Success: Braille for Leisure (Extra 54)
Mar 13, 2023
Six Dots to Success: Braille in Higher Education and Employment (Extra 53)
Mar 06, 2023
Meet Hable One: the Portable Bluetooth Controller for your Smartphone (Extra 52)
Feb 27, 2023
Six Dots to Success: Braille at School (Extra 51)
Feb 20, 2023
Introducing Git (Extra 50)
Feb 13, 2023
Six Dots to Success: Welcome, Keynote and Braille for Beginners (Extra 49)
Feb 06, 2023
Braille Technology Throughout the Ages (Episode 47)
Jan 30, 2023
Introducing Linux (Extra 48)
Jan 23, 2023
How a Blind Musician and Programmer Developed the First Braille Music Translation Package (Episode 46)
Jan 16, 2023
Using Braille Displays with Phones and Tablets (Episode 45)
Jan 09, 2023
An Evening With George Bell (Episode 44)
Jan 02, 2023
Festive Fun: More Christmas Pictures with a Perkins Brailler (Extra 47)
Dec 25, 2022
Braille in the Technology Industry (Episode 43)
Dec 19, 2022
Six Dots to Success (Episode 42)
Dec 12, 2022
Braille for Beginners On-Demand (Episode 41)
Oct 17, 2022
Battle of the Braille Keyboards (Extra 46)
Oct 10, 2022
How Perkins Braillers are Made (Episode 40)
Oct 03, 2022
What Happened at ICEB? (Episode 39)
Sep 19, 2022
Getting to Know RNIB Reading Services (Extra 45)
Sep 12, 2022
Braille Without a Braille Display: Braille Screen Input and More (Extra 44)
Aug 01, 2022
Formatting Your Braille (Extra 43)
Jun 20, 2022
Braille Technology in Everyday Life (Extra 42)
May 16, 2022
What Happened at CSUN? (Episode 38)
May 02, 2022
Braille Around the World (Episode 37)
Apr 18, 2022
Care and Usage of your Perkins Brailler (Extra 41)
Apr 04, 2022
Braille on iOS, Part 3 (Extra 40)
Mar 21, 2022
Braille on iOS, Part 2 (Extra 39)
Mar 07, 2022
Braille on iOS, Part 1 (Extra 38)
Feb 21, 2022
Choosing and Setting UP Your Embosser (Extra 37)
Feb 07, 2022
Drawing Stars with your Perkins (Extra 36)
Dec 25, 2021
Drawing Pictures With Your Perkins (Extra 35)
Dec 21, 2021
Leisure Reading with Refreshable Braille, Part 2 (Extra 34)
Dec 20, 2021
Focus Braille Displays, ElBraille and JAWS 2022 (Episode 36)
Nov 30, 2021
The BrailleSense 6 (Episode 35)
Nov 27, 2021
Leisure Reading with Refreshable Braille, Part 1 (Extra 33)
Nov 15, 2021
Braille in Spain and Translating for the Spanish Foreign Ministry with María García Garmendia (Episode 34)
Nov 13, 2021
Kawal Gucukoglu on Being a Braille Transcriber and What Braille Means to Her (Episode 33)
Nov 01, 2021
Improving Reading Speed and Building Braille Mastery with Kit Aronoff (Episode 32)
Oct 25, 2021
Braille: Connecting the Dots in 2021 (Episode 31)
Oct 22, 2021
An Introduction to Computer Braille (Extra 32)
Oct 11, 2021
Using Braille on the Internet (Extra 31)
Oct 04, 2021
Braille Displays and Other Products from Computer Room Services (Episode 30)
Aug 17, 2021
An Introduction to Grade 3 (Extra 30)
Jul 26, 2021
Everything you Ever Wanted to Know about Teaching Braille but were Too Scared to Ask (Episode 29)
Jul 19, 2021
JAWS and Braille: A Closer Look (Extra 29)
Jul 12, 2021
Braille Music: Let’s Tackle the Basics, Session 3 (Extra 28)
Jul 05, 2021
Xia Leon Sloane on Studying Composition and a Commission for the BBC Proms (Episode 28)
Jun 28, 2021
The Most Inexpensive Braille Reading Setup in the World? Introducing Braille on the Amazon Fire Tablet (Extra 27)
Jun 21, 2021
The Clearvision Project and the Typhlo and Tactus International Tactile Book Competition (Episode 27)
Jun 14, 2021
Braille in the Kitchen (Extra 26)
Jun 07, 2021
Braille Music: Let’s Tackle the Basics, Session 2 (Extra 25)
Jun 01, 2021
An Introduction to Braille on Android (Extra 24)
May 24, 2021
New Braille Displays and Firmware Updates from HumanWare (Episode 26)
May 17, 2021
What is a BRF and Why would you Want one? (Extra 23)
May 10, 2021
Braille Music: Let’s Tackle the Basics! (Extra 22)
May 03, 2021
How to Choose your Braille Display (Extra 21)
Apr 26, 2021
Dr Robert Englebretson on the International Phonetic Alphabet (Episode 25)
Apr 19, 2021
What has the Federation ever done for Us? with Everette Bacon (Extra 20)
Apr 12, 2021
Ed Rogers on Braille in Southern India (Episode 24)
Apr 05, 2021
Your Braille Library Questions Answered (Extra 19)
Mar 29, 2021
Advocating for Braille in the Wider World (Extra 18)
Mar 22, 2021
Getting the Braille you Need in Work or Education (Extra 17)
Mar 15, 2021
Notetaking: Making Notes for Yourself (Extra 16)
Mar 08, 2021
Notetaking: Making Notes for Others (Extra 15)
Mar 01, 2021
Braille for Public Speaking (Extra 14)
Feb 22, 2021
Using Braille as a Presentation Tool (Extra 13)
Feb 15, 2021
Using Braille on iOS (Extra 12)
Feb 08, 2021
Using Braille on Windows (Extra 11)
Feb 01, 2021
An Introduction to Unified English Braille (Extra 10)
Jan 25, 2021
Judy Dixon on Braille, More Braille, and the World’s Largest Collection of Slates and Styluses (Episode 23)
Jan 18, 2021
A Celebration of World Braille Day (Episode 22)
Jan 11, 2021
Stephen Anderson on the Louis Braille Museum, and Should Partially Sighted People Learn Braille? (Episode 21)
Jan 04, 2021
Index Braille (Episode 20)
Dec 28, 2020
An Introduction to the Abacus (Extra 9)
Dec 21, 2020
An Introduction to Braille Labelling (Extra 8)
Dec 14, 2020
An Introduction to Braille Music (Extra 7)
Dec 07, 2020
Using Braille for Language Learning (Extra 6)
Nov 30, 2020
An Introduction to the Slate and Stylus (Extra 5)
Nov 23, 2020
Letter From Santa and the Braille Challenge Skill (Episode 19)
Nov 16, 2020
Getting Around the Orbit Reader 20 (Extra 4)
Nov 09, 2020
The Orbit Reader (Extra 3)
Nov 02, 2020
Stuart Lawler (Extra 2)
Oct 26, 2020
The Bumpy Road (Extra 1)
Oct 19, 2020
Brian MacDonald (Episode 18)
Jul 08, 2020
UEB Online (Episode 17)
Jun 01, 2020
Where Have All The Braille Books Gone? (Episode 16)
May 11, 2020
Dean Martineau (Episode 15)
Apr 02, 2020
Why Braille? and Braille Screen Input (Episode 14)
Mar 18, 2020
BrailleSense, ElBraille and Canute (Episode 13)
Feb 10, 2020
Braille Art Competition (Episode 12)
Jan 12, 2020
Advent Of Change (Episode 11)
Dec 18, 2019
Braille News Roundup (Episode 10)
Oct 12, 2019
Holly Scott-Gardner (Episode 9)
Oct 09, 2018
ICEB Mid-Term Executive Meeting (Episode 8)
May 07, 2018
CSUN Special (Episode 7)
Apr 03, 2018
Scott Davert (Episode 6)
Feb 02, 2018
Perk up your Perkins (Episode 5)
Oct 30, 2017
Orbit Reader (Episode 4)
Jul 16, 2017
UKAAF AGM (Episode 3)
Jul 07, 2017
BrailleNote Touch (Episode 2)
Jun 07, 2017
Braille Essay Contest (Episode 1)
Apr 30, 2017