Highlights of VoicePrint’s Tribute To Louis Braille

* A minimum of five hours of commemorative programming
* Interviews with:
* Peter Osborne, head of the Library and Production Services at the of the Royal National Institute of Blind People in the United Kingdom. Following up on his interview with VoicePrint last year (details below), Osborne discusses Braille, its continued usefulness and the ongoing effort to keep Louis Braille’s contribution to the world relevant.
* C. Michael Mellor, author of the book, Louis Braille: A Touch of Genius. A blind man from a farm village family, away at school, devises a code that revolutionizes communication for other blind people. No one at the time could have comprehended the significance of Louis Braille’s work. Mellor talks about Louis Braille, the person: a fragile life but with a steel unending commitment to improve the lot of the lives of those born blind or vision-impaired. Mellor makes the case that not only did Braille improve the lives of many people, he also made his own place in history.
* Polly Abbott, manager of Adult rehabilitation services at the Guild for The Blind in Chicago, Illinois. A presenter at the 2008 CNIB Braille conference, Ms. Abbott discusses the challenges and successful techniques in teaching Braille to older adults and students. How do you keep Braille interesting? What are the reasons for the initial reluctance in learning Braille? How does learning Braille help these students in the 21st century when technology is continuously evolving?
* Dr. Alex Shaw, Senior Researcher at the CNIB in Toronto. Shaw discusses the results of the CNIB’s recent research on hand movement while reading Braille. Are there distinct hand movements while reading Braille? What does it mean?
* Articles
* Described Movies
* National Event listings
* Original stories written by people who use Braille
* And much more...