Peter White's object is his Perkins Brailler. It is a Braille writing machine that works when 6 keys press holes in paper from underneath. By using different combinations of these keys the user ...

In the 1930s, Perkins set to work designing their own braille writing machine. The prototype for the Perkins Brailler was finished in 1941, though the school would have to wait until the end of ...

BETHLEHEM -- Kelly Cusack's fingers, freshly coated with alternating pink and blue nail polish, moved in a blur of clattering motion across the six keys of a Perkins Brailler, a bulky metal device ...

Retina UK's Sight Loss Survey; CSUN Assistive Technology Conference Where do you go if you need to repair your Perkins brailler? That is the type-writer like machine that allows braillists to ...

“It's pretty hard!” he said about learning braille. “We start everybody off on the Perkins Brailler. So with these you load it in. Load your paper in. And you go with six keys. And you g ...

Caroline Karbowski uses a Perkins Brailler keyboard. The startup is working on a low-cost braille reader for blind people and those with low vision (photo: Corey Wilson). Speaking to that passion to ...