On this page we present some braille-related resources.
Below, we provide links to the websites of some braille-related organizations and companies. Also listed on this page are some repair services for Perkins braillers.
By clicking any of the links listed here, you will be leaving the EBCB website. EBCB is not affiliated with the organizations and companies listed here, and is not responsible for the contents of their websites. No endorsement is suggested or implied regarding quality of services received from any company or organization listed.
1. National Braille Press: https://www.nbp.org/
“National Braille Press empowers the blind and visually impaired with programs, materials, and technology supporting braille literacy and learning through touch.”
2. Share Braille: https://sharebraille.org/
The free “Share Braille” service from the American Action Fund for Blind Children and Adults “facilitates the exchange of Braille books through an online community-run library.”
3. Seedlings Braille Books for Children: https://www.seedlings.org/
“Seedlings Braille Books for Children is a 501(c)(3) non-profit, tax-exempt organization dedicated to increasing the opportunity for literacy and education by providing high quality, free and low cost braille books for children.”
4. UEB Online: https://uebonline.org/
The UEB Online website, administered by the NextSense Institute, “offers online training programs and competency exams in braille literacy and mathematics using the Unified English Braille (UEB) code. The purpose of the UEB Online website is to provide systematic instruction and accreditation in UEB for people worldwide who are teaching and promoting braille for persons with blindness, low vision, and deafblindness.”
5. The Braille Bookstore: http://www.braillebookstore.com/Braille-Bookstore
The Braille Bookstore offers more than 2,000 books in Braille for all ages and interests.
6. Future Aids, The Braille Superstore: http://www.braillebookstore.com/
“Future Aids, The Braille Superstore is a forward-thinking company with exciting new products for the blind and visually impaired.”
7. Dot Shop USA: https://dotshopusa.com/
Customized gifts with braille.
8. Elegant Insights: https://elegantinsightsjewelry.com/
Braille jewelry and accessories.
9. Blind Girl Designs: https://blindgirldesigns.com/
Clothing brand.
10. LEGO® Braille Bricks: https://legobraillebricks.com/
LEGO® Braille Bricks have studs arranged to correspond to Braille characters. One Braille Bricks product is the “Play with Braille – English” set (sold on the LEGO® Shop).
11. White Cane Coffee: https://whitecanecoffee.com/
12. Lutheran Braille Workers: https://www.lbwloveworks.org/
13. The Braillists Foundation: https://www.braillists.org/
The Braillists Foundation, a Charitable Incorporated Organisation registered in England and Wales, aims to “promote the value of braille as a proven literacy tool that enriches the lives of blind people,” and to “support efforts to make affordable braille and tactile reading technologies available to all blind people irrespective of education and employment status,” and to “provide an open forum for the exchange of ideas about the development of future braille technology.”
14. 64 Oz. Games: https://64-ounce-games.myshopify.com/
This company offers Accessibility Kits that allow blind and sighted players to play games together. Also offered are braille learning tools, and dice for role-playing games.
Here are some repair services for Perkins braillers.
(No endorsement is suggested or implied regarding quality of services received from any company listed.)
Collins Business Equipment
4331 San Pablo Circle, Yorba Linda, CA 92886.
Office phone: (714) 993-4568. Mobile phone: (714) 328-5256.
Servicing Perkins braillers. Major and minor repairs.
Stacy Durant
44402 Beringer Drive, Indio, CA 92203.
Phone: (442) 347-6399. Email: stacybraille@gmail.com
Servicing Perkins braillers. Perkins Certified. Major and minor repairs.
SamonTECH
Leonard Samonte
8687 Lemon Avenue, Rancho Cucamonga, CA 91701.
Phone: (626) 674-5532
Email: samontech@charter.net
Servicing Perkins braillers. Perkins Certified. Major and minor repairs.
To find other repair service providers for Perkins braillers, visit the link given below, to view a list from the Perkins website. On that page, you can navigate to the “United States & Puerto Rico” heading, and browse the U.S. listings there. (Note that those listings may not be entirely up to date, if some of the listed companies might no longer be in business.)
https://brailler.perkins.org/pages/local-repair-specialists#United_States