“I Love Braille” is a weekly online discussion about braille-related issues, sponsored by the East Bay Center for the Blind in Berkeley, California, with support from the American Council of the Blind.
“I Love Braille” is open to participants all across the world. Discussions convene via the Zoom conference platform on most Thursdays for approximately one hour, starting at at 9:00 AM US Pacific time. Recorded episodes are published online later in the day.
Weekly episodes can be heard on ACB Radio, on Thursdays starting at 9 AM Pacific time. Archived episodes are listed below.
Participants are invited to join our discussion group, hosted on Google Groups.
(Note: If you are looking for some braille related resources that are available from other providers, follow this link to go to the Braille Resources page.)
The “I Love Braille” sessions are Copyright © 2022-2025 by the East Bay Center for the Blind.
I Love Braille, February 13 2025
In this episode, our participants ask and answer a variety of braille-related questions.
I Love Braille, February 6 2025
Our guest Mr. Matthew Horspool speaks about the development and background of the UEB rule book. Mr. Horspool is Code Maintenance Committee Chair for the International Council on English Braille (ICEB) and is General Manager of The Braillists Foundation.
I Love Braille, January 30 2025
In this episode, we discuss braille-related topics that are suggested by participants.
I Love Braille, January 23 2025
In this episode, we announce and discuss our new Braille 103 writing course. In the second half of the episode we have our Braille Fun activity.
I Love Braille, January 16 2025
Our Polestar speaker is Greg Wandsneider, sharing with us his experience in learning and using braille.
I Love Braille, January 9 2025
I Love Braille, January 2 2025
Our guest is Denise Colley, President of the Braille Revival League.
I Love Braille, December 12 2024
In this episode, our participants ask and answer a variety of braille-related questions.
I Love Braille, December 5 2024
Our guest speaker, Cindy Hollis, discusses the status of braille instructions in public schools, while sharing her own experience as a braille instructor.
I Love Braille, November 21 2024
Our polestar speaker, Jane Carona, shares her experience with learning and using braille in her day-to-day life.
I Love Braille, November 14 2024
I Love Braille, November 7 2024
Our guest speaker, Desiree Renae, discusses pros and cons of different braille displays, with special focus on the Humanware E-Reader provided by NLS.
I Love Braille, October 31 2024
In this episode, our guest speakers teach us how to use a braille screen to type text on a smartphone.
I Love Braille, October 24 2024
Our guest presenter, Jane Corona, walks us through a fun braille drawing for Halloween.
I Love Braille, October 17 2024
Our Polestar speaker, Bette Barford, discusses her experience with learning and using braille.
I Love Braille, October 10 2024
In this episode, our participants ask and answer a variety of braille-related questions.
I Love Braille, October 3 2024
(This episode of October 3rd is posted late due to administrative delay. We apologize for the delay.) Our guest is Sandra Gayer, a soprano singer, actor, radio presenter and voiceover artist, speaking to us on the topic of braille music.
I Love Braille, September 26 2024
(This episode of September 26th is posted late, due to administrative delay. We apologize for the delay.) In this episode, our host Ebrahim walks us through some fun and interesting braille drawings.
I Love Braille, September 19 2024
(This episode of September 19th is posted late, due to administrative delay. We apologize for the delay.) In this episode, we feature our Polestar speaker for this month, Patricia Nash.
I Love Braille, September 12 2024
In this episode, our participants ask and answer a variety of braille-related questions.
I Love Braille, September 5 2024
Our guest speaker, Willow Free, Global Innovations Product Manager at the American Printing House for the Blind, talks to us about the innovative “Monarch” braille device.
I Love Braille, August 29 2024
On this fifth Thursday of the month, it’s time to celebrate! I Love Braille is completing its first three successful years by the first week of September. We will use this opportunity to evaluate our performance on our mission, looking back and looking ahead.
I Love Braille, August 22 2024
This is a short (29 minutes) partial recording from portions of our session of Thursday August 22nd. We regret that we cannot provide the complete audio of this session. This audio contains only some portions of the session.
I Love Braille, August 15 2024
In this episode, our Polestar speaker Beth Kats shares her story about learning and using braille in her life.
I Love Braille, August 8 2024
In this episode, our participants ask and answer a variety of braille-related questions.