“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 12 2026
In this episode, our participants ask and answer a variety of braille-related questions.
I Love Braille, February 5 2026
Our guest is Kimberly Avila, an associate professor and the professor-in-charge of the Virginia Consortium for Teacher Preparation in Blindness and Vision Impairment at George Mason University.
I Love Braille, January 29 2026
This episode features braille trivia, conducted by Alice Massa, with support from Linda Pi, and Rick and Carol Andris.
I Love Braille, January 22 2026
Our Polestar speaker, Loralee Castner, talks about using braille and, particularly, about how to organize your files, folders, music and more.
I Love Braille, January 15 2026
In this episode, our participants ask and answer a variety of braille-related questions.
I Love Braille, January 8 2026
Our guest, Patty Slaby, President of the Braille Revival League, is an avid braille user and experienced braille teacher, speaking with us about teaching braille in rural districts.
I Love Braille, December 11 2025
In this, our last I Love Braille episode of 2025, our participants ask and answer a variety of braille questions.
I Love Braille, December 4 2025
In this episode, our guest speaker, Lucy Edmonds, discusses the Braille Doodle device.
I Love Braille, November 20 2025
Our polestar speaker is Connie Thomas, the second Vice-President of the East Bay Center for the Blind and also a braille teacher for students who come to the Center to learn braille in person.
I Love Braille, November 13 2025
In this episode, our participants ask and answer a variety of braille-related questions.
I Love Braille, November 6 2025
Our guest speaker, Rabbi Lenny Sarko, speaks about Hebrew Braille.
I Love Braille, October 30 2025
In this session we present a surprise activity related to braille.
I Love Braille, October 23 2025
In today’s session we’ll have fun with braille drawing, presented by Ebrahim.
I Love Braille, October 16 2025
Our polestar speaker, Julie Kline, shares with us her experience with learning EBAE and UEB using various devices.
I Love Braille, October 9 2025
In this session, our participants ask and answer a variety of braille-related questions.
I Love Braille, October 2 2025
Our guest, Barbara Lassen, speaks on the topic of federal and state funding for braille projects.
I Love Braille, September 25 2025
In this session, Rick and Carol present some fun braille games.
I Love Braille, September 18 2025
Our Polestar speaker, Nora Thielking, speaks about her experiences in learning and using braille.
I Love Braille, September 11 2025
In this, our fourth anniversary episode, our participants ask and answer a variety of braille-related questions.
I Love Braille, September 4 2025
Our guest Bill McCann speaks about using braille as a musician.
I Love Braille, August 28 2025
The fourth Thursday of every month is our Braille Fun day. In this session, Linda Pi shares her ideas and takes us through some fun activities with braille.
I Love Braille, August 21 2025
Our polestar speaker, Diane Scalvi, speaks about her experience in learning and using braille.
I Love Braille, August 14 2025
In this session, our participants ask and answer a variety of braille-related questions
I Love Braille, August 7 2025
Our guest, Kathy Keck from Loving Touch Connection, speaks about her work making gift items with tactile images & braille.
I Love Braille, July 31 2025
Our guest, Nafisa Keels, speaks about what AI can and cannot do with regard to braille. Nafisa has been a long-time braille user, teacher, and designer of braille graphics. She has much to tell us about braille graphics using AI and transcribing print materials into braille.