“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.
Our guest speaker Susan Glass discusses the use of braille in writing literary works, and recites some of her poems from her recently published poetry book.
Our guest speaker is Frank Welte, Senior Accessible Media and Braille Specialist in the Media and Accessible Design Laboratory at the Lighthouse for the Blind and Visually Impaired in San Francisco, President of the Braille Revival League of California, and a volunteer scorer at the Northern California Braille Challenge.
Our guest speaker is Beth Marsau, a certified braille transcriber and proofreader for the Library of Congress, presenting a comparative analysis between slate and stylus and braille writers.
Our Polestar speaker, Lucy Edmonds, shares her story about learning and using braille. A long-time braille user since her childhood, Lucy is an active member of ACB and also serves on the board of the Braille Revival League.
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.
