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200 years Braille article about Metabraille

Thu, 04 Sep 2025 10:07:00 +0200

Project Metabraille: Everything you need to know is an article about Metabraille to celebrate the 200 year aniversary of inventing the braille scripture.

In the article you can read the English and German transcript of Jörg Sorges „Video Braille - Aber digital, mobil und selbst gebaut“. There are also other further links.

Exhibition labels

Sat, 09 Aug 2025 13:37:00 +0200

The Institute of Design Research Vienna (IDRV) has exhibited Metabraille. We have produced inscriptions that are accessible to people with blindness and visual impairments for the exhibition IMAGINE: Coral Reef. Regenerative Design

Description of Metabraille
Metabraille is a mobile Braille keyboard. This keyboard can be used to control smartphones and PCs remotely via Bluetooth. It is designed for use and installation by people with visual impairments or blindness. Metabraille was developed in a participatory design thinking process. During implementation, people with visual impairments or blindness were given access to Make(r)spaces and digital manufacturing techniques.

#a11 Techies Episode 1: The Metabraille keyboard

Tue, 15 Jul 2025 13:37:00 +0200

We had the honour of presenting our mobile Braille keyboard – Metabraille to the European Blind Union (EBU) in the first edition of #a11y Techies. The new series presents inclusive innovations in more detail. The full interview is available on EBUs YouTube channel.