We make the maker movement accessible to people who are blind or visually impaired. You are invited to our weekly online meetings on Mondays at 7 p.m. in BigBlueButton. Once a month, we meet at metalab and work on our projects.

You can find current project information on our metalab wiki page. You can contact the project's user group and receive the latest invitations via our mailing list dib@lists.metalab.at.

In 2022 and 2023, we implemented the objectives of the Do-it-blind (DIB) project as part of the Define project.

Metabraille is a mobile Braille keyboard. This keyboard can be used to remotely control iOS and Android smartphones as well as PCs via Bluetooth. The assembly is designed for people with visually impairements or blindness. Metabraille was developed in a participatory design thinking process as part of the Define project.

Metabraille and the Define project are described in German in a youtube video.

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.

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.

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.

Our labels are accessible to people with good view, blindness or visual impairments. Our labels were developed in a participatory Design thinking process as part of the Define project.

We manufacture inclusive orientation plans for venues with labels written with profile- and braille-characters.

Rosetta is a 3D-printable alphabet for people who are blind or visually impaired to learn cursive writing. Rosetta consists of a Braille alphabet, tactile block letters, and cursive letters in upper and lower case. The tactile alphabets are generated using OpenSCAD scripts and our tactile labelmaker "Define Beschriftung". The idea and development came from our [Do-it-blind group (DIB)](/projects/do-it-blind).

The sources have been published in our repository.

We published the model on Thingiverse for printing.

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.

We manufacture inclusive orientation plans for venues with labels written with profile- and braille-characters.

Rosetta is a 3D-printable alphabet for people who are blind or visually impaired to learn cursive writing. Rosetta consists of a Braille alphabet, tactile block letters, and cursive letters in upper and lower case. The tactile alphabets are generated using OpenSCAD scripts and our tactile labelmaker "Define Beschriftung". The idea and development came from our [Do-it-blind group (DIB)](/projects/do-it-blind).

The sources have been published in our repository.

We published the model on Thingiverse for printing.