National Braille Press president Brian Mac Donald told me in a recent interview that despite their growing popularity among blind users, one cannot read or write braille on an iPhone or iPad.
That's true. But that doesn't mean blind people can't maximize mobile device access using the raised-dot language.
The BraillePen 12 and BraillePen Slim are small Bluetooth braille keyboards (the 12 also has a 12-cell refreshable display) that enable users to run their iOS, Windows Mobile, and Symbian devices.
It's an important innovation. Text-to-speech and digital audiobooks are often cited as reasons for braille literacy's decline. Yet making leading-edge technologies braille accessible is also one of the surest ways of extending tactile literacy innovations to the next generation of braille readers.
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