Our Vision of the Future,
Starts with the Children.
EVERY child deserves:
EVERY child deserves:
“Blindness is a spectrum. Literacy is a right.”™
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Our Vision of the Future,
Starts with the Children.
EVERY child deserves:
EVERY child deserves:
The BrailleDoodle is an inexpensive B-SMArt device for Braille learning and tactile – Science, Math, and Art with a surface that refreshes repeatedly. It allows someone to write and create and feel as they go.
Alt text- The B-SMArt device is an acronym for braille, science math, and art. In the acronym, the B and S and M and A are all bold faces and caps but the rt and little letters. Next to the Acronym reads For braille learning and tactile science, math, and art, with the B, the S, the M, and the A capitalized and boldfaced, and the rt in art is just boldfaced.
1. Focus on Braille literacy and Tactile – Science, Math, & Art.
2. Distribute The BrailleDoodle, a simple, affordable solution to empower children to reach their full potential.
3. Donate thousands of free BrailleDoodles to blind children who may not be able to afford them.
The BrailleDoodle has an array of hundreds of holes on the doodle side. Each hole contains a smooth metal ball that can be pulled to the surface by a magnetic stylus. When the user erases by simply pushing the balls back down.
The braille side of the BrailleDoodle is a place for learning and practicing braille. On this side, the top section contains examples and practice spaces for every letter, some symbols, and sight words. Unlike other devices, below are lines of 20 braille cells to practice words and sentences. This is the way one learns to read, not one letter at a time!
More specialized covers/stencils allow students to learn Math braille, contractions, shapes, print letters, graphs, art, even braille in different languages!
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Hear the joy and the Learning.
Video is Audio Described.
There is A Crisis in the Blind Community!
“Nothing motivates children to learn like learning while playing.”
Millie Meets The BrailleDoodle
Video is audio described.
“Would love this! Sadly, I am struggling to get braille instruction for my child. I think this would help me teach him. The BrailleDoodle can’t come out fast enough!” – Tammy Simpson M., Parent of Nathan, age 10
“How fun! I would definitely buy this for my son.” – Ashlyn Marie L., Parent of Gunner, age 7
Video is audio described.
Teachers of deaf blind students talk about what they like about the BrailleDoodle.
Development is complete.
With help from Creative Engineering, and Emox Inc. we now have a full-sized, working prototype!
Founder and
Chief Executive Officer
Daniel is a 25-year veteran teacher of students with disabilities, a teacher of the arts for blind students, an inventor, an artist, and a father. He is dedicated to enhancing the lives of those with disabilities, particularly, those who are blind or have low vision.
Advisory Board Chairman
Andrew is an expert in litigation and intellectual property and is an engineering consultant. He is a former Partner of Dechert, LLP, and Akin, Gump, Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP, and a graduate of MIT, MIT Sloan School of Business, and Columbia University School of Law.
Social Media Marketing Manager
Sadi has never allowed her blindness to limit her passion for storytelling. She attended an art school for performing arts and film production. Her unique perspective as “Sadi the Blind Lady” is now used to educate and entertain hundreds of thousands on Social media.
Advisory Board Member
An expert in the current state and future outlook for assistive technology Eurydice resides in Japan. Teacher of English and English/Japanese real-time translator. Braille and tactile learning advocate.
Advisory Board Member
Going blind later in life led Bill to become an outspoken advocate for the blind, especially where he lives in Kalamazoo, Michigan. He is passionate about the availability of resources for young learners.
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