Braille 2.0

cults3d

I was recently contacted by a blind man named Dave who expressed interest in getting some samples of the braille I printed on the MakerBot earlier this year. Taking advantage of this opportunity, I refined my design before shipping a few test pieces off to him at the beginning of the week. Just yesterday he received them and was immediately able to read them. He had this to say: "I am incredibly impressed. With my fingernail, I can feel where the filaments are laid down. With my fingertips though, the dots are perfectly sized, smooth feeling, and comfortable to read. I genuinely believe this is professional-quality stuff." The next step is to determine if there's a need for braille production like this. I'm currently conducting research on traditional methods of creating braille and discussing the feasibility of using the MakerBot to produce braille with Dave.