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The Future of Braille

The programme tries out the Orbit Reader 20, a new electronic braille reader. Plus a visit to Full Sutton prison, where braille books have been made for 20 years.

A new electronic braille reader called The Orbit Reader 20 has been unveiled in California. When it eventually comes on to the market it promises to be more affordable than anything currently available. We get our hands on one of the prototypes and test it out. Plus, we get very rare access to the high-security prison Full Sutton near York, where prisoners have been making braille books for the last twenty years. Peter White talks to them about the challenges of transcribing books into braille, and the job satisfaction they get from it.

Producer: Siobhann Tighe.

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20 minutes

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  • Tue 5 Apr 2016 20:40

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