Medium

A wide variety of print materials can be embossed in the raised-dot format used by braille readers. We are able to braille-transcribe items such as:

Medium
  • Reports
  • Programs and Agendas
  • Catalogs
  • Flyers and Brochures
  • Handouts
  • Elementary Music
  • Meeting Minutes
  • Letters and Memos
  • Ballots
  • Training Materials
  • Children's and Juvenile Books
  • Directories
  • Schedules
  • Menus

A hand reading Braille on a sheet.

Medium

The cost for this service is $15 per hour plus 15 cents per braille page. Comb binding and labeling cost $3 per volume. To estimate the cost of your braille project:

  • Figure approximately $1.25 per braille page
  • Expect each print page to equal approximately three braille pages
  • Remember that complexity of the material affects cost. Tables and other special formatting will be more costly than straight text
  • Remember that submission format will affect cost. Material that must be scanned or entered by keyboard will cost more than material received in electronic formats

Be sure to allow adequate time for your materials to be braille-translated, embossed, and shipped to you in time for your anticipated use.

Materials can also be duplicated in large print and electronic media.

Braille Greeting Card Service

The Braille Access Center has a selection of tactile-and-braille greeting cards for common occasions such as birthdays, Hanukkah, Christmas. We will gladly "sign" a card in braille for you and send it directly to a braille reader.

Tactile Graphics Library

The Braille Access Center has begun a project to provide pre-made tactile maps, graphs, and diagrams to teachers for checkout or purchase. The list of graphics currently available are listed below. To check out materials or have one added, contact the Braille Access Center. 

 

SCIENCE 

Dinosaurs (Embossed)   
Meteorology (Swell Touch)   
Zodiac Constellations (Swell Touch)   
Outer Space (Swell Touch)   
Tectonic Plates (Swell Touch)

 

MATH 

Types of Graphs (Swell Touch)

 

GEOGRAPHY 

Outline of each state with capitals marked (Embossed)   
US Mountain Ranges (Swell Touch)   
Earth’s Tectonic plates (Swell Touch)   
Latitude and Longitude Lines (Swell Touch)

 

HEALTH 

Sports Fields and Courts (Swell Touch)   
My Plate (Swell Touch)

 

TRACKING 

Mazes (Swell Touch)   

 

3D Print Library

 

Braille Lego bricks 
Fraction Beast game 
Tactile Matching game 
Meditation labyrinths 
Hollow shapes for illustrating volume

 

LANDMARKS  

The Sphynx 
Interior diagram of Great Pyramid of Giza 
Crater Lake, OR 
Simple castle 
Chichen Itza

 

SCIENCE  

Plant cell diagram 
Animal cell diagram 
Frog dissection 
Anatomical heart 
Anatomical eye 
Honeycomb 
Astronaut 
Rocket 
Space shuttle

 

MAP  

US states 
Topographical US map 
Earth in northern and southern hemispheres 
Map of NDVS/SB campus and surrounding buildings