Aloha Braille & Company

09/11/2025

URGENT: Braille Training Grants Eliminated

For the first time in decades, there will be no federal support for braille training in the U.S. The Department of Education has cut all three national Braille Training Grants, This will impact children, adults, and the professionals who serve them.

This decision means:
❌ No new resources for TVIs to teach braille literacy
❌ No additional training for Vision Rehabilitation Therapists
❌ No professional development or innovation to address the braille literacy crisis

We need you to act NOW.
Call your U.S. Senators, especially if you live in WV, FL, NC, SC, OH, PA, or TX. Ask to speak with a senior staffer and make it clear: braille is literacy.

This is not about budgets, it’s a policy choice erasing national braille training.

Every state benefits from these programs.

Calls matter. Emails won’t be enough. Share this message widely and make sure braille remains a national priority.

09/09/2025

Word of the day: Ubuntu (u-boone-too)

Ubuntu is a philosophy originating from southern Africa, emphasizing interconnectedness, compassion, and a shared sense of humanity …

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09/09/2025

How yall doing!?!? It has been toooo long. The crazy busy braille season has gotten us checked in to the looney bin :) How are yall holding up?

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08/26/2025

Help! Can anyone help us understand the bars mean on the CKLA Individual Code Chart so we can present them properly in braille?

07/18/2025

Anyone have a recommendation for large print services?

07/10/2025

Handy dandy speed braille key for finding missing opening or closing Nemeth indicators can now be found on our website resources tab found here https://alohabraille.com/resources/ This can be downloaded and saved.

06/18/2025

Code differences between Formats, UEB Math, and Nemeth. UEB Math follows Formats for displayed material, directions, and itemized material/lists. The only difference is UEB Math mandates 3-1 paragraphing whereas Formats says follow print unless a text is entirely blocked. Nemeth does things the Nemeth way, with its own rules for displayed material, directions, and itemized material/lists but is in accord with UEB Math paragraphing in 3-1. In summary, all math will have 3-1 paragraphing, otherwise UEB Math follows Formats and Nemeth does Nemeth. Right?

06/11/2025

Busy bees been busting out a bunch of beautiful braille :)

We couldn't be more pleased to know many students will be having high quality braille materials to further their education ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜

Pic shows 15 boxes

Third UPS run this week and more to come!

05/05/2025

Do you use the Macros for Corel? If so, do you know if/how you can change the size of the arrowheads?

A work around for that is to right click on the arrow on the template, drag it over the line you have from macros and click on copy all properties and it'll change.

05/05/2025

Be kind ...
Be kindling ...
Be the change you want to see ...
Be _____ (what)?

Thoughts on a new braille shirt design? It must begin with "Be".

Free shirt and $25 gift certificate for ideas that get made into a braille shirt!

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05/05/2025

Corel Draw tid bit. Do you use the "snap to" option and if so, what do you snap the braille text to?

If you have trouble aligning your text on a page, consider "snapping" to the guideline.

PS This works better with braille 29 than braille 36.

04/22/2025

Are there any Duxbury users here? Curious to know what it means to use or not use the option, "Read formatted braille without interpretation"?

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