Great video Faye! I have been printing braille for products for a while and its not easy. Once you realise the guidelines producing braille it is hugely useful and beneficial to blind and partially sighted people. Its brilliant you have explained the process and methods and stuck to the specifications of braille. I have seen countless examples of people not understanding that braille is a tactile language read by the fingertips and not a font that can be simply enlarged (as it is easier) to suit the manufacturing method. I hope that the community will embrace the potential of braille (and tactile text) in projects and be inspired by your video.
To avoid stringing, i printed the models vertically, the print was smooth and no post processing required. Great video, im from Chennai, India. I had tried the fusion 360 plugin, and the print came out great. Thanks for the video, the explanation is very detailed.
Thanks for this video, I am beginning to make more and more braille things for the vision impaired community and have been struggling with producing good quality braille when printed flat to the bed. following your slicer tweaks has solved my conundrum. Very many thanks.
I love this so much. I had a serious eye infection late last year that really, really gave me a new perspective on accessibility, especially when it comes to using technology.
I've already gushed at you about this enough on instagram, but BRILLIANT video (as always)! I love the hard work and research you've done to make things accessible, and I genuinely think that this is something that makers need to think about more - things are getting so tiny and fiddly that many people with motor issues can't use them anymore, for example. I have a communication disability myself, which might make me over interested, but I am so so glad to hear your hard work and research on behalf of this group of makers who are interested in accessibility!
Thank you for this! I'm currently designing a braille version of the mastermind game for my company and have been having major difficulty with the braille. Gonna try this method.
That door sign finished product looks amazing. Very clean, I love your 2 colour approach to make the braille stand out. Do you use a single colour printer? I'd be interested to see how the multicolour process happens.
I bought a couple of Braille terminals, and am learning it. I got some braille stickers for my laptop keys that are the wrong size; and they created a legibility nightmare. (The braille isn't the right size, too hard too read; while also making it hard to find home row, lol.). The main thing is to get the spacing between chars right; so that it doesn't run together into a bunch of dots that make it hard to distinguish cells. Contracted Braille is a real problem. UEB tries to make contracted braille unambiguous for better computer interop. But Unicode to UEB contracted and back, doesn't seem to be as unambiguous as claimed. I prefer uncontracted braille, but I can see why contracted braille exists. Reading comprehension can be hard when you can't fit your finger over entire common words. The whole braille system is predicated on an entire cell fitting under one fingertip .
Love this, and will be trying to do this more often! I know it is less common, but how well does Braille turn out if printed on a vertical wall? Do layer lines mess up the "readability" of the dots?
printing braille vertically will yield better results (z resolution is, in most cases, finer than nozzle size) There was a research paper on this not long ago. If interested I'll see if I can dig it up
I tried to check out your discord but it told me I had an invalid address. What I am wondering is if there is a way to add the braille to a curved object? I have made other things in braille with great readability and am confident with the braille code. I have some TPU and wanted to see if I could make some name tags that will fit on water bottles for my students. Also I have had the best luck with printing braille vertically. They have nice crisp braille dots that don’t require much for cleanup. You just wouldn’t get the pretty color changes.
Hi I'm from Argentina and this vídeo help me a Lot. I want to do similar things on mi job, it's a museum. If I need, is there any way to contact you? i have some questions. Sorry for my English. BTW Great Great video
Amazing.... Thanks for the video, here In India we are making Braille boards by using laser cutting and braillee insertion tools, I would like to learn 3D technique from you, is it possible?
Braille comes in two forms; contracted and uncontracted. Contracted braille is abbreviated and shortened, whereas uncontracted is more or less letter for letter.
the invitation to the discord group is not valid, is it not still in use. I would very much have access as I am very interested in makin 3d Braille objects.
Great video Faye! I have been printing braille for products for a while and its not easy. Once you realise the guidelines producing braille it is hugely useful and beneficial to blind and partially sighted people. Its brilliant you have explained the process and methods and stuck to the specifications of braille. I have seen countless examples of people not understanding that braille is a tactile language read by the fingertips and not a font that can be simply enlarged (as it is easier) to suit the manufacturing method. I hope that the community will embrace the potential of braille (and tactile text) in projects and be inspired by your video.
Would you be willing to share your process? Have an NPO I want to assist ,by printing for free for them
To avoid stringing, i printed the models vertically, the print was smooth and no post processing required.
Great video, im from Chennai, India.
I had tried the fusion 360 plugin, and the print came out great.
Thanks for the video, the explanation is very detailed.
Wonderful work Allie! You're absolutely an inspiration for us all to be better people.
Thanks for this video, I am beginning to make more and more braille things for the vision impaired community and have been struggling with producing good quality braille when printed flat to the bed. following your slicer tweaks has solved my conundrum. Very many thanks.
I love it when two of my passions come together! Excited to give this a try!
@@katzcreates ha ha, well, accessibility in general! Definitely have lots of ideas to improve the office when we go back (that's if we EVER go back!)
Well done! Such a great video and even better project/use case. Defintiely going to try out that Fusion 360 Braille add-in :)
I love this so much. I had a serious eye infection late last year that really, really gave me a new perspective on accessibility, especially when it comes to using technology.
Love the editing here Allie, Nice work! Very educational and informative! Will definitely have to give it a try!
@@katzcreates I make absolutely 0 promises that it will NOT be stupid LOL
This so cool! You are an amazing human. Thanks for sharing this!
I've already gushed at you about this enough on instagram, but BRILLIANT video (as always)! I love the hard work and research you've done to make things accessible, and I genuinely think that this is something that makers need to think about more - things are getting so tiny and fiddly that many people with motor issues can't use them anymore, for example. I have a communication disability myself, which might make me over interested, but I am so so glad to hear your hard work and research on behalf of this group of makers who are interested in accessibility!
This is so good! You are such a good human!
Inspirador y motivador proyecto. Bonito ejemplo y muy bien explicado. Muchas gracias, probare hacerlo
Awesome video. I have yet to print something that is interacted with enough to warrant brail, but if it ever comes up I'll definitely do it. 10/10
Thank you for this! I'm currently designing a braille version of the mastermind game for my company and have been having major difficulty with the braille. Gonna try this method.
Ahhh, good luck!! That sounds like a worthy endeavour and I hope this helps! 🤞🏻
Great video! You're so good. (And lol that CRASH sound...)
Great project 👍😀
Great video as always 👍
Thanks for sharing your experience with all of us 👍😀
This video is informative, inspirational and entertaining! I love what you do! 😀
Fantastic video as always :D
I work in care for the visually impaired.
A great idea. 👍🏼 🙂 Thanks for the great video. 😉👋🏼
@@katzcreates That's exactly what I was looking for.
That way I can make things easier for my people.
That door sign finished product looks amazing. Very clean, I love your 2 colour approach to make the braille stand out. Do you use a single colour printer? I'd be interested to see how the multicolour process happens.
I bought a couple of Braille terminals, and am learning it. I got some braille stickers for my laptop keys that are the wrong size; and they created a legibility nightmare. (The braille isn't the right size, too hard too read; while also making it hard to find home row, lol.). The main thing is to get the spacing between chars right; so that it doesn't run together into a bunch of dots that make it hard to distinguish cells.
Contracted Braille is a real problem. UEB tries to make contracted braille unambiguous for better computer interop. But Unicode to UEB contracted and back, doesn't seem to be as unambiguous as claimed. I prefer uncontracted braille, but I can see why contracted braille exists. Reading comprehension can be hard when you can't fit your finger over entire common words. The whole braille system is predicated on an entire cell fitting under one fingertip .
hey hi,
I actally printed your g code it works on my ender
wondering if you can share the profile
Which filament type are you using? Read somewhere PLA is not good for sanding it
Thank you so much
Love this, and will be trying to do this more often! I know it is less common, but how well does Braille turn out if printed on a vertical wall? Do layer lines mess up the "readability" of the dots?
@@katzcreates Thanks! Those considerations make a lot of sense, and I will keep all that in mind if I try some experiments myself.
printing braille vertically will yield better results (z resolution is, in most cases, finer than nozzle size) There was a research paper on this not long ago. If interested I'll see if I can dig it up
@@marchache I would be interested reading the paper if you don’t minding sending a link. Thanks
I tried to check out your discord but it told me I had an invalid address. What I am wondering is if there is a way to add the braille to a curved object? I have made other things in braille with great readability and am confident with the braille code. I have some TPU and wanted to see if I could make some name tags that will fit on water bottles for my students. Also I have had the best luck with printing braille vertically. They have nice crisp braille dots that don’t require much for cleanup. You just wouldn’t get the pretty color changes.
Hi I'm from Argentina and this vídeo help me a Lot. I want to do similar things on mi job, it's a museum. If I need, is there any way to contact you? i have some questions. Sorry for my English. BTW Great Great video
Amazing.... Thanks for the video, here In India we are making Braille boards by using laser cutting and braillee insertion tools, I would like to learn 3D technique from you, is it possible?
This video should help you get started with a 3D printed pipeline! If you need further help, my Discord would be a good place to ask. :)
Thank you
Are some words abbreviated? Or is most braille individual letters?
Braille comes in two forms; contracted and uncontracted. Contracted braille is abbreviated and shortened, whereas uncontracted is more or less letter for letter.
the invitation to the discord group is not valid, is it not still in use. I would very much have access as I am very interested in makin 3d Braille objects.
Thank you for reminding me to update it! In the meantime, here's an invite: discord.gg/qZvXxkGEJ4
Love this. Have you considered resin printers for use in conjunction with fdm printing for further accuracy, smoothness and comfort for the user?