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THE PROBLEM IN NUMBERS

• Roughly 1.1 million Americans are classified as blind
  About 130,000 veterans are legally blind, over 1 million have low vision
• Braille literacy fell from about 50 percent of blind students in the 1960s to about 9 percent today. Employment of blind people fell during that time.
• Professional braille equipment runs upward of $20,000
• Adults who lose vision later in life have no structured national braille literacy program.

ABOUT THE GUIDE

The Braille Dictionary and Help Guide is a 46-page spiral-bound reference covering UEB Grade 2 braille, punctuation, numbers and math symbols, currency identification, elevator and restroom signage, guiding the blind, VA Blind Rehabilitation Center listings, apps, and screen reader resources. Free – no sign up – digital download at brailledictionary.org under Creative Commons BY-NC-SA. Printed edition $20 at braillepress.com. Institutional (up to 9 copies) $25 each. Bulk (10+) $22.50 each. ISBN registered and listed in Books in Print, and featured in Google Books.

 

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Alan Dunbar spent a career as a network systems engineer, associate professor and cybersecurity architect after serving in the Army. On September 9, 2024, a stroke took nearly all of his vision. He learned braille over the following 18 months, attending the West Palm Beach VA Blind Rehabilitation Center twice, and built the dictionary from his own training notes when nothing comparable existed. He founded Braille Press LLC to publish it.

 

Downloadable Media

• Braille Dictionary and Help Guide
• Cover of the Book
• Fact Sheet (PDF | Text)

MORE INFORMATION & INTERVIEW REQUESTS

Author photo and interviews on request. Please use your email address from the publication, you can reach me at: alan@brailledictionary.org