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AccessWorld #35 -- Checking Out the Perkins Braille Bloom
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- AccessWorld
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- Jun 17, 2026
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- 1824
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Summary
Welcome back to AccessWorld, a podcast on digital inclusion and accessibility. We've been gone for a couple of weeks as we kick off summer in the heat with a hot new product from Perkins. This week, Tony and Aaron are welcome Kim Charlson and Meghan Gagne of Perkins. Kim is executive director of the renown Perkins Library and Meghan is the director of products for braille innovation. Together, they breakdown an innovative new product from Perkins that makes that classic analog brailler -- the one we all grew up with -- a high-tech brailling machine. The Perkins Braille Bloom is an affordable device that anyone can attach to their Perkins brailler, which will allow you to then connect it as a wireless braille keyboard. It fuses old with new, and presents an affordable option for those who are looking to have connectivity and still type in braille. You can learn more about the Braille Bloom at: https://www.perkins.org/bloom AccessWorld is produced by AFB Studios at the American Foundation for the blind. A companion to the quarterly publication AccessWorld Magazine , the podcast dives in each episode to news and reviews on all things digital accessibility and inclusion. Aaron Preece is editor-in-chief of AccessWorld , and Tony Stephens leads communications for AFB. To learn more about AccessWorld Magazine, and to access over 26 years of back-issues for free, visit: https://afb.org/aw . And for more details on this program, check out the podcast page HERE ! Produced and edited by Tony Stephens at the Pickle Factory in Baltimore, Maryland with digital media support from Kelly Gasque and Breanna Kerr. Questions and comments can be sent to [email protected]. To learn more about the American Foundation for the blind (aFB), or to make a tax-deductible gift to support our w…