In the mid-1800s, the invention of the Braille system radically changed the lives of millions of visually impaired people ...

The set (currently available in English and French, with more languages on the way) takes the classic 2×4 building brick and modifies its knobs to correspond with the braille alphabet, numbers ...

From Story Pirates, Layla explains how the braille alphabet works and how she reads it.

Importantly, braille is also a completely different system from the Roman alphabet, and therefore doesn’t build on the existing knowledge of a large portion of visually impaired people.

Lego has unveiled a new project aimed at helping blind and visually impaired children learn Braille in a “playful and engaging way.” Lego Braille Bricks, a concept originally proposed to the ...

There's a new type of Legos for blind and visually impaired children. Braille Bricks have studs to reflect letters and numbers in braille alphabet.

BRAILLE is a writing system designed to allow the blind and visually impaired to read. It uses tiny pimples on the page that can be felt by the finger tips an interpreted as letters and numbers. Wh… ...

Each Braille block will feature studs with the same six-dot configuration of individual letters and numbers from the Braille alphabet. But they'll remain compatible with classic Lego bricks.

The bumps on each Lego brick spell out the letters and numbers of the Braille alphabet.

The Braille Bricks kits contain around 250 pieces covering the full alphabet, plus numbers and math symbols.

Lego Braille Bricks will feature the Braille alphabet as well as numbers, math symbols and teaching devices.