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BRAILLE. STEM. ART. POSSIBILITY.

BrailleDoodle.
Learning you can touch.

Every learner deserves a way to explore. The TouchPad Pro Foundation opens doors through braille literacy, tactile STEM, and art.

Meet the BrailleDoodle tactile tablet: two sides for braille practice, drawings, maps, and graphs. Its magnetic stylus raises metal dots you can feel.

No batteries. No screens. No internet.

Find your next step

A 501(c)(3) nonprofit Learning, open to everyone

A sister and brother explore a raised-dot drawing on the BrailleDoodle tactile tablet.

LEARNING BELONGS TO EVERYONE

For curious hands.
For shared discoveries.

SEE BRAILLEDOODLE IN ACTION48 seconds

Little dots. Big discoveries.

Meet the people learning and creating with BrailleDoodle.

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Children and adults use the magnetic stylus to raise dots on the blue BrailleDoodle. Close-ups show braille examples, practice cells, and fingers exploring the raised dots. Learners create tactile drawings and practice letters, independently and with support from an adult.

MEET BRAILLEDOODLE

Two sides.
A world of possibility.

Learn a letter. Draw a picture. Explore a graph.
Get to know the tool that puts discovery in your hands.

The Braille Side

Explore examples, practice letters, and build up to words and sentences.

The Doodle Side

Create tactile pictures, shapes, maps, and graphs. Erase and begin again.

MORE WAYS TO CONNECT THE DOTS

See what learning can look like.

Braille learning, at any age

Learning Braille and creating through touch can be part of everyday life.

Art to share

Create pictures that friends, siblings, and family can explore together.

Explore shapes, math & STEM

Use covers as guides, then take them off to feel what you made.

A LITTLE GUIDANCE, A CLEAR NEXT STEP

What brings you here?

Tell us a little about what you need.
We’ll point you in the right direction.

1 I’m here as…

Learner or familyExplore, learn, and create Educators & OrganizationsSchools, agencies & nonprofits Interested in distributing?Resellers & distribution partners SupporterHelp open more doors

2 I’d like to…

Buy a BrailleDoodle nowUse mine & learnAsk about access

Where will you use it?

YOUR NEXT STEP

Your first step to hands-on learning.

Find the buying option for your country, then explore braille, art, and STEM together.

Two sides for learning and creating
A magnetic stylus raises dots you can feel
Refresh the surface and try again

Choose your country or region to see where to go.

External links open in a new tab, so you can keep exploring.

Not sure where to start? Email the Foundation

To use the guide, enable JavaScript. You can also go directly to buying options, directions and lessons, or donations.

LEARN BRAILLE, ONE LETTER AT A TIME

Lift a dot.
Learn a letter.

Follow a braille example, raise the matching dots with the magnetic stylus, and feel the letter with your fingertips.

Practice with a guide

Start with the larger cells, then explore standard-size braille and build up to words and sentences.

Feel it. Reset it. Try again.

Press the dots down and practice again at your own pace.

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A SMALL DIGITAL EXPLORATIONTry it

Six dots. A new way to read.

Choose a letter, then match its dots.

EXAMPLE

a · dot 1

YOUR TURN

Tap to raise or lower

Raise dot 1 to make a lowercase a.

This screen activity illustrates dot patterns. On a BrailleDoodle, you can feel the dots with your fingertips.

IN THEIR WORDS

Real voices.
Real possibilities.

Educators, blind leaders, and BrailleDoodle users share what hands-on learning has meant to them.

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“This innovative tool fills a critical gap by providing a hands-on, interactive way to develop braille skills while also supporting STEM education and creative expression.”

Kirk Adams, Ph.D.

Former President and CEO, American Foundation for the Blind

“We love the BrailleDoodle.”

RNIB

Royal National Institute of Blind People, UK

“I love the design of the Braille cells, which are separated and designed to use my sense of touch. It is a very precise and easy-to-understand design.”

Felecia Bradford

Braille instructor; NFB Michigan Board of Directors

“I enjoy the simplicity, but genius of this design.”

Erin Byrn

Teacher of students with visual impairments

“Thank you for opening doors for me.”

Armando Del Gobbo

BrailleDoodle customer

“I’m enjoying The BrailleDoodle a lot.”

Jessica Glasco

BrailleDoodle customer

“Our team can work on tracking, bilateral hand coordination, tactile discrimination, and letter recognition all with one, portable device.”

Alison C.

TVI and Director, Blind Early Services Tennessee

“I am definitely planning to use it in our experimental toolkit as well as in my personal doodling.”

Nicholas A. Giudice, Ph.D.

Professor of Spatial Computing, University of Maine; VEMI Lab

“I love the fact one can draw figures and small maps and things and be able to feel them.”

Tracy Duffy Conly

BrailleDoodle customer

“If I had this type of device when I was first learning braille, it would’ve made things way easier.”

Chad Rohr

BrailleDoodle customer

“As an educator in a special needs preschool, I have found the learning side of the Braille Doodle very helpful, especially the no-error letters.”

Michelle A.

Teacher and parent of Nadiya

“Practicing on the BrailleDoodle first allowed me to get my first slate writings correct on the first try—an incredibly encouraging success!”

Kaz MacPherson

BrailleDoodle customer, Australia

Read a BrailleDoodle review in Arabic.

Ekramy Ahmed Medad

Teacher at Al Noor

Daniel Lubiner and Brian together with BrailleDoodle.

Inspired by learners.
Moving forward together.

After years in development, BrailleDoodle brings Braille, tactile art, and STEM learning within reach of more people.

Today, the TouchPad Pro Foundation brings together a team of educators, parents, accessibility experts, and blind and low-vision advocates working to expand Braille literacy and tactile learning worldwide—including for those who cannot afford a device.

Meet the team

A few things you might be wondering

Does BrailleDoodle need batteries, a screen, or internet?

No. BrailleDoodle is a mechanical device. Use its magnetic stylus to raise dots, explore them by touch, and press them down to start again. No charging or connection is needed.

Is BrailleDoodle only for children?

No. BrailleDoodle supports learners of different ages, including adults learning braille. Families, teachers, and sighted peers can learn and create together.

Can I find lessons and instructions?

Yes. The Foundation’s directions page includes a quick-start guide, instructional videos, transcripts, and braille lessons. Open directions and lessons (new tab) ↗

How do donations help?

The Foundation’s mission includes providing BrailleDoodles to people who may not be able to afford them. You can donate or ask about sponsoring devices for a school, program, or community.

With thanks to our sponsors

Together, we can put Braille literacy and tactile learning within more people’s reach.

✦ Silver

$5,000

World Services for the Blind

Michelle Witman / Asset Based Consulting

✦ Gold

$10,000

Chris & Beth Davidson

Susan Merk

Access Information News

✦ Platinum

$20,000

Elaine & Alvin Lubiner

Dr. Kirk Adams

✦ Diamond

$50,000

The Natan and Sara Blutinger Charitable Foundation

Protolabs

Help open the next door. Join our community of sponsors and support more opportunities to learn through touch.

BrailleDoodle.Learning you can touch.

Two sides.A world of possibility.

The Braille Side

The Doodle Side

See what learning can look like.

Braille learning, at any age

Art to share

Explore shapes, math & STEM

What brings you here?

Your first step to hands-on learning.

Lift a dot.Learn a letter.

Practice with a guide

Feel it. Reset it. Try again.

Six dots. A new way to read.

A little more discovery in your inbox.

Real voices.Real possibilities.

Kirk Adams, Ph.D.

RNIB

Felecia Bradford

Erin Byrn

Armando Del Gobbo

Jessica Glasco

Alison C.

Nicholas A. Giudice, Ph.D.

Tracy Duffy Conly

Chad Rohr

Michelle A.

Kaz MacPherson

Ekramy Ahmed Medad

Inspired by learners.Moving forward together.

A few things you might be wondering

With thanks to our sponsors

✦ Silver

✦ Gold

✦ Platinum

✦ Diamond

Connect with the Foundation

BrailleDoodle.
Learning you can touch.

Two sides.
A world of possibility.

Lift a dot.
Learn a letter.

Real voices.
Real possibilities.

Inspired by learners.
Moving forward together.