Perkins Brailler

Perkins School for the Blind, the nation’s first school for the visually impaired, provides education and services to help build productive, meaningful lives for more than 90,000 children and adults who are blind, deafblind or visually impaired with or without other disabilities in the U.S. and more than 60 countries worldwide. Founded in 1829, Perkins pursues this mission on campus, in the community and around the world.
Over fifty years after the first Perkins Brailler was introduced, Perkins and American Printing House for the Blind made strides to reimagine a classic. To increase the possibilities for learning worldwide this new design aimed to be smaller, lighter, quieter, and have an easier keystroke than the current design. With these challenges in mind, Perkins came to PDT (see all PDF)