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JHU engineering students bring braille to beer labels

From left to right, JHU students Catherine Pollard, Gabriella Hu, Krystal Lan, and Sophia Gomez

From left to right, JHU students Catherine Pollard, Gabriella Hu, Krystal Lan, and Sophia Gomez

From left to right, JHU students Catherine Pollard, Krystal Lan, Gabriella Hu, and Sophia Gomez

From left to right, JHU students Catherine Pollard, Krystal Lan, Gabriella Hu, and Sophia Gomez

The students designed and built a machine capable of punching braille text into plastic beer labels as well as card stock, glossy mailers, and other materials that commercial braille-friendly printers are currently unable to accommodate.

The printer is designed so Blind Industries & Services of Maryland, or BISM, employees with no or low vision can operate it. The students developed easy-to-update software that allows their printer to communicate with the braille word processor and Photoshop design software that the nonprofit uses in its office.

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