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BrailleBuzz App Review
Looking for a beginning braille letter app for young students?
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Updated July 25, 2023; original post published October 2020.
APH announced that BrailleBuzz now includes a Spanish language option! Spanish-speaking braille readers can now use the FREE BrailleBuzz app to build language and literacy skills with native Spanish audio. BrailleBuzz is available for iOS and Android.
Teachers are buzzing about APH’s new beginning braille letter app, BrailleBuzz! This is a sister app to the popular stand-alone BrailleBuzz toy. Both games include exploring braille letters and hearing either the braille letter dot combinations or hearing the letter sounds (phonics). Both games have the 6-key Perkins style keyboard to input braille letters. The BrailleBuzz app goes a step farther as it can be paired with a braille display enabling students to feel the braille letters as select or type a letter!
The BrailleBuzz app is a terrific tool to introduce braille literacy to future braille readers. These interactive games are designed to encourage young students to explore braille letters – no prior braille or letter knowledge [...]