Schools
Braillito for schools
When a class has a blind or low-vision student, braille usually stays in the hands of one person. Braillito lets the whole class learn it at the same time, in the browser and without installing anything.
What actually breaks the isolation
A blind student learns braille with their specialist teacher, and that is where it ends. Their classmates do not read it, their class teacher does not read it, their family does not read it. They have a system for reading and writing, and almost nobody to write a note to.
That is where Braillito changes something. It is not one tool for the student with a visual impairment and a different one for everyone else: it is the same app, with the same exercises, working just as well with a screen reader as with sight. Twenty-five students can do the same lesson at once, and by the end of the year braille is no longer one person’s private language.
For the teaching staff there is a side effect too: whoever supports the student can learn the system on their own, at their own pace, without waiting for a place on an in-person course. If you are starting out, we have two long, open guides: how to adapt the classroom for a blind student, a checklist through the school year, and how to teach braille to a blind child, written for families and teachers with no prior training.
How it works in practice
No installation, no licence to negotiate before trying it, and nothing to photocopy.
It opens in the browser
It runs on the computers and tablets the school already has, with nothing to install and no administrator permissions. There are also iOS and Android apps if you would rather use the student’s phone or tablet.
Works with screen readers
Braillito works with VoiceOver on iOS and TalkBack on Android, and detects them by itself; the web version asks during setup. It adapts the interface and the exercises. It is not a separate mode: it is the same app.
Classroom material, free
The printable alphabet, the braille translator and the guides for teachers need no account and no payment. The app is paid, and there are licences for schools.
What it includes, in numbers
| Item | Detail |
|---|---|
| Lessons | 63 progressive lessons, from the six-dot cell to arithmetic. |
| Worlds | 8 worlds, each one building on the last. |
| Mini-games | 16 different mini-games for practice and review. |
| Languages | 38 languages, each with its real braille code: Japanese encodes kana, Korean encodes jamo, Arabic writes short vowels in their own cells. |
| Screen readers | Works with VoiceOver on iOS and TalkBack on Android. |
| Platforms | Web browser, iOS and Android, with progress synced between them. |
| Recognition | First place in Technological Innovation in Products, Good Practices in Universal Accessibility Competition 2026, Ministry of Housing, Construction and Sanitation of Peru. |
A classroom resource, free
The printable braille alphabet
The English braille alphabet on one US Letter page: the 26 letters, the numbers, the capital signs and the most common punctuation, with the six-dot cell drawn for each one, made to print and pin up in class. Free to use and photocopy in schools, with no sign-up.
Licences for schools and organizations
If you represent a school, a special education centre, a nonprofit or a rehabilitation centre, write to us and we will talk about what your case needs: number of students, access for teachers and how it fits your calendar.
What to include in your message. The name of the school, how many students and teachers would use it, whether there are students with a visual impairment and which devices you work with. With that we can reply with something concrete instead of a catalogue.
Questions from schools
Does it cost the school anything?
The app is paid from the start; each store sets the price by country. What you can use without an account and without paying is the material on this website: the printable alphabet, the braille translator and the guides for teachers. The terms of an institutional licence, which covers every student, are agreed case by case: write to us and we will tell you.
Does it work offline?
You need a connection the first time you sign in. After that, the web version works as an installable app and keeps your progress to sync it when the device is back online. In a school with an unreliable connection that is usually enough, but it is worth trying it in the classroom first.
Is it useful for sighted students?
Yes, and that is exactly what makes it useful in a mainstream classroom. The exercises work visually as well as by ear, so the rest of the class can learn the same system as their blind or low-vision classmate, in the same tool and at the same time.
Is it accessible?
Braillito works with VoiceOver and TalkBack, uses the Atkinson Hyperlegible typeface, has a high-contrast mode and can be used entirely from the keyboard. We have not completed an external audit yet, so we do not claim a specific conformance level: our accessibility statement details what we have verified and the limitations we know about.
Try it in class
Open a lesson before you decide anything
Braillito teaches braille from scratch, with 63 lessons and 16 mini-games in 38 languages, English included.
Works with VoiceOver and TalkBack