/tags/braille braille en-US SA¹ú¼Ê´«Ä± Mon, 26 Jul 2021 18:34:47 GMT /news/2021-07-26/this-miami-9-year-old-excels-behind-his-braille-keyboard A local student is a finalist in an international braille literacy competition. The Braille Challenge encourages blind and visually impaired kids to go to college, develop job skills and socialize. Mon, 26 Jul 2021 18:34:47 GMT /news/2021-07-26/this-miami-9-year-old-excels-behind-his-braille-keyboard Jessica Bakeman /2017-03-13/as-braille-literacy-declines-reading-competitions-held-to-boost-interest As blind children depend more on technology to help them read, braille is seeming antiquated, with literacy rates at just 10 percent. So now, braille reading competitions are held to keep it in use. Mon, 13 Mar 2017 21:39:00 GMT /2017-03-13/as-braille-literacy-declines-reading-competitions-held-to-boost-interest Blake Farmer, Blake Farmer