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Scientist Joshua Miele demonstrates a virtual wireless Braille keyboard attached as an input device to an Android phone.

Will blind people use Braille in the future?

August 8, 2018
The World in Words

Some people believe technology will render Braille obsolete and that blind people will choose talking apps and audiobooks over embossed dots. But Braille has been written off many times before and each time, it has come back stronger.

Will blind people use Braille in the future?
An illustration image shows the new Latin-based Kazakh alphabet published in a newspaper in Almaty, Kazakhstan, on Oct. 27, 2017.

Kazakhstan's switch from Cyrillic to Latin is about more than just alphabets

November 9, 2017
Culture
Kazakhstan's switch from Cyrillic to Latin is about more than just alphabets

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