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Burger chain courts blind diners with sesame seed Braille on buns - Los Angeles Times

Los Angeles Times

Burger chain courts blind diners with sesame seed Braille on buns
Los Angeles Times
By Tiffany Hsu In South Africa, restaurant chain Wimpy is welcoming blind customers -- by serving them burgers with words in Braille spelled out on their buns with sesame seeds. In a viral YouTube video promoting its in-store Braille menus, .
Braille Burger Buns, Or, How to Tap the Blind Social MediaLA Weekly (blog)
Wimpy burgers makes braille bunsBaltimore Sun
Wimpy South Africa reaches out to visually impaired with "Braille Burger"GlobalPost (blog)
Bangstyle -UPI.com -National Post (blog)
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Addison Burgess gets ready to compete in the "Braille Wars" competition at . - Orlando Sentinel (blog)

Orlando Sentinel (blog)

Addison Burgess gets ready to compete in the "Braille Wars" competition at .
Orlando Sentinel (blog)
Sixteen students competed this morning in EURœBraille Wars,EUR a Star Wars-themed competition for the visually impaired. It was one of four Braille reading competitions being held around the state between January and March. Half of the competitors hailed .

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ISDB Students Compete in Braille Contest - Twin Falls Times-News

ISDB Students Compete in Braille Contest
Twin Falls Times-News
Jenna Knight loads paper into her brailler before competing in Thursday's Idaho Braille Challenge at the Idaho School for the Deaf and the Blind in Gooding. GOODING EUR¢ The multipurpose room at the Idaho School for the Deaf and the Blind was decked out .

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Mapua students develop mobile phone for blind users - GMA News

Mapua students develop mobile phone for blind users
GMA News
A group of computer engineering students has created a Braille mobile phone that can help the blind enjoy the conveniences of modern mobile communication. The electronic gadget, created by computer engineering students of the Mapua Institute of .

Braille EVMs help visually impaired cast votes - IBNLive.com

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Braille EVMs help visually impaired cast votes
IBNLive.com
PTI Dehra Dun: Paving way for the visually impaired to have a decisive role in the country's democratic process, the Election Commission is encouraging use of EVMs having braille signs in Dehradun in Uttarakhand where polling is on to elect the state's .

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Delhi University's Braille Library overstocked with Hindi books - Deccan Herald

Delhi University's Braille Library overstocked with Hindi books
Deccan Herald
Blind postgraduate students are frustrated by lack of books in subjects other than Hindi at Delhi University's Braille Library. According to these students, though the library has 1254 books and recorded material for courses in the undergraduate level, .
SC's Braille Challenge being held in ColumbiaAiken Standard

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Lecrae, Braille, Appear On "King Kulture" Compilation To Benefit School In Congo - HipHopDX

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Lecrae, Braille, Appear On "King Kulture" Compilation To Benefit School In Congo
HipHopDX
The project features some of the best-known artists in the Christian Hip Hop genre, including Lecrae, KJ-52, GRITS, Braille, Sho Baraka and K-Drama. The album will also introduce some the genre's new and upcoming artists. EURœIt's just a variety of Hip .

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Blindness can't slow Arlington's Paul Parravano
The long road of the man moving arm-in-arm with his trainer to workout stations throughout a cavernous Woburn gym began nearly 60 years ago when he was on vacation in Italy with his parents...

Stem cell treatment for blindness
Stem cell treatments have yielded positive results in patients who lost their vision because of macular degeneration..

Stem Cells Show Promise As Blindness Treatment In Early Study
Human embryonic stem cells show promise in an early study involving two patients suffering from incurable, progressive forms of blindness. Both experienced marked improvement in their eyesight. read more..