Tech Tips: Alexa Devices Make Braille Fun

Contributed by Jerry Price, Assistive Technology Training Coordinator 

Your Amazon Echo device offers two skills that can assist in learning braille. Braille Bot, the first skill, will tell you the dots for a particular letter. You can also describe the dots to Alexa, and it will respond with the correct corresponding letter. The second skill is called Braille Dot, which is an interactive, multiple-choice game that introduces uncontracted braille to new learners and reinforces uncontracted braille proficiency. Both skills are free to use and can be activated by asking your Alexa to open the skill.