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• Global investment plan for cheaper Braille displays

  
  E-Access Bulletin Live — Authority: 92
  An international plan for disability organisations and others to invest in producing a refreshable Braille device hugely cheaper than current systems on sale has obtained initial approval from the international DAISY consortium for information standards, E-Access Bulletin has learned. The project is being led by ...
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• Braille Burger Video Spreads The Message For South African Fast Food Chain Wimpy.

  
  If It's Hip, It's Here — Authority: 591
  South African fast food chain, Wimpy , wanted to let visually impaired people know that they offered braille menus in all of their restaurants. To spread the word they built braille burgers that blind people could actually read. With the help of skilled chefs they took sesame seeds and meticulously placed them on ...
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• Braille Literacy Month

  
  Tales From An Open Book — Authority: 106
  Even though many of us don’t know much about it, January is Braille Literacy month.  While we don’t have many books in braille or about braille at the library, our participation in the TD Summer Reading Program each year always brings us a wonderful braille sticker to give out to the children who take part. [...]
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• Wimpy – ‘Braille Burger’

  
  Stylons - Music, Art, Skate, Media, Fashion, Style, Design — Authority: 104
  /// Wimpy ist eine Fast Food Kette aus Südafrika und hat mit seiner aktuellen Werbekampagne ‘Braille Burger’ bewiesen, dass Werbung nicht nur kreativ sein, sondern auch ans Herz gehen kann. Mit lächerlich wenig Aufwand hat Wimpy mittels Blindenschrift aus Sesamkörnern eine Idee umgesetzt, um blinden ...
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• Braille Electric Plug Tags Help the Visually Impaired Tell Their Toasters from their TVs

  
  technabob — Authority: 681
  I get a headache every time I try to figure out which plug belongs to with gadget or appliance on the power strip. We’re already blessed enough that we’ve still got the gift of sight to figure things out (at least with something like those Dotz Cord Identifiers .) Imagine how much harder it is for those who ...
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• 15 Facts to Share During Braille Literacy Month

  
  Neatorama — Authority: 738
  January is Braille Literacy Month. Did you know that? Here are some other things you might not know about Braille. 7. There are three different “grades” of Braille Every grade represents a different skill level, with 1 being best for those just starting to learn Braille and 3 for the more familiar. Basic ...
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• Braille hamburger buns

  
  So many books, so little time — Authority: 111
  Creativity online reports: To highlight the fact that it offers menus in Braille, agency Metropolitan Republic in Johannesburg came up with a truly brilliant idea for Wimpy South Africa. It created 15 Braille Burgers, using sesame seeds as to spell out different messages in Braille (for example, 100% Pure Beef Burger ...
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• Wimpy Braille Burger and Menu

  
  Assistive Technology Blog — Authority: 85
  We now know that Wimpy in South Africa is one restaurant that has braille menus, thanks to a video on Youtube that has gone viral. In order to spread awareness about their braille menus, Wimpy made special buns for their burgers by placing sesame seeds on them in such a way that they spelled words in braille. ...
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• Anchor & Braille (Stephen Christian of Anberlin) Reveal New Album Title

  
  Alter The Press! — Authority: 486
  Anchor & Braille (Stephen Christian of Anberlins side-project) have revealed their new album will be titled, The Quiet Life
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• Clever ID Tag

  
  Yanko Design — Authority: 672
  Braille Electric Plug Tags are Velcro fastening labels that identify a plug using Braille, embossed icon and English abbreviation of products. The concept is backed by the research that many independent visually impaired folks find it difficult to identify their appliance/gadget plugs, especially when many of them ...
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• Video: South African fast food chain makes Braille burger buns that spell out messages in sesame seeds

  
  National Post - Posted — Authority: 141
  Wimpy South Africa, a fast-food chain with more than 500 locations in southern Africa, has launched an ad campaign aimed specifically at visually impaired people: Braille burger buns. A video (below) uploaded by Dale Mullany, an art director working in Johannesburg, shows how Wimpy created burgers with Braille ...
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• Braille burgers

  
  Wide Trends — Authority: 128
  Braille burgers – Braille burgers were launched in restaurants in South Africa. A popular fast-food chain, Wimpy, has created 15 different kinds of Braille burgers so that blind people can “see” their food. Each burger has a Braille message spelled out on the bun using sesame seeds to describe the sandwich. Some ...
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• Wimpy Braille Burger for the Blind, Fast Food You Can Feel Good About

  
  Right Pundits — Authority: 122
  The South African fast food chain, Wimpy, has a smash hit, a braille burger for the blind. Advertising a 100% pure beef burger made for you, the Wimpy menu has 15 types of burgers for the blind to enjoy. The buns themselves tell the diner what he or she is eating thanks to using sesame seeds to spell out the ...
  2 weeks ago

• Braille Burger Buns Coming To Wimpy

  
  TechMASH — Authority: 476
    Sometimes you have to wonder why businesses do certain things, is it to help their customers or gain some media coverage for their brand? Well the burger chain Wimpy has an idea being used in some South African branches. The company use the sesame seeds on the bun to create a message in Braille, ...Read the Rest
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• Fast Food Chain Introduces Braille Burgers

  
  mental_floss Blog — Authority: 119
  January is National Braille Literacy Month, which is the perfect time for South African burger chain Wimpy to introduce their new braille menus. Of course, good timing wasn’t their only smart marketing move. Because the company really wanted to make a statement, they also opted to release 15 special burgers with ...
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• Wimpy: Braille Burgers

  
  Chris Rawlinson — Authority: 406
  Wonderful work by South African agency Metropolitan Republic for Wimpy . To publicise their new brail menus being available at all stores, they dropped off burgers at the main blind organisations. The burgers all came with sesame seeds meticulously placed them on the burger buns so that the seeds formed braille.
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• Wimpy: Braille Burgers

  
  Creative Criminals — Authority: 417
  Wimpy wanted to let visually impaired people know that they offered braille menus in all of their restaurants. To spread the word they built braille burgers that blind people could actually read. With the help of skilled chefs Wimpy’s took sesame seeds and meticulously placed them on burger buns so that the seeds ...
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• Intro to PDX Hip Hop for the Indie Rockers Volume 1

  
  Crappy Indie Music -- The Blog! — Authority: 89
  
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• The Latest Thing in Fast Food: Edible Braille

  
  I2fly — Authority: 79
  Wimpy , a restaurant found an interesting way to let visually impaired customers know that they have Braille menus handy in all of their locations. To spread the word they made impressions of Braille messages on hamburger buns, with words spelled out in sesame seeds. A video promoting the effort shows Wimpy sandwich ...
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• Sesame Seed Braille Buns Promote Menus For the Visually Impaired [Video]

  
  Gizmodo — Authority: 865
  A South African burger chain called Wimpys wanted to bring attention to the fact that theyve just introduced menus for the visually impaired. So they worked with ad agency Metropolitan Republic to create burgers with sesame seed braille messages on top. More »
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