Despite the invention of screen readers and audio books, braille advocates say there will always be a place for 'going old school'.
"If I'm reading a trashy romance novel, I'll do it on audio because I just like to lie back and listen to the novel.
She said braille was constantly being added to new learning tools — including Lego braille bricks, which were introduced into Australian classrooms last year. "Sometimes people think, 'Well, we going to lose braille, because we have so many electronic devices'. "Braille can be challenging to learn and, with the rise in audio technology, it's becoming a skill not as heavily relied upon," he said.
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