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1 Music in Braille - Monday, 26 Oct 2009

Lisette Wesseling explores Louis Braille’s adaptation of his six-dot reading and writing system for the blind to represent the language of music.

2 Music in Braille (duration: 41′44″)

Lisette Wesseling explains the nuts and bolts of working with music in braille.
Audio from Misc on 26 Oct 2009

3 One in Five - Sunday, 07 Jun 2009

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4 Blind New Zealanders urge government for more Braille resources (duration: 3′24″)

Just 5 percent of adults and 9 percent of children are able to use Braille, and blind people say that's hurting their chances.
Audio from Morning Report on 29 Apr 2009

5 Pressing On - 11 May 2008

6 One in Five - Sunday, 01 Feb 2009

Braille in the era of new technology

7 Visually impaired to benefit from new transport card (duration: 2′58″)

Getting around Wellington will soon be easier for hundreds of sightless and visually impaired residents because of a unique new smart card, with a Braille feature, being issued to those who currently rely on taxis.
Audio from Morning Report on 14 May 2010

8 One in Five for 1 February 2009 (duration: 28′00″)

Marking the 200th anniversary of Louis Braille's birth: putting the case for Braille and accessible website technology.
Audio from One in Five on 01 Feb 2009

9 Artist launches pornographic magazine for the blind (duration: 2′11″)

A Toronto artist has launched a pornographic magazine for the blind - complete with explicit braille text and pictures of naked men and women that you touch.
Audio from Morning Report on 14 Apr 2010

10 Blind walk (duration: 9′07″)

The Sensation Walk Braille Trail is a stroll along Wellington's Botanic Gardens celebrating the life of Louis Braille.
Audio from Afternoons on 20 May 2009

11 New Horizons - Friday, 29 Feb 2008

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12 Music Schedules - Saturday, 26 Sep 2009

13 Saturday Morning with Kim Hill - Saturday, 23 Feb 2008

Stephen Zunes on Kosovo, anti-landmine campaigner Jody Williams, director Francois Girard, art collector Dr Dick Quan, stage designer Tony Rabbit, children’s book author Ursula Dubosarsky.

14 Saturday Morning with Kim Hill - Saturday, 26 Sep 2009

Tobias Harris on the new Japanese government, Muriel Watt on solar power, writer Nick Hornby on movies, music and autism, Playing Favourites with blind runner Rob Matthews, Food with Annabelle Langbein, Christine Fernyhough on high country life.

15 One in Five for Sunday 7 June 2009 (duration: 27′13″)

The Blind community celebrates the Braille renaissance; and one of its senior citizens tackles the new technology and bureaucracy.
Audio from One in Five on 07 Jun 2009

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