Students will be able to identify significant developments in the world of learning for people who are blind and visually impaired. The American Printing House for the Blind offers two plant tours for students. Each tour lasts approximately one hour. They will tour the area of the plant where braille pages are embossed and see the press machines in operation. They will also visit the product display room and the museum, where they will use braille writers to emboss their names in braille.
Students learn about braille and the braille production process.
This tour includes a visit to both the braille and talking book production areas of the plant, the product display room, and the museum. Objects in the display room should be handled carefully and used only for their intended purpose. Please share this information before the tour. The American Printing House for the Blind is the oldest printing house for the blind in the United States and the largest company in the world producing products solely for people who are blind or visually impaired. Annually, APH produces over 20 million pages of braille and records over 2 million audio cassette tapes.