Project history

The beginning

In 2016 MyHumanKit organization organizes with the partnership of Airbus Industries a hackacaton called Fabriakarium

During the Fabrikarium many tests were made to emboss Braille on 160g paper with hacked 3D printers,

The project was called BrailleRap.

In the BrailleRAP-SP team we thought that this work was a demonstration of feasibility, but that it was better to develop a specialized machine that was easy to reproduce.

OpenBraille

In 2017 Carlos Campos starts the OpenBraille project and builds a braille embosser from recycled printer parts.

The project demonstrates that it is possible to move a sheet of paper with enough precision in a braille embosser.

BrailleRap-SP

In January 2018, we started with some linear rails, Nema motors and printed parts to try to make a braille embosser. A few tries later, we started to show examples of Braille embossed texts, and everyone was very excited. The BrailleRAP-SP project was born.

BrailleRap

In 2022, to improve the project with some enthousiasts, we create BrailleRap project

BrailleRap Cameroon

Also in 2022, the CCLab entrusts us with the preparation and realization of 4 general public workshops in Cameroon. It’s Operation BrailleRAP Cameroon.

2 workshops for the general public, 2 master classes in 4 cities in Cameroon in collaboration with CCLab and Cameroonian partners. It is the opportunity for 3 weeks to confront the project once againto the general public: blind people, makers, associations, establishmentslessons learned. All this in a very different international context of our usual activities.

An experience rich in exceptional encounters, in anecdotes, in experiments and new ideas for evolutions and improvements.

The BrailleRAP Cameroon operation resulted in the production of 2 sheets of workshop conduct:

General public workshop conduct sheet
Master class workshop conduct sheet

As well as sheets that describe the experiments carried out on the sidelinesworkshops.

Blind workshop mental representation