Proceeding of International Conference on Special Education in South East Asia Region
Vol. 1 No. 1 (2022): Technology and Education for Student with Special Needs

MiBee Braille Application: An Alternative Accessibility Literacy for Totally Blind Students at Inclusive School

Pahlawaty, Neddyana (Unknown)
Aprilia, Imas Diana (Unknown)



Article Info

Publish Date
25 May 2024

Abstract

The literacy ability of totally-blind students is still low. This is allegedly due to limited and conventional access of media. Alternative use of accessible media becomes an urgent thing to improve literacy ability for totally-blind students. The purpose of this research is to describe alternatively accessible media such as MiBee Braille for improving totally-blind students’ literacy ability. The method used is descriptive method with literature study analysis and supported by an observation one of totally-blind student. The result of this research is that the application can be used to write Braille with six-dot typing system, ten-finger typing system, and converts Ms. Word text into Braille text. Six-dot typing system makes totally-blind students easier to write other Braille symbols that cannot be found in Latin symbols.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

icsar

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Subject

Education Social Sciences

Description

Inclusive education has become a discussion in the global community. The involvement of the global community in the success of education and learning that is student-friendly, environmentally friendly, and learning-friendly is needed. Therefore, inclusive education has undergone many changes and ...