The Banks Pocket Braille Writer: Actually Fits in Pockets! Caution: adorable gadget for blind users!

The interesting braille writer came about through the collaboration of an inventor who was blind, IBM, and the Lions Club. A Dr. Alfred Banks invented a compact braille writer that printed on spools of half inch paper tape. IBM, the company, was persuaded to manufacture these devices, and thousands were distributed to people who were braille readers for free and at cost by the Lions Club. It actually fits in pockets, although, they have to be pretty big, maybe they should have called it the pocketbook brailler. It is about the size of a sandwich, its mostly red powder coated metal, and spits out brailled paper tape. So A+ in my book.