Braille Faxes Not Available

This is one of the most interesting questions that the sighted world often asks:  Are there Braille faxes available?  The answer to this is a definite no and here is why.  Braille is made up of dots and not images or printed letters.  Dots are used to form letters.  Faxes are made up of images and letters. 

 

Braille dots are raised so that a blind person can feel them in order to read it.  Fax machines are unable to accept and reproduce anything that is raised.  So the next time someone asks you if faxes can be sent and received in Braille, you will be able to say most positively, no.

 

I'm Donna J. Jodhan your friendly accessibility advocate wishing you a terrific day and encouraging you to go out there and tell others that Braille faxes are unavailable.