Converto-Braille: the innovation that opened up a new world for the visually impaired

Roland Galarneau opened up a new world for the visually impaired by inventing a machine that made it easier to translate and print texts into braille.

Born with only 2% of his vision, Roland Galarneau opened up a new world for the visually impaired by inventing a machine that made it easier to translate and print texts into braille. His Converto-Braille machine was the first of its kind: a computerized printer capable of translating text into braille at one hundred words per minute.