JP2000330465A - Braille sheet - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a braille sheet which enables both of a sight handicapped person and a sighted person, to train reading by touching braille with the fingers. SOLUTION: A transparent sheet 5 is superposed and fixed to the surface of a base sheet 3 so as to cover the surface. Projections to constitute the braille 11 are arranged on the surface of the transparent sheet 5. The braille 11 corresponds to blank dots 7 indicating the array of the braille of the bas sheet 3. Then, the braille 11 and the see-through black dots 7 on a lower side indicate the same characters and further, HIRAGANA (cursive form of Japanese syllabary), symbols, etc., 9 are visible through. This braille sheet 1 enables the sighted person to make study to read the braille by viewing the black dots 7 indicating the array of the braille and the HIRAGANA names, symbols, etc., 9 thereof and further touching the projections 11 of the braille 11 when learning the braille. The braille sheet enables the sight handicapped person to make training to read the braille while the sight handicapped person hand in hand with the sighted person touches the braille 11, says the reading of the touched braille 11 and checks whether the reading is correct or not.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a braille sheet,
In particular, it relates to a Braille sheet that is useful for learning Braille.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, as a material for studying Braille, there is an array of Braille and a printed form of Hiragana, a symbol, and the like represented by the Braille.

[0003]

However, braille is read by a visually impaired person by touching it with a finger. In the case of a braille array and its hiragana, symbols, etc. printed in a plane, the braille is touched with a finger. I can't practice reading.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned conventional problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide a braille sheet that allows both visually impaired and sighted persons to practice reading braille by touching it with a finger. Aim.

[0005]

In order to achieve the above object, according to the first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a base sheet on which an arrangement of Braille and a hiragana, a symbol, etc. represented by the Braille are displayed, A transparent sheet that is provided so as to cover the surface, is made of a material capable of seeing through the arrangement of Braille of the base sheet and the hiragana, symbols, and the like that it represents, and has a Braille projection corresponding to the arrangement of Braille. It is a Braille sheet characterized by the following.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the braille sheet according to the first aspect, the back surface of the base sheet has a smooth surface and can be used as an underlay for writing characters and the like. It is a sheet.

[0007]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS A braille sheet 1 according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. The braille sheet 1 includes a base sheet 3 and a transparent sheet 5. The base sheet 3 is made of a synthetic resin. On the surface of the base sheet 3, black dots 7 indicating an arrangement of Braille, and below the black dots 7, hiragana, symbols, and the like 9 represented by the black dots 7 are displayed. The back surface of the base sheet 3 is a smooth surface.

On the surface of the base sheet 3, a transparent sheet 5 is superimposed and fixed so as to cover it. On the surface of the transparent sheet 5, projections constituting Braille 11 are arranged (see FIG. 2). The braille 11 corresponds to the black dot 7 indicating the arrangement of the braille on the base sheet 3. Therefore, the Braille 11 and the black dot 7 which can be seen through below the Braille 11 indicate the same character, and the hiragana, symbol 9 and the like 9 can also be seen through.

In the Braille sheet 1, when a sighted person tries to learn Braille, he sees the black dots 7 indicating the arrangement of Braille and their hiragana and symbols 9 and touches the projections of Braille 11 with his finger. You can study reading. A visually impaired person and a sighted person form a pair, and the visually impaired person touches the braille 11 with his / her finger, says the reading of the touched braille 11, and practices reading braille while checking whether it is correct or not. be able to. Since the back surface of the Braille sheet 1 is smooth, the back surface side can be sandwiched between notebooks or the like with the back side facing upward and used as an underlay.

Although the preferred embodiment of the present invention has been described in detail above, the specific configuration is not limited to this preferred embodiment, and there may be changes in the design without departing from the gist of the present invention. Are also included in the present invention. For example, a description may be provided on the back side of the braille sheet to display a description or the like for promoting correct understanding for the visually impaired. In the above-described embodiment, the braille sheet displaying the arrangement of the braille and the hiragana represented by the braille is shown. However, the present invention is not limited to this. Of course, anything may be displayed.

[0011]

As described above, according to the present invention, both visually impaired and sighted can practice reading by touching Braille with their fingers. Therefore, it can be used for the interaction between the visually impaired and the sighted, and correct understanding of the visually impaired can be enhanced. In particular, by using the Braille sheet according to the present invention for school education, it is possible to make children and students acquire correct responses to visually impaired persons.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, the braille sheet can be used as an underlay.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an exploded perspective view of a braille sheet according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a partial cross-sectional view of a braille sheet according to an embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Braille sheet 3 Base sheet 5 Transparent sheet 7 Black dots indicating the arrangement of Braille sheets 9 Hiragana, symbols, etc. 11 Braille

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A base sheet on a surface of which the arrangement of Braille and the hiragana and symbols represented by the Braille are displayed, and provided so as to cover the surface of the base sheet, and the arrangement of Braille of the base sheet and the representation thereof. A braille sheet, comprising: a transparent sheet formed of a material that can see through hiragana, symbols, and the like, and having a braille projection corresponding to the braille arrangement. 2. The braille sheet according to claim 1, wherein the back surface of the base sheet is smooth and can be used as an underlay for writing characters and the like.