About National Braille Production
Braille production at ChildVision was established to meet the educational needs of children with a visual impairment attending either mainstream or special education at both primary and 
secondary level. Our Braille service was officially opened on the 1st of September 2000 and is funded by the Department of Education and Science.
It is a national service which provides access to educational materials by transcriptions into a range of formats accessible for children with a visual impairment. The formats currently catered for are: Braille, tactile diagrams, MOON, Large Print, text-only files and DAISY books (accessible mp3 files). All transcriptions follow recognised European and international guidelines.
In January 2012, we opened a second production office at ChildVision Cork.
OnLine Bookshelf
We operate an online download facility for braille and secure DAISY files. Since the successful pilot project run in 2011/2012, the Online Bookshelf has become a part of the services offered here. This facility allows a child with a visual impairment to independently download the secure file of a book required in a particular accessible format. For registration with the service please contact the Visiting Teacher for the visually impaired and then us.
Our braille service is linked with universities, assistive technology providers and braille production centres abroad to ensure the quality and continual upgrading of services. Please note this is accessible by visiting teachers only. For further information please contact
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or call 01 837 3635 and ask for braille production.
The service is a demand-only and free service, open to all children with a registered visual impairment in the Republic of Ireland. National Braille Production started work in 2000 and provided 35 transcribed books for 17 children. Now we work for 570 children and young adults in both special and mainstream primary and secondary schools. The staff are chosen for their expertise in various areas, such as mathematics and foreign languages and are all trained to Standard English Braille transcriber level. We have made great progress but we are always happy to hear how we can further improve the service.