Resources
Acknowledgements and Thanks to all those who made this museum possible.
Thanks to the Visitors
Dear Virtual Visitor,
Welcome to our museum and thank you for taking the time to learn more about braille and its history in South Africa!
Thank you to the staff who put this all together – Sanette Jordaan (volunteer), Carol Swart (HOD: Data Typing), Michelle Louw (Data Typing Dept.), Yull de Bruin (Braille Printing Dept.), Karin Gouws (HOD: Funding and Communications Dept.), Denise Frost (Receptionist) and all other assistance – it is truly appreciated!
Thank you to all donations received for display in the museum – we tried our best to acknowledge everyone who donated items, on the item description plaques.
Our sincere thanks to Mr Micheal A. Hudson, museum director at the American Printing House for the Blind in Louisville, Kentucky, USA, for his assistance and permission to use information and item descriptions from their website (www.aph.org).
Should you have any criticism, complaints or compliments – please contact me. We love to hear from you.
Kind regards,
Philip Jordaan
Manager: Braille Services Division
Tel.: 011 839 1793
Cell: 082 654 4103
braille.manager@blindsa.org.za
Acknowledgements
The ABBM acknowledge with appreciation and gratitude the contributions of memorabilia, literature and assistive devices received from the institutions and individuals listed below. We apologise if we inadvertedly left out the names of other contributors, so please accept our heartfelt gratitude.
- American Printing House for the Blind
- Andre Manders (donations)
- Blind SA (Founding Partner, Administration/Secretariat and Grant)
- Christo de Klerk (donations)
- Deena Moodley (donations)
- Lego Foundation (donations)
- Mario and Amanda Nijenhuis (donations)
- Neville Clarence (donations)
- Ofentse Manyane (donations)
- Pioneer Printers (donations)
- Royal Victorian Institute for the Blind, Australia
- SABA (Founding Partner and Grant)
- SA Braille Music Library
- SA Library for the Blind
- Late Susan Webber (donations)
- Vision Australia
Links
- ACB American Council of the Blind http://www.acb.org
- ABC African Braille Centre, Kenya http://www.africanbraille.org
- American Printing House for the Blind http://www.apb.org
- BANA Braille Authority of North America http://www.brailleauthority.org
- Blind SA http://www.blindsa.org.za
- Braille Production Centre: Singapore Association of the Visually Handicapped http://www.savh.org.sg
- Canadian Braille Press, Canada http://www.canadianbraillepress.com
- Duxbury DBT Braille Translator System http://www.duxburysystems.com
- ICEB International Council on English Braille http://www.iceb.org
- LibLouis Braille Translator http://liblouis.io
- NBP National Braille Press, USA http://www.nbp.org
- Pioneer Printers http://www.pioneerprinters.org.za
- RNIB Royal National Institute for the Blind, UK http://www.rnib.org.uk
- SA Braille Authority http://www.sabrailleauthority.org.za
- SA Library for the Blind http://www.salb.org.za
- SA National Council for the Blind http://www.sancb.org.za
- Vision Australia http://www.visionaustralia.org