Your iPhone already has a braille keyboard. Almost nobody knows how to use it. Learn it one letter at a time, built for VoiceOver from the first tap.
Braille Typing — Learn the braille keyboard built into your iPhone
Your iPhone already has a braille keyboard. Almost nobody knows how to use it. Let's fix that.
Braille Typing teaches you to type with Braille Screen Input — the six-dot keyboard hiding inside VoiceOver — one letter at a time, until you're writing as fast as you think. No hardware to buy. No cables. Just your phone, your fingers, and a course that meets you exactly where you are.
HOW IT WORKS
Two new characters per lesson, with everything you've learned carried forward. Each lesson opens by teaching you to recognise the new dots, then hands you the keyboard to actually type them. You move on when you've genuinely got it — not after a fixed number of tries, but when your recent answers say you're ready.
Every character you learn goes into Daily Review, a spaced-repetition system that brings things back right before you'd forget them. Miss one and it comes back sooner. Nail it and it stays away longer. That's how it sticks.
THE COURSE
Letters — the whole alphabet, plus capitals and your first common words
Punctuation — because sentences need it
Numbers — and your Grade 1 Graduation: from here you can write anything in uncontracted braille
Then the contractions that make braille fast: Word Signs, Group Signs, Initial Letter Word Signs, Final Letter Group Signs, and Short Form Words
MORE WAYS TO PRACTISE
Tricky Pairs — d or f? e or i? Train the dots that mirror each other
Dictation — hear it, type it: missing letters, whole words, numbers, sentences
Speed Sprint — sixty seconds, how many can you type? Beat your best
Contraction Choices — learn the rules for when a contraction is (and isn't) the right call
The Two Lighthouses — a story that unlocks one chapter at a time as you finish each section, with a line from each chapter to type yourself
BUILT FOR VOICEOVER, FROM THE FIRST TAP
This isn't an app with accessibility bolted on. It was designed for people who use VoiceOver, by someone who tested every screen with it. Every prompt is spoken. Every answer is confirmed with a sound and a haptic you feel before you hear it. Progress is announced, not just drawn. And the setup walkthrough gets you into the braille keyboard in about a minute — including a live typing check that tells you if your dots are mirrored, before your first lesson.
Sighted? A teacher, a parent, someone who's just curious? Everything works with VoiceOver off too — every braille cell is drawn on screen so you can see the pattern as well as the numbers.
WHAT'S FREE, FOREVER
Everything through Grade 1: every letter, number, and punctuation mark. Daily Review. The placement test. Your progress. No trial, no countdown, and it will never move behind a purchase later.
Pro unlocks the five contraction categories, the extra practice activities, and the story. One-time purchase, or annual — your choice.
$29.99 One-time purchase
$14.99 Annual
Privacy Policy and Terms of use: https://brailletyping.com/privacy-terms.html
Your place in the course follows your iCloud account, so a new phone or a reinstall picks up right where you left off.
Learn to type braille the way you'd want to be taught. Start today.
Braille Typing goes beyond simply learning Braille through typing; it offers a way for individuals to harness the power of VoiceOver's Braille Screen Input. While learning Braille is crucial for individuals with visual impairments to succeed in today's world, the structured approach of Braille Typing ensures that anyone can learn Braille literacy one step at a time. Even better, learning to use Braille Screen Input eliminates sloppy touchscreen typing—or worse, a reliance on Dictation—by allowing you to leverage the power of Braille keyboards to type and fully control your iOS experience.
This app is awesome for new braille learners!
zatoichi702
I’ve recently started learning braille after refusing to do so for a long time. This app has helped ease my fears about learning this wonderful communication language! Thank you!
using daily !!!
ASticker4Casting
been using this app to learn my braille display, and well it's a godsend! now i am able to communicate easier, so thank you! but... why no donation link?
The VoiceOver will now announce the way a sentence is written so a user will know if there is punctuation, or if they are meant to type 6 or six.
Version 2.4.2
The developer, Mycah Krason, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy .
Data Not Collected
The developer does not collect any data from this app.
Privacy practices may vary, for example, based on the features you use or your age. Learn More
The developer indicated that this app supports the following accessibility features. Learn More
Supported Features
VoiceOver
Larger Text
Dark Interface
Differentiate Without Color Alone
Sufficient Contrast
Reduced Motion
Information
Seller
Mycah Krason
Size
2.1 MB
Category
Education
Compatibility
Requires iOS 17.0 or later.
iPhone Requires iOS 17.0 or later.
iPad Requires iPadOS 17.0 or later.
Mac Requires macOS 14.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later.