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Windsor Public Library seed packs stamped with braille

Rebecca Blaevoet of Tactile Vision Graphics Inc., is using specialized technology to make the seed program at the Windsor Public Library more accessible.
Rebecca Blaevoet, Tactile Vision Graphics Inc., is creating labels for seeds being borrowed from Windsor Public Library. (Amy Dodge/CBC)

Rebecca Blaevoet of Tactile Vision Graphics Inc., is using specializedtechnology to make the seed program at the Windsor Public Library more accessible.

Blaevoet is printing braille lettering and raised print on seed packages.

Braille at Windsor Seed Garden

8 years ago
Duration 0:17
The Windsor Seed Garden is including braille in packaging.

These labels are for seeds that are part of the Windsor Public Library's seed borrowing program.

The seed program was launched at the Forest Glad branch of the Windsor Public Librarylast March.People borrow seeds, grow them, and then return some of their seeds back to the library.

Now, Blaevoet is makingthat program more accessible.

Importance of braille at Windsor Public Library

8 years ago
Duration 0:30
A Windsor woman is supplying braille for the public seed library.

"We don't know who is going to come across those seeds in the library, whether they're losing their vision, whether they're braille readers, whether they're large print readers and they don't want to admit it," she said.

"The seed labels are a way of broadcasting, in a certain way, casting the net a little bit, letting people know there are braille resources available in the community."