# Braille till overlay created for visually impaired charity shop workers

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2015/10/06/braille-till-overlay-created-for-visually-impaired-charity-shop-workers/
- Published: 2015-10-06T11:23:17+01:00
- Author: Howard Lake

**IT service provider BMC Azurri has supported a charity to develop a Braille overlay
for touchscreen till users in charity shops. This will give visually impaired staff
and volunteers new and wider opportunities.**

The Braille overlays are in use in the four shops run by the [WESC Foundation](http://www.wescfoundation.ac.uk),
a complex educational and research centre. Since they were implemented many staff,
volunteers and learners have gained new experiences in the charity’s retail operations.

The invention has been nominated for the Charity Times Award for best use of technology.
The winners will be announced tomorrow.

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![Volunteer Harry uses the braille till overlay at a WESC Foundation shop](https://
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overlay.jpg)

Volunteer Harry uses the braille till overlay at a WESC Foundation shop

[BMC Azurri](http://www.bmcazurri.com) works with many charity organisations on 
developing new technology designed specifically around their requirements for their
own staff and operations and for their clients and service users, including those
with complex needs.

Alastair Petrie, General Manager of BMC Azurri, said:

> “With National Braille Week just around the corner, we are keen to highlight the
> importance of developments and innovations such as this, which help businesses
> offer greater opportunities to braille users, and allow them to become more involved
> with their community”.

[National Braille Week](https://www.royalblind.org/national-braille-week) takes 
place from 5 -11 October 2015, coinciding with World Sight Day, and is organised
by the charity Royal Blind.

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