VibraBraille is an app that lets you explore Braille patterns through touch and vibration. It uses the iPhone’s haptic feedback to represent the dots of each Braille cell, so you can feel it as you move across it.
Unlike learning apps that rely on drills or examples, VibraBraille lets you paste text from the clipboard or open any plain text file you want — a poem, an article, or a message from a friend (I am practicing with an Ernest Hemingway short story, for instance ). This makes practice more personal, engaging, and fun. When you enjoy what you’re reading, learning happens faster and feels more natural.
VibraBraille works with VoiceOver, but can also be used quietly through touch alone. The current reading position is saved automatically, so you can continue where you left off.
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/vibrabraille/id6754166495
If somebody wants to try it, I can offer some promotional codes provided by Apple.
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Sounds Cool
I'd like to try this one out. Is it available for free or do we have to work with the codes?
Notifications
Would be kinda cool if it could collect app notifications and display those.
@Ekaj
Thank you for your interest,@Ekaj! For sending you the code, Apple requires me to localize the message country specific. Your profile does not show your country of residence, but you can send it to me with a private message. Then I can reply with the code.
Thank you
Stefan
Requires iOS 26.0
I forgot to mention, VibraBraille requires iOS 26.0 or later.
sonds nice!
Nice, i will love to recieve a promo code for VibraBraille
@BlindFlem
Thank you for your interest! Your code is on the way with PM. (check your email)
Stefan
Nice!
Sounds interesting! I'd be happy to check it out further if you have more of those handy promocodes available!
I'm in Norway, in case you need localization and can't find it on my profile! Cool concept!
@Cliff
Hi! Your code is on the way with PM
Kind regards
Stefan
I would also like to try it
I think this sounds pretty interesting. I’m not sure how you could read braille using haptic feedback. I’m curious if I can have a promo code to try this.
Nothing will ever replace the reading of regular braille
This is an interesting idea that you want to make the haptics in the phone represent the Braille cells, but nothing will ever replace the reading of regular braille. It just can’t. You have to have the letters feel a certain way in order to make the proper symbols that make the shapes of the letters of Braille. You’re just using the touchscreen of the phone. You can’t get regular Braille on that anyway. Interesting idea, but it will never be the same as true reading experience.
@Seamus
@Seamus: Thank you for your interest! Your code is on the way. Stefan
Regular Braille vs. VibraBraille
Having started zero based, after practicing with VibraBraille for some days, about 10 hours in total, I can now recognise regular Braille grade 1 cells slowly, if they are well printed. The goal is not to replace regular Braille.
Re: @Ekaj
Sorry about that. I'm located in Illinois, United States.
@Ekaj
Thank you! No problem. I have sent you the code. Please remember, that iOS 26 or later is required. Kind regards, Stefan
Interesting! Would Love to Try!
Hi, this sounds great! I'm excited to see that developers are making innovative use of haptic feedback! I'd like to give the app a try.
@Kelly
Hi Kelly! Thank you for your interest. I would need your country of residence in order to localize the code message.
Kind regards
Stefan
Can't quite get my head around this
I will be very interested to hear other's thoughts on this. With all due respect to the dev this sounds totally crazy. But I mean that in a good way. I'm still on ios 18 until the new version gets a bit more stable so can't try it. But it's impossible not to admire the ambition in the idea.
And @Singer Girl - I am not sure this is being advertised as being superior to normal braille. But it is £1.99 on the app store compared to hundreds or thousands of pounds for a braille display. It sounds like it is more intended as a way to practice or get used to the feel of the shapes. If it works then it sounds like a very good thing.
A way to practice
@mr grieves and @Singer Girl: It is just meant as a way to practice and even or because it is very slow, it is also a kind of meditational experience - reducing sensory load. It is certainly not being advertised as superior to normal braille. If you have a braille display this is not for you, except maybe for mobile use, when you cannot bring the hardware display with you. Today I got my hands on one of those braille books for children with bigger braille cells and that's not an equal but a somewhat similar experience.
Sounds quite interesting.
I would like to try this.
This sounds interesting.
I'm located in Australia.
@Kushal Solanki
I have sent you the code. Kind regards, Stefan