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The Monarch - a new braille display for blind and low vision users

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The Monarch - a new braille display for blind and low vision users

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In collaboration with Humanware, a company that develops solutions for blind and low-vision users, the American Printing House for the Blind created the Monarch. This groundbreaking tablet, the size of a laptop, provides blind students with access to tactile graphics, braille books, graphic calculators, and more.

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Braille textbook production can take months and thousands of dollars to produce; not to mention, when the book does make it into the hands of students, they have to navigate as many as 43 volumes to find the correct curriculum and accompanying tactile graphics.

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Elementary age student views a tactile graphic of a butterfly on the Monarch tablet

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Constructivist theories suggest that learners construct knowledge actively through experience and interaction with their environment. The Monarch facilitates this by allowing students to explore tactile graphics, manipulate braille content, and interact with materials that help them build understanding.

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Blind school teachers learning how to use the Monarch by playing tactile chess

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David Kolb's Experiential Learning Theory emphasizes learning through experience. The Monarch offers hands-on, interactive learning through tactile experiences, essential for understanding spatial concepts, mathematical models, and other visual-based subjects.

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Student using the Monarch as a graphing calculator with a tactile display and 2D display on a traditional monitor

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The Monarch provides a form of scaffolding, offering accessible tools like graphic calculators and tactile graphics to support learners as they engage with complex material. It allows students to gradually increase independence in their learning as they gain proficiency with these tools.